rdufokker

Why is no waiver required to fly a plane at 16? Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Tony Cockrell he contributed to skydiving things that most don't know about, and even more will never know about. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

I thought it had to do with treaties. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

The record for most people outside an aircraft was at Raeford out of the Lockheed 10E, UNTIL Caidin wanted to break it with his Fokker Tri motor. It was in Florida as I recall (memory is a little shaky during that time period) and he had rigged up all these ropes along the side of his aircraft. All I remember is him bitching about the damn skydivers wouldn't let go as he was starting to have trouble controlling the aircraft. Big bitchfest on the ground. Seems like it was Palatka or Deland or maybe even Zhills. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Jim has video and photos of the NC record I organized in Smithfield NC in 1982. But I haven't seen any of them. If anyone talks to Jim or knows of these pics I would love to see them. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Seems there was a popular t-shirt, probably from the Gulch that had the hand/ripcord on it. Does anyone have that shirt? BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

holy crap Karl, I always wondered what happened to you. I'll pm you. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Found this on Kathi Embry's Facebook page. Hope she doesn't mind. But, what a gaggle of gorgeous gals. And, hella good skydivers. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Well John "Turbo" Terbeek is here in Charlotte, NC, Tony Peralta is in Phoenix. JJ Cunningham is back home in Pinebluff, NC, Ron Fischer is Capt. for AA in NY, Martin does the Disappearing Island party at Ponce Inlet. Who else you wondering about.....and BTW, who are you? Burke Schnedl Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Capt. Donald S. Cunningham, B-114. An original sport jumper from the 50's that was a green beret and wounded in Vietnam. His drop zones @ Roseland, NC and Laurinburg-Maxton, NC were some of the safest around. Not a lot of advanced skydiving but safe. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Didn't Bungee start at Louisburg, NC? I think Tony Cockrell's dog was named after Bungee, this was, I think, before he left for CA. I never got to meet him but heard hours of stories about him, if it's the same guy. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

I thought Kansas City was Class C, not B. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

I think there are only two in the US that actually are in Class B. The newest one is Chester, SC (Skydive Carolina). They used to be out of B, but the Class B just changed and now they are in it. I am more than familiar with the situation but can't elaborate here. PM me and I'll give you the nuts and bolts. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Beanpole only looks slightly heavier, but other than that, the same as when he left Deland for the outer banks of NC. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

30+ years ago we had a guy that spun like a top. This was before AFF and he was on 15 sec delays. As he would hit terminal about 8-10 sec into it he would start spinning. Well, I heard tell that he lit up a doobie before a jump (heard mind you, I didn't witness, wink wink) and damn he was relaxed. Fell on heading, no potato chipping. Perfect jump. Thank god he didn't have a mal, he would've just laughed. Just sayin Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

That was an awesome hook turn, I can't believe it didn't tuck on you. I also now realize why were all soo much better at accuracy than the newer generation.....if you didn't hit the peas, it hurt. Also, the only graceful thing on the video was the DC3 takeoff. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Is Beanpole still big into hang gliders? I think he has some distance or time records in hang gliding. Tried to find Silly last year, TK told me he was in construction. Don't know if its swinging the hammer or the owner. Does anyone remember Larry Riddle? Heard he moved back to Greensboro area but had passed (can't imagine that). I worked for Silly from 80-82, and also ran the student jumping out of Doug Benson's 182 with JJ Cunningham. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

That's a name I hadn't heard in a while. But the weirdest exit I saw was Slot's doing their 10 way speed exit. Everyone sitting with their legs wrapped around the jumper in front of them. Jaybo, in the back would pick up the last jumper and the whole group would lift off the floor. Then he'd shove everyone out. I don't think they used it in comp. I just think they were trying different things. Also, remember seeing some real cool two way kiss passes in the middle of the fuselage when Bob would do zero g's. and for quite the extended time, I might add. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Mr. D was considerably slower, but it had a nice sound system in it, for the ride up. And seems like Marshall Tucker was always being played. Yes it had two stage superchargers, but as I recall it was only 600shp per side. Burke Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Not quite on operating cost. Fuel alone would be around 400 gallons per hour per engine. @ $4 per gallon, JetA, that's $1600 per hour per engine. And that's just fuel, which is in simplest terms, 1/2 the operating cost per hour. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Still planning on end of May, and into a lake. Hardest part, seriously will be making sure we pick up all bags quickly so as not to litter the water. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Jump pilots always love it when you right hand goes to the floor, so you can help yourself to push and turn to get out of the door.....because this usually ends up slightly turning the fuel selector between Left Tank and BOTH, and shutting off fuel to the engine. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

It doesn't seem impossible to do. The ramp and money seem to be the limiting factor. I mean, if a wingsuiter can hold some predetermined glide angle and be able to adjust flatter or steeper from that base angle, and you build the ramp to the closer limit of the flattest glide angle. Then the wingsuiter would be able to approach the ramp at the steeper base angle and as he approaches the ramp flatten out to match the ramp. If anyone remembers the Wide World of Sports back in the early 70's they used to show a segment where guys would strap plates to their asses and be pulled by cars upwards of 80 mph and see who slid the farthest. I don't think sliding down a slide at 120 mph or greater is the problem, it is all ancillary things that could go wrong with the slide that is a bigger problem, i.e. falling off the slide at 120mph, or the slide not being long enough to establish the flare before running out of ramp. Also, hasn't anyone seen those speed skiers going down a mountain at >120mph and fall. They are sliding down a not so smooth, yet slick surface, and crash yet a large portion walk away. So is the question theoretically not achievable or just cost or construction prohibited? BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

REI makes one for about $140, well made. Won an award from backpacker magazine. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

As a jump pilot and old time skydiver, what seems to be the problem in the cessna is everything surrounding the door opening. It seems to explode open, it becomes windy and noisy very fast and you are normally sitting by the door when it opens. See if you can get someone to go out ahead of you, maybe even a videographer, see if you can sit or kneel behind the pilot until time to climb out. Remember, though, holding on to the wing strut and a foot on the step puts you in the easiest position to exit an aircraft. The is very little you have to do to make a stable exit. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"