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Postby ozzy72 » Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:40 am

My hat is off to this guy, what a legend!
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby Fozzer » Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:37 am

He's a braver man than I am...

...Gunga Din!.... :o ...!

Well done, for his enthusiasm!.... :clap: ...!

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby expat » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:32 am

Fozzer wrote:He's a braver man than I am...!



+1

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby Fozzer » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:55 am

I'll tell you what... ;) ....

..he'll need to get his dentures firmly secured with "Fixodent" (Trade Mark) before he leaps out of that aeroplane... :o ...!

......and wear incontinence pants!....(I would!).... :shock: ...!

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby FoMoCo63 » Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:45 pm

Don't forget the crackers, so the crows leave you alone :) At one period in my life, an 82nd Airborne Division Static line Jumper.
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby expat » Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:21 pm

Fozzer wrote:I'll tell you what... ;) ....

..he'll need to get his dentures firmly secured with "Fixodent" (Trade Mark) before he leaps out of that aeroplane... :o ...!

......and wear incontinence pants!....(I would!).... :shock: ...!

Paul....Into the unknown!.... :oops: ...!


I am thinking full body incontinence suit.............I would be leaking from every bodily orifice all the way down.......Also maybe some sort of protective shield for the poor chap who is tandeming with you.............just in case of leakage..........!

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2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby Fozzer » Sat Aug 23, 2014 4:33 am

Gently sliding out of bed every morning, is the nearest I ever get to leaping into space from high altitudes...

(I leave that daft idea to Ozzy)...

...trust me!.... ;) ...!

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Aug 23, 2014 4:54 am

I've not jumped out of a plane or off a crane for quite a while Paul... maybe its time :-D
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby Fozzer » Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:37 am

ozzy72 wrote:I've not jumped out of a plane or off a crane for quite a while Paul... maybe its time :-D


..flying under an imaginary Golden Gate bridge, in an imaginary Spitfire, using an imaginary Flying program.... ;) ...!

I love doing all sorts of things which don't result in me dying....trust me.... :lol: ...!

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby planephysician » Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:54 am

I'm 51 and I did my first skydive last month in Hawaii from 12,000 ft. It was the most fun I have EVER had. :D Kudos to him. He will have an everlasting smile on his face! :dance:

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby PhantomTweak » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:20 am

I'm 54, and never, ever jumped out of, or off anything I didn't have to. Did rappel off the tower in boot once...closest I ever came to a parachute was in a glider in Calistoga when I was 14 and had just recently solo'd. The tow plane on constant bearing, decreasing range, coaltitude with me never even saw me :scared-eek: :confusion-shrug: ...Anyway, I was able to get away without jumping, although it crossed my mind... :greetings-cya: <<t

I'm with Paul: I'll eject from a Simulated FA-18F without a second thought...from a real one would be a horsefly of an entirely different speciaes, let alone color! :naughty: :naughty:

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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby Hagar » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:50 am

I'm with Fozzer. I'll leave this sort of thing to Ozzy. :shock:
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:35 am

Parachuting, bungee jumping, rock climbing, aerobatics, riding a motorbike at ludicrous speeds, these are all wonderful ways to relax...
What is wrong with you guys? :-D Without adrenalin and danger, where's the fun in life? My kitchen sometimes ends up looking like a war zone... mind you those veggies can be quite aggressive when they want to be? Cucumber bashing, tomato wrestling, cabbage slapping.... it all happens in my kitchen :-D
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby Fozzer » Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:18 am

ozzy72 wrote:Parachuting, bungee jumping, rock climbing, aerobatics, riding a motorbike at ludicrous speeds, these are all wonderful ways to relax...
What is wrong with you guys? :-D Without adrenalin and danger, where's the fun in life? My kitchen sometimes ends up looking like a war zone... mind you those veggies can be quite aggressive when they want to be? Cucumber bashing, tomato wrestling, cabbage slapping.... it all happens in my kitchen :-D


With all his very dangerous activities, I have a feeling that I am going to outlive our Ozzy!... ;) ...!

Paul... :lol: ... :lol: ...!

P.S...I take great care of my "Vegetables"......after all...I've had them for 80 years now!... :whistle:....!
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Re: Pilot wants to parachute

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:53 am

I've had a message this morning from a certain daughter that she wants me to make shepherds pie for dinner. Luckily I'd anticipated this and got all the stuff I needed at the shops yesterday. Now to go mano-a-veggio with some potatoes and onions......
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