More flaps, more flaps!

[LawnDart21 0]

It's winter, I'm bored, and I just thought I'd share one of the funnier moments I've ever witnessed on a ride to altitude: We had a full Otter load clunking it's way to 14,000ft (ie, not a Super Otter like Lebanon!!) anyways, we had a newbie A-License jumper (high soloing) in the back of the plane up by the pilot, so one of the experienced jumpers started yelling frantically at him saying "Hey! Hey! Hey!, yes, you! do me a favor, tell the pilot we need more flaps!" (The whole time he is yelling this, he is pretending to look out at the wing like he is inspecting it). So the newbie turns around and frantically taps the pilot on the shoulder and the pilot removes his headset and says "What?" The newbie says in a frantic tone, "We need more flaps!" The pilot just looks at him completely dumbfounded, then looks back at the experienced jumper (knowing exactly who it was ironically) and starts laughing hysterically. The newbie had no clue what had happened. I wish I had my camcorder on for that one.
Blue Skies and Icy Cold Beer,
Tom

[mountainman 0]

Hahaha!! That is hilarious. Glad that never happened to me though. Good thing he didn't get up and run to the door and head out in pure panic and fear. That would have been something to get on video, eh?
Anyone else have funny "ride to altitude" stories?
JumpinDuo.com...come and sign the guestbook.

[freeflir29 0]

Niiiice....."Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[wildblue 7]

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once in a while it's fun to get all the jumpers to suddenly shift from one side of the plane to the other.

We just get half a Casa load to stand up a little, then jump up and sit back on the bench real fast and act like nothing happened.
Funny.. we do that to a guy named Mike too...
Never argue with stupid people.They just drag you down 2 their level & beat you with experience

[LawnDart21 0]

My absolute favorite airplane prank (works best if your closest to the door) is to bring an extra reserve ripcord on board, and then at about 10,000ft, pass it back up theplane saying "hey, which one of you left this up here?"

[TheMarshMan1 0]

LOL- Thats a good one!!!

[wildblue 7]

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pass it back up theplane saying "hey, which one of you left this up here?"

Or as everyone is walking to the door, tap the guy in front of you and say "Is this yours?!"
Or hand him a pilot chute.
Never argue with stupid people.They just drag you down 2 their level & beat you with experience

[freeflir29 0]

"Or hand him a pilot chute"
His or yours? "Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[wceviper 0]

"Never argue with stupid people.They just drag you down 2 their level & beat you with experience"
Talk about true!
-Jason

[fonz 0]

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"hey, which one of you left this up here?"

ROTFLMAO
Gotta try that one!!!
Alphons
http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive

[mikefarmer 0]

I like to "subtly" congratulate our C-182 pilot on the outcome of his "hearings" as I load the newbies. "Yeah, the FAA is so full of sh1t." he says with a shrug. Sick, but fun.
Missy the 225 lb. Meat Missile
Sky World

[diverdriver 7]

Yeah, you all just keep it up with your pilot pranks. I'm writing ALL YALL's names down. See if you get any extra altitude out of ME!

Chris Schindler
D-19012
ATP/CFII
www.DiverDriver.com

[Muenkel 0]

Ah, one flash of BOOBIES and you're up!
"I am a victim of my environment."
Chris

[freeflir29 0]

"See if you get any extra altitude out of ME!"
Don't worry...We bring Chics with Boobies!!!!!!! "Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[Jessica 0]

I totally hate it when people fuck with the tandems, cause I sometimes fall for it it too.
My first "rollover," I don't know whose eyes were bigger -- mine, with 40 jumps, or the tandem. I think we were both clutching the sides of the planes equally tightly.
Walk a mile in your enemy's shoes. Then you're a mile away and have his shoes.

[freeflir29 0]

Jessica...doesn't mind Cheescake and gullable too! Hey...wanna come by and check out my "drawings" later...."Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[billvon 3,090]

Years ago, John O'Hara was doing a tandem in our Cessna 206. Near jump run he started shifting around, getting his passenger ready. At one point he accidentally bumped the mixture to full-rich. The engine started coughing and sputtering. Evie took a quick look around and said "Get out!" John complied and launched his completely suprised student out the door. Just as he launched, Evie noticed the mixture knob and pulled it back out. As John left he heard the engine recover and the plane began climbing. For weeks he was sure that Evie had just faked an engine problem to him to get a rise out of him, and to make him to land off the LZ. Of course, Evie blamed John for the whole thing.
-bill von

[freeflir29 0]

A joke gone horribly wrong......An unnamed skydiver turns the fuel lever to off before leaving a C-182. The pilot...not noticing puts the plane into a dive to get back down. Levels out at 2500 Ft and tries to put the power in. The engine dies...he panics and can't make it back to the airstrip. Lands in a soft field across the highway WITH THE DAMN PARKING BRAKE ON and rolls the airplane totalling it. Whoops......
"Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[TheMarshMan1 0]

Now THAT would piss me off as a pilot- jumpers touching any of the controls.....hehehe, I'd dock 'em 2,000 feet for thinking about it, and 5,000 for doing it! ....can you say, "hop'n'pop"? lol.
Seriously though....that kinda stuff is dangerous...

[freeflir29 0]

Well..I have to say...yes skydivers shouldn't mess with controls. However, I think the incident got blown way out of proportion. Isn't "fuel switch to both" the first thing on the check list? "Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[AggieDave 6]

In the 182 at my home DZ, sometimes we'll unzip the headliner in the back and pull one of the cables...that usually gets the newer pilots. The experienced guys usually just flip us the bird with out even looking.
One of our pilots has a story where a jumper turned the gas pump key off and took the key with him. He had to dead stick it in, luckily he was over the airport AND it was a private field, but still. He said since them, he always has a spare key with him when he's flying a 182...
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton-

[TheMarshMan1 0]

But now that I think about it...if the pilot had done a GUMPS (Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Prop(s), Speed) check, he'd have probably been OK. Two key items being Gas and Undercarriage...
I'll stop overanalyzing things now....

[Keith 0]

Here's one for you diverdriver. Our plane was down and we borrowed a plane normally used as a passanger commuter. Our pilot at the time, being the jokester that he is, waited until the last tandem was about ready to go. The pilot put the plane on auto pilot, went back and tapped the TM on the shoulder and waived goodby just before he and his passenger exited. I'm told the expression in the TM's face was priceless
Keith

[freeflir29 0]

"Undercarriage..."
Ummm...which involves looking out the window in a 182 I guess..."Houston? That place is full of Crack heads and debutantes."- Hank Hill
Clay

[TheMarshMan1 0]

Undercarriage- "Down and welded"
Thats what one of my instructors always used to say when flying fixed gear planes....