jkbernstein 1 #1 January 3, 2006 I was on this jump (a.k.a. the Magic Carnage Ride) over the past weekend and bought a copy of John's incredible photo of the exit. Unfortunately, the picture spent three days in a van in the hot Florida sun; the emulsion melted and stuck to the plastic cover it was in. I'm trying to track John down to get another copy, and to ask him to put the video on skydivingmovies.com. John, are you out there, or does anyone know how to find him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #2 January 3, 2006 I bet our Magic Carpet in Eloy was better than your magic carpet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkbernstein 1 #3 January 3, 2006 We had 18 people, a ten-second ride before things went to shit, AND a premature deployment which nearly took out my friend Germ - talk about kick-ass video. Beat that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #4 January 3, 2006 ...and you didn't get a copy?! USELESS! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkbernstein 1 #5 January 3, 2006 A copy? So that I could have TWO melted pictures, since they both would've been sitting in the van for three days? I was gonna ask you if you had any videos of John's and/or an email address, but clearly you're no help at all. (Why is there not an emoticon for someone with their fingers in their ears, sticking out their tongue and going "PPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTT!"?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #6 January 3, 2006 QuoteWe had 18 people, a ten-second ride before things went to shit, AND a premature deployment which nearly took out my friend Germ - talk about kick-ass video. Beat that! OK, you win. Our's was only half as big (3x3), but we held it together for at least 20 secs (maybe 30), so there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srsand1960 0 #7 January 4, 2006 PILOTDAVE............. FRICKEN AWESOME SITE DUDE!!!!! Incredible viddys..... WOW! Makes me want to go! It doesn't matter how anyone else lives their life.... it matter how you live yours! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #8 January 4, 2006 PM TK and he can provide your contact info to John. Normally, we limit the MC to 12 people. Over that - it tends to bend back on itself in the middle and funnel. 9-12 flies well. Also, as you know, there can be a lot of bumping going on. As a safety measure, anyone with a legstrap throwout should have the legstrap on the outside edge of the MC. Check bridles too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 January 4, 2006 Whoever came up with the big-way MC idea is one crazy MF'er. But what a fantastic video it made! WoooooHOooooooo!!!!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
happythoughts 0 #10 January 4, 2006 Quote Whoever came up with the big-way MC idea is one crazy MF'er. Probably Johnny. We were sitting around trying to think up something new. It was kind of a modified tube thing. Johnny and I were watching the video. It came out and then flattened out. Instead of going head down, it wobbled across the sky belly down. One of us said, "That looks like a magic carpet flying across the sky" and the name stuck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #11 January 4, 2006 Quote I bet our Magic Carpet in Eloy was better than your magic carpet! Heard over the loudspeaker: "Anyone who knows how to do a ... floor ... jump. anyone that knows how to do a floor-jump, please come to manifest ... wait, it's a carpet-dive ... anyone that knows how to do a carpet-dive, please check in with manifest" Or something to that effect Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #12 January 4, 2006 QuoteQuote I bet our Magic Carpet in Eloy was better than your magic carpet! Heard over the loudspeaker: "Anyone who knows how to do a ... floor ... jump. anyone that knows how to do a floor-jump, please come to manifest ... wait, it's a carpet-dive ... anyone that knows how to do a carpet-dive, please check in with manifest" Or something to that effect You mean it wasn't some chick wanting to munch carpet? Really. That's funny. I never heard it - I was just packing next to the DZ.com tent when TallGuy was collecting people. Sure a fun ride. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #13 January 4, 2006 *ahem* that's Jerm, with a J, thank you very much Wish i'd been wearing video for the "looking directly down at a developing premie" angle, but alas. It WAS an ass-kickin dive, though Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
