Really BAD spot...

[skydiverek 63]

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[BIGUN 1,306]

That wasn't a bad spot... it was a good bet - who can land closest to the base club.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[jumpsalot-2 3]

Terrible spotting ..... they missed the flag pole completely ....

Life is short ... jump often.

[riggerrob 643]

I understand that it was the French Foreign Legion, but what was the second language being yelled by those young soldiers?

[ufk22 33]

Love the two guys doing CRW, both with two out

This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

[alec86 0]

riggerrob

what was the second language being yelled by those young soldiers?

Polish

Spank the

[gowlerk 2,190]

Maybe it was an invasion. Perfect spot.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[cruelpops 0]

The spot was fine but the 4-way belly group wanted a better spot and ruined it for the rest of load.

[SkyCoi 0]

Reminded me of the invasion scene at the beginning of Red Dawn.

[FastRon 0]

No one got arrested so must be all good?

[377 22]

Talk about REALLY bad spots... was reading a copy of Skydiver magazine from 1967. These guys used O2 bottles and jumped from about 32,000 feet. Turned out winds aloft were "150 mph" (Jetstream?) . They landed TEN MILES from their DZ. Ground winds were normal, no injuries.

377

2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

[tkhayes 348]

I landed 7 miles from a dropzone on more than one occasion. Of course we had fewer rules back then.

[gowlerk 2,190]

tkhayes

I landed 7 miles from a dropzone on more than one occasion. Of course we had fewer rules back then.

Probably a few steps away from the local restaurant/bar near Claresholm.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[tkhayes 348]

actually at Claresholm, we landed 5 miles west and 2 miles north one day in the foothills after climbing through solid cloud layer and flying a 2 minute box, guessing at the spot.

alti's read 700' when we landed and one guy had a really low pull due to a pud problem.

[gowlerk 2,190]

In Morden Ross would use ADF stations to magically get us within a mile of the field. "You're within a mile, get out now"

I've never jumped at Claresholm, but I know the area. Only badness to the west.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[tkhayes 348]

In Morden, I landed in Winkler on a night jump..... I think it was my first night jump actually...

[JohnMitchell 16]

377

Turned out winds aloft were "150 mph" (Jetstream?)

Definitely Jet Stream. Any winds aloft over 70 mph are by definition a jet stream, if I remember correctly.

[riggerrob 643]

Dear John Mitchell,
Don't you remember Meteorology 101 saying that jet streams tend to occurr at 30,000 feet .... um .... airliner cruising altitude ... instead of the 1,000 feet where these military static-lines prefer to exit.
Hee!
Hee!
Maybe you spent too many years controlling IFR traffic and the stuffy air in your dimly-lot cubicle "stuffier" your brain.
Hee!
Hee!

[JohnMitchell 16]

riggerrob

Dear John Mitchell,
Don't you remember Meteorology 101 saying that jet streams tend to occurr at 30,000 feet ....

Haha, joke's on you, eh? A quote from the post: "and jumped from about 32,000 feet. Turned out winds aloft were "150 mph" (Jetstream?) . They landed TEN MILES from their DZ. Ground winds were normal, no injuries.


Ya owe me a six pack of Molson's, hoser.