f1freak 0 #1 April 17, 2007 Just wanted to see where were at right now.... I "was raised" at a cessna dz.... and i still love the smell of AV GAS in the morning.... I wish i could smell it more here at zhills HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #2 April 17, 2007 I started at a C-182 DZ. The better part of my first 200 jumps were out of a C-182!!! Love the big planes though, but I have no problem with the little ones either....Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #3 April 17, 2007 Yeah... I started at a dz with a 206 with the door on the wrong side (the plane was used to haul dead people while it wasnt flying jumpers.... HAHAHAHA HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #4 April 17, 2007 Yup. 206 and a 182.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seejanefall 0 #5 April 17, 2007 I was raised at at a 182 DZ & still do a fair amount of jumps out of 182's. I also go to turbine DZ's on a regular basis. I'd much rather go from a 182 to turbines than the reverse. On a side note, if you were raised at a 182 DZ, you know how much of a difference it can make to have a "wide body"... _____________ PMS #394 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apollard24 0 #6 April 17, 2007 A couple of weeks ago I did my first jump out of a 206. Im a turbine child I guess. It was fun and interestingBreathe out so I can breathe you in... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #7 April 17, 2007 A wide body 182 feels like a 206 Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #9 April 17, 2007 HAHAHAHA.... we had a narrow body 182 for a bit.... And the inside had interior that looked like a coffin....HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seejanefall 0 #10 April 17, 2007 Quote A wide body 182 feels like a 206 Not when you're jumping with the 250+ guys I jump with... _____________ PMS #394 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seejanefall 0 #11 April 17, 2007 Nice! Our regular 182 doesn't have the padding at all, but the wide body has full lining. nice brown carpet.... Stylin'... I am always surprised how warm it can get in there in the dead of winter with the heat on. _____________ PMS #394 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
talon1206 0 #12 April 17, 2007 The most fun is 4-way with Video out of a 182 "Pilots without Maintainers are just pedestrians with cool jackets and sunglasses" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #13 April 17, 2007 yep..... I would hear we can get 6 in there.... They forgot it was 6 North Dakota corn fed dudes in that plane......HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #14 April 17, 2007 Ok Jane, first you steal my free fall face, now you are talking crap about us anvils??? WTF???? Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #15 April 17, 2007 I still love how it felt to get out and hang there waiting to the TM to get his student out to make the jump......HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #16 April 17, 2007 QuoteI started at a C-182 DZ. The better part of my first 200 jumps were out of a C-182!!! Love the big planes though, but I have no problem with the little ones either.... Ditto... most of my first 60-80 jumps were from C-182s before I started following Mullins' King Air $99 boogies for several years. I still jump a C-182, but mostly for demos and practice demos."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seejanefall 0 #17 April 17, 2007 Quote Ok Jane, first you steal my free fall face, now you are talking crap about us anvils??? WTF???? No crap talking about the anvils though. Damn, I had to chase those guys in order to get in on any RW. Helped my fall rate control with no weights. _____________ PMS #394 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigSky 2 #18 April 17, 2007 Whats a turbine? “Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeFB2764 0 #19 April 17, 2007 I started jumping in 86' at Skydive Sandwich (now skydive chicago). We had a couple of 182's, a couple of 206's and an Islander. During the summer Mr Douglas would make its home there and occasionally a skyvan would show up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #20 April 18, 2007 DAMN..... you had it good....... My first "formation load" was from a 206 and a 182....... HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearless_chris 1 #21 April 18, 2007 Can you believe one of the DZs I jump at won't let us take 5 ever, even though they have a widebody. I heard 6 in a straight tail but didn't see it."If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #22 April 18, 2007 C182 all the way baby!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 220 #23 April 18, 2007 Checkin' in. C-182 DZ is where I started.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #24 April 18, 2007 Cessna Grand Caravan DZ's count right??? "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #25 April 18, 2007 I did my first eleven jumps or so at Air Adventures West in Taft, CA. It closed down, while I was still a student, but it had a King Air and a Cessna 182. I decided to finish my final AFF during the week, so I could jump my final AFF and first solo from the Cessna. It felt so great to be in the sky knowing that only one other person had jumped from the 182, besides myself. It gave me more courage to go on (after they closed) to Perris, then to SD Elsinore, while still a student. Edited for typo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
