quade 4 #1 July 3, 2002 Have you ever exited during hazy conditions where you couldn't see the ground for more than a mile away from the landing area?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 July 3, 2002 Yeah, actually. Then again there was that one gps spotted load...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #3 July 3, 2002 yep, not to smart. Tops were at @ 4000 ft, Bottoms were at @ 1000 ft. we had to pull in the clowds that was a little freaky, you coud hear but not see other people. it was the first load of the day total overcast but i was young and ... oh screw it, i didnt want to look like a wuss (is that the correct spelling). well i think the whole load landed off, i remember landing next to a farmer plowing his field, he was kind of shocked HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #4 July 3, 2002 No freakin' way. A little haze or cloud, yes. But a mile of haze?!?!?! My life is worth more than a $17 plane ride. dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #5 July 3, 2002 Sure, I just did a cross country the other day where it was all hazy and we had trouble seeing through the haze to see the ground till about 7000ish. We could see the major landmarks but seeing the small things that we can normally see if it was'nt so freaking muggy and hazy. Haze does'nt bother me too much as long as I can see some major things around...Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #6 July 3, 2002 Back a while ago I used to jump at a dz with very low standards of common sense. I had low standards too, I guess. When it was cloudy we'd get spotted from the ground. The dzo was good at positioning us by ear. Most of the time he was exactly right. Once we landed 8 miles away though. I guess he heard a different plane overhead and thought it was us. That dz is long gone. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billo 0 #7 July 3, 2002 definitely not if i was spotting...BUT i suppose maybe on an out-of-town weekend with a gps spot from a big plane, perhaps. i have also made a handful of off landings in farm fields because of these very spots. that's why i will *always* check the ground winds before going up each and every load. one cool thing about iowa though - all of the farm roads are almost exactly 1 mile apart from each other. from the sky, the ground looks like one big checkerboard. once you know where you are, it is pretty easy to hit the airport within 1 square mile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #8 July 3, 2002 I have great video of it... HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #9 July 3, 2002 i have jumped in clouds so thick i could not see anything until pull time! i know someone who did his first student jump in the clouds too-and i mean in the clouds! clouds are fun, unkay! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #10 July 3, 2002 hmmm...the past two weekends we've had this problem, except it isn't clouds, it's smoke from the fires in AZ and CO. Albuquerque is in a nice valley that catches all the smoke and holds it there...we had a couple of days with less than a mile visibility. We jumped anyway, though.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbrian 0 #11 July 3, 2002 Of course. Industrial haze looks beautiful from above. Pull at pull time and if you're in the haze, then spiral down and land wherever you come out. The surprise is the best part! In a world full of people, only some want to fly... isn't that crazy! --Seal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #12 July 3, 2002 Well well well..........reaffirms the saying........ "Common sense isn't common" and "horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on people" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #13 July 3, 2002 ya once, actually pulled in the haze, only a few of us made it back.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #14 July 3, 2002 There is a difference between haze and clouds. Haze I don't mind you can see all the way to the ground there... but I've got a real dislike for clouds after seeing a private plane pop out of the middle of a cloud with in a half mile of jumpers that jumped in the hole.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #15 July 3, 2002 Yes I have Quade. It has happened twice this year actually. Once at Perris and the other was at Elsinore. No clouds, no fog, real haze that was so.........um not thick just not visible through Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #16 July 3, 2002 Just as a point of clairification, I'm not talking about "industrial haze" that we all joke about during cloud jumps, I'm talking about actual atmospheric haze like the kind you sometimes get with an inversion layer or maybe if there is a fire nearby.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #17 July 3, 2002 That is what I was talking about as well. Real Haze. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #18 July 3, 2002 Ok, but I'm not sure everyone understood that, which is why I was responding to my own post. It just happened to come after yours.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
