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Postby BFMF » Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:20 am

I've decided that I want to go skydiving this summer. I'm starting to get excited at the the thought of jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft and freefalling at 120 mph and plummeting several thousand feet ;D


Could someone fill me in on some of the details/regulations/rules/costs and what it takes?

Thanks

Btw, how many of you skydive?
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:10 am

Been jumping out of planes since I was 18, so 14 years now! Love it.
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby gaztop » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:00 am

;D ;D First jumped when serving in the armed forces. cant tell you which regiment {security an all that} but I have continued leaping for many years.

An absolute must! I think all politicians should do a jump before going into parliment. It certainly levels the playing field! ;D ;D

By the way, try jumping out the back of a herc, now that IS fun!! ;D ;D
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:35 am

First jump was for charity and cost me about
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby tsunami_KNUW » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:42 am

Never been skydiving, but always wanted to!  ;D
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:39 pm

Never been skydiving, but always wanted to! ;D  


why wait?  ;D ;D

you guys should go over to avsim, theres a model of a "skydiver" and a "parafoil" over there (new ones), I ain't tried them yet but I'll be posting screenies latter  8)
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby BFMF » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:49 pm

It's just not the same ;D
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby tsunami_KNUW » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:32 pm

It's just not the same ;D

Yeah...when my dad still had those jet fighter type sims, I used to play them and would fly real high then eject. That was how I skydived when I was little  ;D
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby Polynomial » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:06 pm

we just had a guy in Australia who was recently murdered when someone cut all the cords attached to his paracute and reserve chute and packed it for him.

as they say there is one difference between sky divers and golfers . . .

One goes Whack!   Damn!

The other goes Damn!    Whack!

skydiving is not for me . . . . .
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:08 pm

I know it aint the same, just thought I'd mention it sinse we were on the subject, and I wouldn't bother down;oading it as its totally uncontrolable
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby Polynomial » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:23 pm

[quote] I know it aint the same, just thought I'd mention it sinse we were on the subject, and I wouldn't bother down;oading it as its totally uncontrolable
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby RichieB16 » Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:03 pm

I'm going to go skydiving one of these days, I have always wanted too and one of my friends does it and loves it.  I'm sure I'll do it sooner or later.
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby RichieB16 » Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:03 pm

I'm going to go skydiving one of these days, I have always wanted too and one of my friends does it and loves it.  I'm sure I'll do it sooner or later.
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby chomp_rock » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:29 pm

Skydiving is fun, when you do it alone. The first 2 times I skydived I had someone strapped to me and it took alot of the fun out of it.
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Re: Skydiving?

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:54 am

The first 2 times I skydived I had someone strapped to me and it took alot of the fun out of it

Depends what she looks like Chomp ;) ;D ;D ;D
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