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Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: eskimo2 on December 06, 2006, 08:13:18 PM
This is not a thread about parachuting a cat.

I would never have been involved with anything like that.

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_1.jpg)
This is not a cat wearing a homemade jumpsuit, harness and crash helmet.  This picture was not taken in the radome of a USAAF Nike Missile site (Circa - 1982).  I would never have trespassed on military property.  I have never owned New Balance shoes.  I did, however, own a black cat.  

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_2.jpg)
This is not a cat being lowered out of the access window of a missile site radome.

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_3.jpg)
If this is a cat dangling from the access window of a missile site radome, I'm sure that he must have climbed out on his own.  Cats like heights.  

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_4.jpg)
That is not a 13' Hefty Bag & packing tape parachute coming out of that window.

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_5.jpg)
Once again, this is not a cat parachuting from the radome of a USAAF Nike Missile site.  I never owned or driven a Jeep Wagoneer.

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_6.jpg)
I do not know and have never met the person who is about to catch whatever that is.

(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_7.jpg)
I think that's really a UFO.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: bsdaddict on December 06, 2006, 08:14:59 PM
:rofl
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Ack-Ack on December 06, 2006, 08:20:01 PM
(http://hallbuzz.com/good_old_days/old_alaska/paracat_1.jpg)


He looks really pissed off.


ack-ack
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: nickf620 on December 06, 2006, 08:21:02 PM
omg that was hilarious
:rofl
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Mark Luper on December 06, 2006, 08:22:51 PM
I suppose this post begs the question: WHY?

The cat did not seem too enthused with the whole idea according to the first picture.

Had the cat requested the opportunity to parachute out of a radome?

New form of animal torture?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

Mark
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: eskimo2 on December 06, 2006, 08:25:30 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Mark Luper
I suppose this post begs the question: WHY?

The cat did not seem too enthused with the whole idea according to the first picture.

Had the cat requested the opportunity to parachute out of a radome?

New form of animal torture?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

Mark


Like I said, I know nothing.  I would never have been involved with anything like that.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: 47Hooker on December 06, 2006, 09:14:39 PM
See Rule #7
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: ByeBye on December 06, 2006, 09:22:38 PM
you should post that on your church website.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Ack-Ack on December 06, 2006, 09:56:22 PM
It's nice to see that the cat at least took the proper safety procautions and wore a helmet and other safety gear.  Most felines today are all about the adrenaline rush and forgo the proper safety gear.


ack-ack
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: FBBone on December 06, 2006, 11:12:40 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
It's nice to see that the cat at least took the proper safety procautions and wore a helmet and other safety gear.  Most felines today are all about the adrenaline rush and forgo the proper safety gear.


ack-ack



 :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: DREDIOCK on December 06, 2006, 11:44:20 PM
LMAO!!

Does he waterski too?
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Flyboy on December 07, 2006, 04:06:21 AM
i wonder how many scratchs it costed to "suit up" that cat :D
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Nilsen on December 07, 2006, 04:18:13 AM
:rofl
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: deSelys on December 07, 2006, 04:35:42 AM
This cat has already his first B.

He still has to jump from an antenna (A), a bridge (S) and a cliff (E) and he may apply for his BASE number.


:aok



OTOH, jumping out of a perfectly good missile radome is beyond me....
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Saintaw on December 07, 2006, 04:53:40 AM
those don't look like 1980s shoes at all... :noid
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Hornet33 on December 07, 2006, 05:12:39 AM
Someone needs to post that on PETA's website. Should be good for some mileage with those knuckel heads.:aok
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Regular on December 07, 2006, 08:51:04 AM
They still used B/W cameras in the 80's?
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Mace2004 on December 07, 2006, 09:53:31 AM
Ah, another state secret blown.  

This was the first test of a new detainee interrogation technique.  You can tell it was only a test because 1) there are no known feline WOT detainees and 2) there's a parachute.  The parachute was to ensure the safety of the test subject, it's not part of the actual interrogation technique.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Maverick on December 07, 2006, 10:17:31 AM
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Originally posted by Regular
They still used B/W cameras in the 80's?


It's not the camera that's black and white (except possibly externally) it's the film. Yes they still use B&W film in this decade too.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Phaser11 on December 07, 2006, 11:05:11 AM
Eskimo2
You are just the sort of person we are looking for in the Leper Colony. You find the information that is important to all! Of course if you of found one where the parachute did not open we would have amde you the comander!

:aok
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: JB88 on December 07, 2006, 01:00:30 PM
(88 looks in)

pardon me, sorry to interupt, but has anyone seen my cat?
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: FBBone on December 07, 2006, 05:43:44 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB88
(88 looks in)

pardon me, sorry to interupt, but has anyone seen my cat?


He muttered something about "test Pile-its"  and "doing it for the glory", and then stomped out........................
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: lukster on December 07, 2006, 06:07:50 PM
Reminds me of something I saw a while back. Someone created a hovering perpetual motion machine by strapping a piece of buttered toast (buttered side up) to a cat's back. Since toast always lands butter side down when dropped and cat's always land on their feet, the cat just hung in the air spinning about a foot off the ground when dropped.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: cpxxx on December 07, 2006, 08:01:52 PM
No wonder the cat looks p***sed. He doesn't need a parachute.
See this
Cats fly (http://www.petplace.com/cats/why-cats-land-on-their-feet/page1.aspx)

I heard one story of a cat jumping out of a Piper Cub in the pattern. The pilot found it sitting at the side of the runway waiting for him after landing. I'm not sure what this says about the cat's view of the pilot's abilities to land safely:rofl
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: lasersailor184 on December 07, 2006, 09:13:47 PM
It's the rushing sound I've heard that causes cats not to get hurt when falling.

Same thing with pot heads.  A pair of pot heads were smoking on the roof of our gym.  One fell off.  He was so stoned, that the rushing air sound relaxed him, and he flopped when he hit the ground.  He wasn't hurt.
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: Mace2004 on December 07, 2006, 09:53:04 PM
Quote
Originally posted by lasersailor184
It's the rushing sound I've heard that causes cats not to get hurt when falling.

Same thing with pot heads.  A pair of pot heads were smoking on the roof of our gym.  One fell off.  He was so stoned, that the rushing air sound relaxed him, and he flopped when he hit the ground.  He wasn't hurt.


You didn't even get a scratch?;)
Title: This is NOT a Thread about Parachuting a Cat.
Post by: ByeBye on December 07, 2006, 10:10:17 PM
Quote
Originally posted by cpxxx
I heard one story of a cat jumping out of a Piper Cub in the pattern. The pilot found it sitting at the side of the runway waiting for him after landing. I'm not sure what this says about the cat's view of the pilot's abilities to land safely:rofl



:lol


That's funny.