jlmiracle 7 #51 July 23, 2002 July 21, 1996, Skydive Baldwin (now Skydive Twin Cities). Did AFF for first jump.Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #52 July 23, 2002 QuoteHad your TM recently gotten out of a looong stint in prison? Nah... he just had a REALLY long tongue ;)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
bbarnhouse 0 #53 July 23, 2002 QuoteNah... he just had a REALLY long tongue Oh babay!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjames 2 #54 July 23, 2002 When: 9-20-97 Where: Suffolk Va. You didn't ask why. Why: At the time I was chatting with a lady on the internet for 3 or 4 months or there about. We had talked about most things people do while learning about each other and one day we were talking about dreams, things we wanted to do before we died. She surprised me with one of her wishes. A wish to skydive. I urged her to just go do it but she said she didn't want to go it alone. I suggested she enlist the moral support of friends close to her home. She said she had done that, but when the day came everytime anyone that had said they would go, they all had an excuse NOT to go. The subject was dropped due to the lateness of the hour and we logged off. I couldn't sleep, I logged back on and spent the rest of the night searching the internet for skydiving related subjects. I found all the info I needed and then some, like I found rec.skydiving and read most of the postings (10K) or so before I logged off again. I was getting excited. Damn, I couldn't see, let alone work the next day. I couldn't wait to log on at our regular meeting time, that is to say, when her husband went to work at his night shift, doctors work odd hours. Being the nice guy that I am i politely shifted the conversation to the dream session of the prior evening and made the bold statement that I would be happy to go and do a jump with her. Not that I had ever entertained the idea before, it just seemed like a wild and crazy thing to do, and I was eager. Sure she says, you will be like all the others a no show. I told her I would go on a few conditions: 1) I would pick the Drop Zone 2) I would choose the style of jump 3) She had to pay for her own way (see, I am a nice guy) She agreed and the quest began. I looked for the most experienced people to teach me. I had grand ideas! I would not do a tandem. I wanted to pull my own rip cord, save my own life. As I explaned it to her: It costs 175.00 to do a tandem, for 50.00 more we can do a whole course and get to jump also. This way if we decide to do it again it will count toward the licence requirments. She agreed that that made sense, in restrospect I believe she would have been better off doing a tandem. It's difficult to fail your 1st jump, but it can be done. I was done searching, I had found the ultimate (in my mind) DZ and person to teach me how to skydive. During my internet shuffel looking for skydiving I found an article about George Bush Sr. doing his 2nd jump, read with some interest about his jumpmasters and sought them out. I found Larry Pennington (sp) at Skydive Suffolk in Va. Just shy of 25 miles from where my online lady friend resided, what luck! I reasoned that if Larry was good enough for an ex Prez he should be ok for me, to accept any less would be foolish. A date was set, I buy ticket to Va. We arrive at the DZ around 8AM, much to early, fog was just lifting and I got to see ppl climbing out of their tents, die hards I though. You wouldn't see me camping out when there were hotels nearby. My idea of roughing it was staying in a Holiday Inn with a black and white TV. Ummm ... well that's WHY, even though you didn't ask. On a side note: I will be 'roughing' it at Rantoul, in a tent :) She only did one jump. james My site; http://www.geocities.com/skyjames2 "exit fast, fly smooth, dock soft and smile" 'nother james "exit fast, fly smooth, dock soft and smile" 'nother james Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #55 July 23, 2002 Cool Story James. I started in July of 1992. Here in California at my little DZ in Madera California. Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhonda66 0 #56 July 23, 2002 No worries - you're not alone. I did AFF in 1997 and only have 200 jumps now. There's just so many other fun things to do in life and not enough time to do them all...Rhonda PP ASEL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DENGOPHER 0 #57 July 23, 2002 my first jump ever was 7/5/2001 aff level 1.. and i fell in love with the sport that day..just jump!!!! gopher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freebird 0 #58 July 23, 2002 Skydive Spaceland Rosharon,Texas July 7, 2000 Tandem 182-CESSNA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airborne31582 0 #59 July 23, 2002 November 28, 2001. S/L at Skydive El Paso Chris I thought of the odds of me succeeding, versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid, and I went ahead anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icarus021 0 #60 July 23, 2002 June 26, 1996 at Skydive Salt Lake at the old aiport #2. 3-2-1-cya Don't take life too serious, you will never get out alive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravitysurf808 0 #61 July 23, 2002 August, 8, 1992. Static Line Jump at Skydive Hastings in Michigan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpNFly 0 #62 July 23, 2002 My first jump.... June 29th 2002... Cross Keys, my new home away from home...man are those guys good! My JM, Bob Clark.... the man! A huge thanks, hello and see you soon to everyone at Cross Keys... See you soon... Lets hope for my A by the end of the year.... The key to walking on water... Is knowing where the rocks are Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #63 July 23, 2002 02 August 1984 Fryar DZ Ft. Benning, GA US Army Basic Airborne SchoolArrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #64 July 23, 2002 April 1, 2000 was a bad day for me. So on April 1, 2001 I changed my karma by attending AFF groundschool. Too windy to jump that day, but April 7, 2001 I did my level 1. Went our every weekend and jumped when it wasn't too windy, got my A license in September. My life is great now. GREAT. It may just be coincidence, but I think the skydiving did it. Still got my family and most of my stuff too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gale 0 #65 July 23, 2002 I did my first on Sep. 22 2001, in Brentwood BC. I was really sick when I did it and really had no business choosing that day to try something so scary and drastic. We had done the ground schooling ahead of time and had the jump scheduled for the weekend. I was worried that if I didn't show up then, I would never do it! I actually had to take kleenex in the plane with me I was so sick. But it doesn't matter because all that adrenaline took over and I did it. By that night I was even sicker, probably from exerting myself. It still sticks out as the most scary/amazing/frightening and all round best thing I've ever done. GaleI'm drowning...so come inside Welcome to my...dirty mind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diver123 0 #66 July 23, 2002 March 5th of 2000 at skydive Oregon... "pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bbarnhouse 0 #67 July 23, 2002 SDO? My home DZ! Are you going to Freedom Jam? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #68 July 24, 2002 Happy Skybirthday Anne! WooHoo! My third is coming up. August 31st, of 99, at Frontier Skydivers near Bufalo NY. I did a tandem with a work friend, Peter Legere under a set450. Shortly afterwards, I went into AFF and jumped a Raven 4 in an old ripcord sweethog rig. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mouth 0 #69 July 24, 2002 May 27, 2000 A neighbor was taking some people from his job up to Skydive Atlanta and he asked me to go along. All the plant people chickened out but we went anyway. We got to jump on the same load with me being last out. I will never forget the rush (and I have video to prove I had a blast!) After we landed I couldn't wait to go up again so we got back on the manifest and got to do a sunset jump. Within a month we had both finished AFF. Tom wasd voted Rookie of the Year and I got Most Likely to Ruin a Jumpsuit that year. Tom now has over 400 jumps but I've been slack and only have a few shy of 300. Lisa -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jbrasher 1 #70 July 24, 2002 June 11, 1972 S/L 2,800' Hinkley, IL Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dbattman 0 #71 July 24, 2002 Spring of 1997 or Fall of 1996- I can't remember that close. I came back on April 1, 2001 at Taylorville, IL. First jump- static line Moorehead, PA near Erie PA. Grass field with a bunch of rattle-shack T-hangers. Also my first look at a jump C-182 with duck tape on it. (Whoa-we're gonna fly in that?!?) I can still see everything in my minds eye- wood panel clubroom, entertainment center, 'Beer Pig' on the TV, picture of two skydivers doing a rodeo- the woman on top complete with Dominatrics' outfit and riding crop. And I'll tell ya- I'll never forget that feeling as I sat behind the pilot watching the ground drop away. Oh My God. What am I doing? I still have that picture the other two students took of us standing outside the 182. Of course, I'm a complete AHOLE since Andrew Hadsell sent me a copy in the mail an I never bothered to drop him a simple 'thank you' scribble. So, on the odd chance he reads these forums thanks a HUGE buch. I am scum of the Earth and I deserve multiple line-overs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyChi 0 #72 July 24, 2002 1-6-85, Z-Hills, dope on a rope, it was a very good day . Paid $80 for the first jump course, AFF was just getting started and tandems didn't have drouges. How things change, huh. Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sebazz1 2 #73 July 24, 2002 My first jump was an AFF level 1 at Skydive Hollister in CA on October 13, 1997 out of a King Air from 15,000 with a Telesis rip cord rig and a Manta main. Greg Nardi was my reserve side JM and Kirk Osgood was my main side JM. It was sweet!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wingnut 0 #74 July 24, 2002 mine was july 7th 1998 ay canton airsports in alliance ohio..a s/l jump from 3,500..... 4 years and 150 jumps later..still loving it. jumped in 3 countries, 15 dz's and many a beer..........god i love this sport... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites drenaline 0 #75 July 24, 2002 March 6, 2001 was the day I made my first static line jump in Panama, the name of the airport is Calzada Larga, home of the Club Panama FreeFall. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next Page 3 of 9 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. 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gale 0 #65 July 23, 2002 I did my first on Sep. 22 2001, in Brentwood BC. I was really sick when I did it and really had no business choosing that day to try something so scary and drastic. We had done the ground schooling ahead of time and had the jump scheduled for the weekend. I was worried that if I didn't show up then, I would never do it! I actually had to take kleenex in the plane with me I was so sick. But it doesn't matter because all that adrenaline took over and I did it. By that night I was even sicker, probably from exerting myself. It still sticks out as the most scary/amazing/frightening and all round best thing I've ever done. GaleI'm drowning...so come inside Welcome to my...dirty mind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diver123 0 #66 July 23, 2002 March 5th of 2000 at skydive Oregon... "pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #67 July 23, 2002 SDO? My home DZ! Are you going to Freedom Jam? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #68 July 24, 2002 Happy Skybirthday Anne! WooHoo! My third is coming up. August 31st, of 99, at Frontier Skydivers near Bufalo NY. I did a tandem with a work friend, Peter Legere under a set450. Shortly afterwards, I went into AFF and jumped a Raven 4 in an old ripcord sweethog rig. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #69 July 24, 2002 May 27, 2000 A neighbor was taking some people from his job up to Skydive Atlanta and he asked me to go along. All the plant people chickened out but we went anyway. We got to jump on the same load with me being last out. I will never forget the rush (and I have video to prove I had a blast!) After we landed I couldn't wait to go up again so we got back on the manifest and got to do a sunset jump. Within a month we had both finished AFF. Tom wasd voted Rookie of the Year and I got Most Likely to Ruin a Jumpsuit that year. Tom now has over 400 jumps but I've been slack and only have a few shy of 300. Lisa -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbrasher 1 #70 July 24, 2002 June 11, 1972 S/L 2,800' Hinkley, IL Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbattman 0 #71 July 24, 2002 Spring of 1997 or Fall of 1996- I can't remember that close. I came back on April 1, 2001 at Taylorville, IL. First jump- static line Moorehead, PA near Erie PA. Grass field with a bunch of rattle-shack T-hangers. Also my first look at a jump C-182 with duck tape on it. (Whoa-we're gonna fly in that?!?) I can still see everything in my minds eye- wood panel clubroom, entertainment center, 'Beer Pig' on the TV, picture of two skydivers doing a rodeo- the woman on top complete with Dominatrics' outfit and riding crop. And I'll tell ya- I'll never forget that feeling as I sat behind the pilot watching the ground drop away. Oh My God. What am I doing? I still have that picture the other two students took of us standing outside the 182. Of course, I'm a complete AHOLE since Andrew Hadsell sent me a copy in the mail an I never bothered to drop him a simple 'thank you' scribble. So, on the odd chance he reads these forums thanks a HUGE buch. I am scum of the Earth and I deserve multiple line-overs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyChi 0 #72 July 24, 2002 1-6-85, Z-Hills, dope on a rope, it was a very good day . Paid $80 for the first jump course, AFF was just getting started and tandems didn't have drouges. How things change, huh. Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #73 July 24, 2002 My first jump was an AFF level 1 at Skydive Hollister in CA on October 13, 1997 out of a King Air from 15,000 with a Telesis rip cord rig and a Manta main. Greg Nardi was my reserve side JM and Kirk Osgood was my main side JM. It was sweet!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #74 July 24, 2002 mine was july 7th 1998 ay canton airsports in alliance ohio..a s/l jump from 3,500..... 4 years and 150 jumps later..still loving it. jumped in 3 countries, 15 dz's and many a beer..........god i love this sport... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drenaline 0 #75 July 24, 2002 March 6, 2001 was the day I made my first static line jump in Panama, the name of the airport is Calzada Larga, home of the Club Panama FreeFall. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
