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Post by Brass Rat » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:45 am

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352477,00.html
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Post by BOLOMK1 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:06 am

Readinging that reminded me of old Burt Lancaster movie,"The Gypsy Moths" (a winged suit was a plot device) and TV show "Ripcord" that got me interested in skydiving as a kid.

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Post by Aughnanure » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:35 am

What next?

My youngest daughter throws herself out of perfectly serviceable aircraft and sends me photos of herself and friends holding hands as they plummet Earthwards with insane grins on their faces.

I can imagine what it'll be like if she gets one of these. :roll:
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Post by Niner Delta » Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:42 pm

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Post by BOLOMK1 » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:10 pm

When I was young and foolish..........

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Plane is a Beech D-18 (sorta a War Bird),'chute was a shortlined Para-Commander,my first high performance before I got a square.

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:35 am

..........jumps out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft that is not on fire, allowing a piece of material made by a worm to deposit them safely on tera firma!

I rest my case :cool:
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Post by Niner » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:29 am

At least out West you didn't have many trees that you could run into when landing.

On second thought....any cactus in that drop zone?
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Post by BOLOMK1 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:09 pm

Nope,no cactus.Nice DZ.Is at the Spearfish/Black Hills Regional Airport.

Same place my Dad took pictures at in the '30s.

John :bigsmile:
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Post by Grubber » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:13 am

I would volunteer for testing but it needs some wing mounted weaponry!!

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Post by Brass Rat » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:31 pm

John, didn't they used to call those Beech's Bamboo Bombers?
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