potatoman 0 #376 September 9, 2011 Collegue saw a vid of me moving into flat fly formation and asked: How do you move to the other people? Is it like swimming? (SHowing hand gestures You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is. Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum" Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 0 #377 September 9, 2011 Quote Collegue saw a vid of me moving into flat fly formation and asked: How do you move to the other people? Is it like swimming? (SHowing hand gestures Whenever tandempassengers ask me that, I let them swim for the video Monkey-see-monkey-do: I swim, the tandempassenger responds, usually ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darora15 0 #378 September 9, 2011 During the fall, I was wearing a thicker jumpsuit to stay relatively warm. A student who was about to go do a tandem jump looked at me and asked "Dang, weren't you hot up there?" I told him that no, it gets colder the higher you go, especially during the fall/winter. He gave me a weird look and said "Wow, that's surprising. It should be hot up there because you are getting closer to the sun". It took all I had to not laugh out loud.Paddle faster....I hear banjo music Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,379 #379 September 9, 2011 >Wow, that's surprising. It should be hot up there because you are getting closer to the sun" Course that's only true during the day. At night you're getting farther from the sun, which is why we wear those cylume heaters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 18 #380 September 10, 2011 QuoteI heard of a spectator riding the tour wagon at Quincy one year ask "What do skydivers eat?" Hi lew, (Answer to whuf question:) "Their Dead!!!!"SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianSGermain 1 #381 September 11, 2011 My favorite was: "so, after you fly around like that, do you just get back in the plane?" Here's your sign...Instructional Videos:www.AdventureWisdom.com Keynote Speaking:www.TranscendingFEAR.com Canopies and Courses:www.BIGAIRSPORTZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sacex250 0 #382 September 11, 2011 QuoteMy favorite was: "so, after you fly around like that, do you just get back in the plane?" Here's your sign... Well, yes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGphGbJool4It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilmissamy 0 #383 September 17, 2011 Well I'm just a newbie at the end of my AFF's, but a couple of the questions that I've gotten... "So the instructors are talking to you during freefall telling you what to do, right?" "What do you mean they let go of you and don't stay with you after you pull the chute, is that safe?" funny stuff, the way my friends/coworkers act about my new hobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heln 0 #384 September 17, 2011 Showing my mom some videos from my 4-way jumps, she replied: "how can you stay up in the air? I think I would fall down" I'm still not sure, if she meant it, and I won't ask her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatoman 0 #385 October 5, 2011 Got one last night from one of my tennants. He asked how fast we fall, from what height we jumped, what height we open at, and then..... "So, to which mountain do you go?" As if there is a 13k feet mountain just outside of town. I WISH!!! You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is. Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum" Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #386 October 5, 2011 Quote We have a building where I work that could easily accommodate indoor BASE jumps... http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/vab.html Meh...so you work in a two-car garage....meh. Lucky bastard. As mentioned earlier, I'm sure.... "What if the second parachute doesn't open?"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
Abedy 0 #387 October 5, 2011 Quote Quote We have a building where I work that could easily accommodate indoor BASE jumps... http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/vab.html Meh...so you work in a two-car garage....meh. Lucky bastard. Well, not really lucky. He COULD jump but actually CAN'T. Must be hell, huh? BTW: There's "Tropical Islands" (clicky) in the state of Brandenburg, was an assembly hall for the "Cargolifter" Zeppelins that went bankrupt. They do legal BASE jumps there once a year AFAIK. 106 metres at least. not too bad. (I'd never do it, though ;-) Quote As mentioned earlier, I'm sure.... "What if the second parachute doesn't open?" Follow the light! The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fossg 0 #388 October 5, 2011 I work in Central Juvenile Hall here in LA. I gave the kids in my unit a class on sky diving and showed a couple of vids including "the gypsy moths". One of the kids asked me "how many times can you jump with out a parachute?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #389 October 8, 2011 Quote I work in Central Juvenile Hall here in LA. I gave the kids in my unit a class on sky diving and showed a couple of vids including "the gypsy moths". One of the kids asked me "how many times can you jump with out a parachute?" depending on how old, that's not too bad a question! i gave a lecture in french classes this year, when one of the other teachers knew about it, their class joined too. brought the gear including a wingsuit and showed a couple videos. out of planned 20 minutes became like an hour and a half. let them hold and touch the gear, did a little packing-class. everyone was amazed and fascinated. not many have seen or really heard much about the sport, except the one or two tandems. some pretty standard and not-so-standard questions. it was fun and good! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #390 October 8, 2011 I work with kids. And they all ask two questions 1) Were you scared on your first jump. and 2) How can I do thatLife through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #391 October 8, 2011 It's very rare you find a kid who doesn't want to jump. They're not as uptight as adults. Vskydiver and I made a couple of demos years ago into our kids' school. All the kids loved it. Our kids actually wanted to hang out with us in front of their friends too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #392 October 8, 2011 Quote It's very rare you find a kid who doesn't want to jump. They're not as uptight as adults. Vskydiver and I made a couple of demos years ago into our kids' school. All the kids loved it. Our kids actually wanted to hang out with us in front of their friends too. haha, how rare is that!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OuttaBounZ 0 #393 October 8, 2011 Question in bar: I want to do that. what's a safer way to start, skydiving or BASE jumping? Answer: BASE jumping, you're not up as high.Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #394 October 9, 2011 Quote It's very rare you find a kid who doesn't want to jump. They're not as uptight as adults. Vskydiver and I made a couple of demos years ago into our kids' school. All the kids loved it. Our kids actually wanted to hang out with us in front of their friends too. Very few of my kids give a shit about my skydivingSome of their lives are way more extreme than mineYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #395 October 9, 2011 Quote Very few of my kids give a shit about my skydivingSome of their lives are way more extreme than mine Well, you know none of my kids became skydivers, but they tend to see the positive side, the excitement and joy, a lot more than most adults do. So many adults just see the down side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #396 October 9, 2011 Quote Quote It's very rare you find a kid who doesn't want to jump. They're not as uptight as adults. Vskydiver and I made a couple of demos years ago into our kids' school. All the kids loved it. Our kids actually wanted to hang out with us in front of their friends too. Very few of my kids give a shit about my skydivingSome of their lives are way more extreme than mine My kid (now 14) spent just about every weekend of the first 6 years of his life hanging out at Zhills. Skydiving (and skydivers) never impressed him and he still has no opinion, good or bad. He doesn't have an aversion to it ...just not impressed at all. I've even suggested that he take some of my own equipment and videos for show-and-tell at school and it obviously wasn't cool enough for him to bother with it. (He did have some interest in the planes, though.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #397 October 10, 2011 My son made a tandem years ago. He has no real interest in skydiving, but he is following in my footsteps to be an air traffic controller. A lot more money in that one, anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatoman 0 #398 April 19, 2013 I felt like a wuffo a short while ago. Friend told me he did the training, and on their way to boarding point, a person bounced right in front of them, and they cancelled their jumps. I thought, yeah right, my ass, and left it there. I know the club, and I know there was no "bounce". Turns out, there was a low cutaway, and it actually happened. You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is. Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum" Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #399 April 20, 2013 Quote I felt like a wuffo a short while ago. Friend told me he did the training, and on their way to boarding point, a person bounced right in front of them, and they cancelled their jumps. I thought, yeah right, my ass, and left it there. I know the club, and I know there was no "bounce". Turns out, there was a low cutaway, and it actually happened. I had a friend who actually made her first S/L jump after a bounce at the DZ, same afternoon. Wow, that was, I don't know, determination?This sure is a long lost thread. Reading my posts above, my son now has his A license and IS working for the FAA. Year and a half can bring many changes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #400 April 20, 2013 Quote Year and a half can bring many changes. You obviously haven't visited the DB Cooper thread! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
