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Is that an AN-2?



Yes its an AN-2... no wonder they are having a party on the way up... by the time they get to jump run the drinks would be metabolized:ph34r:

The DZ looks like an old military base with the taxiways like that. The striped t-shirts some of the guys are wearing look familiar too.

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some scary shite in that video. Thats some old gear and some interesting deployments. THe fact that they are drinking on the way up and just toss the bottle out the door is pretty much awesome!
i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

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hell yea! you tell these saggy vaginas whats what. Hardcore mofos rock out belly mounts and throw heavy glass bottles out the plane door. SHiT! makes me want to go there and hang out with those dudes. I bet they are some rebel sons of bitches. I'll take my modern gear though;) But i will totally litter the hell out of the country side with beer cans and trash

i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

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I guess that depends on where you are. When I was jumping in Latvia, it was customary to drink champagne on the ride to altitude for someone's 100th jump. There was also more ritual on the ground after the jump. I don't recall the bottle being thrown out the door, but there was a town underneath, so I doubt that would've gone well. The bottle was secured up front somewhere. I've not seen this anywhere else, so if you're in eastern europe, this is kinda normal, but if you're in most other places, you'll probably find things like being pied, thrown in a pool/swoop pond, thrown in the swoop pond and then pied and/or tequila shots might be more typical for 100th jump rituals.

As for the AN-2, there is nothing normal about jumping out of an AN-2. It's got twice as many wings and goes about half as fast as anything else. The thing flies like a bus... that flies. Actually, it's like a bus in many ways except for the flying part. Everything happens in slow motion and when the pilot does the cut, you'll think he's actually parked it stationary up there. I was particularly impressed with my very first ride where the sputtering, smoke and sound effects made me feel like I was in an Indiana Jones movie. I could go on, but it was an experience.

Other than that, perfectly normal stuff.

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I love AN-2, made quite a few jumps from it.. Yeah it's old, noisy, smelly and not really efficient but it's quite safe and comfortable (the ride up and the exit).

Oh and looove when the pilots do the roller coaster thing going up and down and us kissing the ceiling B|

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As for the AN-2, there is nothing normal about jumping out of an AN-2. It's got twice as many wings and goes about half as fast as anything else. The thing flies like a bus...



Rubbish.

It's nowhere near as fast as a bus:P
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Yes its an AN-2... no wonder they are having a party on the way up... by the time they get to jump run the drinks would be metabolized



Yeah, if you got wasted on take off, you would be sober on exit time. :)
The plane that I jumped last weekend has a small hatch (~1 foot) with hole in the floor covered with glass/plexi. It is very interesting to look ground below from this perspective. B|


A couple of AN-2 fun photos... :)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=442037&l=c584683893&id=836952121
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=442034&l=9068448293&id=836952121
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=868589&l=f6f82c9326&id=836952121
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=868597&l=b728ec2915&id=836952121
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=868592&l=f48abbb2eb&id=836952121
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=868590&l=fec1f930b7&id=836952121
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nice pics :)



When you have someone that can push like an animal on board it`s easy. But... it was clusterfuck from the start :P. The guy in blue pants almost "went in" when that rope got tied around his arm...
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