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« on: December 28, 2020, 08:26:57 PM » |
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Never ask a geek 'Why?',just nod your head and slowly back away...  IBA# 22107 VRCC# 7976 VRCCDS# 226 1998 Valkyrie Standard 2008 Gold Wing Taxation is theft. μολὼν λαβέ |
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Tundra
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2020, 03:24:48 AM » |
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Very nice, good wife  |
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If you can't be a good example: be a WARNING!!
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2020, 05:12:45 AM » |
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Gonna tell ya sumpin I recently told daprez-Ross-My Brother. Do NOT lose that Very Special LADY ya got there!  She Is a KEEPER! Visited My Brother when he was still at Ft. Hood Texas. Drove a one way car there and flew back. Shuttle from Killeen to D F W was a DC 3/C 47. T T A. Trans Texas Airways. Or as the Soldiers called it-tree top airways!  And I found out-those Guys Were CORRECTAMUNDO. Yeah-you Did detect a bit of the green eyed monster in me!  RIDE SAFE. |
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2020, 05:54:38 AM » |
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WOW that is really cool what a gift and what a way to see the area. Were you able to walk side to side or did you need to remain seated? Either way still really a great experience. |
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henry 008
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2020, 06:49:14 AM » |
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Serk
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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2020, 06:53:58 AM » |
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Trans Texas Airways.
Heh yup! That's the very airline my dad frequented back in the day... Were you able to walk side to side or did you need to remain seated? Either way still really a great experience.
It was setup with two columns of seats on the left side, and open area on the right. You needed to be seated/buckled for takeoff and landing, but once at "cruising" altitude you could get up, walk around, or, as I did, plop down by a window and gaze out the entire flight. They banked hard to the right over the sites to see so the best view was had by getting up and sitting by a window...  |
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2020, 06:57:53 AM » |
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Ain't technology cool? I checked the GPS logs on my phone, here's the flightpath we took:  |
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Oss
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2020, 08:36:09 AM » |
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you did not jump from the plane?
That is a cool gift
I loved going up in the b17 (fortunately a month before the crash)
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If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
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When you come to the fork in the road, take it
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Valkorado
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Gunnison, Colorado (7,703') Here there be twisties.
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2020, 08:39:37 AM » |
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Oh wow! The post title didn't draw me in, I was kinda thinking meh. You saw more Christmas lights in a night than many of us will see in a lifetime! |
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Rams
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So many colors to choose from yet so few stand out
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2020, 08:49:49 AM » |
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Did she bring her chute?
Night jumps are kind of cool, scary but cool.
Rams
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VRCC# 29981
Learning the majority of life's lessons the hard way.
Every trip is an adventure, enjoy it while it lasts.
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2020, 09:02:23 AM » |
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You mentioned it, but I bet it was noisy as hell.
Closest ride for me was the C130..... WHAT?
Amazing to consider that was the large transport for all of WWII.
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« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2020, 02:29:26 PM » |
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Very cool. Great old airplane. They fly great in ground effect too - I had to do a quick climb once to avoid a shrimp boat.
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Serk
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« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2020, 07:51:48 PM » |
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Did she bring her chute?
Night jumps are kind of cool, scary but cool.
Rams
Heh, we went with her competitive skydiving team, the plane was full of skydivers and their, er.... cheerleaders... No parachutes were allowed on board, but they're working on getting the plane over to the DZ for a boogie sometime for jumps from it... All of us, in the team jersey's (The team is the Flying Unicorn Circus... In Training..... Pay no heed to the initials... )  And just the team members:  (Side brag - never thought I'd be married to an extreme athlete with a corporate sponsor! Their team got their first official sponsor today... Wooo!) You mentioned it, but I bet it was noisy as hell.
It actually wasn't as loud as I was expecting. We were able to have basic conversations, with a little yelling and a lot of "Huh?"'s.... They did hand out hearing protection before the flight, but almost no one took advantage of it... Very cool. Great old airplane. They fly great in ground effect too - I had to do a quick climb once to avoid a shrimp boat.
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Rams
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So many colors to choose from yet so few stand out
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« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2020, 08:50:38 PM » |
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So Serk, when will you be taking your first jump? I've got 5 static line civilian and 93 freefall jumps along with the five military bail outs. I said previously that night jumps were scary. I know this because most of my jumps were in the dark. Not because the sun had set but because my eyes were closed tight as I exited the aircraft.  Have always been afraid of heights. It is, what it is. Rams |
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VRCC# 29981
Learning the majority of life's lessons the hard way.
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Serk
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« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2020, 09:02:37 PM » |
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So Serk, when will you be taking your first jump?
I'm one and done.....  Loved it. Everything was awesome, but... After landing, going back to the hangar, I got violently ill..... But.... The door was open, and I willingly went out the door..... Once..... |
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Rams
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So many colors to choose from yet so few stand out
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« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2020, 09:05:21 PM » |
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Excellent. |
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VRCC# 29981
Learning the majority of life's lessons the hard way.
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« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2020, 06:33:00 AM » |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2020, 06:42:20 AM » |
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You're not going to get me to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. We did all kinds of chute related training while I was at Pensacola (especially "over water related"), and I felt like I would know what to do and survive if it came down to it, but I really did not ever want to put that training to actual use ( especially the helo dunker).
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« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2020, 06:48:22 AM » |
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Valkorado
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« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2020, 04:33:14 PM » |
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So Serk, when will you be taking your first jump?
I'm one and done..... Loved it. Everything was awesome, but... After landing, going back to the hangar, I got violently ill..... But.... The door was open, and I willingly went out the door..... Once..... Good on you. Can't see myself doing that. I'm a big terra firma guy. |
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« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2020, 05:18:12 PM » |
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So why does the person that will hit the ground first not have a helmet on?
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Serk
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« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2020, 05:30:21 PM » |
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So why does the person that will hit the ground first not have a helmet on?
The helmet is mostly to make sure the skydiver remains conscious on exit and deployment of the canopy (Or if there's any mid air collisions, keep in mind there's a 3rd skydiver with us taking the pics and video). Don't want the person that knows what they're doing getting knocked out cold, the tandem student is basically just ballast. And we really kinda hit the ground at the same time. Poor guy; the bigger the tandem student (Me) the smaller the tandem instructor has to be. So I was wearing this tiny little dude like a backpack, and when we landed, I basically landed on him... (And yes, being a native Texan, I skydived in cowboy boots...  )  |
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« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2020, 08:27:31 PM » |
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So Serk, when will you be taking your first jump?
I'm one and done..... Loved it. Everything was awesome, but... After landing, going back to the hangar, I got violently ill..... But.... The door was open, and I willingly went out the door..... Once..... So, then this song could more or less describe your expereince? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9gZWnwr0ZM |
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Serk
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« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2020, 09:02:01 PM » |
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That was greatness!!! Tarynn's sharing it to all her skydiving groups, thanks! |
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