dreamsville 0 #26 April 2, 2003 Quade, I have to ask. From what you know of the history of this sport, how often have you seen jumpers sitting in the door or on the tailgate of a plane WITH NO RIG AND NO BELT ON while in the air, as in Cutaway (cloudy Saturday so I watched it again). If that aircraft hit an air pocket, the guy falls off and it's his last jump.| I don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stylin 1 #27 April 2, 2003 QuoteI think the only question about talking about cutaways is whether they ought to be here or on the "safety and training" forum. Often there are a lot of other subjects discussed here, and posts about cutaway stories and how to prevent/deal with them might get lost in the general post traffic in this forum. Incidents, and safety and training might be considered by some to be more reference-type forums (where to go to learn from others' situations), than this forum. Of course, if we talk about cutaways and learn, maybe we can keep them from ending up as serious incidents or from occurring in the first place. Be safe friends. | I agree with you, but I think Im starting to go crazy with it. But, that topic really cleared up a lot of things for me, if it happened tomorrow I think I would be a lot more in tune to whats going on which would prevent pushing the panic button. You can keep talking yourself to death on a subject like that. Right now its just being crapped out with a lot of usless posts saying stupid things that have no relevance to the subject. Too bad. No matter where you put it, the retards will catch up with it sooner or later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #28 April 2, 2003 QuoteNo matter where you put it, the retards will catch up with it sooner or later. Not quite. Posts in the Intro Forum are for newbies posting to say hi, as you recently learned, it is moderated fairly well. The same goes for all the other forums, when they start to stray off topic (if its a topical forum) its nipped in the bud fairly quickly.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #29 April 2, 2003 if you think chasing girls & hanging off a truck with a parachute (and other equally insane stunts, just because you can) has NOTHING to do with skydiving and skydivers then you havent spent much time at a DZ..oh yeah thats right, you havent...might i suggest you actually get enough jumps to qualify (even if you dont want it) for your A, and perhaps spend say at least 48 hours at a DZ before you make such silly statements about our culture? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #30 April 2, 2003 QuoteWhat truth? They spent more time on silly shit like chasing girls around the DZ Oh...you have no idea how truthful that really is! QuoteIf they did make a serioius movie about skydiving, and they did it right, make it about that and that only, I think it would end up being a pretty big hit. Probably not. How many whuffos are out rushing to buy Good Stuff? They generally don't know the difference between when they're watching something incredible in skydiving or something on Real TV.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stylin 1 #31 April 2, 2003 Quote Quade, I have to ask. From what you know of the history of this sport, how often have you seen jumpers sitting in the door or on the tailgate of a plane WITH NO RIG AND NO BELT ON while in the air, as in Cutaway (cloudy Saturday so I watched it again). If that aircraft hit an air pocket, the guy falls off and it's his last jump.| I dont even want to think about that. Have you ever forgotten something, like your wallet before you left the house? Or your rig before you jumped? May sound stupid, but the point is, its always easy to forget something, especially if youre me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySlut 0 #32 April 2, 2003 QuoteThey spent more time on silly shit like chasing girls around the DZ and hanging off of trucks with a parachute than skydiving. Quade wasnt referring to the silly antics when he was commenting on facts about skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #33 April 2, 2003 Hehehe, yeah, he should see the pics from this past saturday. The winds were 8 gusting to 23, so we weren't jumping, someone brought out a Kite Boarding kite, so we made a sled out of a box and spent a couple hours being really stupid. Luckily no one got hurt, but damnit, it was very funny and a lot of fun. /me starts thinking back to all the really stupid/crazy shit he's been apart of on DZs, and chuckles at the good memories.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #34 April 2, 2003 like the guy that was due for a reserve repack and so went out piggy back on his friends ninja at 80 and deployed?? i was amazed he landed it..but damn it looked cool..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stylin 1 #35 April 2, 2003 QuoteQuoteNo matter where you put it, the retards will catch up with it sooner or later. Not quite. Posts in the Intro Forum are for newbies posting to say hi, as you recently learned, it is moderated fairly well. The same goes for all the other forums, when they start to stray off topic (if its a topical forum) its nipped in the bud fairly quickly. I noticed that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #36 April 2, 2003 >What truth? They spent more time on silly shit like chasing girls > around the DZ and hanging off of trucks with a parachute than > skydiving. This absolutely was not a serious movie about skydiving. Once you start spending more time at a DZ you'll realize that it was actually pretty accurate. It may not be cool, but it's accurate. >If they did make a serioius movie about skydiving, and they did it > right, make it about that and that only, I think it would end up > being a pretty big hit. There are dozens, made by skydivers for skydivers, about nothing but skydiving. They are big hits among skydivers, but are not hits in the general population. Sorta like Warren Miller's stuff - just not popular among non-skiers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #37 April 2, 2003 Quote Quade, I have to ask. From what you know of the history of this sport, how often have you seen jumpers sitting in the door or on the tailgate of a plane WITH NO RIG AND NO BELT ON while in the air, as in Cutaway (cloudy Saturday so I watched it again). If that aircraft hit an air pocket, the guy falls off and it's his last jump.| I actually had a guy climb out on the step of a 182 without a rig on doing aerial photography. Scared the begesus out of me. He wanted the door up on the string "holder" so that it wouldn't come down if I didn't fly coordinated. Yah, right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #38 April 2, 2003 >how often have you seen jumpers sitting in the door or on the > tailgate of a plane WITH NO RIG AND NO BELT ON while in the air . . . Personally I've done such things a few times. Once in an otter on the way to a demo - no one in the plane was wearing a rig, but it was hot, so we opened the door. In our defense it wasn't open all the way. On another otter trip (to Montana) there was a lot of trial and error as people (without rigs) tried to figure out how to pee out the door without making a mess. I wasn't on that one but I saw the results. I was once on a load where someone got on the helicopter before his rig was packed. He closed the rig, folded the PC, started closing the tabs etc when we lost power at ~1000 feet; he was between us and the door. He put his rig on very quickly. >If that aircraft hit an air pocket, the guy falls off and it's his last > jump. Not if he's hanging on to something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #39 April 2, 2003 I'm assuming that was a bit of poetic license, but maybe not. My guess is that Manos got the idea from somewhere and my guess is that he probably saw that happen somewhere in his life. Maybe back in the early Freak Brothers days when people were pretty damn intense about building stars for the Nationals. There is so much about the movie that the casual observer would think, "oh, that's just BS", but when you look into it, it does have some basis in a real event. I know that a LOT of my whuffo friends had a very difficult time believing that when a teammate goes in that the team may greive for a day or so, but then they're right back on it. Well, that IS reality. Ask Kallend or any of the women involved with Jump for the Cause. That's the kind of truth I'm talking about and you definately don't learn that kind of stuff just by being a student.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #40 April 2, 2003 QuoteHave you ever forgotten something, like your wallet before you left the house? Or your rig before you jumped? It has happened. Not to me, but certainly to other people. I can think of at least a few times I've personally stopped people from walking to the plane without a rig on.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #41 April 2, 2003 Quote Posts in the Intro Forum are for newbies posting to say hi, as you recently learned, it is moderated fairly well. Ahem....fairly well, Dave? C'mon, give a girl a little more credit than that! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #42 April 3, 2003 Ok, sorry, they're moderated VERY well by one of the sexiest women who has ever thrown themselves out of an airplane. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #43 April 3, 2003 Quote They spent more time on silly shit like chasing girls around the DZ and hanging off of trucks with a parachute than skydiving. They that is what we do after the beer light is on or on winded out days. Oh and don't forget creeper slingshot, slappies fav.....then there are beacon rides.....the list goes on and on.....Skydiving is a very social sport....usually much more socializing than skydiving goes on. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #44 April 3, 2003 Quote Ok, sorry, they're moderated VERY well by one of the sexiest women who has ever thrown themselves out of an airplane Damn, you're good! Gotta love a guy who has that Southern charm. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stylin 1 #45 April 3, 2003 Quote Quote They spent more time on silly shit like chasing girls around the DZ and hanging off of trucks with a parachute than skydiving. They that is what we do after the beer light is on or on winded out days. Oh and don't forget creeper slingshot, slappies fav.....then there are beacon rides.....the list goes on and on.....Skydiving is a very social sport....usually much more socializing than skydiving goes on. Well, I hope that isnt going to be a problem for me being that Im a big time girl chaser. Seems to be a problem I have, all I have to do is take one look at a cute blonde and I just lose it completely. Thats really going to help out alot when I need to keep my attention span on whats going on during a freefall, ie altitude awareness for one. I had a cute blonde in a jumpsuit brush past me last weekend, and Im like "hey, hows it going, ....ect". Then I thought, what the hell am I doing, Im fixing to go up and Im screwing around again. That blonde was really cute. Some things you just cant help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #46 April 3, 2003 That reminds me, since you won't recieve PMs, to go talk back and visit my thread that responded to yours.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #47 April 3, 2003 Quote Well, I hope that isnt going to be a problem for me being that Im a big time girl chaser. Well, if I were you I wouldn't worry about it too much. The male:female ratio in skydiving is something like 9:1 (another fairly accurate depiction in "Cutaway"), so unless you really got something going on (beefcake, leader of the pack, et al.), they're pretty much just going to ignore you. Oh yeah, and you're "old". quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #48 April 3, 2003 Quote I hope that isnt going to be a problem for me being that Im a big time girl chaser. Seems to be a problem I have, all I have to do is take one look at a cute blonde and I just lose it completely And from an earlier post of yours... Quote Why are women involved in skydiving so unsociable? I guess thats ONE of the reasons Ill never get too serious about this sport. I notice out at the DZ women, and everyone else, pretty much keep to themselves and are not exactly the friendly type. Hrmmmmm........ What you have here is a classic 7-10 split.... ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #49 April 3, 2003 its also about to be summer in Eloy..given the shot of him posted in the womens forum and all the tanned and toned skygods wandering around SDAZ i think its safe to say he'll be the invisible man.. although part of me hopes he hits on a certain someone out there, just to see how many pieces he gets torn into and how far they fly..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #50 April 3, 2003 Catch, no release, just a toss back in the wild...laughing... Am I on the right track?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
