jjrainyday 0 #1 August 30, 2006 We have a tandem student that wants to propose to his girlfriend (also doing a tandem), so he wants "Will You Marry Me?" written in the landing area. Does anyone have experience with landing area messages? I was thinking we could mow it in, or paint it on a big banner and put it flat on the ground, or...? Thanks!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #2 August 30, 2006 Clothes, Flour and Human Bodies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #3 August 30, 2006 A combo worked well for a DZ nearby recently. Mow the letters then fill with flour.An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 August 30, 2006 Mowing a message is farily hard if its a complex message. For instance, more than a few letters long. Even then it doesn't alway stand out too well depending on the color of the dirt, grass and surrounding area. Perhaps a good handful of bedsheets (white) with paint (black in color) would do well for a sign. Add some tent stakes and you're set. Maybe 5-7 cheap twin sheets to make a long banner. Make the letters as tall as the sheet's width and put the sheets together end to end to get the full message. Be sure to stake down each corner of the sheets or they may blow around. Also, please put them somewhere outside of the main landing area. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jas8472 0 #5 August 30, 2006 QuoteClothes, Flour and Human Bodies... too much fandango Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #6 August 30, 2006 I did the following for a couple of friends... 2 tandems + 2 videomen + me flying 2nd video on HER. I separated and opened higher, deployed my home made 5x3ft (approx) flag on which I wrote : Meargot, will you marry me. Next step was to go flying close to HER tandem (close enough but safe distance) and get her impressions, and then fly to HIS tandem and tell him the result. Which was a : WEEEHAAAAW YHAHOOOOHOOOOHOOOO or something similar The wedding is this saturday.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #7 August 30, 2006 Dave, Seen the sheet idea done and it looked real cool from above, it looked even cooler as I was setting up to land a tandem to the side of the proposal and the RW jumpers had a fellow catch afoot on the edge (staked down sheet) and ball it all up. I was laughing even though I felt bad, I laughed even harder when I saw the footage in slow mow on the Tandems video. The point? oh yeah, be careful with staking things down in or near the primary landing area.An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonicfreefly 0 #8 August 30, 2006 I like to do my writing in the landing area with gasoline and a match. Especially stands out on the sunset load. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #9 August 30, 2006 Oh I'm clear on the safety issues, hence the QuoteBe sure to stake down each corner of the sheets or they may blow around. Also, please put them somewhere outside of the main landing area. in my post.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #10 August 30, 2006 Some how I missed that very important line. An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #11 August 30, 2006 I've done this many times. THe way that we make the proposal sign is we have a very large peice of heavy black plastic. I think you could probably get this at Home Depot or someplace like that. Then take register/receipt tape and a packaging tape gun (Obviously with clear tape) and go at it. We have one huge sign at our DZ and we just change the girl's name on it when we need to. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #12 August 30, 2006 We did flour. But a word of warning. Flour lasts longer than you would think and more than one subsequent tandem ride thought the message was for her. Be sure to put a name in the message.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #13 August 30, 2006 Quote Be sure to put a name in the message. That is funny.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #14 August 30, 2006 We did 4 proposals this year. In each case the guy had his friends bring out a big tarp with the message painted on it. After the plane took off and cleared the runway a few of us jumpers would lay it out. Normally they can't see it in freefall, but thats ok. A tandem student in freefall wont notice it anyways in most cases. The tandem instructors were obviosuly in on it and would make sure to do an approach to the landing area which made the sign easily readable.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dippymoo 0 #15 August 30, 2006 We had a guy who asked his girlfriend just before he got out the plane. there were two banners on the ground one saying yes and the other no. Her tandem master then landed on her response! pretty funny stuff, particularly as he flew over the no first! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
recovercrachead 0 #16 August 31, 2006 When Guy Wright "Bucky" use to work at the ranch there would be bucky signs every where. Someone made chocolates with a bucky imprint and wrapper. Anyway they took fertilizer and burn the grass with it and made this huge bucky face. You could almost see from exit. "You can take the kid out of the ranch but you cant take ranch out of the kid" "NO GO" GO ON" what movie?Track high, Pull LOW!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #17 August 31, 2006 I had a tandem student who was given the jump by her mom for her birthday. She went to the sign shop and had a banner made - "Happy Birthday Jamie." I had my kids hold it up in the landing area and we landed next to it. Good stuff.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjrainyday 0 #18 August 31, 2006 Thanks so much for all the great ideas!! I'll let you know how it goes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sockpuppet 0 #19 August 31, 2006 Can't you just write in really, really small letters on the inside of her goggles. That way she will think its written on the ground ------ Two of the three voices in my head agree with you. It might actually be unanimous but voice three only speaks Welsh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ZigZagMarquis 9 #20 August 31, 2006 QuoteClothes, Flour and Human Bodies... GO ON! ---------- Anyway... years ago at Cal City... when Mark proposed to Monica... he had a bunch of his buddies write "Monica, Marry Me... Mark" or something like that in big letters using flour on the experienced pit while they were on thier way to altitude in the plane to do a 2-way... Monica had a total on the jump, terminal reserve ride, landed out, never saw the proposal written on the ground... he gets her back to the hangar, gets her calmed down, does the "ya gotta get back on the horse" speech, gets a substitue rig... and off they go for another jump... she has ANOTHER total on the second jump... I'm not lying... another terminal reserve ride, doesn't see the sign on the ground again... we pull Mark aside and say something like "fate is trying to tell you something here buddy"... ... but he disagrees and walks her out to the target and, she's able to read the message / figures it out and he gets down on one knee and proposes to her... this was years and years ago and they're married still to this day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ntrprnr 0 #21 September 1, 2006 QuoteCan't you just write in really, really small letters on the inside of her goggles. That way she will think its written on the ground That made me laugh out loud. :)_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hexadecimal 0 #22 September 1, 2006 You don't have enough jumps to write in the landing area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
Sockpuppet 0 #19 August 31, 2006 Can't you just write in really, really small letters on the inside of her goggles. That way she will think its written on the ground ------ Two of the three voices in my head agree with you. It might actually be unanimous but voice three only speaks Welsh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #20 August 31, 2006 QuoteClothes, Flour and Human Bodies... GO ON! ---------- Anyway... years ago at Cal City... when Mark proposed to Monica... he had a bunch of his buddies write "Monica, Marry Me... Mark" or something like that in big letters using flour on the experienced pit while they were on thier way to altitude in the plane to do a 2-way... Monica had a total on the jump, terminal reserve ride, landed out, never saw the proposal written on the ground... he gets her back to the hangar, gets her calmed down, does the "ya gotta get back on the horse" speech, gets a substitue rig... and off they go for another jump... she has ANOTHER total on the second jump... I'm not lying... another terminal reserve ride, doesn't see the sign on the ground again... we pull Mark aside and say something like "fate is trying to tell you something here buddy"... ... but he disagrees and walks her out to the target and, she's able to read the message / figures it out and he gets down on one knee and proposes to her... this was years and years ago and they're married still to this day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ntrprnr 0 #21 September 1, 2006 QuoteCan't you just write in really, really small letters on the inside of her goggles. That way she will think its written on the ground That made me laugh out loud. :)_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hexadecimal 0 #22 September 1, 2006 You don't have enough jumps to write in the landing area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
ntrprnr 0 #21 September 1, 2006 QuoteCan't you just write in really, really small letters on the inside of her goggles. That way she will think its written on the ground That made me laugh out loud. :)_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexadecimal 0 #22 September 1, 2006 You don't have enough jumps to write in the landing area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
