daremrc 0 #26 February 5, 2007 My last jump...Good judgement comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #27 February 5, 2007 QuoteJump #6 I wrote: "Big fuck up!! Didn't arch after pulling rip cord, hard opening, hands went down front of body and left thumb snagged reserve handle. 2 out. Said "fuck", evaluated and cutway." If YOU did that, then I'VE got hope! 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
CReW 0 #28 February 5, 2007 As we circled at 17,500 it was NASA that radioed our Otter. "We have lift off of STS 113." So, out the door we went. As a gymnastics instructor from Bedford Indiana, T flew down beside Space Shuttle Endeavour on his way to Earth. There was another Bedford Boy aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, Kenneth D. Bowersox on his way to Orbit and the International Space Station. The two Hooisers pass in the night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROK 0 #29 February 5, 2007 I believe that it was jumper number four. Igor wrote... Waved off, and reached down and grabbed "package"??? I had a strap-over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faicon9493 114 #30 February 6, 2007 QuoteDo you have a favorite entry in your logbook? Mine was my fourth AFF jump... CAT D1 with video... Good climb out, but left with knees up a bit. 2 practice touches while Instructor released. Great 90's with excellent heading control and speed. Five 90's with good altitude awareness and solo pull at 5K. Rear riser turns with brakes set, unset 90's. Good execution of flight plan with minimum radio assistance. Flare way to fast @ approx. 25', told to hold it and PLF. Awesome Freefall. Review flare height...not cleared from radio. So...here's why it's my favorite...I broke my ankle on this jump, but the instructor didn't mention it : ) My favorite log book entry is from way back in the day when I made my first trip to Z-Hills. I got on a 20 way and after landing, someone approached me and pointed to an old guy from our load who was packing. He suggested that I ask him to sign my log book and I did. That old guy turned out to be Lew Sanborn (D-1). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #31 February 6, 2007 "Didn't listen to instructor, passed over runway, relieved about not hitting runway, then hit the only palm tree on the dropzone." PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #32 February 6, 2007 Well, lets see... There was an entry I made when I had 200 and some jumps... when I got to jump a C-121... I'll leave it to all you youngin's out there to go look up what a C-121 is / was... ... and then shortly after that had my rig stolen that same day... or... There was an entry I made when I had around 900 and some jumps when I made a low turn on landing and shattered my right ankle... ... ouch. or... There was the entry in my log book for my 1000th jump... or... There was the entry I made when I had... well... don't know how many jumps I had at the time... but it was over a thousand, less than two... when me and bunch of others was on a 34 way at Perris with a tandem and the pic of that made the cover of Parachutist... actaully an entry shortly before that was kind of memorable too, because on one of the practice jumps for the same we had a 40 something IFR break-off... or... The entry for the jump which ended in my second reserve ride somewhere around 1700ish jumps... my second reserve ride and my second save as a rigger... ME! or... The entry for my 2000th jump. or... The entry when I had 2800ish jumps and the jump ended in my third resereve ride and third save as a rigger... again ME! or... The entry for my 3000th jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #33 February 6, 2007 1000th. I videoed my wife's 1st, a tandem, and we made Parachutist. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #34 February 6, 2007 Quote1000th. I videoed my wife's 1st, a tandem, and we made Parachutist. I see that Very hard to top. That.. Just Rocks!! I hope she had fun. On a side note. Weird , But my first jump= Tandem made Parachutist as well! The first Dublin Boogie.I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #35 February 6, 2007 QuoteOn a side note. Weird , But my first jump= Tandem made Parachutist as well! The first Dublin Boogie. What issue? steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #36 February 6, 2007 The_Don is an old fart like me....probably 1973. But, to his great credit, he has a Trophy Wife! Seriously, Dublin 1 was what...March 2004? So figure May/June 2004?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
steveorino 7 #37 February 6, 2007 I made my first jump (military) in 1977 Made over 100 military jumps through 1980 then didn't jump again until 2001 steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzolloyd 0 #38 February 6, 2007 My AFF Instructor certification signed by Don Yahrling at Skydive Dallas, May 1995.GET SOME, altitude! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #40 February 6, 2007 Okay, that one demands a story."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfloyd 0 #41 February 6, 2007 Jump #28 A license check dive Total success Now the fun begins My drinking team has a skydiving problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #42 February 6, 2007 Jump number 375 - Here is what my logbook reads (Copying exactly).. "Casa Load right at sunset. We missed sunset by a few minutes. The S&TA gave us a night jump briefing on the ride to altitude. "=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildfan75 1 #43 February 6, 2007 That's hilarious! If and when I ever have a cutaway, I'm going to have to do that in my book too. I like the aircraft notation on the 764 1/2 jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #44 February 6, 2007 QuoteQuoteOn a side note. Weird , But my first jump= Tandem made Parachutist as well! The first Dublin Boogie. What issue? Andy's right on both counts! May 2004, Page 55.I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #45 February 7, 2007 one of my favs was being on first load in our porter signed by Mike. http://www.vancouver-skydiving.bc.ca/aircraft.html after Mike Fitzgerald of ICARIUS AEROTECHNICS converted from A27 with 620hp to 750hp Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 turbine engine http://www.icarius-aerotechnics.com/pages/main_en.php ride to altitude was only 8 min. as compared to 25- SMileseustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 0 #46 February 8, 2007 Would have to be a 4-way at Lost Prairie one year done with a good friend (the guy who got me into this!) who is no longer here, another ex-Aggie, and Bob Sinclair ... and it turned out to be my friend's last jump. Being a floaty sort, they sent me out first, but somehow I STILL managed to be above them by the time we were coming off the hill ... LOL! BTW ... if you ever get a chance to look thru Bob's scrapbooks ... a great many pieces of the history of the sport!As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbearfng 9 #47 February 8, 2007 Four way with Uli, Christy and Dan BC; I hung in there (I think!) and lost count of the points but shit I felt like I was in slow motion and probably was!!!! But man that was priceless!!! A big thanks to all of them for jumpin with FNGs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhys 0 #48 February 8, 2007 World meet 2006 I putt all the jumps and days into one entry. We worked hard to get there!"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #49 February 8, 2007 I need my log book to get the exact date, but it was the summer of about 1974. Two of Jerry Bird's team mates (Jerry Bird's All Stars), were traveling through Montana. B.J. Worth wasn't famous then but he too was on that load. We ordered up D.C.-3 from the Smoke Jump Center in an effort to build a big-way. These two new guys from California organized things, and we were all pumped up to be on that load. I left late and closed 14th or 15th. This was considered a new state record....a 15 way. Yes, big ways were small back then. To tell you the truth I hit it pretty hard and probably blew it up, but it held together long enough to be considered a 15 way and a state record. We were all really happy with ourselves, and did a lot of celebrating after. Those were the days!....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #50 February 9, 2007 Still my favorite after all these years, something like my 10th jump back in 1974. This was a hop & pop from 3200 ft, my JM wrote "Stable by coincidence only". Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
