darb79 said:...I hang out in the boat under the bridge and watch them jump...[-X
darb79 said:I'm a land boy, but we have the Perrine bridge here that is a base jumpers paradise. I hang out in the boat under the bridge and watch them jump. Pretty cool stuff, but not for me [-X
Jim said:I couldn't do it! I have a hard time cleaning the leaves off my roof.
I am going to practice all summer with my tree stand for Deer season.
Jim said:I think it is a control issue I have. :lol:
Its like going on a road trip...I always need to be the guy driving. Jumping out of a plane, I cant control anything.
Exact opposite, unless you jump tandem. You are in 100% control of the situation. I never jumped tandem for the same reason.Jim said:I think it is a control issue I have. :lol:
Its like going on a road trip...I always need to be the guy driving. Jumping out of a plane, I cant control anything.
Russ, what altititude were you jumping? Most of the guys I know that jumped in the military were always jumping at low altitudes, which would seem to take all the fun out of it. Then again, having fun would be the last thing on my mind if the rocky mountains of afghanistan were the LZ. :shock:russ010 said:my last jump was in the rocky mountains of afghanistan... that was 2005
I don't have my certification any more either since I got out of special ops - but I don't miss it like I thought I would
russ010 said:We only did 2 HALO jumps while I was over there... and those jumps are 30K' +
GrumMan said:Took skydiving while stationed at Nellis in LV Nev. Late 70's or early 80's. 8th static jump on a 33 canopy I started oscillating real bad getting close to the LZ. Nothing for 15 miles in any direction in a valley except for instructor's station wagon. I hit the roof of his wagon hard. Snapped both ankles. Decided to take up fishing.
KMixson said:When I did my jumps, the skydive organization that I was at had names for all of their parafoils. Since I am a pretty big guy at 235lb they put me under their biggest one which they called goliath. I never jumped tandem. I guess they figured if we jumped tandem and I started screaming and flailing about like a little girl they didn't want to be strapped to me. On your first few jumps you had a two way radio in your helmet and you had an instructor on the ground watching you making sure you didn't get too far off course. You also had to make ten static line jumps (the ripcord is hooked to the plane) before they would let you freefall. As for control the parafoil has pull cords that you can steer left and right and coming in for touchdown you flare (slow your descent) by pulling down both left and right pull cords. It is not like some parachutes that you land wherever the wind takes you.
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