openingshok 0 #51 March 2, 2007 My eyelids are still flapping. Now I wear sunglasses on every jump so I am never without them. Sucks on night jumps though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billstap 0 #52 March 2, 2007 i once forgot my goggles and didnt realize until plane was pulling away, i asked if i was going to be OK and the owner of the club i jump for said nah you dont need them i never wear them, well i forgot to realize the fact that he has been jumpin since '72, oh yea the good 'ol round days, well it was a helacious jump i flew most of the way on my back holding my altimeter about 2 inches from my eyes until it was finally over, but hey it was still a rush blue skies!!! billy:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billstap 0 #53 March 2, 2007 i just dropped a line about a handsome devil that told me in the plane that i did not need goggles and it was dick swanson, just thought i would let you know, he is a very smart and respectable human being, and i feel very pround to have learned at his establishment, he really is a prime example of a incredible part to the skydiving community, cheers blue skies!!! billy:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #54 March 2, 2007 Once, but it was a hop 'n' pop anyway. One time the elastic was getting loose and they blew up my helmet on a two-way as we were preparing to do fruitloops. I nodded to the other guy that it was okay and we continued without incident. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGENBLUE 0 #55 March 3, 2007 With tendems it's pie. Ya just hide behind em! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elias123 0 #56 March 3, 2007 I've never forgotten them during my student training and I'm not likely to loose them soon since I always jump a fullface helmet. fullfaces are the best !"In a mad world, only the mad are sane" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #57 March 3, 2007 QuoteHead-down is not too bad without goggles either. Head down, or feet down, fly a little lower than your partner. Works for rain too.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rwieder 0 #58 March 3, 2007 goggles, and altimeter. -Richard- "You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites