"Rarefied Air Molecules"

[John4455 0]

I read this in a post that I was reading. Does anybody know where this was originated. The first time I heard it was in a video called "Tandem Surfing" which is hilarious.

How do ya like it Johnny?

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

That is also the first place I heard the term used. Lance "Swoop" Kerwin tandem video.

[johnny1488 1]

I also heard RWS yanked his rating when they got a hold of that video. The term is commonplace on the dz, alas I've never seen it.

Johnny
--"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!"
Mike Rome

[SpeedRacer 1]

Quote

"Rarefied Air Molecules"

I remember seeing it in old 19th century books. There was one by Edgar Allen Poe, one of his first stories, which was about these guys who fly to the moon in a balloon. He described how to make an air compressor to pressurize the air so the guys could breathe. Poe was pretty f*&kin smart for his time. And I think he referred to the air at high altitudes at "rareified".

Speed Racer
--------------------------------------------------

[kimemerson 7]

It was Lance "Swoop" Kirwin who first let us know about the rarified air molecules. It was a great video and it got his ratings pulled but only for about two weeks. The part of the original footage which showed the surfing across the peas was looped for our viewing pleasure. Bill Booth visited the Ranch around that time and was shown the raw, loped footage. He howled with laughter, loved it. And he said nothing against it. After he returned to DeLand, the video production was made (John "J.P." Patrick at his funniest best!) and shown first only at the Ranch. At a boogie at the time, the video was shown publicly for the first time and the embarrassed and somewhat miffed Lance was presented with a trophy. Sunshine Factory provided the trophy in exchange for a copy of the vid. That's how it made it to Florida and began its internatiol route to fame, ok, notoriety. So, one day, it was being shown in DeLand and Bill was watching along with Bob Hallett. Bob commented to Bill that he - Bill - had always said he would pull ratings for infractions etc. but seldom had evidence. Bob pointed to the screen and more or less suggested to Bill that evidence was right in front of him. Presto! Rating pulled. Pissed Lance off! If you can get a copy of this now vintage video, it is well worth the time.

[bob.dino 1]

"Rarefied Air" makes perfect sense, as one of the meanings of rarefied is "less dense". It's common, though maybe not in skydiving circles, to refer to air at altitude as being rarefied.

"Rarefied Air Molecules" makes little sense. Oh, and I know nothin about the video in question. I'm just being a bit of a pedant, 'coz I'm alone and bored in the office today.

[crewkeith 0]

hey we usally have rarified air here its good watching.




.

The skies are no longer safe

I'm back