BBKid 0 #26 March 18, 2004 Not really cool, in fact way uncool, but memorable nonetheless- Doign revision training as a student with about 5 others and an instructor (skydog/Bryn), and was just going through 2 canopy out procedures, and heard someone shout "two out". I thought "yeah, we're doing them", when I looked over the instructor's shoulder to see a nice biplane. Bryn said "like that", then, "another one, never seen that before", as second biplane turned into a downplane at about 200ft. Bryn shouts "chop it (name witheld), you stupid fucker", which he duly did, and had a nice three second canopy ride down. Moral of the story: don't be turning points head down coming through cloud at 2000ft. If you do, use a cypres! P.S. Get well soon Bryn! Nick --------------------------- "I've pierced my foot on a spike!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lfhower 0 #27 March 18, 2004 Standing near the ditch at Deland in the late 80's watching some guy with a really small Sabre (97) I think, going downwind then hooking it and swooping the ditch with his body out of sight in the ditch then finishing by popping out of the ditch and land beside the ditch. Scariest looking thing I had ever seen at the time. Always remember, when you get where you're going, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,435 #28 March 18, 2004 I always wanted to see a world record from the ground, but the closest I've come is one of the women's world record attempts. Didn't want it enough to sit one out, but from talking to the people there, the experience of watching it sounds really cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #29 March 18, 2004 Watching Ernie Long and Levi Green pull at 400' over the packing area at Freek Brothers in 1985 in front of Roger and the Mayor of Freeport, IL. The cool part was when Roger walked up to them after they landed, pulled their reserves and tore their wristbands off. How ya' doin' Ernie? I'll be up to see ya' in a couple of weeks to say hi. The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #30 March 18, 2004 Golden Knight's doing a diamond track trailing smoke. 15 cessna formation load aka rucker. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #31 March 18, 2004 Are you sure it was in the late 80s? If it was the guy was using an F111 PD, which makes it more impressive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougjumper 0 #32 March 19, 2004 Going through Airborne School and was watching Black Hat give Instructions on 250 ft Towers when all of a sudden. Dude Jumped from Top of Tower and "SMASH ".. Hit the Ground like a Ton of Bricks.. I said Damn that was a DEMO... Kinda scared me that Shit looked Real.. The glass is half full or half empty doesn't matter. Let go and have the Lord guide your path. He will take care of it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #33 March 19, 2004 ...besides the assorted buzz jobs,,one Otter landing really impressed me.... The pilot parked that otter onto the parachute landing area,,, right past the pea gravel. and had it STOPPED,, in about 75 feet... Kicked up a divot or two, as well... Early on in the days of CReW... while many of us were still jumping rounds,, I was using a round,, and my buddy docked on me from below with a strato-cloud... he had to bury the brakes to stay compatible with me.. and we flew that for a few thousand feet,,, but it was really "sinking'. I also witnessed TWO PC's in a canopy stack, with a couple of lightweight jumpers flying it.... Those guys,,Rick Costa and Tim Cawley,, brought it right down to the deck, After getting positioned relative to the wind, they landed one after the other about 10 meters from the pea gravel...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdctlc 0 #34 March 19, 2004 Watching then following out a Mr. Bill jump. That is always nice to see work but the cool part was after landing looking up and seeing the pax basically make a Wingsuit BASE jump from the parachute. It was cool to see a long delay with the wingsuit from the other jumper. The guy with the wingsuit then came in and hit a dead center. Just one thing that pops into my mind, I am sure I could think of a bunch more... but that was cool. Scott C."He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,435 #35 March 19, 2004 >...besides the assorted buzz jobs . . . I think the coolest buzz job I've seen so far was the DC-3 at the brewery in Montana. It circled around and lined up on the runway. There's a 40 foot rise in the field before you get to the brewery, and the pilot set up a little before that. He got so low that I could see the top of the fuselage before pulling up and over. He got Amy to duck. Another one was the jet at Quincy one year. He set up a descent over the tents and pulled out of it at maybe 200 feet. It being a 727 and all, the plane continued on its trajectory due to momentum for maybe 50 feet before it finally started climbing. One of the few times I've really wondered "is he going to make it?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyonthewall 0 #36 March 19, 2004 Watching freefly big ways. The cool part was the breakoff. Watching everyone go from headdown to a track. Scattering in every direction. Also watching Mike Mangold fly his stunt plane out at Perris. With a spectacular sunset as a backdrop. Awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lfhower 0 #37 March 19, 2004 Can't swear to it, was told by another regular there it was a 97' Zp. Never seen any F111 do anything nearly like this swoop. Always remember, when you get where you're going, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lfhower 0 #38 March 19, 2004 Oh, my bad, it wasn't late 80's, I had to be 90's as I was in Orlando for a conference, thought going to the drop zones on the free afternoons was much better than golf or the other stuff they had scheduled. Went to Deland one afternoon and Z-hills the next day and did a tandem for only $80, they had just started the summer special. 13.5k from a CASA, tailgate was cool. Always remember, when you get where you're going, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #39 March 19, 2004 chris lynch carve up the front of our manifest under his velocity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallman 0 #40 March 19, 2004 Being under canopy, seeing another pop open within a few hundred feet of me, and watching the camera man keep falling. The difference in fall rates made me realize just how fast we fall(I was still on student status at that point). It amazed me how fast he fell at that low of altitude and slowly turned over to pull. It was shocking to see him rushing towards the ground and appear so calm and relaxed. woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plowdirt 0 #41 March 20, 2004 Watching a monkey claw video, and on a tandem a 727 comes flying by while still in free fall, that freaked me out . I'm talking to fugn close. E! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 262 #42 March 22, 2004 I attended a mini-airshow at a big paragliding festival in St Hilaire, France, last autumn. The town, spectator area, and paraglider launch are all on a plateau on the side of a mountain ridge, with a wide valledy 2500 ft below. During the airshow Loic or one of his buddies jumped at a normal altitude, flew his wingsuit until over us spectators, and at about 500 ft above us turned and glided out into the valley, around a corner of a ridge, to deploy somewhere out of sight down below. (He was being conservative with his distance from the crowd, given his skill level, whatever the French air show regs may have been.) When a Twin Otter dropped an RW load over the valley, we could watch the 20 way split up, track away, and then deploy level with the crowd. How odd to be standing on solid ground while looking towards the horizon at jumpers deploying. (Although not skydiving, the aerobatic aircraft acts looked impressive too. A plane could pull up from below the lip of the ridge, do its gyrations, and disappear down below again.) A unique perspective for an airshow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fireflyer 0 #43 March 22, 2004 QuoteI am a newbie to the sport. . .so for me, It was a downplane by two CRW Dawgs. . .it ROCKED. . . mine was similar... a couple guys doing a two stack about 150 feet off the ground, and same guys doing side by side stuff... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Fireflyer 0 #44 March 22, 2004 ...and, i may as well have been a spectator on my first attempt at a four way our of a beech 99. we all were to exit together, and i was the far inside man. the other 3 - C/D licensed jumpers said we were all off the count, but i think they were being nice. i think i got a little agressive on the push out the door, as we were just all in a head down pose helmets to helmets. basically a big pile of skydivers! it looked really cool to me at least. i was like "hey, how you doing?" you rarely get to see what the EYE COLORS are of the people in your formation! haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites relyon 0 #45 March 22, 2004 Watching my wife do a tandem in the Netherlands last summer. She's seen me jump many times and ridden the plane once, but had not made a skydive until then. Thanks to all the great folks at Teuge! Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 135 #46 March 22, 2004 QuoteDuring the airshow Loic or one of his buddies jumped at a normal altitude if I am not mistaken it was Eric Fradet jumping with Loic. This guy Eric is INCREDIBLE.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites WrongWay 0 #47 March 22, 2004 Holy shit I'll never forget this. I was at a pretty big boogie in 2002, and I was standing at one end (on the inside) of a very, VERY long tent, used to accomodate all the packers, and manifest for every plane. Suddenly I hear something scrape the top of the tent directly above where I was standing, so I run around the corner to see JC Colclasure dragging a toe across the top of the tent from end to end, then walking away like nothing had happened. If ever I have seen something in my life that was BADASS, that was it. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Fireflyer 0 #44 March 22, 2004 ...and, i may as well have been a spectator on my first attempt at a four way our of a beech 99. we all were to exit together, and i was the far inside man. the other 3 - C/D licensed jumpers said we were all off the count, but i think they were being nice. i think i got a little agressive on the push out the door, as we were just all in a head down pose helmets to helmets. basically a big pile of skydivers! it looked really cool to me at least. i was like "hey, how you doing?" you rarely get to see what the EYE COLORS are of the people in your formation! haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
relyon 0 #45 March 22, 2004 Watching my wife do a tandem in the Netherlands last summer. She's seen me jump many times and ridden the plane once, but had not made a skydive until then. Thanks to all the great folks at Teuge! Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #46 March 22, 2004 QuoteDuring the airshow Loic or one of his buddies jumped at a normal altitude if I am not mistaken it was Eric Fradet jumping with Loic. This guy Eric is INCREDIBLE.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #47 March 22, 2004 Holy shit I'll never forget this. I was at a pretty big boogie in 2002, and I was standing at one end (on the inside) of a very, VERY long tent, used to accomodate all the packers, and manifest for every plane. Suddenly I hear something scrape the top of the tent directly above where I was standing, so I run around the corner to see JC Colclasure dragging a toe across the top of the tent from end to end, then walking away like nothing had happened. If ever I have seen something in my life that was BADASS, that was it. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
