popsjumper 2 #1 August 27, 2007 WooooHoooo! I'll get to jump one of my old favorites this weekend...A Beech 99. AND, it just may be, I'm not 100% sure, that it will be George Ireland's N99NN that we had a Skydive Monroe for so long! WooooHoooO! This is good news. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 August 27, 2007 I don't remember a Beech 99 at Monroe, I just remember they had a King Air. When was the 99 there? I do remember George had his Point Break King Air at Pell City for a year back before Skyride took over. You know, the one seen in the movie. How are the Irelands doing by the way? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #3 August 28, 2007 YOu should see what the ranch is getting to come up there 425 a jump ticket though. I'd do it! Quote JOIN US FOR THE B-17 BOOGIE Take a 1/2 hour flight in a Bomber then launch yourself out the bomb bay doors. Cost is $425. Contact manifest to get your name on the list for this tribute to our freedom. http://www.theblueskyranch.com/Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #4 August 28, 2007 so your backing out of the 8 way scrambles man you are unreliablehttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #5 August 28, 2007 You should come visit... you could jump out of this old Porter we have here.. I mean if you dont mine 10 minute rides to altitude....and the VIEW is spectacular from the plane.. with the picture windowshttp://nwskydivers.com/images/IM000674.JPG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #6 August 28, 2007 Quote You should come visit... you could jump out of this old Porter we have here.. I mean if you dont mine 10 minute rides to altitude....and the VIEW is spectacular from the plane.. with the picture windowshttp://nwskydivers.com/images/IM000674.JPG But, but... does it have the bomb bay doors in the floor??? One of, actually two of my most memorable jumps were from the pink porter of "Drop Zone" fame, through the bomb bay doors. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #7 August 28, 2007 I know, I know, I should respect the pioneers of skydiving and the glorious old birds they used to get to altitude... but... I did a jump out of one of those at Eloy two years ago and all I can say is "glad it's in my logbook but I hope I never have to get in one of those again!" Have fun, Andy!"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 August 28, 2007 They are down there BUT.. there is no access from the cabin any longer... its under a better floor that is a bit more comfy than the metal panels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 August 28, 2007 ???? I don't get it. You didn't like the Beech 99?????? Just out of curiosity, why not? I know there was a big stink in the not-too-distant past about an NSL team re-buffing the use of a 99 for competition purposes but....?????My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #10 August 28, 2007 What I would really like is a Beech18 jump. Some of you more experienced may remember those. ...and Mr. Douglas would certainly bring back fond memories. Long rides to altitude are just fine with me. Especially when you can see out and get the view and simply just sit back and smell the roses. I like the CASA and the Skyvan OK, but you can't see out and it's not much different than riding an elevator. BTW...the Beech99 is NOT a long ride to altitude.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #11 August 28, 2007 Quote YOu should see what the ranch is getting to come up there 425 a jump ticket though. I'd do it! Quote JOIN US FOR THE B-17 BOOGIE Take a 1/2 hour flight in a Bomber then launch yourself out the bomb bay doors. Cost is $425. Contact manifest to get your name on the list for this tribute to our freedom. http://www.theblueskyranch.com/ hmm might have to make a trip for that... as for the beech... to quote Dusty "what is so novel about slow, crowded and stinks?"____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #12 August 28, 2007 Oopsie. I'm mixing up my Beeches. Like the 99, didn't like the 18 (slow, cramped, and did I mention slow?). Nevermind."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #13 August 28, 2007 You want s l o w ? The AN-2 was fantabulous! Did I tell you that the pilot's greatest fear was a bird strike... from the rear?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #14 August 28, 2007 Quote ...crowded and stinks?" Just like any other jump plane. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #15 August 28, 2007 Quote Oopsie. I'm mixing up my Beeches. Like the 99, didn't like the 18 (slow, cramped, and did I mention slow?). I've got hundreds of hours sitting in and hundreds of jumps out of Beech 18s, the Twin Beech. Never again. They are flying fire traps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #16 August 28, 2007 Jumnped a Beech 18 last year at Eloy ( hundreds of jumps from them back in the day) Jumped a DC-3 there as well not as much fun.. it was a memorial jump for Tom from Byron...very sad times.... BUT... ev ery Holiday Boogie at Eloy they roll out the old airplanes and you can jump em.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #17 August 29, 2007 OK...for you Georgia jumpers (and Villy Bance, too ) it is indeed George's N99NN coming in for Friday Saturday adn Sunday (31, 1, 2). My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
