ManagingPrime 0 #1 December 9, 2010 ...bird? I did a search and found a rubber chicken jump. I see the blokes in the UK jump with birds all the time. Went out for a break and watched a roadrunner running around and it got me wondering. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 December 9, 2010 Check out the DVD Willing to Fly for some cool footage with a peregrine falcon. Then there are bird strikes .... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2227575"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManagingPrime 0 #3 December 9, 2010 Very cool....except the strikes. Anyone ever exited with a bird? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwallace 3 #4 December 9, 2010 Years ago we heard about someone going out with chickens, so what the heck, we'll try it. First chicken was held by its feet. Lot of feathers flying, winds sort of flapping. Let go of chicken, never seen again. Second chicken. Held it around the body. Tried to tear the jumper a new one. Pecking, clawing. Screw it. Never saw it again. Third chicken. Threw the dam thing out the plane and took of after it. It dove like a peregrine falcon. We chased that dam thing to pull time. Figured it bounced. People on the ground saw it flair out at about 500 feet, swoop into a tree. Sat up there all day crowing at us. Don't know whatever happened to it, but it wasn't coming out of that tree. They also crap all over you in the plane.U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #5 December 9, 2010 "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!" ~ Arthur Carlson ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManagingPrime 0 #6 December 10, 2010 Quote Third chicken. Threw the dam thing out the plane and took of after it. It dove like a peregrine falcon. We chased that dam thing to pull time. Figured it bounced. People on the ground saw it flair out at about 500 feet, swoop into a tree. Sat up there all day crowing at us. Don't know whatever happened to it, but it wasn't coming out of that tree. Sounds almost too good to be true. Why would you exit with a bird that's not known to fly? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwallace 3 #7 December 10, 2010 "Why would you exit with a bird that's not known to fly?" It was the 70's.U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #8 December 10, 2010 QuoteYears ago we heard about someone going out with chickens, so what the heck, we'll try it. First chicken was held by its feet. Lot of feathers flying, winds sort of flapping. Let go of chicken, never seen again. Second chicken. Held it around the body. Tried to tear the jumper a new one. Pecking, clawing. Screw it. Never saw it again. Third chicken. Threw the dam thing out the plane and took of after it. It dove like a peregrine falcon. We chased that dam thing to pull time. Figured it bounced. People on the ground saw it flair out at about 500 feet, swoop into a tree. Sat up there all day crowing at us. Don't know whatever happened to it, but it wasn't coming out of that tree. They also crap all over you in the plane. Wildman, Thanks for that blast from the past. I had all but forgotten about that story. Any chance Paul Rutkowski was a "person of interest" in the plan?“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firemedic 7 #9 December 10, 2010 I've seen a skydive with a watermelon........it needed a drogue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #10 December 10, 2010 I've jumped with pumpkins over the desert. They fall real fast when you drop them to open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #11 December 10, 2010 Quote "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!" ~ Arthur Carlson Unfortunately, I had nothing to do with that event. The story is worth all the bail money imaginable.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
millertime24 8 #12 December 10, 2010 Quote...bird? Maybe Twardo. He CLAIM'S to have used birds for ways to get to altitude, but I highly doubt a Pterodactyl counts as a "bird".Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quack 0 #13 December 10, 2010 I jump with a duck all the time! But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 13 #14 December 10, 2010 Quote I've seen a skydive with a watermelon........it needed a drogue. I chased an avocado once and was amazed at how fast it went. I dove after it until I got ground rush. I was sure I was going to catch it... I sure would have hated for that to be in my fatality report. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southern_Man 0 #15 December 10, 2010 Quote I chased an avocado once and was amazed at how fast it went. I dove after it until I got ground rush. I was sure I was going to catch it... I sure would have hated for that to be in my fatality report. There are easier ways to make guacamole."What if there were no hypothetical questions?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #16 December 10, 2010 Quote...bird? I did a search and found a rubber chicken jump. I see the blokes in the UK jump with birds all the time. Went out for a break and watched a roadrunner running around and it got me wondering. skydive starts about 1:30, but whole clip is worth watching...I recognise Norm Kent at the cameraman... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mTPEuFcWk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #17 December 10, 2010 Quote I've seen a skydive with a watermelon........it needed a drogue. We use to chase them all the time in the gutter-gear days. I found the trick was...get a ROUND one, the oblong ones tend to start spinning and when they get going fast enough they blow-up in free-fall. Kinda hard to get the pink stains outta your white Pioneer double zipper... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManagingPrime 0 #18 December 10, 2010 Quote Quote ...bird? I did a search and found a rubber chicken jump. I see the blokes in the UK jump with birds all the time. Went out for a break and watched a roadrunner running around and it got me wondering. skydive starts about 1:30, but whole clip is worth watching...I recognise Norm Kent at the cameraman... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mTPEuFcWk Very cool. Norman really gets around, huh? Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifall 0 #19 December 10, 2010 Quote Quote Quote ...bird? I did a search and found a rubber chicken jump. I see the blokes in the UK jump with birds all the time. Went out for a break and watched a roadrunner running around and it got me wondering. skydive starts about 1:30, but whole clip is worth watching...I recognise Norm Kent at the cameraman... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mTPEuFcWk Very cool. Norman really gets around, huh? Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? With just a quick search I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPGO4oTlnk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #20 December 11, 2010 Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? With just a quick search I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPGO4oTlnk EGGzactky! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #21 December 11, 2010 Quote Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? With just a quick search I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPGO4oTlnk EGGzactky! I'd like to laugh..BUT, If yer gonna kill something///Fucking kill it..don't make a game of it! I know, Old fuddy duddy....but teasing an animal of any kind,,,is fucking low! IMO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #22 December 11, 2010 Quote Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? With just a quick search I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPGO4oTlnk EGGzactky! Bunch of fucking assholes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #23 December 11, 2010 Quote Quote "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!" ~ Arthur Carlson Unfortunately, I had nothing to do with that event. The story is worth all the bail money imaginable. I know you and I have jumped with turkeys before.... I know one comes to mind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #24 December 11, 2010 Quote Quote Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? With just a quick search I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPGO4oTlnk EGGzactky! Bunch of fucking assholes. +1 That's just cruel. 'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quack 0 #25 December 11, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Ok. Who has video of the Chickens? With just a quick search I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPGO4oTlnk EGGzactky! Bunch of fucking assholes. +1 That's just cruel. +2 fucktards But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
