FallingMarc 0 #26 May 20, 2002 0:0:0... I'm really starting to dislike this trend. Oh well, I start my new job tomorrow, so all will be right again soon (excepting the first number as usual).M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #27 May 20, 2002 Got a newbie question for y'all....next weekend I'm making my AFF 7 jump and hopefully, after that, my first solo. Is that gonna be a case? Don't get me wrong, if it is tradition and it involves beer, I'm all for it. But if I'm not supposed to buy, I'd rather spend that money on another jump. Thanks for the help.Blue Skies,Oz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #28 May 20, 2002 0:2:2!!!!! I got to JUMP! Had so much fun. Waited (unlike all the hundred jump wonders) for the wind to die down, and had SOOOOOO much fun!!!! YIPPEE!!!Peace~Lindseyyou can live in happiness too, like the oompa loompa dooba de do.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #29 May 20, 2002 0:0:0Went to the dz Saturday to try my "new" canopy -- after seeing video persons going "I really am not looking forward to this" and TMs going "This isn't a lot of fun", I decided i would wait until normal wind conditions returned to FL. Thought I'd try Palatka with their $10 jumps today on my birthday, but woke up to high winds and rain."Welcome to Sunny Florida" my ass! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #30 May 20, 2002 QuoteGot a newbie question for y'all....next weekend I'm making my AFF 7 jump and hopefully, after that, my first solo. When in doubt - buy beer. (or is that when in doubt - whip it out.. I always get those screwed up)Ok, so seriously - most dzs aren't real strict on the beer rules. It's not really supposed to be a burden - if you want to celebrate an accomplishment with like-minded individuals, buy a case and share it. Welcome to the sky.You don't scare me! I got chunks of guys like you in my stool!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #31 May 20, 2002 1 big ass pink floyd poster expertly mounted on the wall above my bed:3 (wednesday. Got to jump with some cutie DZ.com girl, and helped search for a baglock cutaway that happened to a girl I was on sunset load with):0Turn off the world before you come to bed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #32 May 20, 2002 Ok, appartently you guys needed to be at Archway this weekend....perfect weather.....super otter from Chicago...Number of times my dog pooped gravel 1: 14 : 2I had possibly the best skydiving weekend of my LIFE!!!!!Fourteen jumps, all awesome.....Cases: one for jump number 200, one for my first kiss pass (thanks medic!!!!)Ok, the tension knot in my steering line sucked....but everything else about my jumps ROCKED!!!! I even did a tandem this morning...I loved landing and then making a five minute call cuz I am still packed. Although it was weird not to have a parachute on my back!Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KATO33 0 #33 May 20, 2002 In reply to:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Got a newbie question for y'all....next weekend I'm making my AFF 7 jump and hopefully, after that, my first solo. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------It was my understanding after you are off student status and licensed is when the beer should start to flow.Blue Skies Black Death Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KATO33 0 #34 May 20, 2002 0:4:1Not a bad weekend considering how the weather really sux here in Chicago.First OOPS dive I mean Hoop Dive.Blue Skies Black Death Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabeln79 0 #35 May 20, 2002 0:16:1(keg)Great weather awsome jumps 1rst:entered first spam accuracy contestwon both divisions of above ( sorry Andy couldnt let you beat me)first reverse rodeo ( thanks sunshine)got my C licensefirst 10 jump dayfirst 4-way head down trainim sure i left some out but what a weekendBlue Skies Joe "Knowledge is the antidote to fear."--- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #36 May 20, 2002 Average Speed on the way to the DZ 98mph:14:4I made the road trip down to Archway, met up with FallinWoman, CanopyCudler, Jablen67, Skymedic and Sunshine.We got lucky when the King Air died. (structural failure = bad). Skydive Chicago bailed us out with one of their 10 minute otters.... WooHoo!14 jumps over the two days, one of which scored me second place in the Spam Accuracy contest. I had first place nailed with a near perfect drop, until jabeln67 made a last second drop in the third round to beat me by one point. Because of time constraints, I had to sit out the 4th round. Firsts:1) First time jumping at Vandalia.2) First high speed down-wind landing on the stiletto at 1.5. (20 mph wind) 3) First time in a SPAM dropping contest.4) First time placing in a skydiving competition._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #37 May 20, 2002 QuoteWe got lucky when the King Air died. (structural failure = bad).Structural? Do they know how long it's going to take to fix? And what's this I hear about an MD-80 "sharing" the airspace over Vandalia?--Brian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #38 May 20, 2002 Quotefirst 10 jump dayYou whore!!!! Thank god for the patio being closed huh?? And congrats on the license! Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #39 May 20, 2002 No word yet on how long....we will know next weekend. Chicago's otter will be back for the whole weekend! WOOHOO (thank you, SDC!)Brian, you HAVE to see the video of the MD-90 SCARY!!!!!!Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #40 May 20, 2002 Can't be worse then the video from SDC last summer of me and Trevor fliping from head down to belly and tracking around this silver thing. Even with a wideangle lens you can tell it was an American Airlines airplane. As we get to level with it you can count the windows on it almost....If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #41 May 20, 2002 Quote2) First high speed down-wind landing on the stiletto at 1.5. (20 mph wind) I offered to teach you how to read the wind-tee.....Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #42 May 20, 2002 QuoteCan't be worse then the video from SDC last summer of me and Trevor fliping from head down to belly and tracking around this silver thing. Even with a wideangle lens you can tell it was an American Airlines airplane. As we get to level with it you can count the windows on it almostI've seen that video, and this one is SO much worse. The md-80 flew right between two groups.unknown skydiver: what was it?Gary Peek: It was silver, it was close, and it was FUCKING BIG! (emphasis his).The King Air has some significant flap damage. I imagine it should be an easy fix, but it also suggests that perhaps the plane should be inspected a bit closer._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #43 May 20, 2002 What was that plane doing flying so low over Vandalia, anyway? The DZO must have shit a brick."Marge, it takes 2 people to lie. One to lie and one to listen."-Homer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #44 May 20, 2002 *:4:0It was cold. Felt more like January than May. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hisgoofyness 0 #45 May 20, 2002 1:1:1first plf on taxiway..... damn winds changed directions on me at 75 feet.. drifted me right over the nice unforgiving pavement... crosswind landings are going to be so much much fun!!!hisgoofyness "kind of like a cloud, i was up.. way up in the sky..." nine inch nails Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pammi 0 #46 May 20, 2002 Wow, I finally have weekend numbers!2 (number of times I threw up last night..good to know eh?):1:0Finally got back in the air!! Yahoo! Well, had two jumps back in February, but hop n' pops, so no real skill practice. Then December before that. All the way up freefall in pretty blue skies, 70 degrees, soft winds Saturday. I forgot how much student gear sucks, though! Heavy and leaves bruising. DZO at OSC let us use the gear because Merrick's container isn't supposed to be here until today hopefully, and my reserve wasn't in yet. Then he and mother-in-law took care of each of our jumps too (late b-day and farewell gifts)!! Gawd it's good to be back up. Glad the flu didn't hit until Sunday evening!'Nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottishJohn 25 #47 May 20, 2002 > (screw the weatherman)Good idea 0:1:0Sunny but very windy this weekend.Done a nice 3 way tube dive on sunday morning, it wasnice and hot al the way up (and back down again).=================================I can smell your brains !================================= Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #48 May 20, 2002 15 (Difference in size between the demo they sent me and the one they are going to fix): 3: 0Wind and clouds bit the big one this weekend. It's a bitch when you do an "aggressive riser turn" and just stop. That, my friend, is big wind. flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #49 May 20, 2002 Yeah right!!!:7:3What a kick ass weekend!!!!!!! If I had just gotten laid it would have been perfect in every way. Oh well....can't have everything.... Let me see.....First jump with my new camera. It works great and takes awesome stills to boot. I'll post some of the sunset pics I took Saturday when I get home tonight. They are really good. First Spaceball jump!!!!!! It was so freakin cool. I flew perfectly.....just hangin out on the outside of the jump shooting video of the guys doing transitions around it. Did I mention that was too cool!!! BTW...that was my 200th jump!!!!!!!!!!! Top speed on the spaceball jump per a Pro Track...260 MPH!!! Thats nice and comfy for me. I also shot my first tandem video. That didn't work out so good...LOL. I got awesome footage of the exit. Went Head Down as they were doing flips.....they bellyed out and deployed the drogue. That was the last time I was level with them. "Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #50 May 20, 2002 6 Weeks for my wife to recover from a C-Section / 1 Really cute baby : 0 : 0 Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
