skydiverek 54 #1 April 10, 2007 Anyone beats this guy? 20,000 hours = 833 days... He had 5,000 hours BEFORE his first skydive... "Time in air is not so easy for me being in this sport 23 + years I started flying at the young age of 14 as I have been bless in so many ways, & Lucky to still be here, flying is a way of life for me. Most people travel walking around 15,000 hrs in a life time.I have spent at least that much time in air possible more, I had spent the first 2 years working at flyaway 14 to 16 hr days as we all wanted to skydive we had to wait till we where 16, as we all had 4 to 5 thousand hrs before our first Jump ,as for most of us we had never even been off the ground. as different as it was it was letting birds go for the fist time out in the wild blue. Natural and aware we where able to jump and dew formations on our first jump. Oh ya back to time? Our average it out 1,000 a year for 20 years= 1982 to 2005 = 20,000 give a few years. I love flying & teaching people something they thought that was not possible taming fears & fulfilling dreams all having fun, as we all have felt the influence of flight & I have been privileged to meet so many in the past that have said, bodyflight has changed their lives forever, what a thing to be a part of. who would of thought we would all be discussing our flying passion & tunnel time. Just fly it's all good John John Suiter Bodyflight Concepts VWT Sales & Training View my Bodyflight.net Profile & Logbook" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geo420 0 #2 April 10, 2007 Nice One John... Your a privalidged dude for sure! Fly On! regards George Pilkington Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #3 April 10, 2007 Gosh.. where did you find that so I can have him edit out those typos!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paulipod 0 #4 April 10, 2007 Removed my comments - as they were in reference to my thought that they were third party speculation rather than from source. Oops! Bodyflight Bedford www.bodyflight.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #5 April 10, 2007 Hey Paul, I ran the numbers with him when we did that.. several hundred hours ago.. and it actually falls far short of what we estimated it would be... Quote That would be about 3 hours EVERY DAY for 20 years... not so likely Actually try 8+ hours per day for about 18 years solid over the course of 25 or so... 6-7 days per week Instructing and flying of course, which is why we UNDERCUT the total by so much.. to allow for some of that net time. 3 hour days! Do YOUR instructors get 3 hour days?? that is nothing to speak of the 12-16 hour days he worked with Dynasoar. I can imagine how difficult and time consuming it can be to operate a portable tunnel almost alone for a few years on the road as he did... ................................... edited to remove unecessary comments Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormywinters 1 #6 April 10, 2007 I think Paul is a REAL nice guy and means no harm. Thing is with those hours, some may be on the sidebody of first timers while at work, in turn adds up! Yet, he is still flying his body and their is no one that has as much Tunnel timet as John. He is the "Father of flight" Thanks. Joe Winters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #7 April 10, 2007 Your right, I know your right, and Paul, I do know you are a nice guy. But these tunnel politics are just getting out of control. John didn't even start this thread and yet somehow he's "inflating" things, which is a nice term for a lie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paulipod 0 #8 April 10, 2007 Hiya, Please dont missunderstand... not meaning to call anyone a liar... and to be honest I didnt think the estimate had come from John but looked like speculation. Of course it is hard to guess a figure.... and you and John know better than I what you have done. Like I said... looked like a third party guess. Its not my intention or desire to enter 'politics' of tunnels... if it were I guess I would not make alot of posts on here at all! lol Dont mean to offend Bodyflight Bedford www.bodyflight.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genfreefly 0 #9 April 10, 2007 anyone know who has the 2nd most amoutn of tunnel time? just curious as i'm sure john is way ahead of whoever is 2nd (i could be wrong) max (a humble couple of hours tunnel time) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #10 April 10, 2007 Quote anyone know who has the 2nd most amoutn of tunnel time? just curious as i'm sure john is way ahead of whoever is 2nd (i could be wrong) max (a humble couple of hours tunnel time) OK, so I'm temporarily 2nd, with around 5 hours (until someone beats me)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 256 #12 April 11, 2007 maybe dawn?! or someone like rusty? I dunnoNever try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #13 April 11, 2007 Quote anyone know who has the 2nd most amoutn of tunnel time? just curious as i'm sure john is way ahead of whoever is 2nd (i could be wrong) max (a humble couple of hours tunnel time) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bowen 0 #14 April 11, 2007 mabey phil hendersen? you would have to ask johnRetired Tunnel Instructor, Sky/Tunnel Coach Former dealer for 2k Composites, Skysystems, Alti-2, Wings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #15 April 11, 2007 eee gads, god no.. not me..I'm still basically a newbie! but thanks for thinkin' of me. Phil Henderson sure did have alot of time, about the same as John a decade ago... but has been in hiatus for years now. The recent "tunnel coaching" craze has surely racked helped a great many rack up the flight minutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #16 April 11, 2007 Pot meet kettle.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #17 April 26, 2007 Quick, someone do the math ! what did that cost? wowza...... smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
