Flying through three different states

[Ammon 0]

Today I got a chance to wingsuit in Cairo, Illinois.

Great people there, btw.

Anyway, the pilot dropped us off at 12.5k just on the other side of the Illinois River in Kentucky and I was able to fly through Illinois and into Missouri on the other side of the Missouri River, before I pulled.

The visiuals of the rivers were great because you can see when you leave one state and enter the next because the rivers are the borders.

I know there's other places like this in the states but don't think people do it much. Has anybody done this before?

If you get a chance to wingsuit in Cairo, I highly recommend it. Make sure you have a ground person to pick you up in Missouri, haa haa.

Cheers, Ammon

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." - Goethe

[howardwhite 4]

You can easily do two states under canopy (even without wingsuits) at Pepperell, MA (just south of the New Hampshire line) and Vermont Skydiving Adventures (separated from New York by Lake Champlain.)

HW

[Skwrl 56]

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Has anybody done this before?

This is dropzone.com. Nothing anyone ever does is EVER new. You could strap on a water-propelled jet pack to your wingsuit, add in day glo sparklers, a crop dusting rig, and a solar powered sideward looking radar system with a heads up display, and someone on this forum will say, "Pfffft, nothing new. I did that in Yugoslavia in 1995..." Whether or not it's true.

That's just how people are around here.

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On the other hand, that seems like a convenient way to set three USPA state records...


[ Edited to add: My post crossed in the ether with Howard's, and my comments aren't directed at him. He's right about Pepperell, since if you land at the far end of the runway, you're in New Hampshire. It's more the general culture of crapping on each other that we find on dizzy.com that I'm referring to. ]

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[DSE 3]

pffftt......
I did four states last fall, jumping into Four Corners national monument. Wingsuit exit from 6K out of a cessna. In fact, I did a couple 360s over the landing area, so I crossed all four states at least half a dozen times. The San Juan river makes it an unbelievable jump.

Forgot to say, it's Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado. Now they have chains up, instead of just handrails from one direction. too small to land into, unless you're Airtwardo with a big-ass accuracy canopy.

That said, it's pretty cool to tell people you flew across multiple states in a wingsuit, isn't it?

[SuperGirl 0]

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I did a couple 360s over the landing area, so I crossed all four states at least half a dozen times.

well... in the true spirit of this forum we should now discuss the definition of a 4-state jump since technically you only flew above them but didn't exactly land in all 4 of them...

[SuperGirl 0]

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You could strap on a water-propelled jet pack to your wingsuit, add in day glo sparklers, a crop dusting rig, and a solar powered sideward looking radar system with a heads up display, and someone on this forum will say, "Pfffft, nothing new."

but of course it's been done before. That's just Yuri and the Z-Device

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"I did that in Yugoslavia in 1995..."

[DSE 3]

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I did a couple 360s over the landing area, so I crossed all four states at least half a dozen times.

well... in the true spirit of this forum we should now discuss the definition of a 4-state jump since technically you only flew above them but didn't exactly land in all 4 of them...

Well....my feet ran through three of them. I actually tried to turn and hit New Mexico before my canopy hit ground but that turned me down wind and my canopy beat me to the ground. If I could just carve a 180 on landing.... Wait!! I tried that this summer. Didn't workout so well.

[Skwrl 56]

Spot,

I was thinking of four corners when I read the original post...

Now, pull that off with five states and you can color me impressed.
(Let's see, Rhode Island is pretty small...)

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[voodew1 0]

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This is dropzone.com. Nothing anyone ever does is EVER new. You could strap on a water-propelled jet pack to your wingsuit, add in day glo sparklers, a crop dusting rig, and a solar powered sideward looking radar system with a heads up display, and someone on this forum will say, "Pfffft, nothing new. I did that in Yugoslavia in 1995..." Whether or not it's true.

That's just how people are around here.

Now in response to these statements I must say that usually the Fluck U Enterprise likes to say they did something for the first time (almost weekly for a while)that there is posted video from 2 years earlier

Maybe you just got your feelings hurt when your bubble got busted - because, believe it or not there were wingsuits before Fluck U!


But I have to give it to ya'll that grid thing ya'll use to do records is tuff --- we just can't seem to get that far apart and still maintain grips - guess we just suck

The pimp hand is powdered up ... say something stupid

[Zeemax 0]

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But I have to give it to ya'll that grid thing ya'll use to do records is tuff --- we just can't seem to get that far apart and still maintain grips - guess we just suck

I very nearly spat my lunch out while laughing. Thanks

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[Butters 0]

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But I have to give it to ya'll that grid thing ya'll use to do records is tuff --- we just can't seem to get that far apart and still maintain grips - guess we just suck

"That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch

[Skwrl 56]

Yeah my bubble must be burst with all those "firsts" I claimed I did.

Oh, wait a minute! I've never claimed I've done anything first. Or notable. Or even all that interesting. My only claim is that I'm a guy who likes to jump out of an airplane wearing a camera on his head to take crappy pictures. I'm pretty sure you ain't gonna disprove that.

As for Flock U, I know I said it before but I'll say it again since reading comprehension clearly isn't mandatory for this forum. I am not a
Flock U instructor. I hang out with couple of Flock U instructors (Justin and Lurch) and count the othe Flock U instructors (Spot, Scott, Scotty and Monkey) as friends, but I ain't Flock U. I also am friends with Avery and Harry Parker. Does that make me Team Ill
Vision, too? (That would be awesome - I love those guys.)

So in short, cut the shit, Glen - it's got nothing to do with Flock U or any other group. It's got to do with everyone on this board just talks trash about everyone else. I know some people love watching the trolls like you, but it's a real waste of what we as a community could be doing.

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[DSE 3]

Hell, I definitely wasn't the first to do Four Corners. The Gould family (trading post operators) operated an Otter for a while and I'm told they had demos regularly at the height of the tourist boom on the rez. I don't know if anyone has wingsuited, but even a bad tracker could *easily* do Four Corners. Flying a couple miles down the San Juan River....that's possiblyy a different story.
Some great pix of guys doing accuracy on the Four Corners monument itself back in the 70's. Don't know who they were.

[voodew1 0]

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So in short, cut the shit, Glen - it's got nothing to do with Flock U or any other group.

I take that as I personal attack and will have to report you to the moderators.
In fact Glen hasn't even been on this thread - but I do take offense to being called Glen - who's screen name is Vectorboy

and as for you Skwrl.......got you........hook, line, and sinker
Score:
Voodew --- a shit load
Everyone else -- only a few

The pimp hand is powdered up ... say something stupid

[DSE 3]

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On the other hand, that seems like a convenient way to set three USPA state records...

Now THAT is a discussion worth having. There is an old paved runway in Montezuma Creek, about 6 miles from the monument. We could create Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico records in one Otter load. .5 mile distance per leg, and we're good to go.
Anyone wanna play?
If the Point Break Boogie pulls off, that could be an added bonus.

[VectorBoy 0]

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So in short, cut the shit, Glen - it's got nothing to do with Flock U or any other group.

Are you a fucking retard?!? Question not a personal attack. You've taken the bar so you must be partly retarded.

Fuck you! Fuck all you hero wannabees! Fuck all you Slack jaw record holders. Fuck all you non-efficient-non stable plane exiters. Fuck all you BOD beggin whiners. Fuck all you drama hoes. Fuck all you attention swallowing wingsuit instructors.

See that is the way you do it. I've never posted under another ID. I'll tell ya to your face. If I've left anybody out fuck you too!

For the record I have nothing against Flock-u. I even defended Flock-U in private emails when people thought the WS instructor BOD proposal was Flock-U centric to dominate the instructor ranks. I have no issues with Justin or any of them.

Second there is hardly been a thread worthy of being involved with in this forum other than gear related posts........until your brain fart.

If you are going to be a retard I will straight up respond just like you are one of those worthless instructors I so love to ridicule,no badge, no problem.Just keep up your ball-licking antics.

[bdrake529 0]

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Fuck all you non-efficient-non stable plane exiters.

Hey! I resent that.

Brian Drake

[sdctlc 0]

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On the other hand, that seems like a convenient way to set three USPA state records...

Now THAT is a discussion worth having. There is an old paved runway in Montezuma Creek, about 6 miles from the monument. We could create Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico records in one Otter load. .5 mile distance per leg, and we're good to go.
Anyone wanna play?
If the Point Break Boogie pulls off, that could be an added bonus.

I think it would only count for each state if part of the formation lands in each state Sounds fun!

Scott C

"He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

[bodypilot1 0]

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Are you a fucking retard?!? Question not a personal attack. You've taken the bar so you must be partly retarded.

Fuck you! Fuck all you hero wannabees! Fuck all you Slack jaw record holders. Fuck all you non-efficient-non stable plane exiters. Fuck all you BOD beggin whiners. Fuck all you drama hoes. Fuck all you attention swallowing wingsuit instructors.

See that is the way you do it. I've never posted under another ID. I'll tell ya to your face. If I've left anybody out fuck you too!

For the record I have nothing against Flock-u. I even defended Flock-U in private emails when people thought the WS instructor BOD proposal was Flock-U centric to dominate the instructor ranks. I have no issues with Justin or any of them.

Second there is hardly been a thread worthy of being involved with in this forum other than gear related posts........until your brain fart.

If you are going to be a retard I will straight up respond just like you are one of those worthless instructors I so love to ridicule,no badge, no problem.Just keep up your ball-licking antics.

You owe me some wine, and a keyboard you cock sucker!!!!!!!!

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[VectorBoy 0]

Are you talking to me or are you talking to Jason? Or are you talking to me pretending to be voodoo? Or voodoo pretending to be me not confusing either of us with Nicole's voodoo who does real porn although anybody who has skydived for a few years has seen voodoo, or er Jason's scrotum at the end of videos. I hope Nicole's voodoo's real name isn't Jason.

[bodypilot1 0]

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Are you talking to me or are you talking to Jason? Or are you talking to me pretending to be voodoo? Or voodoo pretending to be me not confusing either of us with Nicole's voodoo who does real porn although anybody who has skydived for a few years has seen voodoo, or er Jason's scrotum at the end of videos. I hope Nicole's voodoo's real name isn't Jason.

I'll say it to your face, or bang boat, I mean bat wing..... I'm talking to both of you cock suckers.......
You owe me wine and keyboard! Funny shit...

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[Skwrl 56]

Was talking to Voodoo. Misremembered whose user name was whose. I apologize, Glen.

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[voodew1 0]

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Was talking to Voodoo

So now your talking to the porn guy from Taft -- what has he done to you?

Here let me line this out for you

Glen - old washed up Cali guy, not much hair, cool to hang out with just don't let anyone see you with him (kind of like mopeds and fat chicks)

Voodoo - jumps at Taft, does porn, makes other guys jealous, as far as I know doesn't jump a wingsuit - I could be wrong (and I am due it has been 11 years since I was wrong last)

Voodew - (Jason) - super nice guy - everyone loves him - likes to talk shit on the internet just for fun as he really doesn't give a fuck about you or any other DZ.com douche - has been known to piss off just about everyone (and is very proud of it)
Unlike Voodoo who makes porn - Voodew likes to watch porn.
Voodew thinks the grid record thing is a joke and even looks like shit but somehow its still a record..........somebody must of sucked somebody to get that in place
Voodew - calls bullshit every time some jackass decides he is a wingsuit God
Voodew pisses everyone off because he sells gear at cost - doesn't charge for training - and thinks 98% of professional skydivers are the biggest dick heads in the world - in fact my AFF rating expires in 15 days and I will not renew as I no longer want any part of the douchebaggery that has to do with professional cock sucking ...I mean professional skydiving.

So Skwrl hopefully you have it now and you will be able to remember everyone

And don't you ever, ever, ever call me Glen again

The pimp hand is powdered up ... say something stupid

[SuperGirl 0]

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So Skwrl hopefully you have it now and you will be able to remember everyone

your description was too long, I bet Skwrl's ADD kicked in before he finished reading it... so... oops, you guys are screwed :)
confusion shall last forever!!

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And don't you ever, ever, ever call me Glen again

Glen!!!
(this was just too tempting)


as for the real Glen - Fuck you too!!!

[Butters 0]

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Fuck you! Fuck all you hero wannabees! Fuck all you Slack jaw record holders. Fuck all you non-efficient-non stable plane exiters. Fuck all you BOD beggin whiners. Fuck all you drama hoes. Fuck all you attention swallowing wingsuit instructors.

Be afraid, be very afraid ... I'm multiplying and propagating your attitude.

"That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch