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I just put a video called chutes and Parasails up on skydiving movies.com that is relevant to this thread. If someone not so technically challenged as myself would put a link to it up here, some might find it interesting. Zing Lurks

There are several recorded cases of that. One or two WWII flyers who jumped out of burning aircraft without parachutes, a Russian flight attendant who was blown out of an airliner. A fellow on a demo in Alaska went in next t a parking lot into a pile of snow and survived with only a crushed heel and broken fingers ... I'd bet there are a few others, but I wouldn't count on being kucky like these folks were. Zing Lurks

Well, I had good fun on all the attempts ... Vicki said she did too. About all I can say was that we did it, but can't claim it was the hottest sexual escapade ever ... at least until we got to the ground. Probably the most diificult thing is to stay "in." There's no leverage to be had and the tumbling doesn't help. We just thought of it as taking the old in-out to new heights. Zing Lurks

I've got an interesting video that shows a variety of rounds, squares and parasails attempting to be towed or tethered. If someone could pm me the method for putting it on a post, I'd be happy to to do so. The outcomes on all are painful looking. Zing Lurks

Contact Dan Poynter .. he's in the business and used to dealing with skydivers. Zing Lurks

" ... and pretty much everyone was afraid of God" Yeah sure ... they were so afraid they crucified the poor bastard. Hey buddy, would you mind crossing your ankles for me, we're running short of nails today. Zing Lurks

The thing that amazed me was that there weren't multiple shootings of the police officers who were doing the confiscating. Just try and take my guns away ... there's going to be a battle! Zing Lurks

I think I posted this somewhere else in a forum, but many years ago at Ghoulidge a willing lady friend and our pilot flew us for several tries at the, then, coveted Balled In Free Fall number (BIFF#). It took several attempts and finally required getting "hooked up" in the airplane before exit, as appears to be the case in the photo posted here. She got number 3, I got number 4. We did have to finish the act on the ground before strolling back to the hangar. I can't remember who was in charge of issuing the cards and numbers. I've looked around for the card and can't seem to find it anymore, but I remember the jumps very well. Sport Death Zing Lurks

Not as unlikely as you might think ... dust devils can pack a helluva wallop. Years ago at Ghoulidge our Cessna 182 11Dildo was parked on the ramp in front of the main hangar. dEd Dugan and myself were about 100 feet away when a dust devil came through and stood the airplane on its nose ... No shit-there I was. Zing Lurks

Years ago there was a magazine about jumping called Spotter, published somewhere back east. Around the mid-70s, the magazine started a feature called the "Funky Frapp." They solicited stories about frapping (bouncing, or Going in). dEd Dugan promptly rounded up a bunch of photos of actual bounces, sent them in and posed the question to the editors, "Do you see anything funky about these?" They were never published ... the Funky Frapp column disappeared. Somewhere in a box of skydiving stuff is a photo dEd gave me of a poor fellow whose brain squirted out his ear on impact. The carcass is next to some desert brush, the brain about four feet away ... with a thought ballon that says, "Shit ... that's the last time I hum it with Zing." Zing Lurks

I think it was Scratch that said, "Humming it's a rush ... but there's no future in it." Zing Lurks

Life is but death begun ... everyone owes a death. Zing Lurks

Years ago at Ghoulidge a bunch of us from the dz headed into town where there was a roller skating rink. Oft times we were more than just drunk ... rolling rw ... the ten-way wedge intimidated the other skaters too much for management ... crack the whip was banned after someone came off the end and took out the refreshment stand. I ran into the owner one day at Tag's Cafe ... we'd be welcome to rent the hall for private parties, says he, but no more skydivers during general admission hours. Oh well. Zing Lurks

Best of both worlds ... fly to the dropzone, make a few leaps, fly home = great day Zing Lurks

Did my first solo in a Luscombe in 1971. My instructor said that if you can fly a Luscombe, you can fly any airplane. Truly enjoyed that airplane. Zing Lurks

"Hey Rocky ... watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat." Zing Lurks

I've long admired Garrison Keillor's writing, and speaking, ... he's a gifted wit who can turn a phrase. Anyone ever hear his comments before and after he moved to Sweden? I'm fairly certain he's happy to be back here where he can make his political commentary, thereby earning income ... and getting to keep the majority of it too. Zing Lurks

'Was the person who wrote these things on drugs or what?..." Rod Serling ???? 60s ... whaddaya think? Zing Lurks

I flew them a bunch of loads at Elroy during the last World Cup there. One of them had an almighty crash landing with helicopter rides, sirens, bells and whistles and all that paramedic stuff. I think I flew the load, landed and they shut down all the airplanes to medivac her out. One who saw the landing said it didn't look good for her. A couple days later she was back at DZ and jumping again real soon. I was impressed! Zing Lurks

Anybody remember the Mork (Robin Williams) and Mindy Show, when Jonathon Winters appeared as Mork's offspring? It became a glimpse into the dark side of genius for Williams and led to a complete break from reality for Winters. The two are arguably in the very top echelon of comic genius. I've seen both, live and in person, and left both shows in pain from laughing so hard. Winters has had a life-long struggle with, for lack of a better term, mental health that periodically took him off performing ... one of the reasons he isn't as well known as many of his peers. Both men have done interviews where they discussed their work together on the sitcom. Winters once said, "I'm not very funny when I'm sane." Williams expressed concerns that watching Winter's lose touch with reality was like looking into his own future. According to the show's production staff, it was a tragic breakdown for both comics, but the interplay and adlib between the two was so hilarious that no one saw the fall coming until it was too late. Pity the poor cop that has the misfortune of pulling over a drunken, verbally abusive Robin Williams. I hope Williams' "recovery" goes well. Zing Lurks

Nonsense ... according to Connie Crater, "girls fart butterflies." She's one of my favorite pilots and heas held her own against Bullit and dEd Zing Lurks

Up and at em ... its Atom Ant! Zing Lurks

That was, um, ... scary Zing Lurks

Loves the Zingstrom you hate Zing Lurks

After getting knocked ass over teakettle by an automobile that sped off w/o stopping, I called the police, responding officer was given make, model and license number of car and after the fourth time officer mcdickhead asked, "what do you want me to do about it?" I told him to go ahead on back to the donut shop, I'll take care of it myself. He didn't like it much, and left, no police report ever filed. I can state from personal experience that if a judge ever asks you, "Do you know what a judge is?" The wrong answer is, Yes your Honor, generally they are lawyers who couldn't make it in private practice. Zing Lurks