Rubber Chicken vs. Real Chicken freefall pass

[DrEco 0]

Rubber Chicken vs. Real Chicken freefall pass.
Circa 1963 at the old Lancaster, Calif. DZ, there were some live chickens running around the Lancaster packing area. Ed Fromberg and Walt Scherer got the idea of making a chicken pass. Walt left the plane with the chicken and passed it on to Ed. After Ed open his chute he let go of the chicken thinking it would spread it wings and fly safely to the ground. Instead the chicken went into a full delta with its wings tightly tucked in and hit the ground at the maximum chicken freefall velocity. After contact with the ground the chicken was still alive but dazed and was staggering around like a drunk sailor while a while and then fell over dead. The chicken was later roasted but was imposible to eat because there were bone fragments spread through out the chicken's meat. DrEco aka DrEcon D-115, [email protected]

[pchapman 262]

"Oh, the humanity!" - Les Nessman, WKRP in Cinncinati, Turkeys Away episode

[zoobrothertom 5]

Now that's funny !!

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[lucky508 0]

Yeah, but did the chicken make the peas?

[Andy9o8 0]

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Yeah, but did the chicken make the peas?

In a sense - it was cooked with them.

[MrPeapit 0]

That reminds me of a picture I saw of a three way line with a pig in the middle. They were having a pig roast at Pelicanland and these guys put a rig on the pig, took it on an AFF jump and deployed its main before tracking off. The pig, having been deceased, had no idea that his main gently circled around and landed in the peas.

1st jump August 6, 1977.
Last jump July 8, 2006.

[patworks 5]

The jumpers at Beeline in Houston did a similar thing around that same time as a flight experiment. However, being a novice, the chicken was put out on its own pass as the 185 climbed up. Some feathers flew but the bird did not. Its wings blew back over its back and it sorta streamered in. Another experiment attempt with, well, a cat, was aborted when the test subject violently objected, refused to exit, puffed up like a balloon, and used teeth and claws to demand a ride down in the plane. Its tormentors salved their wounds and quit running live tests. I think it was George the undertaker, but I forget.

Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189,

[PROGRESSIVE 0]

The late Gordy Hansen, creator of Grandpa's Boogie in Albert Lea Minnesota, had a coon hound named Otto. Now Gordy loved that hound and where ever Gordy went, so did Otto.

Gordy's love was so strong for the pooch, that he made a special skydiving harness so Otto could always be with Gordy, on the ground and in the air. They were inseperable. Two peas in a little disfunctional pod.

Over the years Otto became so proficient at static line jumps, that this old hound dog looked better in the air than his owner.

One day, however, things did not go according to plan, as Otto was going to make a demo jump in front of all the families in southern Minnesota, at the local Hy Vee grocery store. Gordy had fastened one end of a 200 foot long rope to his bumper of his car, and the other end to Otto and his harness. Without a clear, "ready, set, go!" Gordy "gunned it" accellerating acoss the parking lot with poor Otto in tow, sliding across the pavement until the pooch finally got airborne.

After gaining about 150 feet or so, Otto performed a cutaway (he fell out the harness) and bounced in front of the all the children, moms and dads that came out to see Otto, the flying dog.

Albert Lea was never the same after this.

RIP