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Skydiving - The Great Airborne Skydiving Adventure!
By Dorothy Santoro
When I was 18, my dad was finishing up his hours to get his private pilots license. At the time, being 18 and feeling like nothing could ever
happen to me, I felt I would have a lot of fun if I took up the sport of skydiving, a real adrenaline rush. Back then the thought of jumping out of a plane at
anywhere from 10, 000-18, 000 feet , and flying through the air at 120-180 mph, seemed like a perfectly reasonable activity. Keep in mind, I was only 18, and I have
no doubt that my parents had no intention of allowing me to do that, they just had not told me no yet. My dad died of a heart attack, not related to flying, the
next year and I just never got around to taking up skydiving after that. But I still, after all these years, feel a thrill when I watch someone jump out of a plane. After
watching George Bush (senior) go skydiving on his 80th birthday, I feel there may still be time for me. Going to skydiving classes has been on my mind
recently, once again. I no longer have little kids, my youngest is now 22, so I don’t have to worry about him. Now I think it may be my time. A little adrenaline rush
may be just what I need. And I can’t think of a better way to get it. You jump out of that plane, pull your pilot chute and hope it deploys your main canopy,
and if it doesn’t, you just pull the cutaway handle and open your reserve chute. No problem. Then as your gliding across the landscape at around 50 mph, looking
for the dropzone, you drop down right on target. Talk about an adrenaline rush. I can just imagine how it would feel. Going to class is the first step.
Depending on the type of skydiving you want to do - Tandem, Static Line, AFF (accelerated free fall) - you may spend anywhere from an hour to eight hours listening
and watching. There is a lot of complex gear and you need to know how to use it safely. Learning basic physics about how the body and parachute work
together in the air at high speeds, learning how to track, how to work a drogue and how to use an altimeter are all things you need to know, in addition to the AAD
(automatic activation device). There are other freeflying techniques, beyond the basics, that you will want to explore to get the most out of this high flying
sport called skydiving. Modern skydiving is a little more complicated then back in the day when I first became interested in jumping out of planes. Canopy
manipulation is more like paragliding today, as opposed to the old round chute, come down, land and roll back in the day. Getting more advanced skills
means that you will need to learn about the possibility of turbulence, canopy collapse, mid-air collisions and other potential hazards. Even if the risks of skydiving are
relatively low, you need to learn as much as you possibly can to make it as safe as you can. If you want to have the experience of a lifetime, we may meet up
in the air, jumping out of a plane, enjoying an exhilarating experience together. Outdoor Sports are something that will keep you active and young. Extreme sports like Skydiving are definitely an adrenaline rush. | |
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29 Jul 2008 at 6:11pm 23 July 2008 Golden Knights Tandem Jump SRSsarahrstoll
5 min - Jul 29, 2008There are no words....Suffolk, VA. I volunteered to jump out of a plan with the U.S. Army Golden Knights. Picture this: Jumping from a plane at 13,500 feet falling at 123 mph...After I landed my hands were shaking, and I couldn't feel my legs... I'm glad I did it. It was great, but I will never do it again. Breatk out the popcorn and coke and enjoy! Read more...
16 Jul 2008 at 4:44am Skydive (3) with Pilatus PC6 Zebra.ericgoujon
4 min - Jul 16, 2008welcome to the new level et Bienvenu au club para de chalon sur saone, saone et loire, 71, Dijon Bourgogne, en juillet au grand soleil pour une sacree belle journee de parachutisme sportif top cool, plaisir spectaculaire de la chute libre a 4000 metres, et de faire des videos pour le fun de ce moment rare en plein ciel, une certaine maniere de voir la vie et de partager une attitude.. bonne ambiance dans l'avion, parachute dans le dos, merci a Marc Antoine pour les prises de vue en chute, et a Gonzag le pilot du Pilatus Pc6 turbo Porter, avec cette superbe deco afrique Zebre.. pas banal du tout.. en provenance du club para de Pamiers en Ariege, merci a l'artiste peintre pour la decoration, cet avion est venu pour la semaine... sacree soiree egalement... What a nice weather available day for skydiving jump and having fun with this amazing stunning zebra scheme Pilatus PC6 at DZ Chalon spot club Pierre Auvray drop zone made in France, nice pics and video film clip just after exit with the zebra, at dropping 4000 meters altitude, huge and good pleasure with instructor to touch the best level in free fall flight with friend, temperature was ok at this height.. good time with everyone to enjoy life with action, and full smile at night party in club house, stay with us, do not stay home looking TV.. ok.. See you man, for the next one.. The best tribute to the zebra pilatus porter pc6.. Tandem Jump Although some students start with a static-line jump, most students start with a tandem jump. Some companies require at least one tandem jump before freefall jumps. After a short training course on the ground, the instructor and the student board the aircraft, climb to 10,000 feet, leave the aircraft to stand on a step over the wheel, then enter the freefall of a tandem jump. The instructor wears the parachute assembly and the student is attached to the parachute in 4 spots by a harness. The student's back is against the instructor's chest. After a 40 second freefall, the instructor opens the over-sized, square parachute and the student starts maneuvering the parachute back to earth. All students participate in the dive as much or as little as they wish. The landing is stand-up in a soft, grassy field. Accelerated Freefall After one or more tandem jumps, the student receives approximately eight hours of ground training and then jumps with two instructors holding on to him/her. The AFF Course consists of a minimum of seven jumps. The student progresses from two to one to no instructors while learning back loops, turns, and tracking. Each jump is more complex than the previous one. After receiving a logbook certifying completion of the course, the student is ready for large freefall formations, camera jumps, competition jumps, and general exploration of this exciting sport. Other If you are ready to jump into skydiving, be aware of the following: You must be at least 18 years old to participate. You should dress in clothes suitable for the weather plus athletic shoes. You should be in reasonable physical condition to jump. Maximum weight is 235 to 250 pounds for freefall and less for tandem jumps. It is probably best to be under 200 pounds. The latest version of the Pilatus PC-6 is the PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter, a highly robust multipurpose aircraft that is extremely economical to fly and maintain. Its excellent short take-off and landing capabilities (STOL) allow it to operate in environments which are inaccessible to many other aircraft. Some people are used to say PC6 is a Vintage plane..... The PC-6 can be converted quickly and in line with customer needs for a wide variety of different tasks. With its large sliding doors on both sides, the Porter is perfect for paradropping, ambulance transport and cargo/passenger flights. An optional floor hatch enables the installation of cameras or other technical equipment for surveillance flights, photographic missions and laser imaging. Equipped with a tow hook, the PC-6 can also carry out towed flights. Skis enable landings on glaciers and snowfields. Fitted with floats, the PC-6 is equally at home on water. If a sand filter system is installed, the PC-6 can even be operated in the desert or in especially dusty environments. A special tank with a capacity of 1300 litres can be accommodated in the cabin to enable deployment on firefighting missions. Spraying assignments can also be carried out with the addition of certain items of other equipment. The Pilatus Porter began over 45 years ago and looks set to continue well into the future. Read more...
28 Feb 2008 at 7:05pm Danella Lucioni Skydiving with the US Army Golden Knightsjustdanella
6 min - Feb 29, 2008"The Army's Golden Knights are the most professional and highly rated precision parachute team in the entire world. They hold or have held every world title in every category." hells yes 10 lucky people in the entertainment industry / celebrities had the opportunity to jump with the Golden Knights. I was so happy I was one of the lucky ones! It was better than anything you've ever done in your whole life, I guarantee it! :) We flew in a "private" US Army plane, from Long Beach, California, to Yuma, Arizona. We were briefed (Billy you're hilarious), and soon enough we were jumping off of a plane from 13,500 feet (4.12 km)! How amazing is to be airborne, feel so much adrenaline, and just be so free while obeying gravity. We all got a video and photos of the jump. (Ike thank you for the awesome video and sorry about my spaghetti legs haha.) My video: coming soon... Then we had US Army lunch and ate like soldiers. THANK YOU so much US ARMY. You guys have the best jobs in the world. It was an amazing experience. Video and photos: Michael Eitniear. Instructor/tandem partner: Billy V. Organizer: Lt Paul Sinor Jumpers: Dennis Haysbert, Drew Brees, Robert Patrick, Michael Irby, Demore Barnes, Maeghan Albach, Steve Emery, Max Martini, Rachel Zeskind. http://www.justdanella.com Read more...
11 Feb 2008 at 11:59am OPERATION: Bike-Jump-Feasible: First Since WW2dynmicpara
4 min - Feb 11, 2008One of the amazing things our quest for a Soldier's Load solution that began in 1981 and lead us to bicycles in 1990 was that world militaries had used bikes successfully for military operations for over 150 years but that this was hidden from public consciousness by the greedy big weapons MICC-TT racketeers and heroic foot-slogger narcissists in the pre-home computer, pre-internet era! Martin Caidin and Jay Barbree's 1974 book, Bicycles in War is still the best reference to date and you can read it online below: http://www.combatreform.com/atb.htm When we were developing Light Bicycle Infantry (LBI) for today, we knew from Caidin/Barbree that it was DONE in the past and that it was FEASIBLE to jump folding all terrain "mountain" bikes (FATBs)--we just didn't know HOW it was done. Our first stab at it in 1992 was to send a Montague FATB to military free-fall paraguru Chuck Gilbert and have him jump it as an EXPOSED lowering line load connected to an ALICE rucksack from the large side door of a DeHavilland Twin Otter STOL turboprop plane as shown in this Operation Bike-Jump-Feasible video. When military officials were shown this video and still photos (Airborne/SOTB, SF combat developments, U.S. Army Infantry magazine etc.) by the excellent skydiving cameraman with Chuck they went "spastic" that the folded bike was exposed and could snag up on parachute suspension lines in event of a tumbling aircraft exit. We did not at the time know, that the British Paras jumped folded bikes EXPOSED HELD IN THEIR HANDS! It took a WW2 re-enactor to post on the internet actual British Paras jumping folding bikes to learn of this. http://www.combatreform.com/militaryvehicles.htm Undaunted, we asked retired SF MSG and Golden Knight Lee Cashwell to make a padded airdrop bag that I jumped in 1993 for Operation DARK CLAW--which answers forever any jump safety criticisms as well as provides a way for FATBs to be carried strapped to the outsides of ground vehicles. Now what's the hold up? Do we still want to foot-slog? I think some of us do. Not moving very fast is easy on the mind and land navigation taskings. Light Bicycle Infantry in the Boer 1900 war was more mobile and hard-hitting than today's Army or gyrene technodonkey with "100 pounds of lightweight equipment on his back" that can barely break the sound barrier of 1 mph. http://www.combatreform.com/combatlight.htm We should be ashamed of ourselves and wake up and mend our foot-slogging ways. For a peek at a modern LBI, watch the video below of the Swiss Mountain troops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkjpDZ1O4C0 Want to know more about 3D Airborne Maneuver Warfare? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg Read more...
13 Jan 2008 at 9:54pm The real 70s showmaxsmodels
5 min - Jan 14, 2008Found some old Super 8mm films from the late 70s and early 80s. Transferred a few pics. Read more...
19 Sep 2007 at 11:33am Andrew Bonilla Skydivingriverdogwannab
4 min - Sep 19, 2007This is the last video im making of my friend Andrew Bonilla. Its his first tandem skydive which he did on Sept 16, 2007. The reason I made this last video is because I found better pictures of andrew and other family members. Good luck with the Army Andrew. I will hopefully get to see you soon buddy. Video Made by Tony Gaulding(www.myspace.com/ladodgers38) Read more...
18 Sep 2007 at 5:17pm Sequel to Andrew Skydivingriverdogwannab
3 min - Sep 18, 2007Just another video of my friend Andrew Bonilla with pictures(not the best quality but will have to do) His first tandem skydive on Sept. 16, 2007. Some pictures include Me(Tony Gaulding) Sean Sedberry, His dad(Eddie). In the video section is his grandmother whom he is hugging and his mom(Holle)the one standing beside him on the right hand side at the end of the video section. And the video ends with Andrews BIG SMILE. Good Luck with the Army Andrew. Read more...
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