Are There Any Skydivers Here?
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Are There Any Skydivers Here?
Are There Any Skydivers Here?
I know there are but maybe sometimes we can speak about it.
For all of us that fly and skydive is difficult to tell which is the first regarding passion, (at least it is for me)
And when the weather gets better maybe we could meet and jump.
I do not expect to have a forum for ourselves but....
I know there are but maybe sometimes we can speak about it.
For all of us that fly and skydive is difficult to tell which is the first regarding passion, (at least it is for me)
And when the weather gets better maybe we could meet and jump.
I do not expect to have a forum for ourselves but....
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Not skydiver, parachute jumper.
Shattered ankle after a hard landing some years ago.
Gave it up.....
Been hauling skydivers up to 12,500 on a one way ticket many times, Cessnas, DC-3s.
Enjoy the company, but uh, no more jumping.
Shattered ankle after a hard landing some years ago.
Gave it up.....
Been hauling skydivers up to 12,500 on a one way ticket many times, Cessnas, DC-3s.
Enjoy the company, but uh, no more jumping.
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hi divers...
skydiving is the only real way to fly, isn´t it?
i used to jump out of aircrafts before becomeing a pilot, then dropping them myself, and even now i feel the need to do it sometimes..., when cruising in fl180 over the alps with fine weather...
btw, you can find me at dropzone in the alps tomorrow...
welle
take offs are optional, landings mandatory
skydiving is the only real way to fly, isn´t it?
i used to jump out of aircrafts before becomeing a pilot, then dropping them myself, and even now i feel the need to do it sometimes..., when cruising in fl180 over the alps with fine weather...
btw, you can find me at dropzone in the alps tomorrow...
welle
take offs are optional, landings mandatory
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"Flown" T-10's, MC-1-1B/C's, and PX-4's with 100+ pounds of s*** strapped to my harness.
It helped pay for some of those flying hours!
(edit. — US and UK military wings here)
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It helped pay for some of those flying hours!
(edit. — US and UK military wings here)
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I have a civilian British license I got in '83 and special forces jumps wings from Slovakia in '94. Have never jumped in the US, but I know there is a Dutch school you can pay for that will award you their military wings after completing the course. I have a Army buddy who did it, but I don't have any details at this time. As I am heading to Belgium in a few months, I may look into it, but like many others I am no longer able to bounce back from bad PLFs like I used to! <img src="tongue.gif" border="0"> <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">
Cheers!
Cheers!
130 jumps, long time ago, want to get going again...just a pity the weather in this part of the world is pretty grim, but it does have its advantages - going snowboarding tomorrow!
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First freefall jump was from the tailgate of a C130 at 16k over Denmark. ( A lot more fun than the static line night equipment jumps I had done up until then :-).
Subsequently got a Cat10 civilian qualification at Perris California and have also jumped at Ampuriabrava in Spain.
In the process of ordering a couple of rigs from Headcorn to get us all back in date.
When 15 of us went to Perris we also visited the simulator in Las Vegas which was brilliant and helped those that were learning to fly straight down the tube to fine tune their technique in one day.
Given the weather in the UK we could really do with a simulator here but the nearest one I have found is in Lille and they are always fully booked.
I am planning on visiting Ampuriabrava in a Cessna 210 February to check the viability of flying over at the weekends.
Subsequently got a Cat10 civilian qualification at Perris California and have also jumped at Ampuriabrava in Spain.
In the process of ordering a couple of rigs from Headcorn to get us all back in date.
When 15 of us went to Perris we also visited the simulator in Las Vegas which was brilliant and helped those that were learning to fly straight down the tube to fine tune their technique in one day.
Given the weather in the UK we could really do with a simulator here but the nearest one I have found is in Lille and they are always fully booked.
I am planning on visiting Ampuriabrava in a Cessna 210 February to check the viability of flying over at the weekends.
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I had been on my first solo and was coming in to land when the tower told me to go around and wait until the parachutists had landed.That really got my attention and so I decided to give that a whirl as well
Joined Bernie Greens Thruxton Skydiving Club in 64/65. Too young to join the muffdivers club, they had a patch that looked like a freefaller unless you looked real close, I wasn't told until a bit later why I couldn't join.
Jumped T10's 1.6's LO-PO's PC's GQ's. My treasured bit of kit was a Golden Knight Jumpsuit from a guy called Tisdale.
P*** -ups in the "George" at Thruxton when the weather was too bad for jumping, happened quite a lot.Tad and Lynn behind the bar, a 'competition' I would rather forget that involved an afternoon and evening drinking in the pub followed by a bottle of JW red label in the clubhouse and finaly a race round the perimeter track of the airfield to detirmin who was going to pay for all the booze. Black Bob Howel, Ray Etchell and John Clark I couldn't have chosen more able competitors, to my everlasting amazement I didn't pay. JC lost by a whisker and I had an aversion to Scotch that lasted about twenty years. I wonder if he ever forgave me for the collanderisation of his Austin Ruby with my 'Man from Uncle' gun. A P38 and some help from a few friends and a lot of 9mm ammo. He may not have remembered ( he was pissed at the time) but he fired the first shot, then went back to bed.
Made Cardinal in Werl in Germany with some 7th US Army guys and some Vandoo's, Princess Paticia's 22e. My first jums from a chopper
Jumped with some great guys from the Para's, some lovely ladies, Helen Flambert and Dianne Knipe. Took a turn at being a double for Raquell Welsh as 'Fathom Harville' along with some other equaly "curvy" men,in a blonde wig and silver Jumpsuit for 20th Century over in Spain. We kept the PC's we used in the film, still got mine.
Went to France and jumped at Challon-sur-Saone at a great jump school while practicing for the nationals and Army championships at Netherhavon. The chef du centre had over 3000 jumps and was a very quiet and thoughtfull fellow. My Instructor was from the French Airforce and I had a lovely young lady as an interpreter who taught me in another subject after jumping. Met one of my roommates years later, he told me that I really hadn't been as quiet as I thought.
Had two malfunctions and used my cutaway crossbow rig right after buying it. In short a period of my life that was done with the accelerator flat to the floor.
Haven't done it in a while and the foot gets a bit stiff in the cold now but I do think back, and wonder where the people are. It was life in the fast lane, a lot of adrenalin, rising ammount of testesterone and the road ahead stretched on for ever. Good people I will never ever forget as companions at that time.
Am I a turtle? You better bet your sweet f***ing ass I am!!! just don't ask me what a turtle is, or was. I was never in a fit state to remember what it was exactly that made a turtle a turtle, I just knew that we were a pretty tight bunch of really good company.
Sometimes wonder if I should do one for old times sake but then I would probably smash the other foot to even things up. Ahh well those were the days my friend, just as the song says and if I had the chance I would keep it just the way it was and do it all over again.
And I still can't spell.
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Joined Bernie Greens Thruxton Skydiving Club in 64/65. Too young to join the muffdivers club, they had a patch that looked like a freefaller unless you looked real close, I wasn't told until a bit later why I couldn't join.
Jumped T10's 1.6's LO-PO's PC's GQ's. My treasured bit of kit was a Golden Knight Jumpsuit from a guy called Tisdale.
P*** -ups in the "George" at Thruxton when the weather was too bad for jumping, happened quite a lot.Tad and Lynn behind the bar, a 'competition' I would rather forget that involved an afternoon and evening drinking in the pub followed by a bottle of JW red label in the clubhouse and finaly a race round the perimeter track of the airfield to detirmin who was going to pay for all the booze. Black Bob Howel, Ray Etchell and John Clark I couldn't have chosen more able competitors, to my everlasting amazement I didn't pay. JC lost by a whisker and I had an aversion to Scotch that lasted about twenty years. I wonder if he ever forgave me for the collanderisation of his Austin Ruby with my 'Man from Uncle' gun. A P38 and some help from a few friends and a lot of 9mm ammo. He may not have remembered ( he was pissed at the time) but he fired the first shot, then went back to bed.
Made Cardinal in Werl in Germany with some 7th US Army guys and some Vandoo's, Princess Paticia's 22e. My first jums from a chopper
Jumped with some great guys from the Para's, some lovely ladies, Helen Flambert and Dianne Knipe. Took a turn at being a double for Raquell Welsh as 'Fathom Harville' along with some other equaly "curvy" men,in a blonde wig and silver Jumpsuit for 20th Century over in Spain. We kept the PC's we used in the film, still got mine.
Went to France and jumped at Challon-sur-Saone at a great jump school while practicing for the nationals and Army championships at Netherhavon. The chef du centre had over 3000 jumps and was a very quiet and thoughtfull fellow. My Instructor was from the French Airforce and I had a lovely young lady as an interpreter who taught me in another subject after jumping. Met one of my roommates years later, he told me that I really hadn't been as quiet as I thought.
Had two malfunctions and used my cutaway crossbow rig right after buying it. In short a period of my life that was done with the accelerator flat to the floor.
Haven't done it in a while and the foot gets a bit stiff in the cold now but I do think back, and wonder where the people are. It was life in the fast lane, a lot of adrenalin, rising ammount of testesterone and the road ahead stretched on for ever. Good people I will never ever forget as companions at that time.
Am I a turtle? You better bet your sweet f***ing ass I am!!! just don't ask me what a turtle is, or was. I was never in a fit state to remember what it was exactly that made a turtle a turtle, I just knew that we were a pretty tight bunch of really good company.
Sometimes wonder if I should do one for old times sake but then I would probably smash the other foot to even things up. Ahh well those were the days my friend, just as the song says and if I had the chance I would keep it just the way it was and do it all over again.
And I still can't spell.
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D3910. Lympne(Alec Black),Langar(Tom Sawyer),Headcorn,Netheravon,Thruxton and Biggin Hill(Clive Ure)must not forget the free packed Strato Star,ouch! TUs in B4 packs,Wings Pteradactyls, I look down from FL410 and I KNOW I must have been mad, not now though, ribbit ribbit.
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I stopped after 451 jumps. Started out on rounds at the Kingston Polytechnic Parachute Club. Moved to Ireland and started jumping Squares at the Nass Falcons. Moved to the US and did the RW thing, a couple of CRW jumps etc. Did a jump from 30,100 feet at Davis,CA and a jump out of a 727 at Quincy Illinois. Also did various night jumps, a CRW 4 stack and a 38 way. Had 3 mals, 1 of which I rode down because I didn't realize that one of my brake lines had tied itself in a knot until 1300 feet.
Got bored. Had got to the point where you either do the same thing with the same people every weekend or devote your life to it in order to progress.
Realized I had enough money to learn how to fly. Decided to give up jumping as I wasn't going to have time to do both well and I didn't want to be the guy who shows up at the DZ 4 times a year to stay current. Sold my gear and got my PPL with the money.
theRolfe
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Got bored. Had got to the point where you either do the same thing with the same people every weekend or devote your life to it in order to progress.
Realized I had enough money to learn how to fly. Decided to give up jumping as I wasn't going to have time to do both well and I didn't want to be the guy who shows up at the DZ 4 times a year to stay current. Sold my gear and got my PPL with the money.
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350 jumps and fly for a uk airline. Jumped into my own wedding wearing a kilt two years ago.
When the wx is cr@p my passion is my job, when the wx is good skydiving wins hands down, or should that be head down.
When the wx is cr@p my passion is my job, when the wx is good skydiving wins hands down, or should that be head down.