Question

A skydiver jumps out of a hovering helicopter, so there is no forward velocity.

Just as the skydiver steps out of the helicopter, someone who’s watching starts a stopwatch. So the time is zero as the skydiver steps out of the plane. What is the skydiver’s downward velocity at that instant, just before starting to fall?

Answer 1

The same as that of the aircraft that he /she is in. If flying level, it would be zero.