In the drop zone-

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IN the drop zone
Monterey County Herald, CA

Grandma Q story-
skydive tandem from the passengers perspective.

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/sports/7308041.htm

SMiles

[skyyhi 0]

What a great story. . .

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Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ
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Darcy

[kai2k1 0]

That is soo cool, we had a guy out at our DZ this past sunday that had to be in his 70's doing a tandem.

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[DeNReN 0]

Well how did Granma make out????????????????

[AirMail 0]

Yeah. I just love jumpin' outta them Sessnas.

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It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342

[elfanie 0]

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That is soo cool, we had a guy out at our DZ this past sunday that had to be in his 70's doing a tandem.

we have a man at our dropzone...believe he lives out there...that says that he's been jumping since 1948. that he should have been one of the first 10 given a license from the USPA but that he ended up with a 2 digit number that he gave away several years ago.

that guy is absolutely fascinating to talk to. Truly. He still jumps once a week or so...

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[dterrick 0]

Our only resident freeflyer is 72!

Pat was a parachute rigger in the newly constructed hangar @2 at Gimli in 1951 - now home, in part, to our DZ.

Never one to conform, or so he says, Pat has avioded all this "RW" stuff and and can be seen in bicycle shorts and a sit suit top in all but sub-zero weather. No, he doesn't bang our 10 jumps a weekend. He only flies his stiletto on 'nice' days (otherwise it's a big pillow of a PD - 260 I think, with smoke on holiday weekends). Damn I hope to be as active and alive as he is when I get to be that age!

Dunno if Pat's numbers are that low given his early jumps in the 50's were military but you're quite right about the stories that can be told!

Dave

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[Squeak 17]

We have an 80 year old jumper at our DZ, he start jumping 10 years AGO, HE HAS 860 ODD JUMPS

OOPS caps lock


BTW he's a Randy dirty Old bastard too

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Lee03 0]

This is GREAT! Check out Nightjumps story about his 90 year old student over in the General Discussion forum. All these 80 and 90 year olds jumping.. AWESOME! Gives me hope that I'll still be jumping when I get that age.. hope for all of us! These seniors ROCK!

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To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

--Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

[ScubaSteve 0]

Great story. I like how the writer describes feeling breifly connected to something he cannot describe.

[usedtajump 1]

I once took an 86 year old guy on a tandem and he did great. The first comment he made after opening was "OOOHHHHH fuck, I wish I wasn't so damn old, I should'a done this years ago". He was a great guy and his 84 year old wife was very impressed with him after we got down. When they left the dz, they walked to the parking lot hand in hand.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.