Deuce 1 #1 December 1, 2003 The damn Cessna! We get to altitude, and I see and hear rain hitting the stupid plane, I'm up front so I look at the thermometer and it's 38F. Joy. The pilot calls DOOR! and there's freaking SLEET outside the plane. Whatever. I'm doing a tandem video so I step out and the step is so slippery my foot goes right off. I slide my foot down the gear to the tire, keeping it in front and take my grip on the strut, I slide out to my spot and then my hands go sliding down the strut and now I'm sitting on the step, and the TM has no way to get the passenger out. I try to adjust my position but everything is slippery as hell and BLAM! I'm off the plane. No way to get the passenger out quickly, so the freefall is a video bust. A first. Yes, I bought beer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #2 December 1, 2003 You're still my hero deucey. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 December 1, 2003 ha ha Hey, atleast you have an excuse. I've fallen off our 182 a couple times. The worst was when I was lurking a topless tandem (she was HOT), I was going to do the door frame exit (since the video guy was out on the strut), I'm getting out there and *slip* I'm gone. Curiosity question, did the TM tell the student it was raining/sleeting and ask if they would still like to go or try again at a later date?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 December 1, 2003 Screw that!!! I don't skydive when it's cold! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velo90 0 #5 December 1, 2003 Learn to float, and float like hell or Pull immediately, then chop once the tandem catches up. Reserves can be really useful Probaly would have been a crap video anyway, what with all that sleet covering up the lense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #6 December 1, 2003 QuoteScrew that!!! I don't skydive when it's cold! Thats cause you're a pansy ass pussy boy!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #7 December 1, 2003 QuoteThats cause you're a pansy ass pussy boy!! Close your hole! I'm just smart enough to realize when skydiving becomes unfun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #8 December 1, 2003 QuoteClose your hole! Ooh baby, you know i love when you talk like that. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
174fps 1 #9 December 1, 2003 Quote I'm just smart enough to realize when skydiving becomes unfun. It was -26c at altitude yesterday, still fun! (full face helmet) andrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #10 December 1, 2003 QuoteThats cause you're a pansy ass pussy boy!! For anyone else I'd delete your personal attack, but since it's just Clay.....She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #11 December 1, 2003 QuotePull immediately, then chop once the tandem catches up. Reserves can be really useful That's brilliant. And yeah, it was pretty wet video. AggieD, the TM asks "Are you ready to skydive?", not "Are you ready to skydive and experience mild discomfort?" And she's a veteran, she hides behind the passenger when moistures starts giving the high-velocity facial scrub. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velo90 0 #12 December 1, 2003 QuoteAnd she's a veteran, she hides behind the passenger when moistures starts giving the high-velocity facial scrub I had one TM that was very thoughtfull, he put his hands in front of the passengers face to lessen the pain. Made for a great video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 December 1, 2003 QuoteFor anyone else I'd delete your personal attack, but since it's just Clay.... Wow.....I can feel the love.....or wait......is that an anal probe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #14 December 1, 2003 Holy crimany slipping off the step/strut of the Cessna in the rain has been my worst fear, but I've been allaying that fear by telling myself over and over "Nobody falls off the damn step, Jaye. Don't be ridiculous. In all this time I have never heard of anyone slipping off the step." -Now I know somebody had to have slipped off of that step out at the DZ I jump at, I just hadn't heard of it, so I was keeping my horror at bay. Thanks for giving my paranoia a boost, Deuce !! As a student, when I told my JM how afraid I was of falling off of the step, he replied, "So what if you fall? You were planning on falling anyway, right? That's why you have these," as he'd slap my rig and do another gear check... I jump with him now on fun jumps, and I still make him take the outside if we're exiting the Cessna and it's wet...or I door dive and make him catch me so I don't have to mess with that damn step and strut! ~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
sunshine 2 #15 December 1, 2003 QuoteWow.....I can feel the love.....or wait......is that an anal probe? You feel the gerbil trying to get out.... Edited to add an apology to deuce for turning his innocent thread into disgusting talk.... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #16 December 1, 2003 Did you get it on video?Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #17 December 1, 2003 QuoteQuoteAnd she's a veteran, she hides behind the passenger when moistures starts giving the high-velocity facial scrub I had one TM that was very thoughtfull, he put his hands in front of the passengers face to lessen the pain. Made for a great video my TM bram clement did that for me on my tandem jump cause it had just started to rain on our exit. that felt like pins and needles on my nexk and it was bright red for a few hours afterwards! at least my face was covered! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #18 December 1, 2003 QuoteAnd she's a veteran, she hides behind the passenger when moistures starts giving the high-velocity facial scrub When doing RW, I just do a side-body and put my neck up over their rig for 2K until the sleet/rain passes. No sense in everyone suffering. I always remember to say something nice about them on the ground. "Hey, you are really a good deflector! I like dense people." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #19 December 1, 2003 Oh, I actually love the Cessna, I was just having a helluva time hanging on to it in the rain. The Cessna is a jungle gym with a propellor. Get out there and hang from all the parts, the strut, the wing, the landing gear! We pulled a 5 way chunk out of it Saturday that was fantastic. It's easy to hang on when it's dry. Go play! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #20 December 1, 2003 QuoteYou feel the gerbil trying to get out.... Yeah...that's the LAST time I ever get that drunk around you! So....uhhh......what you doin this weekend? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #21 December 1, 2003 QuoteThe Cessna is a jungle gym with a propellor. Get out there and hang from all the parts, the strut, the wing, the landing gear! Just one word of advice. DO NOT climb ON TOP of the wing. That wing will pretty much cease to fly. Unlike the other wing...which tends to cause problems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #22 December 1, 2003 Hope you at least got the shot of the student's face as you fell away! That would be a classic shot. 38F huh? Heat wave. It was -10C at 14K yesterday._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #23 December 1, 2003 QuoteDid you get it on video? Of course! My comrades thought it was funny as hell! Here, I'll demonstrate my tragedy with pictures! That's GirlFallDown in the plane laughing at me hanging on with one hand trying to make room on the step for the tandem. My view of the strut when I got out, and my final view of the tandem. I ended up paying my own slot and donating a tape for what we got, but the guy and his Mom (birthday jump) both tipped me anyway, so I was up a pack job when it was all over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #24 December 1, 2003 I like the last pic....the single flailing foot kinda tells the whole story ! Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velo90 0 #25 December 1, 2003 Love the Cia-baby shot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
