Cessna

[aerialcameraman 0]

What small cessna has the cargo door. It looks like a 206 or something like that..

[bozo 0]

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What small cessna has the cargo door. It looks like a 206 or something like that..

U206

bozo
Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[NickDG 23]

Here's me putting out S/L students from a cargo door u-206 in about 1981. We wore our caps backwards in those days not because we wanted to look like Gangsters, but because the frigging wind blew them off otherwise . . .

NickD BASE 194

[Orange1 0]

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Here's me putting out S/L students from a cargo door u-206 in about 1981. We wore our caps backwards in those days not because we wanted to look like Gangsters, but because the frigging wind blew them off otherwise . . .

NickD BASE 194

;) interesting rig. luckily when i did SL we had rings on the rig but not allowed any on our fingers (like your student )

fwiw i have jumped 206 and 207 with cargo doors.

Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.

[NickDG 23]

I'd ask people to remove rings that were snaggy, but not plain wedding bands . . .

NickD

[Beckuboo 0]

Cool picture!

[airtwardo 6]

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I'd ask people to remove rings that were snaggy, but not plain wedding bands . . .

NickD

ALL 'wedding bands' are snaggy...usually just takes a while!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JohnMitchell 14]

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ALL 'wedding bands' are snaggy...usually just takes a while!

No kidding. 23 years of marriage and I still don't wear a ring. I do a lot of work with my hands around machinery. Just makes me too nervous. I've seen the results of those accidents.

[aerialcameraman 0]

just looking at the cargo door the u206 looks like it would be easier to do tandems out off.. How many DZ's have one..

[rapter 0]

There is also a C-207, a bit bigger, I jumped Fred Sand's last year in Montana

Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

[cloudseeker2001 0]

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Here's me putting out S/L students from a cargo door u-206 in about 1981. We wore our caps backwards in those days not because we wanted to look like Gangsters, but because the frigging wind blew them off otherwise . . .

NickD BASE 194[/repl

Cool jumpsuit!

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

[bradcurn 0]

When I started jumping I did most of my jumps at a DZ that operated a rear door 207 like that one.

I jump at a DZ now that uses a Porter. It's a helluvalot quicker and easier with the Porter, but sometimes I must admit I get a little nostalgic for the Cessna.

[Lastchance 0]

Got an E-mail from Fred this morning and 33 Alpha is back in the air with a new engine, and the heater and in flight door all work. Great news from Lost Prairie. I believe 33A is a 182. Last winter we were jumping from the 207 without the door. Pretty cold sitting next to it but pretty nice sitting next to the pilot. Anyway the Prairie has a 182 up and flying again.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[riggerrob 558]

Agreed!
It is far easier to launch tandem students out of cargo door Cessna 206s.

[SpringVark 0]

Hey Bradcurn... that C207 was a beauty. Would you believe me if I told you that members of that same old club managed to jump a porter this last weekend? ;-)

[BillyVance 34]

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I'd ask people to remove rings that were snaggy, but not plain wedding bands . . .

NickD

ALL 'wedding bands' are snaggy...usually just takes a while!

Yep. Once got a blood blister on my ring finger when I got it caught on the "L" floater handle on a jump plane setting up an exit a few years ago. Boy that hurt like a motherfucker. It wasn't even a bulky wedding ring, just a nice Celtic Knot ring. I thought for a second my finger was gonna get broken and let go, 2 seconds early! Boy that was a long way back up to the formation! Haven't worn a ring for jumps since.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[bradcurn 0]

Hey you muppet florist!

What Porter?!?!?

If you were up here and didn't tell me, your arse is grass

[SpringVark 0]

I didn't say which Porter! Try the SA Police Porter for size! It was operating all weekend at Skydive Cape Town and Kevin organised a couple of loads, of which I manged to get onto one. Best part about it: it was for free!

[Orange1 0]

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When I started jumping I did most of my jumps at a DZ that operated a rear door 207 like that one.

I jump at a DZ now that uses a Porter. It's a helluvalot quicker and easier with the Porter, but sometimes I must admit I get a little nostalgic for the Cessna.

nothing that one ride with the plane full all the way up in the middle of a Dal summer wouldn't cure

Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.