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    Everyone keeps telling me that I had an awesome recovery. But I wouldn't have had to have an awesome recovery if I just did the barrel roll right in the first place. I wouldn't have endangered my life and my instructor's life if I had just done the dive flow right. It really didn't hit me until the next day that the situation could have gone VERY ugly and I keep hearing "what if" scenarios in my head.

    I love the sport. I really want to develop my skills and become good at it. But I'm also scared now and all of the fears I didn't have before are startint to appear. How do you get over the stress from a bad jump? Any advice on moving forward?



    I have thousands of jumps and decades in the sport. There are still occasionally jumps where something doesn't go as I planned. Don't stress yourself out. If everybody tells you that you had an awesome recovery (and your instructors are saying that too) believe them and move on.

    I'll tell you a little secret. A barrel roll has no purpose whatsoever in the sport of skydiving. It is used during training for you to learrn that you can go unstable and then recover by yourself.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Yes, but if you start at 50, you will have to work very hard to get the skills needed for a 60 way by the time you are eligible for SOS.



    Unless they have mad skillz.:)
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    None........500 ft to the ground....feet locked together....who will let go first....now at 250 ft......I hope you let go................is that in the new guy's mind ? If that is what you think is safe......good luck mate.



    It would be damned difficult to lock feet together and hold a downplane. When I did downplanes we grabbed each others' harnesses. When one of us let go the sudden increased load on the other guy's grip was enough to cause him to let go.

    This is kinda like turf surfing (aka swooping) or any other out of the norm activity. If you don't have experience in it you tend to think it is really dangerous, don't you think?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

  6. Holy dead thread, Batman!


    Bedsitter people look back and lament,
    Another days' useless energy is spent.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    The preferred method is an open cold one.. preferably cheap... so as not to be accused of alcohol abuse... and then cram the neck of the open cold one down the back of the jeans.



    Is that defined as the adult "wedgie"?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Hi Abedy,

    I guess 'You are an old fart' when your memory is not as good as it once was.

    I seem to remember another car that opened up in the front just like the Isetta does.

    Anyone know anything? Or am I completely losing it?

    JerryBaumchen



    I may have just stumbled onto what you might be remembering. It is a Zunndapp Janus.

    Bob
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I find it very strange that a person with the magnitude of ted strong seems to get lost in these forums so easily and that so few skydivers contribute to this thread :|



    There are 87 posts to this thread, now 88. As far as me, I never met the man so I have nothing to add to the list of condolences.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Danny Page got hit in the head with the propeller of his own airplane once when he was trying to prop start it. It fucked him up. Should he have sued himself? I'm just asking.



    He could sue the manufacturer of the airplane, the manufacturer of the propeller, the installer of the avionics, the aviation fuel delivery company, and the people who poured the asphault.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    When is the skydive over with a student. Is it when they land or after the debrief???



    The skydive is over after they land. The instruction is over after the debrief.

    Come to think of it, the instruction is never over.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Maybe she should be suing the asphault company who laid the asphault down. She was on the asphault wasn't she ?



    Yeah, but it wasn't their phault.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Anyone remember 'Silver Certificates'?



    Yes, I do. I still have one or two around somewhere.

    I actually got one as change at a fast food restaurant.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

  18. I've read all 29 posts and think nobody has come up with a proper explanation for the huge amound of roses presented to you. The "one month anniversary" is just a coincidence.

    Your blowing up at him caught him totally by suprise, which is usually the case, and he is sitting there wondering what the hell he did to deserve that outburst. He then ran out of the house and bought lots of roses in a classic sentimental display of affection in the hopes of soothing the ruffled feathers, still not knowing what the hell just happened. He knows to please the lady you have to please the lady.

    A blowjob would be a nice method of payment, I do believe.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

  20. I figured it out.

    Here's a couple more, then I'll stop with the thread hijack.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Wasn't there a similar car called the Messerschmidt?



    Here is the Messerschmidt.

    EDIT : Well, I tried to upload photos but they aren't here. Maybe I'll figure it out.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    The smallest car sold in the East Bloc was the Polski Fiat 500 which was more or less a Fiat 500, but built in Poland. We called them matchbox cars but were quite impressed how much luggage the Polish were able to transport in them. ;)




    The smallest car in the west has to be the BMW Isetta. There are actually Isetta fan clubs here in the U.S.

    One of the enduring memories for me is being tied to the phone in the kitchen. It was a luxury when we got one of those 20ft handset cords.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    You wanna learn more about this funny car: It#s the infamous Trabant (called Trabi). My first one (in 1984) was a 20-year old Trabant 600 (600 cc two-stroke engine with 23 horsepower, most of the body work made of plastic, but the metal parts (frame etc) would rust as hell) that cost about 4000 GDR Marks (and I got about 700 GDR marks by this time) Strange enough, once you learned how to repair the bloody engine and to prevent the metal parts from rusting etc you had a fair chance to travel around the GDR and it was even quite spacious for its size. No wonder there are still Trabant Fan Clubs...
    Look here:
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Trabant_600_Kombi_l.jpg
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Trabant_600_Kombi_hr.jpg



    Awww, it's cute. It looks bigger than a Mini. Is it?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Remember when an 'electronic game' was vibrating football players!



    And then we had Rock 'em Sock 'em boxers, then Pong.

    Edit : I just did a Google search and realized they're still being made. Oh, well.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."