This is the VR (360 degree video) from a GoPro Maxx of a skydive from a DC-9 commercial jet airliner at Skydive Perris in Perris, California on October 26, 2024 (for their "Jump The Jet" Halloween Boogie). The DC-9 is powered by two JT8D low-bypass turbofans producing up to 22,000 pounds of thrust. With fuel and 80 jumpers with gear, the climb to 14,000 feet (FL 150 above sea level) takes just over 4 minutes on a standard day. The inside of the plane looks like any commercial airliner, the only funny difference is that all the "passengers" are skydivers wearing parachutes and have all their gear on. One the plane quickly reaches the top of climb, jumpers run down the center aisle out the back "air stairs" with no separation. This is the famous "DB Cooper" exit, the same was hi-jacker DB Cooper exited a Boeing 727 (also has rear air stairs, just like the DC-9), after stealing cash and parachuted out of the plane over the Pacific Northwest. Despite no separation between groups, all jumpers (up to 80 of them), are scattered across the sky, adequately separated. From there it's just a normal skydive, except that many people are landing under canopy. I am so happy Skydive Perris got this jet operational after so long.

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