bob.dino 1 #201 February 13, 2006 QuoteHaha, yeah. One of my mates from the old rave scene saw my shiny new RW suit and said, "Dude, hotness! You have to wear that out to a warehouse." Christ. You'd be dead from heat exhaustion within the hour... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richards 0 #202 February 14, 2006 I have had people insist that skydivers in freefall can catch "thermal uprisings" and stay in the sky for prolonged periods of time while not under canopy. Richards. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simulacra 0 #203 February 14, 2006 QuoteI have had people insist that skydivers in freefall can catch "thermal uprisings" and stay in the sky for prolonged periods of time while not under canopy. Richards. Would that be all the hot air that spills out of some skydivers mouth when they brag about their latest jumps? :p Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colinl 0 #204 February 14, 2006 Here's a new whuffo question you may not have heard: When freeflying head down, do you feel a blood rush to your brain the same way you feel it when upside down on the ground, against a wall? Or is it different, because you go down the same way the blood does? (I'm actually interested in the answer ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brianfry713 0 #205 February 14, 2006 It's different than when you're on the ground. It feels more like you're flying BASE 1224, Senior Parachute Rigger, CPL ASEL IA, AGI, IGI USPA Coach & UPT Tandem Instructor, PRO, Altimaster Field Support Representative Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travman 6 #206 February 14, 2006 QuoteQuote because everything falls at the same speed. well it is true, but he left out "in a vacum" I usually reply with "Then why do I fall slower under a canopy?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #207 February 14, 2006 actually teh danger of head down is you go faster than your blood, this is why freeflyers have small heads and big feet... (et les chevilles enflées)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomvailco 0 #208 February 15, 2006 QuoteQuoteAfter viewing a couple of video's my mom wanted to know how far I went back up after opening...got a good chuckle out of that one..:) A guy just got done doing his first tandem and was looking through parachutist. There was a picture of an exit from a helicopter. He said, "I thought you couldn't jump from a helicopter because when you open your 'chute you'll go up into the propeller." That's a weird thought Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomvailco 0 #209 February 15, 2006 Quote...AND There was the time at Elsinore, some spectators (re; whuffo) were askin the pilot why the jumpers were putting in earplugs prior to boarding... He told them- "I'm trying to get rid of my fear of flying...they don't like to hear me screaming!" beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomvailco 0 #210 February 15, 2006 Quote>Then I try and tell her that you don't have to pack your main > PERFECT. I mean, I pack it and I'm FAIRLY confident that it will > open, but I am prepared to cut it away and open my beautiful > reserve which I KNOW will open, when I need to. Uh, I hope this doesn't worry you too much, but reserves can mal, too. Their deployment system is a little more foolproof, but the main reason your reserve is a good thing isn't that it's much better/more reliable than your main, it's that the odds of two different canopies with two different deployment systems failing on the same jump are really low. Personally I know of four reserve mals (just reserve mals, no main/reserve entanglement) of which two were fatal. Exactly billvon I'm no pro, or even exprienced for that matter, but I don't want to be a skydiver that looks at his main pack job and says "ah It's not perfect but it doesnt have to be because of my reserve" I want to be confident my main is going to function properly before I go to plan b. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrenspooner 0 #211 February 15, 2006 Why do you have so many elastic bands? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilchief 1 #212 February 15, 2006 Well..to my knowledge its actually possible. However, its inside of a thunder cloud. The upwinds there can reach speeds around 120mph. I was told that to(..or maybe it was there) that died. They simply froze to death because they weren't loosing any altitude and got stuck in there... If we only had some good thermal suits, we could have many minutes of freefall inside a cloud"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." - Da Vinci www.lilchief.no Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #213 February 16, 2006 In 1959, Lt. Col. William Rankin was flying at 47,000 feet when he had to eject from his F8U jet over Norfolk, Virginia due to an engine failure. He parachuted into the middle of a severe thunderstorm that carried him over 65 miles to Rich Square, North Carolina. The trip took over 40 minutes, during which all sorts of bad shit happened to him. Ineteresting story, ought to read it if you never have. Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #214 February 16, 2006 My favorite was having some random guy bragging about jumping, saying he was so good that after his first jump (which was naturally an unassisted freefall with someone watching him) he was given a snowboard and encouraged to skysurf. After the locals witnessed this he was instantly made an instructor. Of course this same gentleman also claims to have been thrown off his motorcycle going 135mph and surviving only because he managed to grab a light pole and "hang on while I spun around and around losing all that speed." Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #215 February 16, 2006 QuoteIn 1959, Lt. Col. William Rankin was flying at 47,000 feet when he had to eject from his F8U jet over Norfolk, Virginia due to an engine failure. He parachuted into the middle of a severe thunderstorm that carried him over 65 miles to Rich Square, North Carolina. The trip took over 40 minutes, during which all sorts of bad shit happened to him. Ineteresting story, ought to read it if you never have. Not at this price!Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RossDagley 0 #216 February 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteIn 1959, Lt. Col. William Rankin was flying at 47,000 feet when he had to eject from his F8U jet over Norfolk, Virginia due to an engine failure. He parachuted into the middle of a severe thunderstorm that carried him over 65 miles to Rich Square, North Carolina. The trip took over 40 minutes, during which all sorts of bad shit happened to him. Ineteresting story, ought to read it if you never have. Holy cow Batman! Not at this price! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richards 0 #217 February 17, 2006 Well then....I stand corrected. I would never have imagined that being possible. The jist of the conversation was that this guy claimed that he had heard that military specialists could jump out at high altitudes and stay aloft for an hour and cover hundreds of kilometers which sounded a wee biy hokey to me. Was the incident you described a one time incident or is that something that coud be easily replicated? Please inform as I am now curious. Cheers, Richards My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilchief 1 #218 February 17, 2006 I really don't know, but I wish I had more info on it. I was only told what I posted. you could always try if you want to Did the Lt Col survie??"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." - Da Vinci www.lilchief.no Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seedy 0 #219 February 17, 2006 I don't think he did, but he was aloft for so long that he had time to write a book about his experience. I intend to live forever -- so far, so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jduebi 0 #220 March 17, 2006 QuoteQuote Also for cocky tandem students, Ive heard one TM scare the shit out the student by telling him he's going to disconnect him completly under canopy. Gets them to stand on his feet, undoes lower clips as normal, makes noises like hes undoing the top ones, telling the student they're not connected to anything anymore, then quickly moving their feet. I've done over 800 hundred tandems and never had a student like that. Occasionally you can get one in the grounds school that needs a minor attitude adjustment, but I've never seen that in the air. At my first tandem, the jumpmaster also lowered me, but I had no idea why, and what he's doeing. That was also scary... He actually told me that at the ground, but I didn't understood it right, because english is not his mother toung and also not mine :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #221 March 17, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteIn 1959, Lt. Col. William Rankin was flying at 47,000 feet when he had to eject from his F8U jet over Norfolk, Virginia due to an engine failure. He parachuted into the middle of a severe thunderstorm that carried him over 65 miles to Rich Square, North Carolina. The trip took over 40 minutes, during which all sorts of bad shit happened to him. Ineteresting story, ought to read it if you never have. Holy cow Batman! Not at this price! Haha! I recently bought that book in a second hand shop for £2.50! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMiller 1 #222 March 18, 2006 Out at Skydive Arizona, one asked while pointing at the Skyventure Tunnel, "What's indoor skydiving?", to which another replied "See those tubes? I'll bet they hoist you up top of those then drop you down!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jheadley 0 #223 March 28, 2006 Quotenot really a whuffo story, but when i had like 20 jumps i was packing my first canopy with cross ports, it was one of the dropzones rental rigs and i got all freaked out about a hole being in the canopy, i quickly found the dzo and asked him about this tear in the canopy, he just laughed at me and walked off, i stood there kinda frozen till someone else told me what i was looking at. I've seen people with hundreds of jumps who see the crossports for the first time and freak out, so don't feel bad. Heard this one the other day, "So if I graduate this "AFF" program, can I jump with my snowboard after that?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydance1954 0 #224 March 28, 2006 Not at the same DZ, I would hope....... But, yeah, the stats are about that.Mike Ashley D-18460 Canadian A-666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freebird185 0 #225 March 29, 2006 Quote Did the Lt Col survie?? LOL, Now that is a classic whuffo type response. I'm sorry, I should be nicer. I had one today that I aways get. Wuffo: Do you pack your own chute? -or- My favorite: You mean you've done over 500 tandam jumps!? .............If we trained monkeys to pack, would you jump their pack jobs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
