DanglesOZQld 0 #1 December 16, 2003 Hi all!! Mark here from sunny Caloundra Queensland Australia. Not sure if I have posted before.....but if I have it has been a looooong time!! Blue skies! "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 December 16, 2003 Welcome to the fourms! The picture to the left is of myself and Lisa our Jump Pilot shortly after a little incident that no doubt you have heard or seen in the news. If not ask me and I will fill you in on the details! Ok, I'll bite...fill me in on the details!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tripitaka 0 #3 December 16, 2003 yes, tell all please. I need something exciting to get me through this boring day at work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #4 December 16, 2003 -Basically exited a Cessna 206 and got caught on the step and rolled through 180 degrees ending up head down underneath the aircraft. The student's left legstrap caught the step even though I took his weight and went further out from the door feeling no resistance anywhere at that time. We were hanging under the plane for what we worked out later to be 4 mins minimum. The pilot (Lisa) controlled the plane with her left hand whilst kneeling at the open door side and reaching out with her right hand to cut us off. Keeping in mind that the plane did not have auto pilot fitted and lisa had NO RIG ON! Very scary to say the least. If you do a search on goggle there are probably stories on there. It was all over the news here in Australia (Tv / Papers) and we all did live radio interviews after the incident as well. One good point was that the media came back when both Lisa the Pilot and Chris (tandem passenger) did a free tandem so it was a really good ending to what could have been a lot worse!! GIRL POWER IN ACTION! "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #5 December 16, 2003 The incident was a Tandem Skydive BTW , and both Chris and Myself are in the process of nominating Lisa for a bravery award. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #6 December 16, 2003 holy sh%t, thats an all time experience ( you notice I didnt say first) the shipping and handling would be super expensive. What an effort, congrats to you all, you deserve the best that life can offer . Pat yourselves on the back and have a beer on me!!! Be well, be safe Larry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Tripitaka 0 #7 December 16, 2003 man thats some krazy sh!T. I did hear about that one actually, glad you made it! So are you going to do any more jumps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #8 December 16, 2003 Yeah Done about 2300 jumps now , 320 of those have been tandems done since the incident. They say it all happens in the first 50 , now I have to get to at least 3,000 tandems incident free to make up for what I have been through so far lol!! See also the incidents forum , we are there as well as I have since found out. Some of the reports are just soooo wildly inaccurate its almost laughable. You hear about such things but do not believe it until you are the one the reports are about! Like one example , they said the pilot was a male.......What the!!?!? "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Chute 0 #9 December 16, 2003 Welcome to the forums....again? I could be wrong but wasn't the post that is lost a reply to Skymama's post. Saying she was going to buy beer for everyone at the next boogie.Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #10 December 16, 2003 QuoteI could be wrong but wasn't the post that is lost a reply to Skymama's post. Saying she was going to buy beer for everyone at the next boogie. Yes, you're wrong. It was the post where you said you were going to buy me jumps for Christmas. You can just put them on account for me in Eloy. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KolibrieLinda 0 #11 December 16, 2003 Hiya Scary to hear about your accident, but glad to hear you all made it in one piece. In january I'll be visiting your country for two-and-a-half-months as a trainee. I'll be working at Southern Skydivers. Maybe you've heard of them. I'm very curious about your country. Have any tips for me in the neighbourhood of Perth?? By the way nice homepage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #12 December 17, 2003 Not really had that much to do with Perth but do have cousins over there who love the place and have been there for some time. Ask me about the other side of the country and I have a much better idea North and south lol! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ariana 0 #13 December 18, 2003 Hi DanglesOZQld Gday from the otherside of Oz from WA! Live life as though there is no tomorrow don't think of yesturday... think of the present and live in the here and now and make it well worth remembering HAVE AN AWESOME CHRISTMAS AND PARTY HARD FOR THE NEW YEAR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #14 December 18, 2003 We are Skydivers - I think the party hard thing will be EASILY taken care of ha ha !! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites outofit 0 #15 December 26, 2003 welcome! It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #16 December 26, 2003 Sorry Mr Outofit , I don't quite share THAT view with you! BSBD -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites masher 1 #17 December 29, 2003 QuoteIn january I'll be visiting your country for two-and-a-half-months as a trainee. I'll be working at Southern Skydivers. Maybe you've heard of them. I'm very curious about your country. Have any tips for me in the neighbourhood of Perth?? Really? Cool... That's where I jump pretty much all of the time. When do you get there? I'll probably be down on the second weekend in Jan. No real tips for you off the top of my head... That said, it is a bit of a walk to Perth from Busselton -- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #18 December 29, 2003 Ah Perth......I have such fond memories of a "lovely" bus drive from Melbourne to Perth via the nullabor then a "wonderful" car ride from Perth to Monkey Mia to the north on a 40 degree plus day. Thats CELCIUS for the guys/girls from the US out there lol! The little swimming mongrels didn't even show up for us once we did get to Monkey Mia either doh! Oh well PERTH itself is a rather nice place! BSBD -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites harro 0 #19 December 29, 2003 Hi Dangles from the ACT. I saw you on the news buddy. Bloody scary 4 minutes hey. Good to know your still going hard up there. Bloo skies HarroJumpy Jumpy?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KolibrieLinda 0 #20 December 29, 2003 I'll be getting there the second of January so that's pretty soon I suppose And how do you like it there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites oozzee 0 #21 December 29, 2003 hey oz.. i used to surf in Caloundra a lot many years ago.. Skydiving in USA now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #22 December 30, 2003 Hey Harro , thanks for the well wishes Oozzee you lucky bugger!! I would love to go skydiving mad over there sometime....just a bit of planning and saving at this point needed ha ha !! Yeah it is a hard life here - when we are not jumping a few of the tm's go kite surfing and the rest surfing. My thing is fishing , not sit on your ass all day without a nibble type fishing but busy as hell with something large on the other end most times at 17 miles out! Good fun! BSBD! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites masher 1 #23 December 30, 2003 'tis a nice place, we just need more jumpers....-- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #24 December 30, 2003 Yeah , especially more female jumpers ha ha! And more jumpers means we may even one day be able to jump a jet here....then again hell hasn't frozen over YET! "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KolibrieLinda 0 #25 December 30, 2003 Well I'm one hell of an female jumper Not... yet. But female and a jumper anyway so that makes up for the rest I suppose. Oh and I'm Dutch that's gotta count for something!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Tripitaka 0 #7 December 16, 2003 man thats some krazy sh!T. I did hear about that one actually, glad you made it! So are you going to do any more jumps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #8 December 16, 2003 Yeah Done about 2300 jumps now , 320 of those have been tandems done since the incident. They say it all happens in the first 50 , now I have to get to at least 3,000 tandems incident free to make up for what I have been through so far lol!! See also the incidents forum , we are there as well as I have since found out. Some of the reports are just soooo wildly inaccurate its almost laughable. You hear about such things but do not believe it until you are the one the reports are about! Like one example , they said the pilot was a male.......What the!!?!? "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chute 0 #9 December 16, 2003 Welcome to the forums....again? I could be wrong but wasn't the post that is lost a reply to Skymama's post. Saying she was going to buy beer for everyone at the next boogie.Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #10 December 16, 2003 QuoteI could be wrong but wasn't the post that is lost a reply to Skymama's post. Saying she was going to buy beer for everyone at the next boogie. Yes, you're wrong. It was the post where you said you were going to buy me jumps for Christmas. You can just put them on account for me in Eloy. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KolibrieLinda 0 #11 December 16, 2003 Hiya Scary to hear about your accident, but glad to hear you all made it in one piece. In january I'll be visiting your country for two-and-a-half-months as a trainee. I'll be working at Southern Skydivers. Maybe you've heard of them. I'm very curious about your country. Have any tips for me in the neighbourhood of Perth?? By the way nice homepage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #12 December 17, 2003 Not really had that much to do with Perth but do have cousins over there who love the place and have been there for some time. Ask me about the other side of the country and I have a much better idea North and south lol! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ariana 0 #13 December 18, 2003 Hi DanglesOZQld Gday from the otherside of Oz from WA! Live life as though there is no tomorrow don't think of yesturday... think of the present and live in the here and now and make it well worth remembering HAVE AN AWESOME CHRISTMAS AND PARTY HARD FOR THE NEW YEAR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #14 December 18, 2003 We are Skydivers - I think the party hard thing will be EASILY taken care of ha ha !! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outofit 0 #15 December 26, 2003 welcome! It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #16 December 26, 2003 Sorry Mr Outofit , I don't quite share THAT view with you! BSBD -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masher 1 #17 December 29, 2003 QuoteIn january I'll be visiting your country for two-and-a-half-months as a trainee. I'll be working at Southern Skydivers. Maybe you've heard of them. I'm very curious about your country. Have any tips for me in the neighbourhood of Perth?? Really? Cool... That's where I jump pretty much all of the time. When do you get there? I'll probably be down on the second weekend in Jan. No real tips for you off the top of my head... That said, it is a bit of a walk to Perth from Busselton -- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #18 December 29, 2003 Ah Perth......I have such fond memories of a "lovely" bus drive from Melbourne to Perth via the nullabor then a "wonderful" car ride from Perth to Monkey Mia to the north on a 40 degree plus day. Thats CELCIUS for the guys/girls from the US out there lol! The little swimming mongrels didn't even show up for us once we did get to Monkey Mia either doh! Oh well PERTH itself is a rather nice place! BSBD -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #19 December 29, 2003 Hi Dangles from the ACT. I saw you on the news buddy. Bloody scary 4 minutes hey. Good to know your still going hard up there. Bloo skies HarroJumpy Jumpy?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KolibrieLinda 0 #20 December 29, 2003 I'll be getting there the second of January so that's pretty soon I suppose And how do you like it there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oozzee 0 #21 December 29, 2003 hey oz.. i used to surf in Caloundra a lot many years ago.. Skydiving in USA now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #22 December 30, 2003 Hey Harro , thanks for the well wishes Oozzee you lucky bugger!! I would love to go skydiving mad over there sometime....just a bit of planning and saving at this point needed ha ha !! Yeah it is a hard life here - when we are not jumping a few of the tm's go kite surfing and the rest surfing. My thing is fishing , not sit on your ass all day without a nibble type fishing but busy as hell with something large on the other end most times at 17 miles out! Good fun! BSBD! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masher 1 #23 December 30, 2003 'tis a nice place, we just need more jumpers....-- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #24 December 30, 2003 Yeah , especially more female jumpers ha ha! And more jumpers means we may even one day be able to jump a jet here....then again hell hasn't frozen over YET! "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KolibrieLinda 0 #25 December 30, 2003 Well I'm one hell of an female jumper Not... yet. But female and a jumper anyway so that makes up for the rest I suppose. Oh and I'm Dutch that's gotta count for something!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites