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« on: August 04, 2012, 11:49:36 AM » |
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I have done hundreds of skydives. Been in several formations, however all the formations I was in were made falling FACE TO EARTH. This formation was built using a new form of the sport called vertical skydiving. When you go vertical (head down) its usually to pick up huge speed to "catch" someone or a formation. Then you flatten out face to earth....not here this is really hard to do They actually suceeded in this formation....It took two days and 15 attempts to get 138 skydivers in the formation falling head down at speeds over 200mph...WOW Notice how quickly the cameraman slowes down when he goes face to earth...it appears he starts going up.......hes just slowing so is realitive motion is up....we call it falling up but its all realitive http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/9451591/Vertical-skydiving-world-record-broken-in-US.html |
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« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2012, 12:34:12 PM » |
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Hey Chris
You and I share a similar history. I made a lot of trips myself to Deland and Zephyr Hills during the 80's and 90's. Is it possible we jumped on some of the same loads? I stopped skydiving after 2k jumps and 12 yrs in the sport as a Drop Zone operator and pilot.
These vertical link-ups of this size seem unfathomable to me. I don't see how they can get a tight enough exit to allow the last divers catch up with a base that is already moving near 200mph in the reduced working time they have at that speed.
A lot of my friends that are still in the sport, like jumping with the new generation wing suits. I find that also incredible, how they can get so much lift and horizontal speed as they do now.
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« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2012, 01:10:41 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2012, 02:54:38 PM » |
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Never understood the reasoning on jumping out of a perfectly good plane, but to each their own.
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2012, 06:40:17 PM » |
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Hey Chris
You and I share a similar history. I made a lot of trips myself to Deland and Zephyr Hills during the 80's and 90's. Is it possible we jumped on some of the same loads? I stopped skydiving after 2k jumps and 12 yrs in the sport as a Drop Zone operator and pilot.
These vertical link-ups of this size seem unfathomable to me. I don't see how they can get a tight enough exit to allow the last divers catch up with a base that is already moving near 200mph in the reduced working time they have at that speed.
A lot of my friends that are still in the sport, like jumping with the new generation wing suits. I find that also incredible, how they can get so much lift and horizontal speed as they do now.
I did my jumping in the military and civillian jumps mostly out west in California never in Dland....... |
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« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2012, 07:14:12 PM » |
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awesome video.........that really llooks hard to do. I got into sport parachuting when I was in my late 40's, I'm now 61. Made 161 jumps at Skydive Houston in Waller Tx. Jump #161 went very wrong, had my first reserve pull. Made a safe landing......sold my gear.....took up kayak fishing.
Actually I still look at skydiving as a fairly safe sport. Lot of training and practiceing for malfunction recovery. When it came time, I went through the proceedures for reserve pull and did a cutaway......reserve pulled automatically. For those who don't know, most modern parachutes are equipped with a Cypress.......a device that when at around 1000 feet, and you are still traveling at terminal velocity, if you are unconcious, knocked out, injured , or just froze up, your cypress will pull your reserve chute mechanism for you, giving you a reserve chute immediately.
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2012, 02:36:54 AM » |
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2012, 05:18:53 AM » |
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Britman, thats nothing more than a dangerous stunt. Not part of the sport......in other words "Dont try this at home" or in other words "Hold my beer watch this........wont usually turn out well" |
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2012, 05:50:48 AM » |
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I'm waiting for the wing suit guy whose going to try and "flare" with a small parachute just before touch down so he can land at a run  |
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 07:38:11 AM » |
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Lil'Bit is in Florida and supossed to make her first jump today. They were going to jump yesterday but the weather was bad. wish I was jumping with her.
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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2012, 02:42:03 PM » |
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Have fun. Its a gasss. I did it in the Military and havent since.
Walked out the back of a C-130, 26K up one fine day in the Phillipines.
It was waaaaay cold.
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2012, 03:03:01 PM » |
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Have fun. Its a gasss. I did it in the Military and havent since.
Walked out the back of a C-130, 26K up one fine day in the Phillipines.
It was waaaaay cold.
Yeah czuch......we did a 25,000 footer here in Fl.......cold is a BIG understatement. We opened at 2,000 for a fall time of 146 sec.........holy cow it was an eternity. We did 4 or 5 seperate skydive formations and still had time left over and just geeked the cameraman.......good thing too because the camera was all froze up so they couldnt prove we were having too much fun.....LOL |
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