He was forced to use his reserve parachute to land, he said.
“I had to cut to release the main canopy because it became unlandable. I flew down on my reserve ‘chute,” LeMaster said.
John Hart of Team Fastrax said accuracy canopies can shift and have a line over it when flying with a flag.
“It happens. That’s why you train, prepare and move on when this happens,” he said. “It happened to me three years ago when I was flying a flag at UC (University of Cincinnati).”
Hart said LeMaster’s canopy, which costs about $4,000 each, was found not too far away and returned.
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