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Title: I've decided to come out. This is my boring year in video.
Post by: cpxxx on December 18, 2009, 07:17:10 PM

My online name on Aces High is Corsair.

My boss, with whom I have a love hate relationship is a shreckin' genius. He put this video together. I drop skydivers for a living. This video summarises 2009.

In most of the shots I'm flying the plane. But you only see the back of my head. The only clear shot of a pilot is of a dairy farmer my buddy who occasionally flies the jump plane. I'm the guy in the right seat in that one. The music is amazing and appropriate. Most of the jumpers are good buddies of mine. Irish, British, South African, Polish. What a year.

I think I've wathched it about fifty times now.

Here it is: http://www.skydiveireland.ie/gallery.php

Hope you like it.

Title: Re: I've decided to come out. This is my boring year in video.
Post by: 007Rusty on December 18, 2009, 07:24:32 PM

 :aok

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Post by: 68ZooM on December 18, 2009, 07:34:29 PM

Very cool  :aok    I just have a problem with jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.  hehe Countryside looks beautiful.

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Post by: cpxxx on December 18, 2009, 07:58:36 PM

The countryside is beautiful, country Tipperary. Being a city boy, I don't alway appreciate it. But as someone in the right seat of my 'plane said once. 'You get paid to do this?'  Yes, I do. Wow!

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Post by: FireDrgn on December 18, 2009, 11:23:27 PM

Thank you  for sharing  <Salute>  Your video brings back such good memories for me. 

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Post by: gpwurzel on December 19, 2009, 03:29:37 AM

What a beautiful video - the faces on some of the tandem jumps were a tiny bit pale lol..........


Wurzel

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Post by: Heater on December 19, 2009, 10:19:18 AM

Love it!!! :aok

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Post by: John Curnutte on December 19, 2009, 04:08:07 PM

 What beautiful country side . Makes a guy want to vacation in Ireland !
              Nutte :salute

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Post by: Buzzard7 on December 19, 2009, 04:44:01 PM

Quote from: 68ZooM on December 18, 2009, 07:34:29 PM

Very cool  :aok    I just have a problem with jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.  hehe Countryside looks beautiful.

No such thing. It is considered "reasonably airworthy".

Title: Re: I've decided to come out. This is my boring year in video.
Post by: Curval on December 19, 2009, 05:29:18 PM

Just watched it with my 2 boys...we all loved it! :aok

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Post by: deSelys on December 23, 2009, 06:59:57 AM

Cool!

I still remember the same kind of video that StSanta showed to us here, back in 2004. Less than a year later, I was a skydiver too  :cool:


 :aok

Title: Re: I've decided to come out. This is my boring year in video.
Post by: xbrit on December 23, 2009, 07:40:09 AM

I just got scared with the title of the thread !!

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Post by: GFShill on December 23, 2009, 09:52:31 PM

Where do you pack your M1 Garands and invasion maps?

Title: Re: I've decided to come out. This is my boring year in video.
Post by: cpxxx on December 26, 2009, 05:18:35 AM

Quote from: GFShill on December 23, 2009, 09:52:31 PM

Where do you pack your M1 Garands and invasion maps?

We left them out of the video. Didn't want to tip off the enemy :noid

Joking aside, we had some WW2 reenactors come to us for a static line course. A combination 101st airborne and Fallschirmjager which made for an interesting day on the dropzone. They hadn't brought their Garands or MP40s, sadly. They wanted to actually earn the wings they wore and do some actual round chute jumping in Europe this time with a friendly reception.

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Post by: Flench on December 26, 2009, 07:42:47 AM

Oh , I want to jump ! How would one get into being skydiver ? The way I fly I need to learn ...

Title: Re: I've decided to come out. This is my boring year in video.
Post by: cpxxx on December 27, 2009, 05:00:51 AM

Go to www.dropzone.com and find your local dropzone. Take it from there.

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Post by: Flench on December 27, 2009, 08:22:42 AM

Cool , Thx