freeflir29 0 #26 March 7, 2002 Quotesaw pics, what a beautiful place.Nice Island....could do without all the protester lately though..."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #27 March 7, 2002 I could not tell you my prettiest jump. Where I jump in Monterey California 2 miles from the the Pcific Ocean the scenery on some days is just more epic than others for no reason. When the sun is setting in the west over the ocean and the moon is rising in the east with wispy clouds floating by the air is clear and the view is crystal / digital.................................Over labor day weekend last year I went to Washington and jumped at Snohimsh and Kapowsin. The view of glacier strewn Mt. Ranier surounded by huge white puffy clouds and then leaping out of the plane throught those same clouds......speechless speechless...............I want to say more but I will keep it short...........Sebazz............ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #28 March 7, 2002 Oh yeah, I jumped at Z Hills with Dove. She's a very attractive person. Made for a beautiful day of skydiving. Kachink,ChromeBoy-Mirage G3 Unisyn- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #29 March 7, 2002 It sounds like a lot of the prettiest skydives happen during crosscountry jumps...I heard about someone who explored the edge of a large cloud bank with some friends...That would be cool. I wonder how long you'd be able to stay up...and would it be better to use one of those big student Mantas in order to stay up longer...Speed Racer"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #30 March 7, 2002 Quotewould it be better to use one of those big student Mantas in order to stay up longer..Yes........and bring a beer or two for the ride.......and a smoke if you do that too.................Sebazz............ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #31 March 7, 2002 Sunset load onto the beach at Empuriabrava, Spain, way cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #32 March 8, 2002 Probably jumping the beach in Key west....marcBSBD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #33 March 8, 2002 Their is nothing like going into a hook turn right over a big cloud holding down front risers flying straight down and busting the cloud!! ZOOOMMMM!!! right through that baby!! It's cool!! Or flying around the cloud tops.. In and around.. So much fun!Blue Skies and Smooth Rides!! http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spinmaster 0 #34 March 8, 2002 I decide on the way up on a planed 6-way to do a solo. The jump was rearranged by the JM so that I went first ( faster fall rate for a solo after all). However, I'm still new to skydiving and would be pulling around 4k. Everyone else would be going lower. Well, I pull and am hanging on my chute and happen to turn towards the sun. There, about 200-300yds away the group goes by between the sun and me and as they do everyone is pulling. Back light by the sun, I can see their black bodies, lines, chutes, everything...outlined by the sun. And then the Porter goes diving by also back light.....Oh to have picture of it all....but I don't and that is what makes it so great. I'll make a thousand jumps and never see that again...unless I get lucky...and I am luckySpinmaster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #35 March 8, 2002 I thought about this one. Thought long and hard. Which one, out of a total of 28, was the prettiest?All of them. Every time there is a good canopy over my head, it's the prettiest thing I have ever seen. And that reserve was so blue!!!!!!!!!!Ciels and Pinks-MicheleIf you really want to, you can seize the day; if you really want to, you can fly away...~enya~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pie 0 #36 March 8, 2002 See attachment for mine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #37 March 8, 2002 Hi Erica!How are you doing Down Under?Comin' back to 'Snore soon?We need you for the next dz.com record.mark@shark1.org Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #38 March 8, 2002 Damn, this is very hard to pick. So, I have 3 answers:1. My first cloud cross-country. I opened straight out of the Cessna at about 11.5. There were scattered clouds all around in a huge circle. As I was headed toward on large one, the Cessna pilot was banking around me in circle, probably a couple hundred yards away. So, I make it to this large cloud, probably a mile long and 1/2 mile wide. The top is all uneven with canyons. I start carving in and out of the canyons. Due to some trick of the cloud or the thermal, I almost flying horizontally across the cloud top without dropping. I can see my shadow and a rainbow halo, maybe 50 below me on the cloud. I run the width of the cloud, then see a small hole on the far edge, I hook up and then back into a 360 spiral, dive through the hole and plane out on the bottom side of the cloud. I saw the Cessna make one more pass and then head for the runway. I was about 5k now, play around until final. It was a gorgeous jump.2. My first night jump. Duran had come down for night jumps the night before the AOT boogie. My friend Rodney and I strapped on cyalume sticks and decided to do a 2-way. On the way to altitude I saw all this flashing to the south. It got my attention because this was the first week in the air after 9/11. As I looked closer, it was a huge thunderstorm, probably 100 miles away on the plains of central Texas. It was lighting up the sky with orange and red flashes. Exit time came, and Rodney and I did a linked exit and just held the 2-way. I could see all the lights, Granbury, Ft. Worth off to one side, and I could still see the thunderstorm on the horizon as we lazyly spun the 2-way all the way from 12,000. Then we broke and pulled. I came in behind the truck lights and surfed right into the peas. Gorgeous jump.3. My next jump!!!!Malachi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #39 March 8, 2002 I would have to say that my " prettiest" skydive was my first. I was just opening my canopy as the race from gimili motor speedway got under way. Loving cars it was a beautiful site to see so many cars get under way. This was fueled by being able to see downtown winnipeg for the first time from so far away. I remember that I could distictly make out my highrise apartment. That was very cool. I now look for skydivers from my apt windows.Who ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #40 March 8, 2002 Boy, do we love clouds or what...from reading all these posts it seems we all love "the view" and the white puffys just make the added plus to what already IS a beautiful day flying! From my point of view, it seems every skydive has the potential of being "the prettiest". May they never end!SKYDIVING GAVE ME A REASON TO LIVE.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Designer 0 #41 March 9, 2002 Phantom Night jump,cloudy with a full moon.Guess the best part was the secrecy of it.Damn pretty evening to be under canopy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiventom 0 #42 March 9, 2002 It was about 8 of us with a 182 at Lake Almanor in Northern California. There were the beautiful snow capped mountains. We landed in fields covered with wild flowers... just wonderful.Another was in Lodi. We were flying around tons of really small puffy clouds... it was so quiet we could hear eachother talk... sighLive Well, Laugh Often, Love Much Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
