jumpinfarmer 0 #1 November 14, 2003 How many of you had never been in a plane before you started skydiving? How many never been in a plane except to jump from it? I'm just wondering how many other people had been as atached to the ground as me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chapsta 0 #2 November 14, 2003 Well, I was in a plane many times before I took the dive... but my friend in Dallas (Josh) has exactly the same number of jumps as he does takeoff's! He has taken off over 500 times in an airplane and NEVER landed in one! How messed up is that! ChapsCarpe diem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #3 November 14, 2003 I hope I can say the same thing some day. I'm beginging to like the plane ride a little more but still prefer to jump out. I geuss my facination with this topic is because I spent 28 years glued to tera ferma. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #4 November 14, 2003 My dad got his pilot lic when I was 13 so flying was no big deal when it came time to jump...I remember on my first thinking "oh this is no big deal..its just like flying with dad".... however when they opened the door to take a peak its was a WHOLE NEW BALL GAME!!! Not to mention when they opened it all the way to jump!!! Coarse its all good now jasonFreedom of speech includes volume Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #5 November 14, 2003 The first time I ever rode in a plane was when I did my first tandem jump. So far, it's been the only jump I've had and only plane ride as well. I kinda want to be the person that can say they've rode on a plane 1000 times but never landed in one. I think that would be a cool story to tell. SheenaI'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #6 November 14, 2003 I'd never been in any kind of airplane before my first and second static line jumps in 1978. I was the first student out of the C-195 with NO door, so I had a great view the entire ride up. After I opened I looked down to see where I was and it looked like I was over a forest. Then I scanned up toward the horizon and saw real trees. I was over an overgrown pasture.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #7 November 14, 2003 I'm taking a commercial flight this weekend to Orlando to the wind tunnel and it will be the first time in 6 months I've been on a plane without a parachute. It’s going to be a funny feeling…"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Designer 0 #8 November 14, 2003 Add a twist!How many planes you fly in before you jumped out of 1?LET'S see,Pan Am 727,S.F. to Japan.Beechcraft from Taegu,Korea to Seoul Korea.Pan Am back to states.(S.F.). C-182,C-172. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamUK 3 #9 November 14, 2003 I guess the attendant will be bemused why you insist on sitting on the floor for the entire flight! Adam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrogNog 1 #10 November 14, 2003 QuoteI guess the attendant will be bemused why you insist on sitting on the floor for the entire flight! Adam. My last business trip (and, technically, my first) I got my seat at the gate and asked for exit row. I was sorta tired so I didn't think it through when they asked whether I was in fit shape to be an exit row guy and I said "oh, sure, I open airplane doors and jump out all the time." I qualified and got that row (yay, footroom) but the attendant was a bit concerned and finished with "well we shouldn't need you to do that on this flight." The seat was too cushy; it didn't feel right. Anyway, back on topic, I had flown (ridden) in 737s several times before I started jumping. But commercial airflight tended to scare me, so I did some recreational flying with a private-license friend in a 152. After that, commercial air flight seemed SO safe! All this time it never occurred to me that I would one day seriously jump out of flying airplanes. Several years later, I hadn't flown in anything for a long time and I got into a 182 with 2 other static-line babies, a jumpmaster, and a pilot and flew out over that "scented" farmland. The ride to 3.5k seemed to take forever in that terrifying sort of way. -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #11 November 14, 2003 QuoteI'm taking a commercial flight this weekend to Orlando to the wind tunnel and it will be the first time in 6 months I've been on a plane without a parachute. It’s going to be a funny feeling… Before this spring, it had been about 4 1/2 years since I'd ridden on a plane without a parachute. I remember thinking on the way to cruising altitude that the last time I was in a jet, I'd jumped out the back door about three miles over Illinois.I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #12 November 14, 2003 1st time in a small plane was to jump(c-182). Been on many comercial jets and proped planes before(737,dash8,c-130 herculies and another military one...think it was called a cosmo)...also had a ride in a labrdor and huey choppers ....little of subject..but had a 4 hour trip in a submarine also.(cadets was good to me as a teenager) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #13 November 14, 2003 QuoteI guess the attendant will be bemused why you insist on sitting on the floor for the entire flight! Adam. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #14 November 14, 2003 Yeah, I'm going on my first commercial flight in over 2 years next week, and I think at about 11k I'm going to start giving people skin and asking them for gear checks on the plane. Man, I bet that would scare the crap out of them! Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patman 0 #15 November 15, 2003 Oh boy, lets see, 182, 172, 152, 150, Cherokee 140,Cherokee 160, Cherokee Six, Cardinal, Cardinal RG, Cub, Champ, Tripacer (current plane), Pacer, Travelaire, Starduster Two, Slip Stream Genisis, Challenger, Challenger II, Sky Blaster, Revelation, Scepter, Sky Ranger, Lake Buckineer, DC 3, Bell (Ron's), Otter, Caravan, Skyvan, King Air... I know there's more, but I just can't think any more!! Don't tell me I can't! I already know that! Haven't you seen my x-rays? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #16 November 15, 2003 Well, I've been on planes all my life, plus, I'm a pilot so I can't say that. I do't have as impressive a resume' as Patman, but I'm rated in Cessna C-172, Piper Cherokee 140, Piper Arrow, BeechCraft T-34B, working of getting rated in DHC C-7 Caribou-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #17 November 17, 2003 QuoteHow many of you had never been in a plane before you started skydiving? How many never been in a plane except to jump from it? I'm just wondering how many other people had been as atached to the ground as me. was on the day I made my first jump.... It was great..The view was super....it was 31 years ago.. I had over 150 jumps before I ever landed in a plane and as I looked out the window,,,the glideslope on final,, was soooo shallow I was certain we would never reach the runway.... but we did... I sometimes say that we are so priviledged,, as jumpers.... We pay a modest fee for "an airplane ride to altitude..." and then get to skydive from the plane ...... for FREE!!!!! skydive softly, skydive often, skydive with friends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
