AggieDave 6 #1 December 3, 2001 The weather cleared in Texas to provide me with what had to have been one of the funnest jumping weekends I've had in a long time. After watching some of the videos of a couple of the jumps that we did this weekend, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. (In one, during a 3-way, the exit biffed a little, and one of the jumpers ended up on his back, so Flying Ferrert and myself just took side bodies on him, to his screaming wonderment. That has to be one of the funniest videos I've seen in a while).Anyone who's not in Texas and didn't experience the beautiful weather we did (we were in shorts on the ground), missed out big time. AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #2 December 3, 2001 Hey Dave,Sounds great! In Illionos our weather wasn't quite warm enough for shorts, but short-sleeved shirts!! And that is Crazy for December in this area!I am glad you had a great weekend. I managed to do 7 jumps myself, and learn a ton. Landed on my feet on six of those!Blue skies to all,Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #3 December 3, 2001 Have to agree with you there Dave, the weather in Houston Saturday was GREAT!!! Had a couple of really fun RW jumps, it's great when I can laugh at the big boys floating on me. (I'm 5'1 105lbs) As a bonus on Glens 100th I got to watch him get rodeoed towards the end of the dive, damn did he kick and squirm. Only semi bad dive I had was when we tried to launch a sitfly train and the pilot forgot to give a cut, guess who fell off the plane. I definitely haven't had that much fun in several weeks. Thanks Derek for organizing the RW jumps, and thanks Skydive Houston for the $12 jumps.As a side note for those of you who were out there jumping, they raised over $250 plus a ton of food for the Houston Food Bank. Way to go jumpers who donated!!!Kelli Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #4 December 3, 2001 Hell yeah, Anne!!!It was soooo freakin nice today! Got 3 in (as opposed to the none i thought i'd get)....the 11-that-turned-into-a-13-way was hilarious. All i know is that the thing got taken out and IT WASN'T MY FAULT!! Can't blame the freefliers :)blue skiesTomasps. now 6 long, arduous days till chili party Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #5 December 3, 2001 Quoteps. now 6 long, arduous days till chili partyBoo-hoo . By the time the chili party comes around I'll be 28 days between jumps. I'm just praying for good weather so I won't lose my currency.--Brian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #6 December 3, 2001 Congrats man!! We got a good day here in Ohio today to make two jumps from the Twin Bo. Did one jump that started as a 3way whatever, but me getting stuck in the door turned it into a two-way belly. Second one was just a sit. Good fun.-------------http://www.JumpinDuo.com"oh no. Not another one"-Alienangel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabeln79 0 #7 December 3, 2001 Tomas you have to fill me in on the 11 to 13 way what happened. i cant believe imissed out today the weather looked great from inside working. at least i got 4 jumps in sat. I hope the weather is at least 1/2 this good next weekend, Lots of jumps, beer and chilli.... joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #8 December 3, 2001 Hey Joe,OK, this is what happened. I wanted to do a big way belly dive since i hadn't done one in a while. Coincidentally enough, people were building something. So eventually a 5 way became an 11 way. Dan (the pilot) and I were the freefliers on the load, everyone else has some semblance of belly-flying. So the plane is filled with the 11 of us, Jeremy, and Brian. Both of which were asked on the load but didn't want to go. For the exit we put 4 out and the rest of us chased. I was the second to last one out, with Jason being last (yeah, he did a fun jump). Well when we were getting out, Jeremy (who was behind Jason) grabs Jason's rig and Brian (who is next to him) goes "i'll race you to the base" and runs out. Then Jason leaves and Jeremy follows. As far as the dive itself, it never fully built but i made it to my slot. shortly after that the formation folded on itself (not my fault--i saw i was gonna take someone out by going over them and i left) and it went all to shit after that. at about this time people start putting it somewhat back together and there was brian, docked on the base on a dive he wasn't even a part of. One of the funnier dives i've been on. One of the funniest parts for me was that while i was laughing my ass off some of the more serious RW folk were a bit upset. Fun was had by all though.blue skiesTomas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Floater 0 #9 December 3, 2001 How sad. If I had stayed in Texas, I would get great jump weather but, I didn't make enough money to jump.Now I live in Seattle, have enough money but, the weather SUCKS.Life's kinda funny like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #10 December 3, 2001 great weekend up @ cross keys as well. Imagine December 1- and 71 degrees... wow!!! incredible! 7 jumps and 6 were four ways (we got 25 points on one!!)- the other a drill dive which was pretty kickin'. monkey claw did a head down barber pole smoke dive saturday around sunset... really nice weatehr for december!!!Stacyhttp://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #11 December 3, 2001 Quote Have to agree with you there Dave, the weather in Houston Saturday was GREAT!!! We were driving to San Marcos and looked great until we turned on 80, then - clouds.... We still got two in. Alan Flynn organized us a 12 way and we jumped a 5 way with some of the Millinium people. But they shut down around 5 for weather. Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #12 December 3, 2001 Quote7 jumps and 6 were four ways (we got 25 points on one!!) Video? flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #13 December 3, 2001 QuoteIn reply to:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 jumps and 6 were four ways (we got 25 points on one!!)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Video? Great skydives are rarely caught on film... unless, of course, all your jumps are on tape. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #14 December 3, 2001 3:2:0Definately a good weekend for all my aviation pursuits. Got behind the yoke of an airplane again for the first time in about 9 years. Just like skydiving or riding a bike. It all came back to me pretty quick. Got in a great Hybrid dive on Sunday!!! What fun that was! "and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #15 December 3, 2001 Quote7 jumps and 6 were four ways (we got 25 points on one!!)Yeah, I got 15 points on a 11 way before the formation flattened out off the hill once... Actually, I got 6 points on a 4-way once (never mind that that was the dirt dive and the actual dive funneled). AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RemiAndKaren 0 #16 December 3, 2001 Quote(we got 25 points on one!!)was it that sequence: Star - Round - Big O - back to the top? heheheseriously: nice...RemiMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Shark 0 #17 December 3, 2001 AggieDave,At least you didn't funnel the dirt dive....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #18 December 3, 2001 QuoteAt least you didn't funnel the dirt dive... HE could have if given the chance! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #19 December 3, 2001 I'm a proud member of Team Funnel Cake for a reason...AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stacy 0 #20 December 3, 2001 yes there was video. the video shows the camera guy rodeoing me on exit too, which made us lose a little time. =c) it was an easy dive, FJP. but a nice one to crank out. =c)Stacyhttp://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
freeflir29 0 #14 December 3, 2001 3:2:0Definately a good weekend for all my aviation pursuits. Got behind the yoke of an airplane again for the first time in about 9 years. Just like skydiving or riding a bike. It all came back to me pretty quick. Got in a great Hybrid dive on Sunday!!! What fun that was! "and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #15 December 3, 2001 Quote7 jumps and 6 were four ways (we got 25 points on one!!)Yeah, I got 15 points on a 11 way before the formation flattened out off the hill once... Actually, I got 6 points on a 4-way once (never mind that that was the dirt dive and the actual dive funneled). AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RemiAndKaren 0 #16 December 3, 2001 Quote(we got 25 points on one!!)was it that sequence: Star - Round - Big O - back to the top? heheheseriously: nice...RemiMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #17 December 3, 2001 AggieDave,At least you didn't funnel the dirt dive....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #18 December 3, 2001 QuoteAt least you didn't funnel the dirt dive... HE could have if given the chance! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #19 December 3, 2001 I'm a proud member of Team Funnel Cake for a reason...AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stacy 0 #20 December 3, 2001 yes there was video. the video shows the camera guy rodeoing me on exit too, which made us lose a little time. =c) it was an easy dive, FJP. but a nice one to crank out. =c)Stacyhttp://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Slappie 9 #18 December 3, 2001 QuoteAt least you didn't funnel the dirt dive... HE could have if given the chance! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #19 December 3, 2001 I'm a proud member of Team Funnel Cake for a reason...AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #20 December 3, 2001 yes there was video. the video shows the camera guy rodeoing me on exit too, which made us lose a little time. =c) it was an easy dive, FJP. but a nice one to crank out. =c)Stacyhttp://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
