Vallerina 2 #1 June 2, 2005 He opened the door for his hop & pop so he could swoop the pond. He was looking at the spot. He climbed out. He smiled, closed the door, and left. That was freaking cool!!!!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #2 June 2, 2005 Our dz rule is, "Last one out closes the door". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #3 June 2, 2005 QuoteOur dz rule is, "Last one out closes the door". TMs must love that rule! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #4 June 2, 2005 QuoteQuoteOur dz rule is, "Last one out closes the door". TMs must love that rule! I quit telling that to Noobs because you could almost see the wheels frantically spinning in their little pointy heads. "How the f--- do I close the door from the outside...?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #5 June 2, 2005 QuoteOur dz rule is, "Last one out closes the door". Apparently, it was first one out closes the door! It was definitely neat to see!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salsa_John 0 #6 June 2, 2005 I agree! Ray Dutch did that when he was testing reserves for PD. That blew my mind! "You did what?!?!" MUFF #3722, TDSM #72, Orfun #26, Nachos Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #7 June 2, 2005 After a very rainy weekend one winter several years ago, the sun decided to come out and say hello. We had a caravan on loan from somewhere in Kansas at the time. The caravan was scheduled to leave late that Sunday afternoon to return home. A group of us who had been watching the rain all weekend asked the pilot if he would give us a hop n pop when he left. He agreed, but reminded us that the plane was at a municipal airport about 10 miles away since he was afraid of getting stuck at Spaceland on the grass/dirt runway. "If you can get rides to the airport, I will drop you." he said. We found two people willing to take us and who didn't want to jump and we were off. After we took off the pilot said " Oh, one other thing. You have to shut the door when you climb out!" We looked at the door and each other and he said "It's a long way to Kansas and I don't want to have to come back there and shut it in flight." That sounded reasonable, but how were we going to hang out there and shut the door and then make our exit work? Some one asked the pilot how much altitude we were going to get and he said "We're going to the top!" Damn, now we were determined to shut the door for the guy!!! Joe Nichols, Stevie Boyd and Rich Williams and 4 others climbed out and somehow got the door to slide shut with a little coaxing from the outside. There wasn't any space for your feet. Just the hint of an edge on the door. We exited a little shaky, but flew the exit and turned some points and broke away high since the spot was ...ummhh...a little off. We all made it back, but I was low man and had to run slightly crosswind. Had more speed than I like and the landing area was covered with water. Slid that sucker in and when almost stopped got my feet a little behind the canopy and plopped face first into the biggest, muddiest puddle on the beer line! Everyone had a good laugh and the gear dried and cleaned up reasonably well. It was the only jump at the dz for two weeks due to weather. Sure glad we did it and hope the pilot had a great flight home! Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #8 June 2, 2005 That exact thing happened to me at Z-Hills. I basically said, "WHAT?" and jumped out. I was scared to close the door. I had, like, 20 jumps at the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #9 June 2, 2005 QuoteThere wasn't any space for your feet. And this is what I'm still stunned by!!! He closed it completely! That just takes way more coordination than I have! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #10 June 3, 2005 QuoteI agree! Ray Dutch did that when he was testing reserves for PD. That blew my mind! Deland used to have an Otter with air conditioning. During the summer, the ride up was sweltering until 10K when the a/c finally cooled it a little. Then, we'd open the door, jump, and leave it open for the ride down. The open-door ride down would blow out all the cool air, and then the next load would get into a hot plane and close the door. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #11 June 3, 2005 QuoteHe opened the door for his hop & pop so he could swoop the pond. He was looking at the spot. He climbed out. He smiled, closed the door, and left. That was freaking cool!!!! Naw, that's nuthin'. I'll not be impressed until he can do that on a 182. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #12 June 3, 2005 QuoteI'll not be impressed until he can do that on a 182. Never done it, but that should be easy enough to do... 182s are like jungle gyms! :-DRemster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #13 June 3, 2005 QuoteQuoteI'll not be impressed until he can do that on a 182. Never done it, but that should be easy enough to do... 182s are like jungle gyms! :-D Yes, but you forget Remster...the pilot has to release the door from the inside...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #14 June 3, 2005 lol... Some 182s I've jump dont even have a catch! lolRemster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teamhypoxia 0 #15 June 3, 2005 It's good to let the pilot know that you're closing the door. A fast descent with the pilot's window open, and the jump door closed, can lead to having the jump door blown out possibly damaging the tail. It's happened before Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
