jceman 1 #26 July 23, 2002 QuoteQuoteAny guesses as to why? Boobies? Nah. the Top Pop at that time had her own. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #27 July 23, 2002 QuoteMine was July 20th 2000. A tandem at Elsinore with my dad who jumped with me! I then waited almost a year and then in on June 24th 2001 i started my Aff training at Skydive San Diego in Otay California. This must be the longest training period ever recorded b/c i still don't have my A!!!! Heh. First jump May 2000(SL), went student on a SL progression that summer. Moved to Florida, spent about 2 years being broke then started my training back up in March 2002. Been jumping in between health problems and bad weather. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #28 July 23, 2002 Quoteoh...and I was happy to have lost that other thing..that starts with a W Weed whacker? wallet? whistle? wiener? wood pecker? wrench? I give up, what did you lose? ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #29 July 23, 2002 Man this thread is depressing me. My first jump was in September of 1998. AFF 1 at Ocean City, MD. It's depressing cause lots of you started a while after me but have 4 or more times as many jumps. Heck, I know one guy that started a month before I did and has almost 20 times as many jumps. Well, I guess I can be happy about all the money I've saved, right? Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #30 July 23, 2002 First jump was July 14th 2001 did a tandem at Spaceland Houston Tx. and haven't looked back since "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #31 July 23, 2002 Happy skybirthday Anne! Let's see, did my first IAD jump September 15, 2001 at Okanagan Skydive. I'll get off student status and go solo this weekend! I'm so obsessed now... Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazide 0 #32 July 23, 2002 Started may? (log book is at home ) last year with my first S/L jump at Kapowsin, WA. Got in 38 jumps before winter set in, and I moved to Northern Michigan. Started up again as soon as the weather behaved, and got my A&B (on the same day ) about a month ago. 62 jumps as of last weekend.. Night jump friday if the weather behaves! (hopes hopes hopes)--- 'Damn, I sure wish I would of kept that pretty silver handle' - cutaway ruminations Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seedy 0 #33 July 23, 2002 In my dreams I have been skydiving for years. In actuality, I was born in the sky on July 7, 2002, at Skydive Kansas. I'm a newbie and can't wait for each new jump. I intend to live forever -- so far, so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian84 0 #34 July 23, 2002 March 21st?? 2002......Tandem.....Hacketstown, Co.Carlow, Ireland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #35 July 23, 2002 august ? 2000. buckeye, Az tandam.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #36 July 23, 2002 1st was at Skydive Space Center in Titusville, Florida on Dec. 10th, 2001. It was a tandem and I was being a complete tourist. I did not expect it to affect me in such a way. 2nd, same place on Dec. 18th, 2001, also a tandem and much better than the first. AFF temporarily on hold. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wlie 0 #37 July 23, 2002 August 15, 2001 Kapowsin Airsports, Washington Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakshow 0 #38 July 23, 2002 Mine was April 27th 2002 S/L at Skydive Toledo, Toledo Wa. Did 2 that day been back close to every weekend since B.L. B.L. (the brain) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #39 July 23, 2002 Clay~ I dunno ........lots of freaks around in those white/black diamond jump suits!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #40 July 23, 2002 Feb. 4, 1990, at Skydive Paso Robles, California. Static line. Came back the next weekend and did another, then two more the week after that, and so on, and so on... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymut 0 #41 July 23, 2002 Skydive Space Center rocks. Went there last summer for a few days during a vacation, did some freefly training-loved it. Great dz, friendly staff, super planes etc etc. Matt A well-informed person is somebody who has the same views and opinions as yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattwhoo 0 #42 July 23, 2002 Hmmm let me think my first tandem was in Sep or Oct of 96 at Air Adventures in Clewiston FL. Did 2 more tandems between then and march 2002 when I started AFF. I just got my A about a week ago from the same place. Matt Providing ingenious solutions to all of your nonexistent problems! (For a fee) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #43 July 23, 2002 My first jump was a tandem from a Cessna 210 in Homestead, FL in April 1997. However, a few weeks later, I saw that same plane crash on the evening news. I didn't decide to jump again until April 2000, when I did a tandem from a Twin Otter in Perris, CA. I started AFF in October 2001 at Air Adventures West in Taft, CA. I just faxed in my completed A card yesterday! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #44 July 23, 2002 First tandem jump June 1991 Graduated aff Sept 1991 July 2002, 1960 jumps I knew I was going to like this sport Skydiving gave me a reason to live I'm not afraid of what I'll miss when I die...I'm afraid of what I'll miss as I live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #45 July 23, 2002 Sep 98 at the Byron Boys Boogie. Tandem out of the SkyVan , my first kiss pass too :). I watch that video and I can still feel the senstion of going out !! Started (and finished) AFF, Oct 2000 (did another Tandem on Father's day 5 months prior). PAssed my A test in May 01, sent the paperwork in a little while later... well a long while later....I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #46 July 23, 2002 QuoteTandem out of the SkyVan , my first kiss pass too Had your TM recently gotten out of a looong stint in prison? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #47 July 23, 2002 My first tandem was July 12, 2001, second tandem on August 17, 2001 at Kapowsin, WA. I, too, thought this was going to be a once in a lifetime thing! Little did I know how much I love itJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #48 July 23, 2002 QuoteHad your TM recently gotten out of a looong stint in prison Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymut 0 #49 July 23, 2002 August, 1996 at Skydive Dallas. Went straight to the AFF, and loved it. Was so jacked up on adrenaline that I never thought about being scared, which settled in somewhere on my level 3 or 4. Through my student progression, I think the most fun was my first solo from 13k. I just remember, since i didn't have to do turns or anything for a jm, that 60 seconds was a long time. I remember spotting other jumpers/groups in freefall thinking, THIS IS SO COOL. I still get goosebumps looking at my aff videos . Matt A well-informed person is somebody who has the same views and opinions as yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buckleme 0 #50 July 23, 2002 September 16th 2000 a static line jump at Skydive Wayne County in Richmond IN! home of THE boogie! :)Blue Skies! Mary B Sandillas Rodriguez Muff Brother #2959 TF #77 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
