drakkar 0 #51 November 6, 2014 An2 Cessna caravan Pilatus Porter L-410 Mi8 An28 Complete my gİrls :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,734 #52 November 7, 2014 Let's see: 182 206 Caravan PAC 750 Cresco N2 biplane a few hot air balloons King Air Beech 99 Porter Islander DC-3 B-17 Ford trimotor C-123BK (loudest aircraft ever) C-130 C-130 stretch twin otter CASA Skyvan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #53 November 7, 2014 billvon Let's see: 182 206 Caravan PAC 750 Cresco N2 biplane a few hot air balloons King Air Beech 99 Porter Islander DC-3 B-17 Ford trimotor C-123BK (loudest aircraft ever) C-130 C-130 stretch twin otter CASA Skyvan DC3 ,King Air, CASA, Caravan and Twotter in one day. A good day til some french tourist assholes stole my camera. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwallace 3 #54 November 8, 2014 Of all the stuff I jumped from the most interesting was the Ag Cat. Cause first we had to go spray the water melon field, before he would take me to altitude. Worst thing was a hot air balloon. All dam day for one jump.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
twatterpilot 0 #55 November 9, 2014 jackwallace Of all the stuff I jumped from the most interesting was the Ag Cat. Cause first we had to go spray the water melon field, before he would take me to altitude. Worst thing was a hot air balloon. All dam day for one jump. I gotta call you out a bit on this one. How the hell did you jump an AgCat when it is, #1 a single seat airplane, #2 if it had an intact hopper for spraying, there was no where to put a second seat like Gene Soucy's ShowCat. #3 if all the above it true, then you just admitted to breaking about 2 dozen regulations in the process of your bandit jump... SMHAirline Transport Pilot, Multi-Engine Land, DHC-8 Commercial Multi-Engine Sea, Single Engine Land Private Glider Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aerialfx 0 #56 November 9, 2014 I dont know how he did it but I just sat on the wing till jump time and then left but hey this is Africa... ;) BTW it was a test run for a stunt on Fear Factor here in SA--------------------------------- www.skydiverustenburg.co.za www.skydiveqatar.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twatterpilot 0 #57 November 9, 2014 aerialfx I dont know how he did it but I just sat on the wing till jump time and then left but hey this is Africa... ;) BTW it was a test run for a stunt on Fear Factor here in SA Not only against regs here, stupid as hell too. That is how people get dead, like last year here in Florida... 2 hanging on the outside of a Stearman for an airshow demo of all things and one falls the hell off and goes splat in a neighborhood. Stupid skydiver tricks never cease to amaze me sometimes...Airline Transport Pilot, Multi-Engine Land, DHC-8 Commercial Multi-Engine Sea, Single Engine Land Private Glider Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #58 November 9, 2014 yes... stupid generally does NOT get you tooo Far, in our chosen Hobby. The Trick... is to be able to recognize it...before you step into "quicksand" my list, going mostly from memory. C 150 C 172 C 180 C 182 C 185 C 195 Tri Pacer C 210 (rg) C 208 C 208 B Beech D18 Lockheed Lodestar Turbine Beech ( with bubble windows ) Beech Queen Air Beech King Air Mullins' King Air, ( which is in a Class, by ITSELF ) De Hav Beaver ( radial ) De Hav Otters and Super Otters Shorts Skyvan ( starting with The HERD Boogies ) CASA Aviocar DC 3 Twin Bonanza Aero-Commander ( once,, and THAT was ENOUGH ) Turbo Porter PAC 750 Huey 1HUH Hot Air Balloon Boeing 727.I've been More than satisfied with the variety of planes that I've had the pleasure to skydive from.......But IF I Had a wishlist, it would HAVE to include Hercules C 130, Kodiak, Turbo-Let, De Hav Caribou and Chinook !!!! skydive often , skydive safely , skydive with friends jmy A 3914 D 12122 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #59 November 9, 2014 twatterpilot ***I dont know how he did it but I just sat on the wing till jump time and then left but hey this is Africa... ;) BTW it was a test run for a stunt on Fear Factor here in SA Not only against regs here, stupid as hell too. That is how people get dead, like last year here in Florida... 2 hanging on the outside of a Stearman for an airshow demo of all things and one falls the hell off and goes splat in a neighborhood. Stupid skydiver tricks never cease to amaze me sometimes...You know that aerialfx does stupid stunts for a living? http://aerialfx.co.za/stunts.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #60 November 9, 2014 Rob, here are some additions. 1) Cessna 206 and 207 may be equiped also with relatively large cargo door at the rear right side. Very good to dispatch students. 2) Also Beech 18 may have a left side cargo large door too especially the last built. 3) The Antonov AN2 I have jumped had a small side left door (see picture) 4) For the ramp or rear bay don't forget the Casa 5) one of the largest side door I have jumped was with a King Air 99 (Lodi) 6) see pictures of an Arava (jumped in Pennsylvania New Hanover 1984) and an Antonov AN2 (jumped at Gatineau Qc in 2012) included. 7) the Pac 750 XL (jumped at Rantoul Ill.) has also a left side door a bit smaller than the Twin Otter 8) there is a special category like this Carvair (see picture) where you climb in by the nose using a ladder but where you exit by a large cargo door on the left rear side. The Carvair is a modified DC4 built for car transportation (see James bond Gold Finger movie) the one with a Rolls Royce equiped with gold bumpers. The Arava has a double tail like the Beech 18 but the door is located on the rear left side (see picture)Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #61 November 9, 2014 Thats the same boogie that I jumped the Arava at! If I recall correctly, they actually had 2 of them but banged them into each other parking them and only one ended up flying jumpers at that boogie. Also made my first DC-3 jump (The Bird Machine) at that boogie. I only had a 100 jumps or so at the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwallace 3 #62 November 10, 2014 twatterpilot*** Of all the stuff I jumped from the most interesting was the Ag Cat. Cause first we had to go spray the water melon field, before he would take me to altitude. Worst thing was a hot air balloon. All dam day for one jump. I gotta call you out a bit on this one. How the hell did you jump an AgCat when it is, #1 a single seat airplane, #2 if it had an intact hopper for spraying, there was no where to put a second seat like Gene Soucy's ShowCat. #3 if all the above it true, then you just admitted to breaking about 2 dozen regulations in the process of your bandit jump... SMH Sat on the wing. Same thing when I jumped an Eagle. And if you're worried about me breaking rules, you'll get writers cramp, making a list.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
riggerrob 599 #63 November 10, 2014 jackwallace****** Of all the stuff I jumped from the most interesting was the Ag Cat. Cause first we had to go spray the water melon field, before he would take me to altitude. Worst thing was a hot air balloon. All dam day for one jump. I gotta call you out a bit on this one. How the hell did you jump an AgCat when it is, #1 a single seat airplane, #2 if it had an intact hopper for spraying, there was no where to put a second seat like Gene Soucy's ShowCat. #3 if all the above it true, then you just admitted to breaking about 2 dozen regulations in the process of your bandit jump... SMH Sat on the wing. Same thing when I jumped an Eagle. And if you're worried about me breaking rules, you'll get writers cramp, making a list. .................................................................................. Even an "African-engineered" rope would have kept that Florida fatality attached to the airplane until he was high enough to deploy a canopy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 599 #64 November 10, 2014 erdnarob Rob, here are some additions. 1) Cessna 206 and 207 may be equiped also with relatively large cargo door at the rear right side. Very good to dispatch students. 2) Also Beech 18 may have a left side cargo large door too especially the last built. 3) The Antonov AN2 I have jumped had a small side left door (see picture) 4) For the ramp or rear bay don't forget the Casa 5) one of the largest side door I have jumped was with a King Air 99 (Lodi) 6) see pictures of an Arava (jumped in Pennsylvania New Hanover 1984) and an Antonov AN2 (jumped at Gatineau Qc in 2012) included. 7) the Pac 750 XL (jumped at Rantoul Ill.) has also a left side door a bit smaller than the Twin Otter 8) there is a special category like this Carvair (see picture) where you climb in by the nose using a ladder but where you exit by a large cargo door on the left rear side. The Carvair is a modified DC4 built for car transportation (see James bond Gold Finger movie) the one with a Rolls Royce equiped with gold bumpers. The Arava has a double tail like the Beech 18 but the door is located on the rear left side (see picture) ............................................................................... 1) cargo door Cessna 206 is my favorite airplane for doing tandems. The door is large enough that the student does not need to "help" with the exit and the airplane is small enough that it quickly fills and I can do a dozen working jumps in a day. With a Cessna 206, you do not have to wait for a dozen other jumpers to finish packing, finish reviewing their latest folly on video, find their goggles, etc. They are also cheap enough to fly that you can launch the occasional "one tandem" load without bankrupting the DZO. I am all about turning tandem students quickly and sending them home happy. 2) I have jumped a variety of Beech 18s with doors ranging in size from the original small oval that bruised a few ten-way speed star competitors. The tall rectangular, air-stair door on post-war H18s is much easier to get tandem students out. The easiest Beech 18s have double-wide cargo doors (ala. DC-3) that are almost as big as Twin Otter doors. 3) Sure most parachutists only use the small, inward-hinged personnel door on Antonov AN2s, but the cargo door can be opened as big as a DC-3's. 4) Sorry, but I have only dropped rubber dummies out of CASA 212s. We never climbed high enough to deploy a sport main canopy. Arava has medium-sized personnel doors on the sides, but the entire tail cone can be removed to load bulky cargo or drop large, linked formations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #65 November 11, 2014 This is one way to do 4-way out (or is it off?) an AgCat. This photo is from "Skies Call 3" by Andy Keech. Probably not recommended but it sure looks like fun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimp 1 #66 November 11, 2014 Some years ago I crewed on a Carvair (appropriately registered as C-GAAH). Got to fly it too, but never got to jump it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drakkar 0 #67 November 11, 2014 akarunway ***Let's see: 182 206 Caravan PAC 750 Cresco N2 biplane a few hot air balloons King Air Beech 99 Porter Islander DC-3 B-17 Ford trimotor C-123BK (loudest aircraft ever) C-130 C-130 stretch twin otter CASA Skyvan DC3 ,King Air, CASA, Caravan and Twotter in one day. A good day til some french tourist assholes stole my camera. Fucking bad dude Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #68 November 13, 2014 You are right. It was at the Herd Boogie Summer 1984 at New Hanover Pennsylvania. Exactly, one Arava wing tip touched the left vertical stabilizers of the other Arava. Both were grounded for maybe one hour and fortunately, we could jumped them again. I had flown in a Cessna 172 from Canada for this boogie, and found out I had a flat. We managed to convince the Arava mechanics to find a suitable spare tire and install it. We sent him a good bottle of vodka for his services. What memories !!! Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aerialfx 0 #69 November 14, 2014 twatterpilot Stupid skydiver tricks never cease to amaze me sometimes... Thank you - I guess we doing it right then ;) Most of mine below Aero Comp - CompAir 7 SLX Aeronca - 15AC Sedan Aeroprakt - A22 Foxbat Aeros - Aeros 2 Aerospatiale - Alouette II / Alouette III / Dauphin / Gazelle / Puma / AS350 B2 Squirrel Airplane Factory - Sling 2 American Champion - 8KCAB Super Decathlon Augusta / Bell - 204 Huey / 206 Jetranger / 206L Longranger / 222 / 407 Augusta Westland - 109 Auto-Gyro - MT Sport AMD - CH640 Zodiac Antonov - AN2 / AN12 / AN26 / AN32 Atlas - Angel / Kudu / Oryx Aviate - Raptor Beechcraft - Bonanza / Baron / Beech 18 Boeing - Stearman / CH-47 Chinook Britten Norman - Islander CASA - 212 / 235 Cessna - 150 /152 Aerobat / 170 /172 Skyhawk / 172 Diesel / 172 RG / 177 Cardinal / 180 / 182 Skylane / 182 Diesel / 185 / 205 / 206 U&T / 207 / 208 Caravan / 208 Grand Caravan / 210 / 401 / 402 / 406 Caravan II Rheims De Havilland - Twin Otter / Beaver (Floats) / Tiger Moth Dornier - Do27 / Do28 / Do228 Douglas - DC3 (C47) Dakota / DC3 Turbine (Turbo Dak) ELA Aviation - ELA Gyrocopter Eurocopter - EC130 Eurofox Aviation - Eurofox Fieseler - Storch Replica Fresh Breeze - Xcitor (PPG) GAF - N24 Nomad GippsAero - GA8 Airvan Grumman - G164 AgCat Harbin - Y12 Jabiru - J430 Jora - Jora Ultralight Kitplanes - Bushbaby/ Explorer / Explorer Radial / Safari LET - 410 / L-23 Super Blanik (Glider) Lockheed - C130 Hercules / C130 L 100 30 (Stretch Herc) Magni - M22 Voyager (Gyro) MBB - BO105 / BK117 McDonnell Douglas - Hughes 500 Micro Aviation - B22 Bantam Mil - MI 8 North American - T6 Harvard P&M Aviation - QuikR / GT450 Pacific Aerospace - PAC 750XLS Partenavia - P64 Piaggio - P166 Albatross Pilatus - PC6 Porter Piper - Pacer / Tri Pacer /J3 Cub / Super Cub / 140 / 160 / 180 / 235 / PA 31 Navajo / PA 31-350 Chieftan / PA 32 Cherokee 6 Pipistral - Sinus Pitts - S2B PZL - 104 Wilga Rainbow - Cobra / Scout / Safari Robinson - R22 / R44 Short - SC7 Skyvan Sia Marchetti - S208 Skyreach - Cheetah XLS / Bushcat Skystar - Kitfox Steen - Skybolt Solo Wings - Aquila / Windlass Technam - P92 Thunderbird - Thunderbird Ultralight Yakolev -18T / 52 Hot Air Balloons (11)--------------------------------- www.skydiverustenburg.co.za www.skydiveqatar.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 137 #70 November 14, 2014 Very nice list :-)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brenthutch 419 #71 November 18, 2014 sky crane (CH-54) with a pod! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drakkar 0 #72 November 19, 2014 Adore you guy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #73 November 22, 2014 This is getting off-topic but I couldn't resist! Still have the t-shirt! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #74 November 24, 2014 One of the most fun times I've ever had was at a boogie at an old disused Cold-War airbase in the Czech republic. Some really random aircraft came through while we were there and we poured knockoff liquor into all the pilots each evening until they agreed to take us up the next day. A Russian military helicopter with a crewchief who couldn't spot and a canvas bi-plane that couldn't get above 1500 ft were just two of the randoms that come to mind from that trip. Skydiver friendly? Probably not. but skydiver fun? Sure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites