fastphil

Slow day at work??

What could they have been thinking??

I got a new Border Collie...

Good read, and made me ponder my own past...

Being a static-liner I had about 20 jumps before I got to do it with someone else, then very seldom ever jumped alone again, and mostly then it was from a two seater (Steerman) or BASE

I hope he knows he'll owe beer.

Hey Richard, hippies yeah, and most of us just missed the VietNam excursion. It's been 38 years but from what's left of my memory: The far left may be named Thurston (can't remember last name), in the doorway is Bill Lee, The one peeking out the door might be me, but it seems like I would have taken the pic, seated on the porch is Linda Smith, seated on the ground I don't remember, then Ron, of course, Mike Smith, Milton "Skeeter" Hendrix, and David "Omar" Bottrell. Here's another one of Ron, I'll let you guess the rest. Those were the days...

Nothing but blue skies from now on

I never got an A, I feel so ashamed...

Ride him cowboy! Yeeehaw!!! Why did they even involve a parachute...

"Don't be a deuce bag" My thought for the day, now I'm good to go.

Up till the early 1980s a world record big way could fly comfortably on a single aircraft...

I don't have to go away for a few days

Define "active", I've seen skydivers lie dormant for hours at a time

In a stiff breeze up there they could tie a string to him and fly him like a kite...

When people look like ants

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I hope you didn’t take my post the wrong way; there was no intention to put you off. If you want to skydive just first learn the basics then you will be more aware of what you want to focus on. Some make only one or two jumps and never come back. MikeStafford is partly right but mostly misleading. BASE only became a feasible discipline after freefall parachute gear and tactics evolved to be very consistent and precise, Mike is offbase with his gear recommendations. He is technically correct, however, about the FREEfall aspect of not having to pay for the jump.

BASEUH (I've added underwater hole), I hope Carl is okay with it...

But, life before skydiving really doesn't exist...

I think you got your cart ahead of your horse...

Anyone remember a (stuttering) Dave Saffel. I knew him before I started jumping and after he had quit jumping. A Korean Veteran, where the close proximity to an exploding grenade had left him with a speech stutter, Dave was also a PCA D license. I think he had a California jumping background and had shown me a photo of a very large (28 or so) round star he was in, but I do remember him telling me of Doc’s 50 jump day. Dave was the sort that is hard to forget…

I was a dog in a previous life

Seeing as that clip is from a video game, probably not. But, video games will soon be the real world.

Your last birthday, no doubt...