mattjw916 2 #26 July 26, 2004 I watched Drop Zone for the first time since I started jumping... now I am going to have to look for the "bomb-bay doors" in the next Cessna I get in to, just in case. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #27 July 26, 2004 It was a Porter...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #28 July 26, 2004 QuoteIt was a Porter... Of course. Everyone know that bombay doors are in the porters.. Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #29 July 26, 2004 Operation:Dumbo Drop Honeymoon in Vegas also when you say 'skydiving' do you only mean freefall or does all the static lines in every military movie count? how about BASE?____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #30 July 26, 2004 QuoteEveryone know that bombay doors are in the porters.. Hey now, the swiss have to have *something* to drop bombs with.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #31 July 26, 2004 Bob Sinclair's (?) "Buddy" jump with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivingdutch 0 #32 July 26, 2004 QuoteOperation:Dumbo Drop Honeymoon in Vegas also when you say 'skydiving' do you only mean freefall or does all the static lines in every military movie count? how about BASE?[/reply I say it all counts http://dropman.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mattjw916 2 #33 July 26, 2004 QuoteIt was a Porter... duh, i must have been blinded by the pink paintjob NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GogglesnTeeth 6 #34 July 26, 2004 I haven't seen "Air Force One" mentioned yet. Navy Seals Tears of the Sun,,,,,,Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fireflytx 0 #35 July 26, 2004 Don't forget about Big Fish. I love that movie it has skydiving, burlesque Siamese Twins and fire breathing. WOO HOO!!! How can you go wrong with that?"Well behaved women rarely make history" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fallman 0 #36 July 26, 2004 cliffhanger has a horrible base jumping scene. two guys jump off a cliff (horribly obvious they only jump three feet on to matresses), then it cuts to a skydiving scene, and to top it off, they talk to each other in freefall. wow woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkiesTheLimit4u 0 #37 July 26, 2004 Tomb Raider had 2 in birdman suits... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ridetofly 0 #38 July 26, 2004 Firestorm had a scene where forrest firefighter rides this dirt bike off a cliff with a woman holding on to him. They were trying to get away from a bunch of guys who lit the fire as a diversion for a prison break. Not realistic but it was there.Aaron Live as you will want to have lived... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #39 July 26, 2004 hmm have to check it out, i've got the DVD and stills though because one of my friends was an extra in it.... still havent watched it..but since i've got so much time on my hands.... top row far right...she is also the lead singer in the Southern Comfort Blues band check out their version of Muddy Water's Catfish blues ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kellysalt77 0 #40 July 27, 2004 the movie 'the in-laws' (i think that's what it's called-- with michael douglas and albert brooks) it's kind of a base jump off a building. also an episode of 'the pretender'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ozthebum 0 #41 July 27, 2004 There is an episode of NCIS (most stupid f*&king show I've ever seen) where a dude dies on a static line jump, and what about Band of Brothers? More to come, thinking slow cause I'm drunk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ozthebum 0 #42 July 27, 2004 Does this list include real stuff? Discovery channel had a great programme about Military Free Fall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bbarnhouse 0 #43 July 27, 2004 Discovery Chanel ~Wings Ripley's Tears of The Sun Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards 2004 Camel Active (UK) Necafe(Japan) 1 other just completed for a Japanese company 1 movie in production (sorry can't reveal the name just yet) and one tv series which I can't name yet either (I'll keep ya posted tho) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #44 July 27, 2004 QuoteQuoteEveryone know that bombay doors are in the porters.. Hey now, the swiss have to have *something* to drop bombs with. You just made my day...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #45 July 27, 2004 QuoteThrough complicated Amazon search gone wrong (I don't want to talk about it) I came across an obvious classic called Freefall, starring (not sure I can use the word in this context?) Eric Roberts..... No idea what its about but it does have picutre of a parachute on the front, and I suppose a bit of a clue in the title. Anyone seen it? Is it as depressingly terrible as it looks? It has a BASE scene or two in it but it's crapYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yeehaa 0 #46 July 27, 2004 there are a couple of music videoes I've seen with skydiving in them. One of them is by Bentley Rythm Ace and it has people running around in what looks like tandem passenger harnesses and then getting out of a plane . cool tune though.Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. George Bernard Shaw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites loumeinhart 0 #47 October 20, 2004 -MI-2 w/ tom cruise - out of building -OLD 3 stooges short where Curly (wearing rig), Moe and Larry hang on to each other and go off a high rise under construction. -Some 70's show called "Velvet" - had some freefall footage during opening sequence -Show in late 80's called "High Mountain Rangers" - Cody,Matt and their dad Jesse Hawk were rangers in the Colorado - Jesse Hawk did BASE once to get away from bad guys -Mission Inpossible series (80's - not 60's), the Australian dude 'Max' fell off some span in Sydney and had a rig under his coat -cool Aerosmith video where couple did a skysurf jump out of a bi-plane -I was a Macguyver buff growing up and can recall these 5 episodes: 1. Mac did BASE after scaling cliff and rescues downed pilot, - he modified a flare gun then used it as a rocket to launch his exit while hanging on to the pilot 2. Bailed out of fighter jet at night (you know Mac could fly fighter jets of course) 3. Made and flew a pwd-paraglider in about 15minutes - to get a way from bad guys 4. Landed a square w/ no flare onto rock surface, then hiked into jungle 5. Jumped a round out of a cargo plane after fixing landing gear .........wow I've got too much time on my hands at work!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #48 October 20, 2004 Nobody has so far mentioned the movie "Freefall." It's about some photographing chic who meets a BASE jumper, falls in love w/ him, her bf tries to kill the BASE jumper, yadda yadda yadda. It's kinda romantic in a way...she leaves and go somewhere all by herself, is intrigued by this stranger... Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #49 October 20, 2004 Quote007: the spy who loves me (ski-base into sequence) 007: Moonraker Yeah, I still remember that Moonraker sequence. It was the intro. Jaws and Bond fought over a single parachute, and then Jaws ended up coming down on top of a circus tent that broke his fall (and enabled him to survive). (Who knows?... It could work! ) TV: There was an episode of Cheers where a whole bunch of the cast went for a first skydive. Of course, the depiction was like they were all gonna solo out of a DC-3 or something. The plan was for them to hold a banner that advertised Cheers. But they all chickened out, until the pilot pretended to have engine failure, and they all "bailed out." I mean, watching a show with such a pathetically stupid and unrealistic plot device, I have to ask why they bother to write stuff like that. I typically dislike shows that have to distort stuff so grossly in order to make it fit a false perception of how things are. -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites blueshrew 0 #50 October 20, 2004 Half Past Dead, haven't seen it, but they did freefall stunts in Hoexter, Germany for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 2 of 3 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. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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mattjw916 2 #33 July 26, 2004 QuoteIt was a Porter... duh, i must have been blinded by the pink paintjob NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #34 July 26, 2004 I haven't seen "Air Force One" mentioned yet. Navy Seals Tears of the Sun,,,,,,Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fireflytx 0 #35 July 26, 2004 Don't forget about Big Fish. I love that movie it has skydiving, burlesque Siamese Twins and fire breathing. WOO HOO!!! How can you go wrong with that?"Well behaved women rarely make history" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallman 0 #36 July 26, 2004 cliffhanger has a horrible base jumping scene. two guys jump off a cliff (horribly obvious they only jump three feet on to matresses), then it cuts to a skydiving scene, and to top it off, they talk to each other in freefall. wow woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiesTheLimit4u 0 #37 July 26, 2004 Tomb Raider had 2 in birdman suits... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridetofly 0 #38 July 26, 2004 Firestorm had a scene where forrest firefighter rides this dirt bike off a cliff with a woman holding on to him. They were trying to get away from a bunch of guys who lit the fire as a diversion for a prison break. Not realistic but it was there.Aaron Live as you will want to have lived... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #39 July 26, 2004 hmm have to check it out, i've got the DVD and stills though because one of my friends was an extra in it.... still havent watched it..but since i've got so much time on my hands.... top row far right...she is also the lead singer in the Southern Comfort Blues band check out their version of Muddy Water's Catfish blues ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kellysalt77 0 #40 July 27, 2004 the movie 'the in-laws' (i think that's what it's called-- with michael douglas and albert brooks) it's kind of a base jump off a building. also an episode of 'the pretender'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #41 July 27, 2004 There is an episode of NCIS (most stupid f*&king show I've ever seen) where a dude dies on a static line jump, and what about Band of Brothers? More to come, thinking slow cause I'm drunk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #42 July 27, 2004 Does this list include real stuff? Discovery channel had a great programme about Military Free Fall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #43 July 27, 2004 Discovery Chanel ~Wings Ripley's Tears of The Sun Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards 2004 Camel Active (UK) Necafe(Japan) 1 other just completed for a Japanese company 1 movie in production (sorry can't reveal the name just yet) and one tv series which I can't name yet either (I'll keep ya posted tho) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #44 July 27, 2004 QuoteQuoteEveryone know that bombay doors are in the porters.. Hey now, the swiss have to have *something* to drop bombs with. You just made my day...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #45 July 27, 2004 QuoteThrough complicated Amazon search gone wrong (I don't want to talk about it) I came across an obvious classic called Freefall, starring (not sure I can use the word in this context?) Eric Roberts..... No idea what its about but it does have picutre of a parachute on the front, and I suppose a bit of a clue in the title. Anyone seen it? Is it as depressingly terrible as it looks? It has a BASE scene or two in it but it's crapYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeehaa 0 #46 July 27, 2004 there are a couple of music videoes I've seen with skydiving in them. One of them is by Bentley Rythm Ace and it has people running around in what looks like tandem passenger harnesses and then getting out of a plane . cool tune though.Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. George Bernard Shaw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loumeinhart 0 #47 October 20, 2004 -MI-2 w/ tom cruise - out of building -OLD 3 stooges short where Curly (wearing rig), Moe and Larry hang on to each other and go off a high rise under construction. -Some 70's show called "Velvet" - had some freefall footage during opening sequence -Show in late 80's called "High Mountain Rangers" - Cody,Matt and their dad Jesse Hawk were rangers in the Colorado - Jesse Hawk did BASE once to get away from bad guys -Mission Inpossible series (80's - not 60's), the Australian dude 'Max' fell off some span in Sydney and had a rig under his coat -cool Aerosmith video where couple did a skysurf jump out of a bi-plane -I was a Macguyver buff growing up and can recall these 5 episodes: 1. Mac did BASE after scaling cliff and rescues downed pilot, - he modified a flare gun then used it as a rocket to launch his exit while hanging on to the pilot 2. Bailed out of fighter jet at night (you know Mac could fly fighter jets of course) 3. Made and flew a pwd-paraglider in about 15minutes - to get a way from bad guys 4. Landed a square w/ no flare onto rock surface, then hiked into jungle 5. Jumped a round out of a cargo plane after fixing landing gear .........wow I've got too much time on my hands at work!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #48 October 20, 2004 Nobody has so far mentioned the movie "Freefall." It's about some photographing chic who meets a BASE jumper, falls in love w/ him, her bf tries to kill the BASE jumper, yadda yadda yadda. It's kinda romantic in a way...she leaves and go somewhere all by herself, is intrigued by this stranger... Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #49 October 20, 2004 Quote007: the spy who loves me (ski-base into sequence) 007: Moonraker Yeah, I still remember that Moonraker sequence. It was the intro. Jaws and Bond fought over a single parachute, and then Jaws ended up coming down on top of a circus tent that broke his fall (and enabled him to survive). (Who knows?... It could work! ) TV: There was an episode of Cheers where a whole bunch of the cast went for a first skydive. Of course, the depiction was like they were all gonna solo out of a DC-3 or something. The plan was for them to hold a banner that advertised Cheers. But they all chickened out, until the pilot pretended to have engine failure, and they all "bailed out." I mean, watching a show with such a pathetically stupid and unrealistic plot device, I have to ask why they bother to write stuff like that. I typically dislike shows that have to distort stuff so grossly in order to make it fit a false perception of how things are. -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blueshrew 0 #50 October 20, 2004 Half Past Dead, haven't seen it, but they did freefall stunts in Hoexter, Germany for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
