AggieDave 6 #1 January 13, 2002 What a great day of jumping, $12 Otter jumps at Skydive Houston, Slappie and Zennie came in from Spaceland and Flying Ferret came in from Ft. Worth.Ok, on to the beer owed: My First Rodeo!Last jump of the day, Malachi (flying ferret) and I plan a hybrid 2-way. He wonders off for a minute when Slappie suggests that I rodeo him. I think that this is a great idea, but I don't tell Malachi. We dirt dive our hybrid a couple more times and even launch a couple exits from the door on the ground. He has no clue. Well, get in the plane, climb to altitude (really damn quickly, no less) and it's our turn in the climb-out. We get out like we were going to launch a sit-fly train, Malachi is facing away from me, facing the tail of the plane. He calls the exit, we push off the door and I grab him, wrap him up and the Rodeo is on! I'm screaming and yelling, he's belly to earth, I'm on his back, holding on with one hand with my right hand up in true cowboy rodeo fashion! After a couple seconds, I lean down and yell "rodeo." We continue for a little bit longer and damnit if we're not falling REALLY FAST. (Remember my exit weight is 250lbs and his is 210lbs). We continue on for a bit more, but I start to slip off, which sends us into a very very fast spin, I fall off and we get seperated. By then its time to track off anyways.He had no clue what was going on at first, he just thought that I funneled the exit really badly. Talk about a fun dive, though! We both owe beer now. That and after that was the first time that I had to actually have someone pull my truck out of the mud (I've always been able to get myself unstuck before), since I had the front end of my truck sunk to the body...Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 January 13, 2002 sounds like alot of fun!i thought all you texas boys had 6" lift kits on your trucks I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 January 13, 2002 Only a 2" lift right now...after I buy a rig, yes a 6" suspension and a 2" body lift followed by 36" tires...Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 January 13, 2002 You know you have entered the south when lift kits come standered on a new car.... even if its on something like a Honda Accord I want to touch the sky, I want to fly so high ~ Sonique Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #5 January 13, 2002 Quoteeven if its on something like a Honda Accordhttp://even if its on something like a Honda Accord its a photoshop but thats what one would look like. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #6 January 13, 2002 Viking... the link is dead.......I want to touch the sky, I want to fly so high ~ Sonique Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #7 January 13, 2002 Ya yesterday was lots of fun! Thanks for the fun freefly jumps! Hope you both can make it back down again soon! Speaking of beer, I'm off to get my new canopy hooked up. For those of you notin the know I was planning on geting a Cobalt, but while up at Waller one of the packers (Pablo) had a Jedei 136 he was selling. Took it for a test spin and loved it. It has a lot of jumps, but it has a new line set and I had a rigger friend inspect it and it doesn't set me back much. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #8 January 14, 2002 whoops sorry http://www.soreye.com/csi/4x4si.jpgI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #9 January 14, 2002 Laugh, but I saw an old Datson car (I can't remember what model, FlyingFerret, if you're paying attention, it's the one that you had when you turned 16...) that had 36" tires on it. Someone had built a sub-frame for it and built it up. Pretty nice too, Dana 60s, Atlas-II transfer case, put a 350 small block in it. Sort of weird, though. Good photoshoping on those pics, though Viking. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prost 0 #10 January 14, 2002 Hey, who stole my car? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #11 January 14, 2002 Yep I owe beer too...My new little 104 arrived Friday and Saturday put my first few jumps on it. Heck I've already got my landing off out of the way, since the first 2 jumps on it I wasn't allowed to land in the landing area, and both times had to land down by the houses/hangars. Yeah I know I should have done hop and pops, but with $12 jumps I was going all the way up. Even got to do a jump with Zennie who was more than happy to open high and play around. We have to do that again, but next time I'll throw my lead on to make it easier for both of us.Kelli Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMarshMan1 0 #12 January 14, 2002 dude, I'm from NY and I would take that car in a second!!! Thats a sweet looking car (even though it doesnt really exist)... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnischalke 0 #13 January 14, 2002 Mike's Jacked-up Jap story:When I was about 15, I found a 79 subaru stationwagon at my dad's shop. I did the bodywork (and there was a ton of rust on that 6-year-old jap steel heap of sh*t). I went out behind the shop and found a '74 bronco with '31s (minus most of the body) and had a one and a half year project underway. Cutting the off the subframe and building new flooring in the subaru was the worst part, but with a lot of linkage jury rigging and a bit of Kentucky Chrome, it ran quite well. I was even lining up a 351 cleveland to replace the 302 but the body began to really crumble. I never did get the R title filed with the state to put plates on it (other than my dad's dealer tags).It was a pretty cool little toy.mikeBlack then white are all I see, in my infancy... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #14 January 14, 2002 QuoteEven got to do a jump with Zennie who was more than happy to open high and play around. We have to do that again, but next time I'll throw my lead on to make it easier for both of us.That was a lot of fun! Lead would prolly help, but I obviously need work on closing distances in a backfly. That was an interesting day. I went from trying to keep up with AggieDave "the human brick" to trying to keep up with Kelli "floaty-girl". Those kinds of jumps are good for me and I actually did better than I expected.Ya we need to do more jumps though. And I'm always up for pulling high and playing under canopy. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
