VivaHeadDown
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For those of you who don't have any kind of instuctor or tandem rating, and are just working in the office or something, I've found most DZ's to offer 1/2 a jump ticket per hour. It is a good deal for both parties since it's well above minimum wage for you plus there's no tax taken out of it, and it really doesn't cost the DZ that much to let you jump on a load instead of paying you cash. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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I don't know what kind of beer I want, let alone what kind of woman I want to spend the rest of my life with...what if I live to be 103?!?! The only tihng I know is that I hope I'm still jumping then, and that's about it. But if you do need an answer: my ideal woman is twins...since we're all dreaming here Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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Another living example that we're more likely to kill ourselves thanks to the little things (like walking or stepping down from an ambulance) than we are from skydiving. In the future, you can say you tried BASE jumping wihtout a chute. You know, because the ambulance was THAT high. It might sound better. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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I thought I'd add to the posts without pictures in this "supposed" picture based thread.
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What's there to understand...people are stupid. Can it be simplified any more than that? Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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Hangliding safer than skydiving? Huh? What?!
VivaHeadDown replied to christoofar's topic in The Bonfire
A small misconception...paragliding is safer than hanggliding because you are familiar with a parachute. Truth, paragliders are very different from your canopy, with a much higher aspect ratio. That means that collapses of all types are a part of every flight. As for your guys who went and broke their necks trying to hangglide, I'd bet there was no formal training. They've got the same scam skydiving has. USPA=USHGA, average of $1200 to train in each, rating systems with licenses, gift shops with T-Shirts. Check it out, it's no different really, and the more you know the better time you have. Anybody can fall from an airplane, but it takes skill to maintain altitude with an unpowered wing. Skydiving is still my number 1 favorite, but sometimes the bank account is dry and I still need to fly, so there you have it. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words -
XXX comes out tomorrow- gear up for students?
VivaHeadDown replied to dbattman's topic in The Bonfire
And if you jump at Perris, you've probably met some of the real stars of the movie...THE STUNT DOUBLES! (Like big mr. diesel would really learn to jump for such a cool movie, HAH) Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words -
Yeah right. You guys are all too trusting. Just because it's in print doesn't make it any more real. And there is no way two tunnels could be supported so close together. Anybody wanna place a bet on this whole thing??? Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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Shannon Pilcher...418 feet. I taught him everything he knows. Ok, so maybe I only watched, whatever. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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So, what movie did you rent? Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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I realize that they made a mistake with the fact quiz, but that's no excuse to break every spelling and grammer rule in the book. My god man, I'm not suggesting learning anything, just try the spellcheck already on your computer. Otherwise, they may not give too much credit to what you had to say because they mistook you for some kind of redneck pulling their collective legs. I am a big fan of your posts, I just wanted you to get all of your facts correct otherwise I might start questioning past posts from you. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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A girl with large breasts...the best kind...caught me off gaurd and asded my why I jumped out of perfectly good planes. Usually my answer is lame, but then it came to me...."Because my friends do it!" Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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whats the best way to put foot prints on my helmet??
VivaHeadDown replied to Viking's topic in The Bonfire
unique ideas are not always good ideas...but what do I know, I buy stock gear! -
Last time that happened to me, the day the computer said I'd be out of date was the last day to jump. Or was it the day before? Why are you waiting until the lasat possible day? By the way, it doesn't stop working after that date. Quite frankly, I think the number of days needs to be lengthened from everything riggers tell me. Hell, it's based on the old silk parachutes! Times have changed, but not the rules. Oh well. Disclaimer---- If you try to pull the silver handle the day after it's out of date, and it blows up, disregaurd everything I just posted. Have a nice day.
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Things happen in groups: During the same time I was paragliding at Marshal (San Bernadino) when a guy landed behind me with the same story! The hawk shredded several large holes that rip-stop couldn't fix and he said the day before it had come in, balled up, and bounced off the top of his canopy. But nobody else's. We all blamed it on the color of his canopy, simply because we had no other idea. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words
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Not just femur guys...we're talking back and pelvis as well. It was worse! Guys like this don't get it. When you downsize too fast, there is absolutely NO room for error. Learn to do it right, or settle any each time you decide to jump. Odds are proving that you're not going to be walking away from things you didn't even realize you were doing wrong! Sorry, I'm just tired of watching so many people land so poorly. It used to be relaxing, and entertaining. Now I cringe and hope they only hurt themselves enough to ground them before they kill themselves.
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Pic # 2 : Sometimes when it gets reeeeaaalll cold in freefall... Pic # 3 : Should have tipped his packer OR I've heard of a horses head in the bed, but a pig in his rig??? DOH!
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Keep an eye out for it in a publication near you. This was a standard wingsuit jump, done the same conservative way it's been done since the first suit, and yet it finally happened. This does need to be passed on to other DZ's. Procedures need to be changed so that this one in a million collision does not happen again. Everyone involved was lucky.
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So far, the info stated here is right. Whether we'll ever know the "geometry" of the impact or not is unclear. Neither the pilot or the jumper saw each other before, during, or after (wingsuit not lurking, had turned west out door for sunset load). Pilot reported he hit something, and another otter was sent up to check for damage. Jumper landed, and wasn't sure why he was under a reserve. It's the black marks (from the heat tracks on the tail inline with the engine) on the back of his rig that help put him at the moment of impact, that and the altitude the main was first spotted floating away. As for the picture a post or two back, looking out the door at the tail, the impact is on the bottom of the horizontal portion of the tail on the OTHER side of the plane.
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You know, I see you guys all day at work, and I come online to hear skydiving stories I missed out on across the nation...and here you are too! Oh well, what are you gonna do? Congratulations Lisa!
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HELI JUMP PICS!!! (and identity switcheroo)
VivaHeadDown replied to SudsyFist's topic in The Bonfire
Not to mention the sunset DC-3 load again, probably. -
Usually adding flour will make it highly visible. We watched a Sunset Load ash dive from the ground and the entire family could see it no problem.
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Also, a couple of things I've noticed that may be of some help. I'm at Perris a lot, and the Flyboyz have been playing around with tubes a lot since the film festival. They made a few that had a smaller diameter, and they are really fast. You can do tracking tube dives even in a sit position with them because of it. Also, you can let go of the tube, and then pull just as soon as you let go. Eli "dogfights" the tubes until he finally catches them, and he's gotten very good at it. the idea is to hit the tube around the center of it and grab the material, not the hard ring at the bottom of the tube. Have fun, Be safe!
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I used to sew pull up cords to the bottom of a pair of baggy jeans, like a stirup to put my foot in so when I went to a sit they wouldn't ride up my leg. It worked so well that the jeans came apart around the thighs and knees from head down long before the straps came undone.
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If your friends are jumping with foot tubes and no cutaway systems...maybe they aren't ready to jump with tubes. It seems they haven't thought about all the safety needed for the sky toy.