Michele 1 #1 May 6, 2004 So, I needed to look through my logbook today for a few things...and had myself cracking up at some of the things I wrote. Like: #11 (first solo): Probably letting go with both hands from the bar at the same time is good. 21: Tanked landing. Forgot to use my feet and just fell over. 24: Bad set up for pattern. Was too long. But not too long. I don't know, but I landed way far away. I guess I was long. 31: Tanked landing. Maybe I should finish the flare? 63: Weird thermals - off on the landing pattern. Perhaps I couldn't tell where I was because I seem to have had my HEAD shoved up my ass... 80: Nearly killed Sparky. Horrible track. Deployed, flew, crashed. As usual. I'm never going to figure this shit out. 86: Good set up on canopy, in the right spot, slid in on my bottom. When will I ever learn feet are my friends??? Post Jump 88: Got my B. I missed three questions about pilots. Good thing I'm not flying the plane. I can't even fly myself well. At least I regularly land on the DZ now. I got my B license!! So what are your favorite comments from your logbook? Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #2 May 6, 2004 My favorite logbook comment wasn't even placed by me. At my old home DZ (Sussex), a guy named Robson would walk around the DZ and sneak into peoples logbooks. He usually focussed on the low-jump-numbered people (like me at the time). He would skip ahead about 30 jumps and put a skull and crossbones on your page! And he put in large black letters: "This is your BLACK DEATH jump!!!" He's a funny guy. Still comes around to jump once in a while. Of course, we would all be terrified of jumping on the day that this page came up. So funny. Someone actually had a MAL once on his black-death jump. LOL Ahhh, the good ole days.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #3 May 6, 2004 QuoteI got my B license!! oh my gosh! Are you having a good week or what?? Babies...Birthdays... B licenses... whats next?? Great job girly!! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atsaubrey 0 #4 May 6, 2004 Post Jump 88: Got my B. I missed three questions about pilots. Good thing I'm not flying the plane. I can't even fly myself well. At least I regularly land on the DZ now....and i didnt even have to wait for my OTHER friends that I was supposed to meet at the dropzone today and try to get in a 3 way even though he was there when he said he was going to be and had to leave work early to do it and rush rush to find I wasn't there even though i know he was counting on having fun but guess he really doesnt matter."GOT LEAD?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #5 May 6, 2004 Congrats on your B! Lets see.....my logbook is pretty slim considering I only have 15 jumps, but I do recall after my first solo writing "Pull down harder to flare damnit!" I haven't been so good at that. Working on that and almost stood up my last landing today. Almost that is because a gust of wind came and knocked me over. I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #6 May 6, 2004 QuoteBabies...Birthdays... B licenses... whats next?? B. Hrm. 'B'. AHA! BOYS! Aubrey, I am sorry. I started to not feel well very quickly, and needed to come home (a two hour drive). Forgive me. The whole DZ is pissed at me, because I left and there wasn't enough people to make a load then... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #7 May 6, 2004 Congrats on the B Michele! I have many many wierd entries in my log book, but the 2 that stand out, to me, the most were not written by me. Jump 3: "...don't land in the corn next time." Tim Brunette C-25395 I was on radio. Jump 4: "...also clear off radio...flew self no commands flared self." K. Olsen C-27264 In retaliation for the comments on jump 3. So, yea, due to a joke comment, I've been off radio since jump 4. Oh, another favorite, Jump 19: "...signed off student status...he sit flys to get down..." Peanut D-23837/I-01 I was a floaty bastard. LMAOIt'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
kansasskydiver 0 #8 May 6, 2004 Jump 46, 47, 48... The taxi way is not to land on. Ouch (bloody hands)<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #9 May 6, 2004 Jump #7 Canopy Control Good (teehee, I didn't stand up a landing until jump 50 or so, so this cracks me up) #12 Please land on feet not rear end #21 Using brakes will help me flare #49 Whoohoo! I flew head down! (HAHA! the video is hilarious! Walk Like AN Egyptian) #77 3 way with danish guys, had no idea what was going on because they wouldn't speak english in the dirt dive. Let them spin me around in the air and smiled a lot. #79 Ate and peeled a banana in freefall by 7K. Messy, but fun. #100 14 way with pancake video, please remember when geeking camera to pull at a decent altitude. #109 It wasn't my fault #119 BOrrowed Dave's spectre. I like it, but should try harder not to land it in a tree. #135 Grope Fest #147 Eating popsicles in freefall in November is not a good idea. It's cold up there, but orange tasted good! Not poosicles. #162 So apparently, I can't launch a flower. #203 JUmped a cobalt. Look for the double diamonds and the screaming blond who can't slow them down to land... #209 First Roger Ponce load and I'm not in trouble yet! #212 Making pig noises on exit distracts the other people in teh base. oops. #215 ROdeo w/Derrek Thomas. Git over here, Byatch! If you show me your boobs, I'll give you a javelin! #233 I packed my main in under 5 minutes and it opened without a mal. Jimbo owes me a beer! #242 Team Jackass Wins the NSL Meet! #294 Thank God I'm Still Alive. THE PLAN:dancing spider. The DIVE:exit, unipod, evil look and funnel to the basement. #323 I funneled the entire KNights 8 way team at once. GO NAVY! #545 10 way speed GIrls team. Team Swallow Not Spit, ready set swallow! #612 8 way or 9 with teh invisible man who grabbed my leg i am not insane #613 cutaway!!! galen yelled at me for pulling low, but it's not fair since i had to pull twice. isn't it natural for the second one to be lower?? copies of my log books should be for sale. __ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #10 May 6, 2004 Congrats on your B ! Jump #14.........(not my spot, but it was Skreamer-esque). My instructor wrote "Distance to target - 4 miles on the odometer." Jump #19, my graduation jump. My Cessna DZ was shutting down, so our instructors took 4 of us students down to CSS to finish up. In my defense -- I had gone through S/L, and wasn't too hep on some of the "non-life threatening" hand signals (but knew "Arch" and "Pull" very well, thank you....) We're falling. I nail the dive plan (360s and backloops), finish, and we're still high....my instructor makes eye contact and gives me the "toe-taps" sign. I have a puzzled look on my face. He makes eye contact again, looks forcefully at his hand, and gives the "toe-taps" sign again.....but I still have no idea what he wants. He makes eye contact AGAIN, looks forcefully at his hand AGAIN, and give me the "toe-taps" sign AGAIN. I finally decide he wants a backloop, so I give him a backloop. When I face him again......he's not there. Not up, not down....so I do a 360, and still don't see him....all of a sudden someone grabs both my ankles and slams them together. That's when the lightbulb over my head finally flickered. "Oh...." That night, we all stop at Pizza Hut on the way back, and he fills out my logbook while we're drinking and waiting for our food. His entry was "....responds well to 'backloop' signal (looks like 'toe-taps')....." 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
Skymonkey13 0 #11 May 6, 2004 This wasn't in a log book, but i asked a girl at the DZ how her jump went. And she said, "I'm trying to learn how to go head-down, but right now i suck alittle". Which of course struck me funny, and i started laughing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #12 May 6, 2004 LMAO! Thanks for this thread, Michele. It got me looking back, and found this one. This jump is the "birth of Corcho (the cork) Rodriguez. The log entry to me was so good that describing it wasn't good enough, it needed to be scanned and posted.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
masher 1 #13 May 6, 2004 Can't remember what jump it wsa, but it was after a month off after being in the sport for 3 months. First jump on a long weekend. Comment: Flare thud, not thud flare.-- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caz 0 #14 May 6, 2004 jump 35 - note to self, its not a good idea to try to tighten both leg straps at the same time close to pull altitude. ~~~ London Skydivers ~~~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #15 May 6, 2004 #341- Cleared for Freefall. Bill Fones D325 (I think)"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
falxori 0 #16 May 6, 2004 Quote80: Nearly killed Sparky but why ??? he seemed like a really nice guy... anyway, i'll take my chances and you still owe me a jump ! O "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #17 May 6, 2004 #9- landed on knees. feet work better. remember that for next time. #26- green light good. red light bad. #37- 6 way. went to shit. had a nice 2 way with heather, though. #43- tube exit with Max. Fun! *BEER*. Lost contact lens in free fall. Flared 30 feet too high, then let up on toggles. no depth perception. canopy dove. *OUCH* found the lens, though. =) #45 ok exit, spin, stop. 1 point. broke apart. went to shit, but fun anyway. nice home base slide on landing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clownburner 0 #18 May 6, 2004 Congrats on your B-license, girl! Woo-hoo! Does this mean no more BLF's for you? Oh, and remember, the B stands for 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #19 May 6, 2004 QuoteDoes this mean no more BLF's for you? I am trying to not do any more Boobie/Bottom Landing falls, but you know...all good plans of mice and men oft go awry or whatever. And yes, beer will be bought and brought...it was sorta an unexpected thing, so I wasn't prepared with beer. I sat there, read the SIM for about 30 minutes, and then took the test. LOL, these comments are great - Ron made it to Freefall after 340+ jumps, Stacy is still alive (awright, girl, gimme that story....), Revs cork... These comments made me laugh! Keep 'em coming! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #20 May 6, 2004 Fresh (my instructor) on jump # 3 "too fast to live too young to die" I like that.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntiPinkChrissy 0 #21 May 6, 2004 Jump #9? Did barrell roll on exit, flipped on back but pulled in a timely manner. (yep, that was my first clear and pull for me, I went back on the dope rope after that) Jump #23? Trees are for Squirrels. ~La La Gang Member #2~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
