Author Topic: what is the deal with skydivers???? (Read 498 times)

spitfiremkv · « **on:** May 30, 2005, 09:06:19 PM »

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/parafire.html

DiabloTX · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2005, 09:37:55 PM »

Quite obvious to me it was on purpose.

If you have to ask about skydivers then you just wouldn't understand.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2005, 10:09:15 PM »

That's fluff'n CRAZY!

capt. apathy · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2005, 11:09:10 PM »

I don't understand how so many people in this world don't realize that planes come with wheels on them, and that you can actually stay in the plane and make it back to earth.

Raider179 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2005, 11:24:42 PM »

Either it was a setup, seems like he was still very high up when he shot the flare, or he aims like the LAPD.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2005, 06:34:26 AM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy
I don't understand how so many people in this world don't realize that planes come with wheels on them, and that you can actually stay in the plane and make it back to earth.

Guess you missed my reply. Here ya go:

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If you have to ask about skydivers then you just wouldn't understand.

deSelys · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2005, 07:40:17 AM »

It was a stunt. The canopy was dipped into gasoline and set on fire on purpose.

Btw the guy was jumping with a 3-canopies rig: he still had another main and a reserve (or 2 reserves, I'm not sure).

Spit and Capt Apathy, do it once. You need to have at least 1 more plane take-off than landings to be able to answer your question

Diablo how is your brother doing? I realized that he is quite popular in the community, even in Ol' Yurop!

Nilsen · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2005, 07:43:33 AM »

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Originally posted by deSelys

Spit and Capt Apathy, do it once. You need to have at least 1 more plane take-off than landings to be able to answer your question

unless you post here from an airplane..

indy007 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 31, 2005, 07:48:04 AM »

That's from the Fox stuntman reality gameshow they did. You can see the fox logo on the main chute right before the flare lights it up.

john9001 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 31, 2005, 01:17:33 PM »

jump out of a perfectly good airplane??

Yeager · « **Reply #10 on:** May 31, 2005, 01:24:19 PM »

People who skydive should instead donate their organs *before* they ruin them.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 31, 2005, 01:39:29 PM »

Don't need an airplane to have fun

deSelys · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2005, 02:33:37 PM »

LOL Frenchy this is the well known in the BASE community, and rarely for good reasons, Miles D. in his works.
According to experienced BASE jumpers, this stunt was absolutely ill-planned and the lower guy can thank the trees for catching his deploying canopy.

Miles D. is sponsored by Red Bull....proof that energy drinks are not harmless to your brain cells...

DiabloTX · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:17:52 PM »

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Originally posted by deSelys
Diablo how is your brother doing? I realized that he is quite popular in the community, even in Ol' Yurop!

Hehe, which one? Chris retired from the Army back in March of 03 after 3 tours of Afghanistan and 28 years of service. Ted and Tim are still doing Omniskore! but they are both retired from skydiving due to health issues. Ted has decided to become a sailplane pilot whereas Tim (not Ted, hehe inside joke) is an accomplished RC builder and flyer.

Oh, and john9001, show a skydiver a "perfectly good" airplane and they won't jump from it!

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2005, 06:12:33 PM »

I'll definitely try skydiving at least once (tandem or SL) but it just doen't seem like my kind of sport. Every jump only lasts a few minutes, and when I fly I like it to last for a while. Right now I get enough of a trill from flying airplanes.
Working on the PPL, i definitely don't have enough money to get my A license anyway.

oh and skydiving doesn't seem that dangerous, until the law of average catches up with you. either that or you start getting more and more daring, modding your gear-like that French guy, Patrick de Guyardon who met his demise in Hawaii.