humanflite 0 #1 November 9, 2008 I nearly fell off my chair when I heard about this! Kudos to the Ti for such a nice landing and also to the catchers of course. but wow, talk about a supergran http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7716073.stm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #2 November 9, 2008 Jim Wallace has taken a 99 year old! I took her boyfriend? (They lived in the same assisted care center) who was 83 making him my oldest passenger. You need perfect conditions for these kind of tandems and they can be a little bit of work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humanflite 0 #3 November 9, 2008 Quote Jim Wallace has taken a 99 year old! I took her boyfriend? (They lived in the same assisted care center) who was 83 making him my oldest passenger. You need perfect conditions for these kind of tandems and they can be a little bit of work! Wow!!! Did he/you land it as well as the Ti in this video? Cmmon...be honest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeregrineFalcon 0 #4 November 9, 2008 Damn, even Brittish dentures are filthy, not just the teeth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bclark 0 #5 November 9, 2008 90 is my oldest. Rolled onto the DZ hunched over a walker. Don't like doing them. To me the risk is not worth the reward. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #6 November 9, 2008 Well done perpetuating an old, boring and one of the easiest stereotypes. Want cheese with that?1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #7 November 9, 2008 Both landings were just about like the video. They were both light and we delayed till we had perfect conditions. Also Jim's passenger was making her 8th tandem after jumping on her 90th birthday for the first time. She came out on her birthday every year for a tandem but one year had to cancel after falling going to the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 3 #8 November 9, 2008 We have a 97 year old woman named Beulah, who did her first tandem with her daughter, granddaughter, and great granddaughter all on the same load. Her great-great granddaughter was on the ground as a 7 year old.... four generations on the same load. Wonder if that's happened before? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 60 #9 November 9, 2008 101 years old is the oldest, according to Guinness Book of Records. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skypilot 0 #10 November 10, 2008 103 year old man jumped in Cairns a few years back.Go big! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyerSG1234 0 #11 November 10, 2008 Terminal openings?? One hard opening and you get two broken femurs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
