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GlassSeeker 
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 Topic: I'm a bird!Posted: August-19-2012 at 7:13am |
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David Small, the World Champion Barefoot waterskier was in town footin with some friends of mine and he wanted to go skydiving and asked me for a ride to the nearby airport. A short time later I found myself jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
     
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fanofccfan
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Posted: August-19-2012 at 11:27am |
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Those are awesome pictures. I did that myself a few years ago(like 25years). I do wish they would have used tandem jumping then. We were tied to a tether that pulled the chute after we jumped. I was so concerned about doing things properly to land safely that I didn't have a lot of time to enjoy the moment. Still glad I had the chance to do it though. Do you think you will do it again?
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Morfoot
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Posted: August-19-2012 at 12:22pm |
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Judging from the pics......you hated it! Good stuff.
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"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"
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GlassSeeker
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Posted: August-19-2012 at 1:10pm |
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He told me: No matter what happens, SMILE!
Yes I'll do it again, it was so much fun. |
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Kristof
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Posted: August-20-2012 at 12:17pm |
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Awesome!!
That's on my bucket list... |
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Hollywood
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Posted: August-20-2012 at 1:22pm |
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I went once, it was so much fun. Unimaginable acceleration and speed.
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Posted: August-20-2012 at 5:03pm |
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I'm imagining 9.8 m/s^2 neglecting air resistance.
Looks like a blast. Always something I wanted to do. |
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Posted: August-20-2012 at 6:29pm |
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We bailed out at 13,000 ft and pulled the cord at 5,000 so there was a nice freefall.
there is a tiny stablizing shute that keeps the tandems from speeding out of control due to the weight, I never even felt it when he deployed it, I did not look up at all, I never even saw the parachute LOL |
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