Tsynique 0 #301 February 15, 2012 QuoteNot been following this thread too closely but worth a watch if not already posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90yNsoCeORQ Virgin boss Richard BransonWas the song we hear in the background created especially for this video? :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quagmirian 40 #302 February 16, 2012 Quote1) The student who chopped because the canopy was the wrong colour. All the photos were of red white and blue canopies, so what an orange white and green (or whatever) canopy appeared he decided he wanted another one...Yes, thankyou, I almost did that on my very first jump! Out of all the things that were going on, it was the colour of the canopy that completely threw me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #303 February 17, 2012 Maybe not stupid, but scary... AFF Level 1 student cuts away a perfectly good canopy at about 2K. AFFI: Why did you do that? She: I couldn't get the slider to go back up. AFFI: What about the reserve slider? She: I was scared! Does anyone remember the vid of the student who ran into the volleyball net? I seem to remember a post a long time back that had two pics attached.... -one was an aerial view of a DZ, presumably in the mid-west where there was nothing but open fields around -the second of a student in the one tree for miles around.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fcajump 164 #304 February 17, 2012 Quote Quote 1) The student who chopped because the canopy was the wrong colour. All the photos were of red white and blue canopies, so what an orange white and green (or whatever) canopy appeared he decided he wanted another one... Yes, thankyou, I almost did that on my very first jump! Out of all the things that were going on, it was the colour of the canopy that completely threw me. My first reserve ride (hard/no pull main), all proceeded as I was trained until I had finished checking the reserve (square Fury)... I reached a stage of... "OK, now what?" For some reason, I could not make sense of those red things on the back of the risers... I had no idea that the toggles would ever be anything but yellow.After a few seconds I clued in and got back in the game. To this day, I like to show my rigging customers what their canopy, lines, risers and steering toggles look like so they have a clue when/if they need to use it. JWAlways remember that some clouds are harder than others... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #305 February 17, 2012 Anyone ever have a student that just didn't ask any questions? That can't be too smart right? I know I ask way too many, what is this, what is that...how does this work, what if i do that what if I do this? What would you rather have?Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elduderino 0 #306 February 17, 2012 AFF Course,....student fucked up ever single lesson,....was unbeliveble,...did not know the difference between right and left, tryed to pump up the slider in the vertical trainer ect.,.... even intense training did not worked,.... first we where seeking the hidden camera because we thought we getting filmed for "pranked" or something,... in the end after he asked if he can jump now and the instructor told him: " yeah man,...you will jump today!!! you are one of the most awesome students ever!!,...so you dont NEED 2 instructors on AFF level 1,....you are so good that you only NEED 1 instructor!!!"..... ...and then introduced him to a pretty anoyed Tandemmaster,... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flightmonkey 0 #307 April 13, 2012 On my first coach jump (#10), I lost altitude awareness and pulled about 1000 ft low. Decided I wasn't going to make it back to the DZ, so I found a nice long field to land in, turned in for an upwind landing, and at that point casually noted the gazebo full of stacks of plastic chairs and folding tables, and the swimming pool taking up some valuable landing space. Needless to say, the people in the pool were not impressed when I smacked into the gazebo mid-flare, knocking over a few piles of chairs, and tangling my canopy up over the top of it (no injuries woo!). The farmer who owned the field rolled down on his tractor and told me about his visions for a world where skydivers didn't land in his (damn) fields all the time. Sorry dude! Luckily DZ some staff rolled up right then to smooth things out, nothing like a cute lady can turn an old redneck's frown upside-down that quick! My next off landing a few jumps later went much better Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dks13827 3 #308 April 13, 2012 Quote i can't believe that guy seriously went on tv to tell this story and its really wrong that tv producers didn't have an instructor there to publicly address his stupidity! Some people just won't die no matter how hard they try. My fave is watching him float into power lines with all that open field beside him! That idiot is a lawyer in So. Cal now... when some jumpers emailed him about being a dope he replied: F - - - YOU !!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #309 April 13, 2012 wow, the guy is really a lawyer. being smart has nothing to do with skydiving, you just gotta have common sense. like don't fucking fly into a power line.Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
