Do you like the smell of jetfuel?

[Tuna-Salad 0]

To me the smell of jetfuel in the air means jumping is happening. - Gotta love the sound of a turbine starting too.

Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night.

[Tuna-Salad 0]

Sorry - meant to put this one in the bonfire..

Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night.

[Baksteen 84]

Whenever I smell jetfuel or hear a turbine startup I get all excited cause it reminds me of skydiving.

Pavlovian skydiver syndrome...

"That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport."
~mom

[Tuna-Salad 0]

did you like it before skydiving?

Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night.

[Peej 0]

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did you like it before skydiving?

Not jet fuel exactly but i have done a lot of fire spinning with various toys that burn paraffin, and that smells a lot like jet fuel. So i'd say one reminds me of the other, and i like them both.

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[LuckyMcSwervy 0]

I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning!
It reminds of of being at the airport wth my Dad when I was growing up. He had his pilot's license and a Ercoupe (N99479 - how do I still remember that?? - I loved that plane) which he used to take us up in after school and on weekends. He also used to let us (my brothers and I) "fly". LOL.

So when I started going to the DZ, it brought back lots of great memories and now there's some awesome new ones!!!

PS - I told me Dad about the smell triggering the good memories, he just smiled.

Always be kinder than you feel.

[Tuna-Salad 0]

Nice. Isn't it amazing how small things trigger memories?

Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night.

[birdlike 0]

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Whenever I smell jetfuel or hear a turbine startup I get all excited cause it reminds me of skydiving.

Pavlovian skydiver syndrome...

Got the same thing happenin' here!

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Imaginations on fire

[jimmytavino 16]

Yes.

and i've always liked the smell of deisel engine trucks or heavy equipment...

BUT

i Hate the smell of tuna salad....

(not to be construed as a personal attack of any sort.... )




jimmytavino.

[virgin-burner 1]

used to get me sick during aff..

and now i'm getting all excited, breath in deeply, and know, i'm gonna roll soon!

always loved the sound of a turbine before that tough!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[Scoop 0]

I love it. Gets me all excited. Although when you got a hangover its a bit much, especially on a hot day

[mdrejhon 8]

The only time I don't like it is when I'm boarding a Twin Otter while the props are spinning-up and the exhaust pipe is aimed directly at my face, while I'm waiting for the person in front of me to finish climbing in.

Jet fuel overdose, anyone?

[shropshire 0]

Not my favourite Cologne but it'll do.

Actually there are 2 smells in skydiving that are amazing and opposite ends of the nasal spectrum... JET A and the really fresh air at altitude

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Peej 0]

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Not my favourite Cologne but it'll do.

Actually there are 2 smells in skydiving that are amazing and opposite ends of the nasal spectrum... JET A and the really fresh air at altitude

I'd add the smell of canopies to that as well. I love the part where i get to lie down on my canopy while packing and smell that fabric. Wow, that sounded way weirder than i meant

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[pirana 0]

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Not my favourite Cologne but it'll do.

Actually there are 2 smells in skydiving that are amazing and opposite ends of the nasal spectrum... JET A and the really fresh air at altitude

Where on the spectrum would you put the outgasing that occurs on the way to altitude after a night of beer and tacos?

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

[shropshire 0]

Now that sir is probably why the outside air smells so sweet when the door opens

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Tuna-Salad 0]

I can relate to the waiting to get in the twatter .. one of my aff jumps or early on the pilot had the flaps down and the cabin was...

Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night.

[virgin-burner 1]

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Not my favourite Cologne but it'll do.

Actually there are 2 smells in skydiving that are amazing and opposite ends of the nasal spectrum... JET A and the really fresh air at altitude

I'd add the smell of canopies to that as well. I love the part where i get to lie down on my canopy while packing and smell that fabric. Wow, that sounded way weirder than i meant

to add to the weirdness, i think that part of skydiving definitely has some sensual/sexual aspect to it. especially watching some hot skychick, doing it, sweating..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[Baksteen 84]

No - quite the opposite in fact

"That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport."
~mom

[mircan 0]

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used to get me sick during aff..

and now i'm getting all excited, breath in deeply, and know, i'm gonna roll soon!

I`m with you 100%.

dudeist skydiver #42

[Peej 0]

You might like this then...

Brandy was a packer at Chris Martin's Precision tent at the WFFC 2004, between her and the other Brandy that packed there they had a BUNCH of guys in line waiting to get their rigs packed

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[MikeJD 0]

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I'd add the smell of canopies to that as well. I love the part where i get to lie down on my canopy while packing and smell that fabric. Wow, that sounded way weirder than i meant

Well, there's nothing much I like about packing. But yeah, for me the smell of nylon is the smell of skydiving . It's the smell you get opening up your rig bag when you arrive at the DZ in the morning, and it's really evocative. Also, the smell inside my full-face helmet is very distinctive. Although that could be because I've never washed the liner.

[virgin-burner 1]

now that my friend, is just brutal..

i'd get my rig packed, walk back in line, and just pull the shit apart again.. stuff the jumping if i need all the money for the packers peepshow!

oh, and make a couple of step-throughs and what not..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[Peej 0]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah we spent a fair amount of time hanging around there

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[Peej 0]

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But yeah, for me the smell of nylon is the smell of skydiving . It's the smell you get opening up your rig bag when you arrive at the DZ in the morning

Absolutely!

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Also, the smell inside my full-face helmet is very distinctive. Although that could be because I've never washed the liner.

Eeeeeew!

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