wingnut

well i'll drink untill 2 or 3 in the morning then sleep until around 12. i'm not known to make the first load ever! but it is recomended that ya have 8 hours before jumping from when ya stop drinking, but everybody is diffrent. if your ust sloshed then mayb more time wouldn't hurt. altitude does affect how alcohol hits you...you might feel fine on the ground but 3 miles up the air gets a little thiner and your brain racts diffrently. just use your best judgement! "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

moose, i know what your talking about with the absynth. soem guys brough some back last time they went to the chek. republic.....ya know there is a world wide ban on the stuff and it's very hard to come by.....none of the americans probly have ever had it before....it really is an interesting drunkeness though......i can see why van goh cut off his ear! "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

froggie, what "sticker" jump? fill me in i missed something here. i don't know what it is yet but it would be an honor to have you wait for me........ "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

"""As for the spy talk, well, if either one of you looked like ANY of the James Bond's, you might have better luck with the ladies and not have to resort to talking in hopeful speak on a ng.""" aw, man, your ruining my imaginaton here....me and skreamer had this special covert op put together to pie benw and ya gota smash my dreams of looking like one of the Bonds....i was even working on my british accent. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

skreamer, i understand all...i can do the decryption in my head. just sorta gets hard wheni have to convert from binary to hexidecimal and back though. maybe we should try a new code......the pigeon crows at midnight on the first of june when the dz.com guys run amuck in texel, and the dog barks twice when a crow flies backward to the green moon in the skies of mondonia........man spy talk is cool...... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

well some of you might of read i was a little down last time i jumped. well i had to get my reserve repacked and so i went down to a dz about 140 kilometers away that has a rigger that can do pop tops. i picked it up today and stayed to jump so that my hour drive wasn't just to pick up my rig. got to jump a cesna 208! this thing packed some turbine heat in it!!!! climbed like 1,000ft a min! six of us went up in it to 12,000ft. it took no time at all. climbed through (industrial haze) at about 8,000ft to 10,000ft. glad they had gps! get out and do some speed turn drills. also got to watch the last jumper leave as i fell on my back and watched. my gogles started to leak air and so my vision went a little blury but it wasn't that bad. found the landing area and played around a little....found out that my suspension lines have a half twist in them from when i put them on my risers last time...(last week) no biggie, did some "radical turns" that i never had tried before and mad a nice soft tiptoe landing near, not in the peas. i was the only jumper on the load to stand it up. one guy even got his nice white jumpsuit covered head to toe in mud!!! this jump rocked! i was even more happy when i found out it only cost me 25 bucks to have my reserve repacked! today was great.....i can't wait to get my new canopy in and get enough money to order my new reserve........this summer is going to rock!!!!!!!!!!! "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

i still have time to edit that post...maybe i will.....and about sis.....speak for yourself....i know i could....i think she would be mighty satisfied with around 8 or 9 two ways........skydives that is, get your mind out of the gutter... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

that's excactly what we were talking about! i couldn't get my legs past my chest when i tried it....maybe because the pilot at our dz doesn't cut the engine at all so we're still going around 100 knts on jump run.....i need to find a c182 to jump from. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

skreamer, fwiurjklfjoiuweknklfjlwewkjoi3(the previous words have been encrypted with 287 bit encryption...i lost my key though so i guess it's lost for good....you know what it said though skreamer)!....now if we could only get sis to come help us! i think that would compleate a leg on her world tour! "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows Edited by wingnut on 4/22/01 09:42 AM.

moose, yout translation was waht i was trying to say yes. if ya feel like coming over send me an e-mail. there area few nice dz's real close to me in either germany or belgium. they have porter, caravans, twin otter, nice turbines to jump...i normally don't jumpa at em since i have a nice cessna dz about 15 minutes away instead of the hour drive to these places. i know you can get a great deal on ryan air flying out os stanstead to hahn. that is if ya want to visit my neck of the wood. there sure is alot of other cool places in germany though. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

first ya gota tell us where ya live! i myself made my first jump at 17 with my parent's consent. it was static line training but that's all your going to get under 18. got a quick question. how long till you turn 18? if you don't have all the cash to do all your training at once you might just want to save up untill you do turn 18 and do all the training at once. if not then check out the intrenet. there is normaly a few dz's in every state that will let you jump under 18 with parental consent. i know ther is at least one in ohio and one in indiana. probly a few more across the states. i wish you good luck in finding a place, i know whatit's like to be a minor and want to jump, seems like yesterday i went up with my twin sis on our first jump in july of 98. took my mom forever to sign the stinking consent form, but since i got to go my sister came along too. course this was only a month before we turned 18, but i was 17 none the less. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

guten tag, ich heise wingnut. ich wohne aus trier, deutschland. ich bin ein mechaniker auf die luftwaffe vom den U.S.A.. mien deutsch ist nich gut. sie sind aus oserich, ya? that's the extent of my german. sorry for the bad spelling, i can speak it a lot better than i can write it. i checked out your page very briefly, it looks very nice. wish i could of jumped a skyvan! i've been living in germany for the past two years and love it here, besides the rainy foggy weather. feel free to post what ever ya want, we're real freindly bunch of people, maybe a little crazy sometimes but hey, we're skydivers, what cha expect.......blues......... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

billy, sory i it wasn't me that had the move. it was fff. he was telling me about it a while ago. i tried it on my clubs c206 and i failed. maybe with a slower stall speed on a c182 it might work better for you. you don't need any goo, just some good uperbody strenth to pull your body up to get your feet over the leading edge of the wing. then just hold on by your toes. there was a pic somebody had of someone doing this, don't know who had it though. think they called it a bat..........sorry i wan't there on IM. i was passed out in my bed....we had a get together from work at a local micro brew............. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

i was thinking of going to parris this weekend then decided i didn't want to drive 4 hours there.....oh wait your talking about the dz not the city in france......ooopppssss....... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

sangiro, as soon as i can find anything worth writing about i'll send it your way. this "comunity" is the best. it's my dz away from my dz....actually i spend more time here than at the dz! "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

sp, mark, glad to see a few more ad military members on the forum. wish i could get somebody to put me through mff school, there just isn't a need for freefall traind f-16 crew chiefs though.....maybe i should of went army or sf. oh well,... good luck on your school. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

shoot me an e-mail on prices too.....as long as it's airwothy i'll think about it! ..... maybe i don't want to do this.....i don't have the xtra money to buy older gear and the beer to go along with a "first" right now....... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

i thought this great day was known throught the world? guess not, just in certain circles and don't think of joining mine, you'll screw up the rotation...... man it's days like this that make me not want to be in the "modern" military. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

don't worry, it's come soon enough! make it a good one!!! best of luck with the blue skies....i'll settle for ones that don't drop rain on me! "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

all you guys think your soooooo funny don't you......okay so maybe you are but what is sangiro going to say when he comes back? he's going to have to but up a disclamer on this forum about how he's not liable for the coruption of good honest wuffos (everybody knows skydivers are already a little on the "dark" side)........... (see "brains of men" thread) studying? "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

guied by the beers of the world? man i don't let the beer guide me i take controll and kick it's ass. the beer was laughing at me the other night so i drank it all....baybacks are so sweet!!!!!....now i just need a little mental help though,...never had beer laugh at me before then....i might of been one of my voices playing a trick on me....i think they are slowly returning from when i lent them to fff. "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

wooo hoooo it's my turn!!!!........ okay the da started out like anyother. i was hanging out at the dz and making a few jumps. it was getting later on in the day and peopl were starting to filter out and leave. it was just a few of us regulars there, ya know the ones that are always there when the weathers shoty or only good enough for some low hop and pops. well there is one last load on the board at the manifest table. (yes we have a table and a whiteboard for manifest) it is labeled "auslandungen" which in english means "outlanding"...a demo jump. one of the tandem masters my friend, helmut, comes over to me and askes if i would like to jump on it. i say sure and he then fills me in on the details. there is an airshow at a nearby town. we are going to jump into it and then get some free food....this is all great, my first jump not on a dz and this was going to be jump number 46! we get ready to take off and he askes me if i would rather be a floater of a diver, i'm like what i'm going to jump with you guys? he says we are going to do a 3 way with his tandem! so i get to be a diver from our cessna 206. jump run at 11,000ft...... it's sorta hard to see the landing area good due to some clouds so we circle around a little...finally a huge hole opens up and we see the airport. man abou 30 planes are parked down there it was so cool. we exit and i leave a little to late. get down to the formation just in time for break-off at 4,500. back slide away from my slot around 50ft and watch the tandem dump....get some clear sky at 3,500 and throw out. great canopy. look at the windsock at the airport and its blowing just in line with the crowd. gona be a nice landing right along the crowd line......set up for final and if there wuld of been some peas to land in i woulda hit them dead center! got a little surf outa my pd210 (amazing i know) and landed just in front of the crowd about 50 ft away. came in sliding on my a$$. they all claped like hell, it was so cool. we packed and then went to find the orginizers of the airshow for our free food cupons. got some nice pork steak (schwank) and a coke. then we got back on the plane and the pasanger that stayed with the plane switched with the tandem pasanger and we headd off back to the dz. we buzzed the crowd at about 50ft off the runway as we turned to head back...they all wayved at us as we left.....(probly calling us crazy too...) got over the home dz at 11,000 and it's jump run time again...i dove and got to the formation a little quicker this time. the tandem student seemed to be having a blast even though her face might not of showed it too well! we landed and i got with in 5m of center of the peas. packed then we all went home........ sory but i got another one to tell it's sorta a tie on which was cooler........there were some hotair ballons taking off from out airport (public german airport) and i got some video of them inflating them and taking off into the setting sun. it was so cool to see them go off silently with just a few burns now and then......we take off to do a "fun jump" from 6,000. we only endd up at 4,500. (it was getting late and the airport closes at 8pm) we flew right past the two hotair ballons at about 1,000 agl and it was so awsom they just hung there, we were maybe 200ft horizontal from them, we opened the door and waved, we also got the camera guy to film some....on jump run we had a student go out first and we all wtched him jump...he was funny looking when he tried to get stable (proly better than i did at that many jumps though) and then we all exited. the club president and his girlfriend jumped first the exited linked...(see sex in freefall thread) but were clothed and then it was me and marco. he flew camera and i dove out. tming was perfect. he got me all the way down the hill. many i was helling when we exited and he got my face...it was so funny, i did a few turns and then got a little closer to deploy. landed right in the peas and sorta showed up the other american that was there. he has over 100 jumps and biffed his landing in the peas earlier in the day. i made a nice standup with him watching and was like oh yey!!! sorry i sorta told a couple stories about 3 jumps but hey, isn't every jump worth a good story?......maye we all have many more jumps and stories to tell.....see ya guys around the bonfire.......... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

well i'll have to let ya into a little secret........i love BEER!!!!!!!!!! my fav kind would have to be any kind of "altbier". it is a very dark german beer. also high on the list is heiniken in brown bottles! p.s. who would want to drink warm beer? maybe it's those crazy red coats......... "if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

i love to hook it........that is hook the worms when i go fishing!!!!!!......damn, that sounded alot funnier in my head.....i think ineed some help my humor is going sour on me.......

fff, you two were not playing pilot and flight atendant were're you?......who would of played the flight atendant?...........