I fly planes, not jump out of them
01-12-2009 | 06:10 PM
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wusses! I have over 500 jumps and 5 1/2 hours of freefall time. I was an instructor and actually paid for my flight training with what I got paid to teach the first jump course. I ended up flying jumpers before moving on to the 121 world. I can still pick out the DZs I've jumped and/or flown at while flying around the country.
01-12-2009 | 08:51 PM
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Did it years ago, in an AFF program. I must have been doing something wrong, cause the freefall felt like a 40-second car crash. I did enjoy being under the canopy, though. I was sore in all new places the next day.
I've never felt the urge to do it again.
I've never felt the urge to do it again.
01-13-2009 | 03:29 AM
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Currently I have a staff job flying a jump plane and I have no desire to get out. Flying the plane is fun enough.
The other day the parachutists did a cross country where they jump out miles from the drop zone and make their way back using wind and open parachutes. They had me circle above them in the plane until they had all landed as a precaution if one or more landed off airport. It took quite a while to all get them all home. I thought one was not going to make it, but he did! All the fun is in flying the plane in my view. Only when they offer free dive training will I go for a jump.
The other day the parachutists did a cross country where they jump out miles from the drop zone and make their way back using wind and open parachutes. They had me circle above them in the plane until they had all landed as a precaution if one or more landed off airport. It took quite a while to all get them all home. I thought one was not going to make it, but he did! All the fun is in flying the plane in my view. Only when they offer free dive training will I go for a jump.
01-13-2009 | 06:18 AM
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Currently I have a staff job flying a jump plane and I have no desire to get out. Flying the plane is fun enough.
The other day the parachutists did a cross country where they jump out miles from the drop zone and make their way back using wind and open parachutes. They had me circle above them in the plane until they had all landed as a precaution if one or more landed off airport. It took quite a while to all get them all home. I thought one was not going to make it, but he did! All the fun is in flying the plane in my view. Only when they offer free dive training will I go for a jump.
The other day the parachutists did a cross country where they jump out miles from the drop zone and make their way back using wind and open parachutes. They had me circle above them in the plane until they had all landed as a precaution if one or more landed off airport. It took quite a while to all get them all home. I thought one was not going to make it, but he did! All the fun is in flying the plane in my view. Only when they offer free dive training will I go for a jump.
01-13-2009 | 06:31 AM
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The DZ that I went to wanted me to put in a application to fly there plane part time, all I could do is laugh because I did that a few times before I got in the 121 world and I asked if I could get free jump training up until I get my 25 jumps and license. The lady just put on a bitter beer face and said no.
01-13-2009 | 06:51 AM
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And the airplanes were not "perfectly good". C-182, Beech D-18, DC-3.
Lots of fun, great eclectic crowd at the DZ. To do the really fun stuff you need to be a regular, every weekend. That's really why I moved on.
01-13-2009 | 02:39 PM
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For most operations it kind goes off the end of the fun scale into the fear spectrum. And with all the logistics and paperwork it bears a passing resemblance to actual work.
01-15-2009 | 05:44 PM
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Part 121 pilot, 1200+ jumps, jumping since 1995. Tandem Instructor, PRO rated.
Skydiving is THE best sport in the world. Period. All the asses who play couch quarterback and can't hold a conversation in the cockpit other than "so who do you want to win" can kiss my ass.
Go jump. You might like it. Not to mention you'll be able tout your new set of balls to all your friends.
Skydiving is THE best sport in the world. Period. All the asses who play couch quarterback and can't hold a conversation in the cockpit other than "so who do you want to win" can kiss my ass.
Go jump. You might like it. Not to mention you'll be able tout your new set of balls to all your friends.
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