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  1. JohnMitchell
    Cue the soundtrack by Led Zepplin
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    Having grown up in Texas, all I can say is it sounds like something a damn Aggie would do.
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    Sorry, Nat, but I could totally see this happening to ya. It happened once to my wife.
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    Limited vertical range without dumping lots of valuable Helium, I believe. I had a friend do a TV commercial jumping from a blimp. They wingsuited from like 2 grand, I think.
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    Don't worry, I'll just pretend it's not there (while I get some gnarly shots!!)
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    Isle of Mann, right? Yeah, lots of stuff to hit if you leave the bike. I wouldn't do it.
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    I'll go with ya.
  8. JohnMitchell
    Too cool. How fast do you think he was going?
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    Bingo. Your gravity vector is towards the forward horizon on exit, due to the acceleration of the wind force on your body. We perceive that as the relative wind. You are weightless momentarily on the vertical vector. Now, the slower the exit speed, the less wind force, the lower the G load. Jumping from a Cessna doing 55 mph (extremely slow) would have .25 G load, assuming you had a terminal belly velocity of 110 mph. That's why slow hop and pops feel a little weightless. Nope, no force except for air resistance upwards. Gravity, you say? Naw, I prefer to think of gravity as a curvature of space-time that we perceive as a force, simply because we're usually resisting it. Quit resisting and you feel nothing, including weight.
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    Here's an explanation to the "No zero-G" we're talking about. If you were to jump from a hovering helicopter, stationary balloon or, of course, base jump, you will indeed get a few seconds of weightlessness. Once you accelerate to terminal, the wind pushes on your body just as much as the floor does on the ground (or perhaps visualize laying face down on a mattress, same concept). Therefore you're experiencing the force of 1G. We speak of freefalling as jumping with no static line. Physicists speak of freefalling as falling with no resistance., as in a vacuum.
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    We just downsized this year and I've got a stack of t-shirts I don't have room for. Sure I like 'em, but I've been using too many just a painting clothes and hucking 'em later. Yep, really don't need another t-shirt.
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    I think the packer should be buying. I had a packer give me a total mal on my pull out system once. I assumed they knew how to rig it properly and I didn't double check it. I should have known better.
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    Best of luck to you. If you love your work, you never have to "work" a day in your life. I wish you guys tons of success.
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    It would be better just to use those for getting a little tied up.
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    May they all be so smooth. Glad to hear it went well.
  16. JohnMitchell
    2 fatal, one critically injured.
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    I think the saddest thing is how much she HAD in her life, but still threw it away. I've read of bridge jumpers who survived that said the moment they jumped to kill themselves, they regretted it and wanted to live. God, what a way to clear your head. We all know people that face much bigger challenges of health, severe injuries and disabilities every day. Maybe helping them for a while could change some people's view of how bad their own life was.
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    Hmmm, big playing surface, nice rebound rate. Bouncy house lovin' just might be pretty good.
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    I've owned bikes and rented scooters. Although I hadn't really thought too much about it, scooters really do lack acceleration and really good brakes. Plus, you're perched on the seat instead of straddling it. No real good way to hang on if things get squirrelly. As cute as you'd look on that scooter, you'd be twice as bitchin' on that Honda Rebel. Heck, I think I'll go see if Vskydiver would let ME get one.
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    BEWARE!

    JohnMitchell replied to kallend's topic in The Bonfire

    Ides got no idea what you're talking about.
  21. JohnMitchell
    Local time or Limey Time Both, duh!
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    I've been to a few boogies where some of the locals are jumping but not paying the fee. Okay, fine, no tshirt for you. But then when I see them in the food line. . .
  23. JohnMitchell
    So what does he say when you ask?
  24. JohnMitchell
    3.14/15 9:26:53 Gonna do a shot right then and there.
  25. JohnMitchell
    Well, Vskydiver makes great pies but she's on crutches.