Any skydivers around?

[BPacak]

thinking about doing it when i go to vegas, been wanting to for awhile now.

[Huski92]

Been a few times. What a blast!

[Maxter]

I tried it a few times, but I could not figure out why you would want to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft just to fall like a set of car keys. I found I liked flying them more. But it didn't s..k

[pmmjarrett]

Originally Posted by Maxter

I tried it a few times, but I could not figure out why you would want to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft just to fall like a set of car keys. I found I liked flying them more. But it didn't s..k

Because there is no such thing as a "perfectly good aircraft" I have the option to get out while you get the pleasure of riding it in. LOL

[TonysXDM]

I will try sky diving if the planes motor suddenly does silent.

[Maxter]

Originally Posted by TonysXDM

I will try sky diving if the planes motor suddenly does silent.

What about gliders?

[XDfense]

I got hooked in college too. My DZ didn't offer AFF courses at the time so I learned the old way - static line. I got 50 jumps under my belt but because of moving and life, I got out of it. I still have dreams about it and my daughter wants to jump. She's only 6 so I have some time to wait.

[rohicks]

*Update*
I completed my AFF course, and I'm now on solo status and almost done with my A progression card to get my A license. Here are some other videos through my AFF, and a couple fun jumps after getting solo status.

AFF Level 3 (can't view on mobile)


Windtunnel practicing my turns for AFF levels 6 and 7 - skip to 9:25 if you don't want to watch my tunnel progression. (can't view on mobile)


AFF Level 6 (can't view on mobile)


Coach jump for docking and tracking.

[coloflyer]

Might as well chime in here..... I was a member of the CSU skydiving club back in the late 60s. Dammmmm - that was a long time ago. At that time the latest & greatest in chutes was the ParaCommander. Had a balck & green checkerboard one. Great canopy - I think it had a whooping 17MPH of forward speed. Quit laughing... Some company was trying to develope a triangle shaped wing I think they called the Tarydactile. One of our members bought one and had a miserable time with it - came down on his reserve about a third of the time. The squares weren't even on the design table yet to my memory. I had a great time - have a bit over a hundred freefall jumps with the longest delay of a little over a minute down in Phoenix in 1971.
Then I won that little lottery the Army had going on those days - never got back into it after I came home from the Nam.
There is a commercial skydive place over in Moab, UT - we hear the jump plane on the radio even over here - 70 or so miles away. Every once in a while I think about it......
If I ever succomb to the temptation I'll write u and ask for a canity check.

[RangerMed]

Originally Posted by pmmjarrett

Sky diving is for sissies

Until you've stepped into complete darkness at 800' with 68 lbs of chute and 90 lbs of equipment, you just havn't lived.



LMAO Oh the stories some of us could tell. We did a hollywood Blackhawk chopper blast. Jumpmaster lost his balance and bumped the helmet of the guy next to me and he jumped... They found him about an hour later about 5 miles from the DZ

HOOAH! I won't even chime in on some of the jumps with some of the gear I've had! Sheesh! RLTW!!

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