TrickyDicky 0 #1 October 23, 2003 For those of you from the UK that did RAPS from small a/c (like 182s or 206s maybe bigger too) and maybe those who did AFF (maybe this applies to people doing AFF or S/L in the states or anywhere else for that matter). Just want to see if this is the same at all DZs or the 2 I trained at..... Is there 1 word while in the plane thats puts the fear of god into you and gets your heart going crazy. If there is... what is it? I know I miss the thrill of this word now. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #2 October 23, 2003 Quote ARRRRRrrrrrgghhhhh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 49 #3 October 23, 2003 I did both S/L and AFF several years ago. While it never put the fear of God in me, my adrenaline always really started flowing when the JM called to the pilot "Throttle back! Wheel brakes on!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #4 October 23, 2003 the word.. Cuuuuutinnnadooor -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #5 October 23, 2003 Quote Cuuuuutinnnadooor that was the same word used by my JM then he would lift my chin for me or say, "look up" (with a staccato "up") then give me a very short sharp "go". Its amasing what you remember. my JM was great... dugy (Doug Peacock D68) Damn near invented the sport and was national coach for god knows how long. Still a name in accuracy even at an age to match his licence number. he still remembers my name and says hi to me at the DZ and chats about my jumping. sorry... reminiscing... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kramer 0 #6 October 23, 2003 When my JM looks at me and says "get the fuck off of my plane", that always turns the stomach a bit. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masher 1 #7 October 23, 2003 QuoteIs there 1 word while in the plane thats puts the fear of god into you and gets your heart going crazy. If there is... what is it?. oops. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mofo554 0 #8 October 23, 2003 Definitely, definitely "DOOOOOOR!!!" Hearing that used to make my stomach churn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmoore21184 0 #9 October 23, 2003 For me it was "STAND IN THE DOOR" with the JM finger pointed straight at you. Anyone that has taken AM490 at usafa knows exactly what i am talking about. B Moore 'Turbulence is a bitch' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #10 October 23, 2003 Quote Definitely, definitely "DOOOOOOR!!!" Absolutely agree! And of course I have to add "Are you ready to skydive?!". I think the first time I went, my answer was a big, resounding . . . nod of my head. Blue Skies, Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #11 October 23, 2003 Are you ready to skydive? Take your position. Does it to me everytime. There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nicrussell 0 #12 October 23, 2003 a muttering "ohshit" from the pilot. nic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #13 October 23, 2003 "Door" was the only things scary that I remember in a 206 (they tell me the pilot hit me in the head with the fuel stick a few times for banging into him; so, I dunno how much I remember ) and it was more of it actually opening it, the rush of cold air and unavoidably being practically outside already that was unnerving during AFF. But, since the door was open on the way up, "cut" in the caravan meant no turning back now and get out! -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #14 October 24, 2003 When someone else is spotting, and they look out the door, and say "ohhhhhh sh*t!" nothing like that to get me out the door fast. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #15 October 24, 2003 Mee too! I remember "Stand In the Door!" hmmm I also remember "Stand Up! Hook Up! Check Equipment!" The long sline of "Okay, okay, okay ..... okay. All Okay Jumpmaster!" Anyone else remember that? But "Are you ready to skydive?" Does it for me now. For one split second I think ummm no. Then my head clears and I say "Hell Yeah!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBKid 0 #16 October 24, 2003 "Bollocks!", when uttered by me as I do something naughty after leaving the step! Sorry if I scared you mate! Nick --------------------------- "I've pierced my foot on a spike!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitof1976 0 #17 October 24, 2003 what did it for me was on my very first static line jump off a cessna 152 when the pilot reached over me and turned the door knob! The flipping door swung open and hit the wing and I almost got sucked out of the plane from sitting close to the door. The pilot then just looked at me, smiled and gave me the non chalent sign to climb out onto that strut!!! To this day every time I jump from that riggidy cessna, my heart starts pumping!!! "We see the world just the way we are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #18 October 24, 2003 Get Ready- & -Doooooor! I swear 16 years ago if my s/l jumpmaster was not aggressive I would never of left that plane. of course the drill I could scream in my head but never out of my mouth on exit from aircraft: Arch thousand- Look thousand- Reach thousand- Pull thousand- Check over right shoulder was imbred for my lifetime.... 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
D22369 0 #19 October 24, 2003 QuoteQuoteIs there 1 word while in the plane thats puts the fear of god into you and gets your heart going crazy. If there is... what is it?. oops. for me, its when the pilot mumbles "shiiiiit...... RoyThey say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #20 October 24, 2003 I know! I know! The word is "Sorry" Here's the story. It's late 80's, and I'm at a DZ with a Porter that has a sliding door going up to do a 4 way team dive. There were some students on board, a few SL's, a 1st freefall and a JM. The SL's go. We go round to the exit altitude for the 1st freefall. He's sweating bullets. (No AAD in those days.) One of my team says "Just arch and relax. You have the rest of your life to pull the ripcord." Dude's eyes go big. The door slides open, the dude climbs out, hangs from the strut, and just starts squealing.. "I can't do this! I don't want to die!" etc etc. JM says "Sorry" and closes the door... He hung on for a bit, enough to give himself a bad spot dispite the power being on, and then did a perfect 3 sec delay with us all watching like monkeys. These days, that's not so funny, but back then? Well, I laughed like a drain for months after that whenever someone said "Sorry" to a student. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrickyDicky 0 #22 October 24, 2003 Its stories like that that make skydiving sound alot more "fun" in the old days. I heard a story from a guy at our DZ who was training to be an Instructor, Despatching students under observation (from the Pilot, who was also the CCI at the time). The first person to go in the 182 was a girl. When she was told " On the step" she refused so the Pilot (CCI) starts shouting. "JUST F*CKING GET ON THE F*CKING STEP". Still, he is one of the most trustworthy pilots at my DZ. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mpizi 0 #23 October 24, 2003 Quotea muttering "ohshit" from the pilot. nic Yip that will do it for me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #24 October 24, 2003 Thats one of the funiest stories I've heard in ages. I can just imagine what was going through his head.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #25 October 24, 2003 Reminds me of one time we were in the Nomad at hinton... it was a bit choppy and a couple of thou feet up the stall indicator kept going off... (this little buzzing sound a lot like a door buzzer). Some wag at the back of the plane shouts forward to the pilot that he should stop the plane as we forgot someone and they wanted letting in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
