op5e 0 #26 February 17, 2005 I do not know if it would be air pressure or just nerves? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinb138 0 #27 February 17, 2005 QuoteA fart: hot air passing around a turd! (sp?) What makes a turd is also what makes a fart stink. IF you want to preplan a fart , skip the bathroom portion of your morning routine. Question to everyone: Does the change in air pressure when riding in a plane cause people to fart more than normal? I asking about air pressure and molecules ---------------------------------------------------------- When ascending in an airplane, it seems like the air retained in the body would be at a pressure greater than that of the surrounding atmosphere. I believe that farting is a common method of equalizing the pressure differences. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbearfng 18 #28 February 17, 2005 From Dr Peter Hackets mountain medicine class-(he really did have it listed, not making it up!!!) High altitude pulmunary edema=HAPE High altitude cerebral edema=HACE High altitude flatus expulsion=HAFE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
op5e 0 #29 February 17, 2005 I might phone up Dr Carl he will know the answer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #30 February 17, 2005 I have lots of good stories about farting altitude. First, from personal experience ... when in doubt let it out at 10K. (Aaaah, my 4 way team loved me). I used to jump with an instructor, Steve Rafferty at Skydive Monterey Bay. If you farted while Steve was in the plane and he got wiff of it ... whew, you could just kiss your friendship with him good bye. Steve took it personally. His angry, vehement and clear message was, Do I come into your office, sit on your desk and emit vulgar, noxious fumes out of my body? Then he will tell you that in all of his professional skydiving, he would be built up with pain before he would ever fart in an airplane Then we would have these folks come up to Monterey from Cal City. To them, farting in the plane was a commendable accomplishment. It was really funny watching these guys in action with Steve on board. . And if you ever admitted to farting in the plane with Rafferty, and no one looked guilty enough to blame for the deed thereafter, you were automatically the culprit and he would point it out to everyone on board that it must have been YOU! LOL, just ask The Anvil (AKA) Vinnie-meister. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrogNog 1 #31 February 17, 2005 QuoteWhen ascending in an airplane, it seems like the air retained in the body would be at a pressure greater than that of the surrounding atmosphere. I believe that farting is a common method of equalizing the pressure differences. The human body is so squishy that the internal and external pressures are hardly ever significantly different - they adjust themselves by making our cavities larger or smaller. (Except for a few unsquishy cavities where bad things can happen.) The squishiness of the abdomen lets the gas expand instead of remaining at higher pressure. At some point the limit of stretchability of the intestine (in the area the gas can easily move to) may be reached and that would be very painful; ask someone who has suffered an extreme lactose intolerance bloating attack . But typically before that happens, the door opens, and/or people get out, and/or Amazon starts spraying Ass-Be-Gone. Oh, and let's not forget that a lot of what we ate is water, and not all of it gets removed in the lower intestine, and the water that remains will dissolve methane under pressure at sea level and release it as the pressure decreases. So that's an additional reservoir of gas contributing to the air quality problem. Thinking about all this, maybe someone should make a "fart in the plane day" at their DZ. Everyone eats horrible stuff the day before (unless, like Tom, they are already on a specific nasty skydiving diet) and we try to strip the zinc chromate off. Still on this topic, I have decided that if I become a jump pilot, I'm wearing a mask with the radio inside and my own fresh air source. -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleWill 1 #32 February 17, 2005 I was told a story on a skydiver-scuba trip last weekend about a dude in the group, that made someone puke on a load, with the stink he made. The guy seems to suffer from some rare kind of toxic-intestinal-discharge disorder. The story was then probably exaggerated when it was claimed that several rivets of the fuselage had to be replaced due to the corrosion he caused. Luckily we got through the weekend without killing all the Bass in the lake even though it was suggested as a possibility and someone did feed him some baked beans.There is a lot of stuff worth doing but then there is a lot of stuff worth doing instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Randy_H 0 #33 February 17, 2005 This topic is exactly why I put on my Z1 helmet just as I get onto the plane and don't remove it until I am on the ground again!010010010110010101100001011101000111000001110101011100110111001101111001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #34 February 17, 2005 NOW WE'RE UP TO 20 LIARS!!!!!!!!!Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meltdown 0 #35 February 17, 2005 At our DZ, it's usually about the time they open the door. Almost as if "DOOR" had an implied "BACK" in front of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #36 February 17, 2005 ~ 8 grand here.... At that point it's alomst impossible to hold it in, if it's there. At home I'll try and hold it though, as we jump Cessna's and only go to ten grand, but in a turbine.....let 'er slide....slowly...It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamUK 3 #37 February 17, 2005 The local university club have a £1 fine for farting in any jumpship at any altitude. It goes towards the beer fund which, has theraputic properties from fart induced nasal trauma. Adam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #38 February 18, 2005 My name is Chile, and I fart in the airplane. As a matter of fact, I fart multiple times on just about every load. I've a load for every load! The really sad part of this is they seldom truly stink....... But there are exceptions and my exceptions are exceptional!!! Just add barbeque sauce and/or some rice-n-beans (R/B has to be combined) and waalaa, I go from mild to wild. Experience #1, Barbeque sauce. Its August 5th 2000. My birthday and I'm doing my first naked skydive after eating a barbeque chicken lunch. I was wearing nothing but my rig and a towel and sitting right behind the pilot in the C-206, when it happened. Quite possibly the foulest stinkiest gas ever to escape from my sphincter. Of course a couple of others and myself thought it funny, then I cut loose again and again... The pilot (who hadn't wanted a naked man in his aircraft in the first place) was opening vents and airing us out and I was promising not to fart again, each time, only to get aired out shut the vents and have me cut another. Soon nobody thought it was funny, they were just trying to breathe. What really was gross about these was that they were sooo hot-n-moist that I literally thought I might be leaving greasy spots/stains, I checked, I wasn't. Experience #2, Barbeque sauce and beans-n-rice. Its Febuary 4th and 5th 2005, At the $10. Mardi Gra Un-Boogie, I cooked and helped eat a humongous barbequed rib dinner on the 3rd, got up and went to the DZ on the morning of the 4th and proceeded to lay waste to load after load, all day long, even after taking multiple dumps!!! I farted some really obnoxious toxic clouds, multiple times on every load. I was elated to be able to share so much, so often with all my brothers. People groaned in dismay when they saw me on their load and I laughed. I couldn't help it and I wasn't even going to try to hold back the sheer volume of gas expanding in my innards. That day I became a living legend, already my exploits have been related here on DZ.com by some of those who were in attendance that day. But, quite honestly I might add and perhaps with some regret, my farts are usually very mild. So never fear when Chile is near, unless I ate barbeque and/or rice-n- beans the night before ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #39 February 19, 2005 Back in his Helio Stallion days, Mike Mullins used to offer extra altitude to the whole load if nobody farted on the way to altitude. It was a safe bet for him because we NEVER got extra altitude, at least not for lack of farting. Now, if we happened to have an open minded young lady with us........... but that's a different story. BTW If you're a YO MAMA, you fess up when you fart. Its tradition you know Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #40 February 19, 2005 ahaha The best I've seen was at Perris last summer when there was a huge fart at 2 grand.... Then at 4,500 the hop n pops get out, and the last guy, (let's just call him....) Greg yelled "IT WAS ME!!" and jumped out! We all almost died! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reddevil1 0 #41 May 17, 2005 1 foot The point of no return what a rush. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #42 May 17, 2005 Quote used to jump with an instructor, Steve Rafferty at Skydive Monterey Bay. If you farted while Steve was in the plane and he got wiff of it ... whew, you could just kiss your friendship with him good bye. Steve took it personally. His angry, vehement and clear message was, Do I come into your office, sit on your desk and emit vulgar, noxious fumes out of my body? Then he will tell you that in all of his professional skydiving, he would be built up with pain before he would ever fart in an airplane He should lose his "guy card" then. Since when do men act as if farting is some type of moral transgression? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #43 May 17, 2005 QuoteYeah, shame on you, I've never farted in a jump plane... I call bullshit! What about all those beans you eat!!! "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
