Skydiving?

[Reg Braithwaite]

Thought I'd share:

Hmmm, where have I seen this before?

 

[scubagal28]

I went skydiving once and loved it. It was an experience I want to do again but I don't think I could get addicted to it like I'm addicted to diving.

 

[john1bl]

Well I would like to try it at one time. I payed over $3500 to get my commerical pilots licenens to fly a jump plane but to never worked out:depressed: I might go and just pay for a jump one day. OH I was big into flying at the time the skydiving was just a bonus.

 

[fdog]

As someone with just a little bit of experience at skydiving, I can assure you it is very difficult (in time and money, mostly time) to stay on top of your game at both, at the same time.

It's like 1+1=3.

Fun, though. I wouldn't give up jumping with my team, the Pacemakers, for anything.


All the best, James

 

[BTravlin]

I've always wanted to try it since I think it would have to be an awesome experience but have to admit I find it somewhat scary at the same time. One of these days I may get up the nerve to actually try it and I'll see what happens when I'm in the door.

 

[Missdirected]

I've always wanted to try it since I think it would have to be an awesome experience but have to admit I find it somewhat scary at the same time. One of these days I may get up the nerve to actually try it and I'll see what happens when I'm in the door.

You've got to do it at least once! that door was always the "worst" bit for me. Before it was fine. After the plunge out the door - fine. That sitting at the door - ooof.

 

[bdshort]

It's something I really want to do someday, but haven't really had a great opportunity to do it. One day though!!

 

[BTravlin]

You've got to do it at least once! that door was always the "worst" bit for me. Before it was fine. After the plunge out the door - fine. That sitting at the door - ooof.

I'm thinking I would be the same as you. There's only one way to find out for sure though!

 

[tfsails]

I spent a couple of summers dropping skydivers on weekends while waiting for that dream airline job to open up before I suddenly became a single parent in the late '70s. Since being an airline pilot isn't conducive to single parenthood, I decided to keep my temporary airplane fixin' job and ended up retiring from it.

I admit to having pilot's disease: why jump out of a perfectly good airplane when you can land it?
I also admit to the only thing stopping me from jumping back then was the fact that I have two bad knees and one bad ankle from playing football (and skiing) and I could just see me trashing something landing in a hole in the field or something like that. I dropped a skydiver once who blew her PLF and trashed her ankle badly enough to end her military career. That wasn't too cool.

If I were younger and could be guaranteed to fly a square rig instead of the round canopies they used back then I'd jump in a heartbeat.

P.S. It is really cool to bank the airplane into the open door and watch the jumpers get smaller...

 

[rawls]

I sky dived for about 2 years non-stop. As someone said, it is very addicting. I haven't jumped in several years but I still have my parachute and all of my gear just in case one day I want to get back into it. Right now however, diving and teaching it is my passion. I recall...What was that movie with Patrick Swayze and Keano Reeves...or however you spell his name...Point Break I think the name of the movie was. Swayze took Reeves on a skydive and he said it was 100% pure adrenaline. He was right on...