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Have you ever made a fool of yourself at a new D.Z.??
usedtajump replied to steve1's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Oh God, talk about embarrassing, the first time I ever jumped at a big DZ was at Z-Hills in 1979 when I had 60 jumps. I had gotten my rig back from the rigger the night before from a reserve repack, did a hurried reinstall of the main, packed and got on a private jet in Dallas heading to Tampa with dreams of skydiving glory in my head. Finally got to Z Hills, got on a DC-3 load organizer load, exited with the wrong group, opened with my canopy in backward, landed waaaay off the DZ, hiked back to my car, went back to my hotel and did other things besides skydiving that weekend. The older I get the less I care who I piss off. -
Followed a red tailed hawk for about 20 seconds under canopy one time. Usually birds will fly away from you if they see you but this one didn't. Speaking of birds, I've been wondering lately that if there had never been birds in the history of the world or any other flying animal, would humans have ever come up with the concept of flght?? The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Done several demo H&Ps from under 1500' and one from 800'. No big deal, parachute opened the same as from 14,000. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Hmmm, used to pick "shrooms" in the cow pasture next to old Spaceland and got "blown away" several times The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Well, that pretty well sums it up for me about being an instructor. Just seemed no matter how you tried, you were always preceived as being on one side or the other no matter how hard you tried to stay out of any given situation or how much you didn't give a shit about whatever petty, egotistical, childishly possessive, issue of non importance that came up. After 20 years and 5000+ jumps, my last jump, and I didn't know it would be until I landed, was a demo jump six years ago. When I landed, I just suddenly had no further desire to skydive, gave the team leader his gear back and have never been to a DZ since. Guess for me, besides DZ politics, it just wasn't worth the effort anymore, kinda got boring. I still like to keep up with what's happening sorta and this website is very good for that. Still have no desire to ever jump again though. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Bombay Saphire Martini, dirty, straight up. UMMMMM The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Damn Billvon, reading your wingsuit story is enough to make an old skydiver want to come out of retirement The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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After being involved in private jet charter for 17 years, I got fed up with it and quit. I turned my skydiving hobby into a full time job, being AFF & Tandem rated. Two years later I was begging to get back into jet aircraft charter. IMHO, skydiving was to weather dependent and political to count on much of a living. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Any current or former Yazoo / Circle M skydivers
usedtajump replied to Rixterman's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I used to jump with John Mitchell in Dallas who used to be at Circle M. He had a Cessna 182 N**64G that still had the Circle M logo in the back of the cabin. John moved back to the Gulfport area about a year ago but don't know if he was going to try to start something back up skydiving wise. 64G is still being used for skydiving in the Dallas area at Caddo Mills Airport. The older I get the less I care who I piss off. -
QuoteBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. . No arrogance in skydiving? Yeah, right!!!! The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Used the spray twice three weeks ago on a Thursday and once on Friday and that Friday night I couldn't taste my beer or pizza The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Yeah, it was the Zicam homeopathic spray and I haven't used it since. I did try the gel swabs before that with no ill effect. There is an up side to my woes though, my cold didn't last anytime at all
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Please, please, please do not use a cold remedy called Zicam, a homeopathic zinc nasal spray. I used it three weeks ago and have not been able to smell or taste since and my doctor is not very optimistic that this is a temporary situation, either. After doing some research on the internet, there seems to be many others that have had the same experience even to the point of a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer. Please my brothers and sisters, DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!!!!! The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Saw a student come down from an AFF level 5 jump and he said his chest strap came loose as he was opening. After the dive the video that was shot just before boarding the aircraft was reviewed and you could see that the chest strap was routed over the buckle instead of through it. When asked who geared him up, the student said that he did it himself. When confronted about this the instructor said he had observed the gearing up and didn't notice anything wrong. Three gear checks later by 2 other instructors, the student got aboard the aircraft with an improperly routed rig. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Had one do that with me on a 4 way when i had about 800 jumps. Didn't know anything was wrong until the rig suddenly slid down passed my elbows. Bent both arms just in time to catch it and get it back above my elbows, threw the pilot chute and hugged my chest as tight as I could. As much as I'd like to think it was the rig's fault, it was pretty obvious that I did a crappy preflight. Not only did I almost kill myself, I screwed up the skydive for the other folks Have someone give you a gear check before boarding and a pin check before exiting, doesn't take long and people are always glad to do it. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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There used to be a commuter airline in Dallas that flew Herons, worked with a guy that flew for them and I saw them several times at Love Field. Watched a Dove taxi into a Piper Cherokee 140 one day and it took the nose off the Cherokee when the portside prop struck it. As far as skydiving out of a Heron, someone back in the early 80s told me about jumping one and how hard it was to get tight exits because a spar that was about a foot high ran thru the rear of the cabin. Might have been the same aircraft that you are refering to. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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11 years old. Elvis with Marty Robbins opening. 1956, Sportatorium, Dallas Texas The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Yep, it's part pf the training process. Doesn't mean you can't have a little fun at someone else's expense though The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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I have over 200 jumps as passenger doing tandem certification courses. Not so bad once you get used to it. Also, its a lot of fun to mess with the guy in back by tumbling exits, de arching, etc The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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As a Strong tandem examiner, a friend of mine wanted to get his tandem rating from me and wanted me to take him up as a tandem passenger just to see if he would like it before enrolling in the course. Well, he had all the qualifications for the rating except a cutaway and you can guess what's coming next. We had a spinning malfunction, tangled steering line IIRC, and since he needed a cut away and he had chicken handles on, I let him do the honors The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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That's what you get Larry for fucking a perfect stranger in the ass. See Larry, THAT'S (wham) WHAT (wham) YOU (wham) GET FOR FUCKING A STRANGER IN THE ASS!!!!! The scene from The Big Lebowski where the Corvette is beaten to crap with the crowbar. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Anyone remember "Agent Orange"? The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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I got to jump Travolta's DC3 at Cooledge at one of the Haloween Boogies in the mid 80s. IIRC, it still had some of the executive interior in it with a lamp on the table. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Texas, lake jumps, 1983. A "known base jumper" who was also a regular at our drop zone took a static lined 20' round reserve out of a Cessna 206 going full speed across the lake at 150'. Opened horizontally, swung to vertical immediatly touching down in the water. What balls he had!! The older I get the less I care who I piss off.
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Meeting Russ Gunby & jumping with Cheryl Stearns t a meet in Seagoville, TX in 1980. Also, later on that day, going four rounds of accuracy tied with Cheryl Stearns until we got weathered out. Never got to finish the event. The older I get the less I care who I piss off.