A sad but rare bunch!

[cyberskydive 0]

Yep it's true! I have never landed in an airplane! (knock on head) I know I'm not the only one! So how about you?
D.Chisolm
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[Tee 0]

I have landed, but only because my dad is a pilot and taught me to fly. So I basically grew up in a plane. The bad part is because I used to sleep alot in the plane as a kid, it is easy for me to fall asleep on the way to altitude. The pilot has a bad habit of waiting for everyone to fall asleep then on jump run, open the window and yell "Door". You've never seen a bunch of hungover skydivers move so fast!
tee

[OmriMon 0]

Yup lots of times, i flown to the US twice, to london 4 times, to amstersam once, to france once and to Eilat maybe 20 times, that makes lots of landings Free Skies
Omri.

[numskull99 0]

Ive landed 3 times.
Twice when I was really little.
And once last summer when I did a ride along with out DZ pilot on the last load. But My Bro has been in a plane around 150 times and never landed.

[skreamer 1]

Sounds like you're one deprived 16 year old, Onri.
/s

[Stacy 0]

Besides commercial flights, I've landed twice, once with a rig on and once without. Did a ride-along with our old pilot in the King Air and his goal was to make me sick. Didn't work though!! The other time we got to altitude and realized there was a nice little ice storm up there, I'm not a fan of jumping in ice storms.
Stacy
http://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks

[OmriMon 0]

ummm my family likes to travel it sound like alot of trips but it's only 5 and they ware when i was younger, last one was 3 years ago for my Bar-Mitzva
Free Skies
Omri.

[numskull99 0]

Oh come on Stacy, ICE storm's are fun!!!
When you get to the ground it feels like you have 1000 pins sticking in U. That's Y I got a full face helmet.

[Stacy 0]

tell ya what, you can keep all the ice storms! no thanks! it does feel like 1000 pins! And I am not a fan of accupuncture either!! =c) To this day I'm not sure how I sat through a tattoo....
Stacy
http://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks

[Tee 0]

I'm with ya on that one Pammi. Last weekend I was doing a two way with my sweetie and I forgot my full face (don't ask how) but we hit ice and on the way out I was looking at him all smiles in his Z1 and thought to myself...."you don't feel this at all do you". And sure enough, he didn't even realize there was ice!

[skybytch 259]

I've landed in several different aircraft - Cessna 150s, 152s, 182s, 206s, 411s, Otters, L1011's and a 747. Various reasons - my honey is a private pilot (there's the 150's/152's). I used to do s/l jumpmastering and often there was no time to jump - I'd throw three out of the 182, land with the plane, pick up three more and go right back up. Some days I'd get three or four plane rides and only one jump. 206, 411 and Otter were due to weather and the big stuff was cuz it's faster than a car.
Of course I prefer NOT to land with the plane..... but sometimes it's the smarter choice.
pull and flare,
lisa

[PLFXpert 0]

Wow....I must be the only one on here who's landed in a plane 100+ times. Never with a rig though. All of them were commercial flights. I LOVE to travelMUCH LOVE AND BLUE SKIES!
Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

[Grogs 0]

Well, I must admit I've landed in a few. For some reason when I throw my rig on and start trying to open the door those stewardesses get upset.

[freaksister 0]

I love to travel too, like Carrie I have probably landed in a plane hundreds of times. I have been to lots of far away places and a lot of places here in the US too. I live so far from a DZ that if I can afford it I like to fly to Dallas or wherever I am going to jump. LOL I sit with my rig right there!!! I have only landed in a jump plane a couple of times, when I was just going along for a night flight over the city or something. I think I did that twice. I haven't had to ride the plane down b/c of weather yet...either Texans are crazy or I am just lucky, not sure which. I know a guy who has jumped in hail. Screw that!
That reminds me, we are heading into tornado season down here in "tornado alley" and my friend bwilling and I were joking about skydiving and tornadoes the other day! God that would suck!
Sis

[AggieDave 6]

Just because Bobby jumps in hail doesn't mean that texans are crazy
AggieDave '02
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Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!
BTHO t.u.

[freaksister 0]

LOL! HE is crazy, Dave...don't you think?
You aren't crazy though, sug. Just the rest of us Texans. Hey flights from Amarillo to Houston are on sale CHEAP! Can I fly in and we get together and jump? Like around my birthday or something?
Sis

[jumpergirl 0]

I've flown about 320 times, and landed about 6 times!! I like those odds!!

[Dutchboy 0]

Hmmm... I've landed a plane myself several hundred times, and landed in a plane flown by others maybe a hundred times. I have yet to land in a jump plane. About the closest was the day I went and sat in the Cessna that wouldn't start. ;-)

[Aviatrr 0]

I think I've got everybody beat....I've got over 6,000 landings.. And those are just the ones with ME at the controls.. Scary thought, eh?
Mike

[Spectrejumper 0]

The first plane I ever went up in was the C-180 I made my first jump out of. I had around 30 take offs with no landings, then I had to stay in the plane due to heavy cloud cover. Since then I've had 5 or 6 jump plane landings, and 5 commercial flight landings.
Mike D-23312
"It's such a shame to spend your time away like this...existing." JMH

[JohnJug 0]

I have no idea how many times I have landed. I pretty much grew up on commercial airlines. Lived overseas my whole life and was constantly traveling home to the states for summer, and to other locations for winter and spring break. Haven't had to land in a jump plane yet, though.

[Pixiedust 0]

Never landed with a jump plane, but definatly landed with a few jet planes!

[QuickDraw 0]

Wow that's what i call boredom, this thread is over 18 months old.

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I'm fucking winning

[happythoughts 0]

Landed twice with jump planes. One was in a Casa in the rain. Second time was a problem the pilot found at 2000 ft. Turned around and landed immediately.

I have left a one plane when 1 of 2 engines died suddenly. Left one plane that had a small electrical short and was slowly smoking.

Mr. Helpful note - If the plane is smoking, ask the pilot if he would like you to use the fire extinguisher. It may be a controllable situation if dealt with. It is unfair to leave the pilot in a burning plane. It really miffs them. Seriously, just take the time to ask. If you should leave, the pilot will let you know. You may save a 250K aircraft and gain the undying affection of the dz jump pilots.

[mouth 0]

As a former flight attendant I have taken off and landed thousands of times. Many of which I was still standing tryping to get everything put away before impact.

As a jumper I've made the trip down twice. Once when it got way to dark for a 20 jump wonder and once when weather and lack of altitude kep all but D license holders in.

I much prefer jumping to landing on ANY aircraft.

Oh, and yes, I am bored tonight.

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.