chileanXaos 0 #1 November 9, 2004 We where joking about how old was our jump plane at our dz and one guy said it is the first one made cessna 206 . I thought it was cool posting that the first cessna 206 is a jump plane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #2 November 9, 2004 i think ours is a 1950's era t-bone.......oh and the dc-3 is a 1939 model...... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 November 9, 2004 my jumpplane is 11 years old.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #4 November 9, 2004 I believe our 2 c-182's were built in 56 and 58...but dont know for sure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtpilot 0 #5 November 9, 2004 dont know how old they are but I know if they get me to altitude they are a good plane "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #6 November 9, 2004 Quotedont know how old they are but I know if they get me to altitude they are a good plane if you jump a porter, you can find it herescissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtpilot 0 #7 November 9, 2004 no porter...cessna fun all the way!! just wish there were more women in the sport to be cramed 4 tight in a little cessna... "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #8 November 9, 2004 plenty of girls in my porter scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ematteo 0 #9 November 9, 2004 ~11 months N750DZ http://www.utilityaircraft.com/photogallery/dec1803/750xldec1803a.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chileanXaos 0 #10 November 9, 2004 The pac looks really nice , I wish we could have one of those here . My teamate jumped one in NewZeland and told me it was really cool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #11 November 9, 2004 beauty!! ours was purchased from Australian Airforce in 94- unsure how old it is- that's a good question. It has original camouflage paint and "appears" older. http://www.vancouver-skydiving.bc.ca/aircraft.html This winter CG ROO is gettin a "new" engine talk about exciting!! SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #12 November 9, 2004 Quotebeauty!! ours was purchased from Australian Airforce in 94- unsure how old it is- that's a good question. It has original camouflage paint and "appears" older. http://www.vancouver-skydiving.bc.ca/aircraft.html This winter CG ROO is gettin a "new" engine talk about exciting!! your plane is here, so it's not, the ORIGINAL paintjob... but it might be the paint it was wearing when sold to canada...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #13 November 9, 2004 Why do we ask questions we really don't want the answers to? Elvisio "my jump plane was old enough to buy beer the day I was born" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #14 November 9, 2004 '71 (skyvan), '71 (skyvan), '59 (stretched DHC Beaver with turbine). Not sure how old the new-to-us 200-series Twin Otter is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #15 November 9, 2004 our cessna 182 was built in the 60s i think. its still running good though MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #16 November 9, 2004 it is a 100 series Otter,,, Built in 1966.... God bless De Havilland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #17 November 9, 2004 I agree that is a slammin otter you got there. Even has the prop warning lines on the body. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #18 November 9, 2004 Our 3 Beech 18's are just months old....Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
