Went flyin on Sat.
 

Six of us went skydiving for the first time on Sat.

Wow what a rush, 60 seconds of freefall, the 7 minutes of gluiding.

great plane to jump out of

a little cloudy

we hit kinda hard, the winds were high

This is Scuba Steve

I landed on my arss

I was very proud of my wife, what a gal

Ummmmmm WHY would ANYONE jump out of a PERFECTLY GOOD airplane :D:D

Almost as dumb as 150mph in a boat.

I jumped a couple years ago. 13,000 feet. I did Accelerated Free Fall, where you go thru all day training, and jump on your own, with two instructors holding on to you. It was a RUSH! In 25 years of jumping, this place never had an mishap... until me.

My chute was not packed tight enough, and did not deploy on its own, as the drag chute was deployed. I was looking at my altimeter waiting/wondering when I was going to get yanked. My instructor was still hanging on to my ankle and arm. I was just about to cut away my main chute, and go to reserve, when he grabbed the lines from my main shoot, and 'popped' them out of the opening of my chute bag. (All on video). Instead of free falling only about 5000-5500 feet as planned/instructed, I free falled about 7500 feet before deploying, and floating the rest of the way in. It was awesome. We free fell so long my videographer free fell for a bit longer, and when he pulled his chute, he caught a wierd draft, and ended up in a baseball field about a mile away; so my landing was not caught on video.

It truly was awesome, but I do not see myself signing up again too soon.

I tried it once 20 years ago .Round parachute on a tether that opened up after a few seconds .It was also a windy day one friend broke his tail-bone and one broke an ankle,I ended up in one piece.I have not tried it again.

Rob

Doing PLF's off the roof was enough to convince me I needed to remain earthbound.

I very much recomend trying it, Go tandem the first time.

rws, that is called a Static Line jump.

I know the rush !!
 

My first two jumps were static line from 4500'. I then did the same deal that Sydwayz described. Usually got out at around 12,000. Had 10 free fall flights, was only jumping with one instructor, and he was pretty much just watching and showing me better control. Then, I started racing boats and priorities changed, (read; time & money).
I've been wanting to go back to get my freefall license, but just never got the time.

Oh, Jon,
Although they had a great record, our DZ wasn't exactly known for having "perfectly good" aircraft. Even the pilot had her own chute... :eek:

Sydwayz
 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

Can you say almost ketchup?

You guys have the stones to do that great.

Me, I want 3000 lbs of steel/glass/etc around me

or a boat I can steer.


Wild, you are lucky you did the fall w/ the instructor. If not you may have been history!
Now we know why some people will only pack their own chutes.

(kiss the ground)

Wannabe

I went jumping too.......but a little higher. I snapped this photo just as I hopped out of the plane.

:D :D :D :D

That plane you're in makes a helluva shadow :D

Nort don't miss Spain or africa you might land in France!

Skydiving at one time maybe now my insurance Co says "no sir".

Never ever jump into Nigeria after nightfall ....

Tandem or AFF is the way to go! Did it many times years ago, now I get my rush from racing boats... Great PICS Randy. Looks like you guys had a blast.