SansSuit

We all know about the big skydiving museum planned for Virginia. Are there other museums out there that already have skydiving content? Isn't there something at Ft. Bragg? Is that open to the public? I once stumbled upon an ancient wingsuit exhibit in Lansing Michigan. I had some time to kill and ended up at the R E Olds Transportation Museum. Way back in a corner is this exhibit. I'm not a wingsuit flyer buy you guys aren't using 1/4" round bar stock with hinges to stabilize your wings any more, are you? I figure there have to be other nuggets out there. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

OK, here is my list. These are the aircraft, that I have jumped ..... naked. C180 C182 C206 Caravan King Air PAC750 Casa SkyVan Otters Mullins King Air R44 Helicopter Sweitzer (Glider) AN2 DC9 Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Yeah, I'll give you those. And school zones, too. But the rest of the time I'm always right at 10 over. And I'm thanking the guy who is zooming by me. He is going to get the ticket, not me. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Helping a fellow motorist avoid a ticket is one thing. But blinding a cop for life for doing his job ??? Nah, speeder dude is on his own. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Tell you what. The next time your foot injury inducing invention saves me a freebag/pilot chute, I will buy you and your significant other a fairly nice dinner. Again, my thanks. Peace, -Jeff. (And I think the magnetic riser covers are way cool, too.) Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Yes. Physically, it takes longer for a psycho pack to "unroll" than it does for an "S-folded" pro pack to unfold. It is only a small amount of time, but you can definitely feel the difference. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

And this never would have happened if it had a Cypres. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Seriously, it is about how fast motor oil falls before there is no more acceleration. (For sake of discussion, belly to earth.) Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Can you imagine the anarchy on the roads if one person in four strictly obeyed the posted speed limit ?? It would be mayhem I tell you ! Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

I am neither part of "everyone" nor "everyone else". I, am one of the others ! Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

So there I am in the sky by myself at like 2,500' just hanging out. A glint of reflected sunlight from the ground catches my eye. It turns out to be the tape on the side of a squad car. He is set up behind a large building near the road running by the dropzone. An obvious (from that altitude anyway) speed trap. I look up the road and there is a car coming, too fast. I wanted desperately to warn the guy. At one point I even yelled. Sure enough, as i was turning onto final, I see the cop pull out after the guy. Dude, I wish I could have helped ! Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

I loaned my rig to a friend for a few jumps. He had a canopy situation that required a cutaway. As I'm racing down the road to get under where the main is landing, I can see that the freebag is still attatched to the risers. The main landed in a the middle of a big cornfield. The jumper took one for the canopy and landed in the corn with it. Good thing, too. The canopy went directly in between rows to the ground. I know that we never would have found a separate freebag/pilot chute. The SkyHook paid for itself. Thank you Mr. Booth and sorry you lost the replacement parts sale (OK, not really). Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Remember. If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

I have mine all worked out, "Yeah officer, no shit there I was, thought I was going to die! I kept going faster and faster until finally I exceeded terminal velocity !! Then my jumpsuit and all my clothes blew off! Thank goodness my harness is speed-rated! I could have been in real trouble!" Think they'll believe it? Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

At Sky Knights we occasionally will do a "reverse cross-country", that is opening up at altitude directly over the top and seeing how far away from the dz you can land. The next one we do I'm doing nekkid. My new rig has 2 ROL pockets. One for a cell phone and one for my shorts. All I have to do is land in a field far enough away from people. And remember, you always have a great big colorful toga to keep you covered. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

They don't have to be licensed for jumpers. You just have to set up an "exhibition jumpers club", issue uniforms (t-shirts with a logo), and you are set to go. 'Least that was the way it worked in the past. And you don't even have to wear the uniform to jump! Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Yeah. Whatever happened to that whole telemetry thingy anyway? I had forgotten all about it until this post. In the meantime I bought a new rig and there was never any mention of the option. Peace, Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

A true hop-n-pop is the same as a "clear and pull". As soon as you are clear of the aircraft you deploy the parachute. But the term has morphed into just about any low altitude exit. Here a hop-n-pop is usually 4,000'. I generally pull at about 3,500 and snivel to about 2,500'. That still gives me a few seconds of freefall time. With about 300 low altitude jumps a year, very few of them are real hop n pops. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

I did that as well. They just bided their time and waited until the NSSO turned 50 and then started sending the crap to her. She is a sucker for that kind of thing. EVIL, I tell you, evil ! Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

I see that, too. In addition, there is the "We got away with it, so it must have been a wise thing to do." attitude. Get away with it enough times and it becomes policy. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

ONE of the many great things about this sport is the wide variety of disciplines or directions you can go. I enjoy doing hop n pops. (Actually, they are more like short delays. At 4,000', I get about 10-12 seconds of free fall before I deploy.) It is my niche. Over half my jumps have been from less than 5,000'. Sure there are times when I wish my RW skills were better, but those times are few compared with the many times I'm just hanging out under canopy without worrying about anything. THAT is the type of jumping I love. I enjoy the skydive more than I enjoy doing something on a skydive. Peace, -Jeff. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Too late for that disclaimer. I called it a "naked-naked" jump. It was my 34th naked and I even took my watch off. Little bit of trouble with the landing because of my freakishly long toes dragging but otherwise OK. Afterwards my wife exclaimed, "You jumped without goggles ??????" Did I mention that I have the coolest NSSO (Non Skydiving Significant Other) ever?

Sorry, but this post is the best argument for a Mac I've heard yet. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Safety items are allowed.

I would bet that when that time machine is invented and we can go back and find out WTF, alot of these openings would be caused by the slider somehow coming off the stops during the packing process. More than once, somebody has complained about hard openings. I told them what I thought about the slider. They concentrated on keeping the slider in place after that and the problem openings went away. Even an inch off the stops can cause the slider to get a head start and affect the opening speed. FWIW And for the record, it REALLY hurts on a naked jump. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving