NEW Skydiving on the History channel

[AggieDave 6]

New show called Guts and Bolts will have skydivnig on the history channel at 1530 (central time) TODAY! Don't know if it'll be any good, but it'll be on.

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[CrazyIvan 0]

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New show called Guts and Bolts

You don't watch much TV do you?

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[AggieDave 6]

Not really. Is it an old show?

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[CrazyIvan 0]

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Not really. Is it an old show?

Yup.

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[AggieDave 6]

Oh well, atleast its skydiving on TV.

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[CrazyIvan 0]

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Oh well, atleast its skydiving on TV.

Yup.

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[Kennedy 0]

Well, they're doing a marathon thing, so it's got to be at least a year old, right?

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[AggieDave 6]

Heh, didn't even notice that they were doing the marathon thing.

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[AggieDave 6]

That skydiviing stuff was freak'n lame! Also, apparently the USAF's training program is some sort of weird AFF without instructors in the air?

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[indyz 1]

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That skydiviing stuff was freak'n lame! Also, apparently the USAF's training program is some sort of weird AFF without instructors in the air?

The way I've heard it described is that it's like a static line progression, but they train hard on the ground, skip the rope, and go straight to 10 second delays.

[Miami 0]

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That skydiviing stuff was freak'n lame! Also, apparently the USAF's training program is some sort of weird AFF without instructors in the air?

Why don't you have them come and do a show about your student training program...if you think it would be less lame.

Just poking fun...to us jumpers it wasn't really anything but a days work, but to the wuffos it was pretty exciting.

Our training program isn't anything like AFF. We put about 800-1000 students per year through a 5 jump program where they exit from 4500ft for a solo 10 sec delay (while equipped with dual aads). They get about 35 hours of ground training before they jump, to include multiple levels of vertical and horizontal suspended harness, PLF's, canopy control, etc..

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[napaguy99 0]

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We put about 800-1000 students per year through a 5 jump program where they exit from 4500ft for a solo 10 sec delay (while equipped with dual aads).

Yeah, what was up with the dual FXCs? I know my tax dollars are not going to a $400 toilet seat so why can't the chair force afford a couple of Cypri (or whatever the plural of Cypres is)?

BTW, I think it's pretty cool that these guys have the ONLY program in the US (and I'm pretty sure in the world) that has students doing solo jumps from jump #1.

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[Miami 0]

[replyYeah, what was up with the dual FXCs? I know my tax dollars are not going to a $400 toilet seat so why can't the chair force afford a couple of Cypri (or whatever the plural of Cypres is)?

[AggieDave 6]

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Why don't you have them come and do a show about your student training program...if you think it would be less lame.

Just poking fun...to us jumpers it wasn't really anything but a days work, but to the wuffos it was pretty exciting

Chill Winston.

I wasn't talking about the training, I was talking about the host with the editing of the program and his attempt to explain everything. That was really lame. Just like any other 1 jump whuffo wannabe would do.

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[Miami 0]

Yea, no kidding...imagine how we were laughing here when we saw it!

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[LouDiamond 1]

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BTW, I think it's pretty cool that these guys have the ONLY program in the US (and I'm pretty sure in the world) that has students doing solo jumps from jump #1.

Not true. My first jump in HALO school from 12.5 was a solo with a instructor lurking. We had all the requisite ground training and about 10 mins tunnel time and then it was get out of the C-130.

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[AggieDave 6]

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We had all the requisite ground training and about 10 mins tunnel time and then it was get out of the C-130.

Was that with a full on combat load?

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[LouDiamond 1]

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Was that with a full on combat load?

No, first ones were daytime slick then we threw in a rucksack, then a weapon, then a ruck sack,weapon and O2. Then we did it all at night. It's a lot of learning in 30 days time but you rack up the jumps quickly.

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[AggieDave 6]

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No, first ones were daytime slick then we threw in a rucksack, then a weapon, then a ruck sack,weapon and O2. Then we did it all at night

Then they had German snipers in the clouds...

Ok, seriously, that's bad ass! Yall are some cool mf-ers that's for sure.

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[Miami 0]

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with a instructor lurking.

The cadets we put out have no one in freefall with them. I don't know of any other program that does this.

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