BRYANGOESBOOM 0 #1 February 21, 2005 fandango is on right now on hbo "i cant land with you like that dude" Not only will you look better, feel better, and fuck better; you'll have significantly increased your life expectancy. --Douva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #2 February 21, 2005 Hey, dude, I don't mean to freak you out.......Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #3 February 21, 2005 I Hope you're taping it so you can mail me a copy here in OzPALEEZYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pawl 0 #4 February 21, 2005 Have never seen it "Africa is not for sissies" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BRYANGOESBOOM 0 #5 February 21, 2005 I didnt know it was until i started sky diving funny shit Oz? Not only will you look better, feel better, and fuck better; you'll have significantly increased your life expectancy. --Douva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRock 0 #6 February 21, 2005 I was watching it this morning as well..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 February 21, 2005 QuoteHave never seen it You should rent it at the video store. The FJC is hysterical. Truman Sparks is like a role model to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #8 February 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteHave never seen it You should rent it at the video store. The FJC is hysterical. Truman Sparks is like a role model to me. none of the video store have it here Wanna get it and tape it for me BillYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RastaRicanAir 0 #9 February 21, 2005 Not only is it the funniest skydiving sequence ever, (except maybe the 4-minute-falling-Cadillac scene from Terminal Velocity) it harkens back to a more innocent time before the world realized what a piss-poor actor Kevin Costner was, but was forced to endure years of his sh*tty work anyway! I always tried to get the kids at my DZ to rehearse it and do it verbatim for the next tandem who walked in unaware. (Edit:) At the risk of becoming a corporate shill, you can get it here for $11, and on DVD no less! Every DZ should have a copy on the same shelf with the Bill Booth waiver video. Play them back to back.OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #10 February 21, 2005 Quotenone of the video store have it here Wanna get it and tape it for me Bill dude, i own it....... pm sent.... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BRYANGOESBOOM 0 #11 February 21, 2005 you can buy the dvd at bestbuy.com sorry no clicky skills Not only will you look better, feel better, and fuck better; you'll have significantly increased your life expectancy. --Douva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itllclear 1 #12 February 21, 2005 For the newer jumpers, that movie is comedy. For some of us from the old days, it's just nostagia. I mean, what's the big deal about taking a drag on the way to altitude? We always kept duct tape in the plane. I remember people living in the wrecked Twin Beech fuselage at Perris, and the remnants of 817 & 57U next to the parking lot. Some of us at the annual California Aerial Circus party got to see the original "Proof" a college movie project which contained only the FJC. No one knew what to expect. We were laughing so hard I though someone would die! If you haven't seen Fandango, watch it for the first time in a room full of only jumpers. Blue Skies! Harry Leicher FB 1574"Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #13 February 21, 2005 I think the skydiving scene in that movie was the only skydiving I had ever seen when I went to make my first jump... so I wasn't really sure what to expect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebabin 0 #14 February 21, 2005 http://www.alexmusson.com/fandango/index.htm"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings." "Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #15 February 21, 2005 You too? The day I walked into the hangar to make my first jump... there it was, Fandango on the TV. My thought was, holy crap! Honest to god, we had a big white arrow that someone on the ground operated and on the final leg, there was a guy with two little flags in his hands. Red for right turn, green for left. I had a helluva time seeing the little flags and... it was ugly! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #16 February 21, 2005 Quotewe had a big white arrow that someone on the ground operated and on the final leg, there was a guy with two little flags in his hands. Red for right turn, green for left. I had a helluva time seeing the little flags and... it was ugly! Hey, I didn't even have anyone on the ground showing me where to go! But then my first few landings were so far away from the dz that I wouldn't have been able to see them anyway... Did you make your first jump at WesTex? I almost made my first jump while living in Midland, but I was too young and my mom wouldn't sign the papers... But I called a dz out there to ask them about it. (Can't remember the name of that dz, but I think it was out at the Eagle's Nest airport... Do you know if they're still open?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #17 February 21, 2005 Yes, I did! You know about WesTex?? Gawd! We've come a long way, since then. Now, students get radios! Hee, hee. I can remember several rides back to the DZ from where I landed. Ah, the good ol' days! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #18 February 21, 2005 QuoteYou know about WesTex?? Yeah, I jumped there one time after I was off student status... In fact, I just came across this picture the other day and had a laugh... I am the one who looks like a kid with a giant rig on... I didn't have my own gear, and a 230 was the smallest thing they had for me to rent... (Hmm, now I'm wondering if I met you when I was there?) (Didn't mean to hijack the thread, but at least we're talking about Texas so it's somewhat relevant. ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #19 February 21, 2005 Must've been rather recent. I started in the 80's when they had Mantas and a Maverone and a ManO' War. I ordered 230's and 290's about 5yrs ago. Maybe, we did meet. I was the guy in all Navy blue and neon pink gear. Yes, pink! It takes a manly man to jump pink! It's o.k. we're talkin' Texas here! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #20 February 21, 2005 I just had a look in my old logbook... It was 1991, and the only thing I have written down for equipment is "Maverone" so maybe it was bigger than a 230 (my memory isn't so good anymore - though I do seem to remember it being a white and rainbow-colored canopy)... And yes, it does take a manly man to jump pink. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #21 February 21, 2005 The FJC scene: http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=15 Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #22 February 21, 2005 Yeah, that's it! We sure did have a rainbow Maverone! Back then, I had a Maverone... pink and Navy! That was still hot sh**. Stilettos were just 'breaking ground'! If, you're ever through this way, come see us!!! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #23 February 21, 2005 QuoteYeah, that's it! We sure did have a rainbow Maverone! Back then, I had a Maverone... pink and Navy! That was still hot sh**. Stilettos were just 'breaking ground'! If, you're ever through this way, come see us!!! Chuck Was that back when Scotty was rubberbanding the nose of his excalibur to make it open better?? Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #24 February 21, 2005 Yeah, yeah! omg... that's weird! Scotty's out in Calif., now. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #25 February 21, 2005 i have an old 248 maveron.. think it is dark blue, grey, and maroon?Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
