Tuna-Salad 0 #1 August 28, 2009 I just found this earlier while googling what a beech 18 was.. http://wolferadio11.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/beech-18.jpgMillions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lost_n_confuzd 0 #2 August 28, 2009 Ahhh, now I get it! So that's what my instructors meant by wingloading!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuna-Salad 0 #3 August 28, 2009 Assuming it isn't photo shopped.. that has bad news written all over it.. my opinion of course..Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #4 August 28, 2009 IT'S NOT PHOTOSHOPPED, and why would it be bad ?scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuna-Salad 0 #5 August 28, 2009 If you slip or something I could see someone getting hit in the face with the leading edge of the wing perhaps?Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flusspirat 0 #6 August 28, 2009 oh no, they are doing something dangerous instead of just jumping out of airplanes. they are giving my sport a bad name. quick, call the fbi... i think the picture is pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 August 28, 2009 that was in Switzerland in the end of 70's I believe (or early 80's)... Some of them are the same people that came with restrictions and "don't do this-don't do that" theoriesthe plan was to take a picture with the guy sitting on the engine, but he slipped and he managed to hang on the prop. I know the pilot, and also a couple of the people riding the plane that was a period when they knew how to have fun, know the risks, and take their chances. more pictures on www.swissboogie.ch galleries scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrDree 0 #8 August 28, 2009 Haha that was at my home DZ, like 20 years ago! I wonder if my instructor was on that wing... I should ask him! "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #9 August 28, 2009 Situation normal for the 70's and 80's.This is just a little extreme But lot's of examples of putting a whole load out the door. It was an every jump tradition for the front floater to go up and knock on the pilots window on a Beech 18. An old movie Skydive has a whole load on top of a DC3. Includes one guy sliding down the top and hitting the camera man sitting with his back to the tail. A classic. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #10 August 28, 2009 "that was a period when they knew how to have fun," Of course; in the 70s that's all we knew. With a good reach it's not hard to get to the strut and wheel of an Otter, but remember to tell the pilot to hold the brake if you want to stand on the wheel... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #11 August 28, 2009 QuoteAssuming it isn't photo shopped.. that has bad news written all over it.. my opinion of course.. Far better to do it that way than have all the jumpers clustered around the door. IIRC a Twin Beech stalled and spun in, killing quite a few jumpers, way back when(87ish maybe?) because the jumpers put the CG so far back the stall was unpreventable and the spin was unrecoverable."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lekstrom10k 0 #12 August 28, 2009 Terry that was actually a Twin Beech too. As he slid down the top I believe he almost took out the cameraman.I remember guys crawling out on Twin Otters and King Air 200's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #13 August 28, 2009 What was the camera man leaning against? Hmm, maybe he was just hanging on to an antenna. I thought he was leaning against the vertical stabilizer but I do remember the airplane being smaller than a DC-3. Oh well, I'm old for my age and haven't seen it for 25 years. The local library used to have it on 16 mm and I'd check it out with a projector every once in awhile.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeQ.Public 0 #14 August 28, 2009 Google Lockheed Loadstar and see if you can find the pic of one with the whole load outside the aircraft Only one i could find. There are several books of this guys photos http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/wp-content/files/2008/06/keech.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2008/06/a-skydiving-photographer-reveals-almost-all-but-for-one-secret/&usg=__BC2rTIgDm4Wo_yiEeSmXaBinkGM=&h=252&w=400&sz=50&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=dJ3nXrRbOn8c5M:&tbnh=78&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlockheed%252Bskydivers%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1Very soon, an honest person will not be able to sing the last 2 lines of our National Anthem:::Practice safe dining....use condiments Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #15 September 20, 2009 That photo, and other similar ones, predate photoshop by quite a few years.Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rdufokker 6 #16 September 20, 2009 That Lockheed jump was definitely not fake as I was on the load following the one you see. That was a world record "most people outside of an aircraft until Caiden put more out of his Tri-motor. The pilot of the Lockheed 10e was Dangerous Dan from Raeford.Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #17 September 20, 2009 Quote Google Lockheed Loadstar and see if you can find the pic of one with the whole load outside the aircraft Only one i could find. There are several books of this guys photos http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/wp-content/files/2008/06/keech.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2008/06/a-skydiving-photographer-reveals-almost-all-but-for-one-secret/&usg=__BC2rTIgDm4Wo_yiEeSmXaBinkGM=&h=252&w=400&sz=50&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=dJ3nXrRbOn8c5M:&tbnh=78&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlockheed%252Bskydivers%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1 "This Guys Photos" Andy Keech has several Skies Call books, back in the day no skydiver worth his salt would be without at least one of 'em on the coffee table...(God I feel old!) Man Small Why Fall Skies Call That's All ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #18 September 20, 2009 Quoteno skydiver worth his salt would be without at least one of 'em on the coffee table...(God I feel old!) Too Right. The copies we had floating around back in the day were nearly worn out they'd look at so much. Books like that and Carl Boenesh's movie, and Norm Kent's, were an insperation to a whole generation of jumpers. A friend and myself were the pre movie entertainment when From Wings Came Flight was premiered in Toronto as as fund raiser. The buzz around the room after seening the film can only be described as electric. All those guys were breaking new groound for the whole sport.Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #19 September 20, 2009 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.taxi-strip.com/sitebuilder/images/Andy_keech_lw5_sm-399x278.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.taxi-strip.com/AndyKeech.html&usg=__1IgAPFuvuIINXg-Q6hE--z5Ehfo=&h=278&w=399&sz=18&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=x9nrQaehIqSonM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dandy%2Bkeech%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4GGLG_enUS308US308%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1He became one of the world’s top free fall photographers, and produced three books on skydiving. He had assignments with Sports Illustrated, TIME magazine, the London Times and other publications, which took him to Africa, Europe and the Pacific as well as all over the United States. Andy built and jumped his own parachute, and was the first freef all photographer to transition on to the moder, high performance ram air parachutes. He was one of the small handful of skydivers to dive off El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley. His El Cap number is 83 (83rd person to freefall down that cliff face). Andy organized the visit to, and jumped in China as still a photographer on the US Skydiving team in 1980. His work hung in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC, and he was honored with the Master of Sport award by the Australian Parachute Association in recognition of his international achievements. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LloydDobbler 2 #20 September 22, 2009 Quote Andy Keech has several Skies Call books, back in the day no skydiver worth his salt would be without at least one of 'em on the coffee table...(God I feel old!) And some of us still today... Signatures are the new black. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
