ShivaDas 0 #1 January 10, 2003 Today was definitely a beer day, first time I have jumped with clouds below and around me. Can you say cloud Bustin!Wow, what a blast, like people say, jumpin around clouds really gives you a feel for how fast you are falling!! Great day, and my sit is slowly improving JOTP, starts in the morning, my goal is over 30 jumps for the week!!! Wooo Hoooo!!!! Just havin fun! Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #2 January 10, 2003 Might not want to declare publicly that you busted a cloud... it is kinda prohibited by the FAR's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyboyblue 0 #3 January 10, 2003 industrial haze Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #4 January 10, 2003 FAR's? "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #5 January 10, 2003 QuoteFAR's? Federal Aviation Regulations. The rules of the air in the US per the FAA - Federal Aviation Administration. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShivaDas 0 #6 January 10, 2003 QuoteMight not want to declare publicly that you busted a cloud... it is kinda prohibited by the FAR's. No no, I just jumped past the clouds, that way I could always see what was below me, the dz! I would never break any rules... just look at my picture, I am a straight arrow! Just havin fun! Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #7 January 10, 2003 Quote just look at my picture, I am a straight arrow! Uh, sure you are. Yep. Uh hunh! (Psssssst....notice how your eyes are kinda shifty in that pix? LOL! ) Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 0 #8 January 10, 2003 QuoteMight not want to declare publicly that you busted a cloud... it is kinda prohibited by the FAR's. Definately don't say " I just fell through a cloud" The last time I fell through a cloud it was awsome.. of course I was supposed to say Industrial haze. Visible moisture is acceptable. Any way, it's cool huh! I was Seriously bustin clouds not too long ago. I kept hearing about all this industrial haze and smoke or what ever. As much as I wanted to believe it wasn't a cloud, I just didn't buy it.. It was a cloud and no one could tell me that it wasn't. They were liars. I have encyclopedias at home and I looked it up. Sure enough, those white puffy things that give you a serious rush the closer you get to them, were CLOUDS!. ...or was I dreaming?My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brits17 0 #9 January 10, 2003 Hey next time, try going through the cloud in a big "x," coyote style! then look up and see the hole you made... its good stuff _______________________ aerialkinetics.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #10 January 10, 2003 Well, your FARs and FAAs can't touch me! So I can openly say that busting clouds is real fun unless you forget about altitude and shit your pants pulling way below your 'safe' point. (been there, done that, learned my lesson) As for good stuff, try going through a cloud with your mouth open...it's not as creamy and fluffy as you'd imagined when you were a kid, but fun nevertheless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #11 January 10, 2003 Nyaah, nyaah, nyaah...I jump through clouds all the time...... But normally in places where the FAA have no power, sway or influence......ie in the UK. Although given the choice......I'd have to say you guys have it better..... -------------------- 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
skybytch 259 #12 January 10, 2003 Quote Nyaah, nyaah, nyaah...I jump through clouds all the time...... Heh. I didn't say I'd never done it, now did I?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #13 January 10, 2003 Quote Quote Nyaah, nyaah, nyaah...I jump through clouds all the time...... Heh. I didn't say I'd never done it, now did I?? Don't ask. Don't tell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #14 January 10, 2003 We never have a cloud in the sky. Sometimes some of that damn industrial haze blows up here from Mexico, but luckily, those are good to go...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #15 January 10, 2003 "Heh. I didn't say I'd never done it, now did I??" Ah yes forgive me for being presumptuous(amongst other things) And your clouds probably aren't full of hail, ice, and evrything but a silver lining. Diving into your own wee rainbow halo (corriolis?)is cool though.... -------------------- 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
skybytch 259 #16 January 10, 2003 Quote And your clouds probably aren't full of hail, ice, and evrything but a silver lining I live in California. What exactly are "hail" and "ice"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #17 January 10, 2003 Lets see, put it in California terms...Sort of like a Mudslide and a wildfire, but falling from a cloud...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #18 January 10, 2003 "I live in California. What exactly are "hail" and "ice"?" Best way to describe this is solidified smog!...I live in Scotland, what exactly is sunshine? -------------------- 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
riggerrob 558 #19 January 10, 2003 And that "solidified smog" really hurts when it hits your un-protected face in freefall, unless you have a beard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,647 #20 January 10, 2003 Quote Diving into your own wee rainbow halo (corriolis?)is cool though.... I think you mean "Glory", not "Coriolis". A "Glory" is the name of the atmospheric effect that puts a bright halo around your shadow when it falls on a cloud. And then there are "sun dogs"...... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #21 January 10, 2003 Thats the thing Prof, thanks for keeping me right.-------------------- 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
DJL 232 #22 January 10, 2003 Anyone have a good picture of this. I've seen one before and wanted to get one I could frame. -Doug"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #23 January 10, 2003 Here's an example of a shadow and Glory of an airplane over the Grand Canyon. http://www.polarization.com/rainbow/glory.html There's also a good discussion about what causes them here: http://www.polarization.com/rainbow/rainbow2.html _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #24 January 10, 2003 Wait till you get to fly your tiny little super rocket canopy (when you're experienced enough of course) around the clouds. It's great "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #25 January 10, 2003 Jumping through a cloud is really prohibited? "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
