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The young skydiver
Oct 7, 2021 16:21:32 #
You can never start them off to young........this is a photo with my grandson up front and personal nearly ready for his first jump.
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Oct 7, 2021 16:28:56 #
I am hoping you are kidding.
Nice photo.
It’s been fifty years but I did that myself a few times.
Nice photo.
It’s been fifty years but I did that myself a few times.
Oct 7, 2021 16:32:58 #
BassmanBruce wrote:
I am hoping you are kidding.
Nice photo.
It’s been fifty years but I did that myself a few times.
Nice photo.
It’s been fifty years but I did that myself a few times.
You hope I am kidding?!?!?!? Do you really think I would use my Photoshop skills and tweak a photo to find humor (make that "twisted" humor) in a photograph? Would I really do that? How well do you know me?!?!?!?
Thanks Bruce for saying it's a nice photo. I appreciate it!
I would guess that skydiving has changed in fifty years, yes?
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Oct 7, 2021 17:12:13 #
BrentHarder wrote:
You hope I am kidding?!?!?!? Do you really think I would use my Photoshop skills and tweak a photo to find humor (make that "twisted" humor) in a photograph? Would I really do that? How well do you know me?!?!?!?
Thanks Bruce for saying it's a nice photo. I appreciate it!
I would guess that skydiving has changed in fifty years, yes?
Thanks Bruce for saying it's a nice photo. I appreciate it!
I would guess that skydiving has changed in fifty years, yes?
I do not know you and therefore do not wish to state yes or no to any of your questions. OTOH, in DD I detect a slight difference in the skin tone and even the surface texture between the face and the neck of the "child" giving me the impression that quite possibly it could be a composite. Not making an accusation, just a comment on how I see things.
Oct 7, 2021 17:23:28 #
Oct 7, 2021 17:25:31 #
I would suspect that you went along just for the ride and photographs inside the plane.
I actively participated in sky diving over a period of two years back in the late 70s. Yup, I miss it.
It wasn't my first adventure, but the first that took place removed from the surface of the earth.
--Bob
I actively participated in sky diving over a period of two years back in the late 70s. Yup, I miss it.
It wasn't my first adventure, but the first that took place removed from the surface of the earth.
--Bob
BrentHarder wrote:
You can never start them off to young........this is a photo with my grandson up front and personal nearly ready for his first jump.
This is best viewed in download mode.
This is best viewed in download mode.
Oct 7, 2021 18:16:43 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I do not know you and therefore do not wish to state yes or no to any of your questions. OTOH, in DD I detect a slight difference in the skin tone and even the surface texture between the face and the neck of the "child" giving me the impression that quite possibly it could be a composite. Not making an accusation, just a comment on how I see things.
PhotogHobbyist, I know you don't know me, but I will give you some insight: I like to joke around and especially on April Fools Day. I try to be light hearted and make people smile. Also note that I would never do an April Fools day joke that would hurt or harm anyone in any way. My children know me as the "Riddlemaster" and always have a joke or riddle at the tip of my tongue. My grandkids are getting old enough to be included in my jokes.
You are right about me messing with the photo. My grandson was never in the plane! Good catch!
I'm attaching the original before I put my grandson's face in the helmet.
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Oct 7, 2021 18:17:55 #
Susan yamakawa wrote:
Was skydiving your first adventure? 🤩🤩🤩💕
My oldest son has skydived but I have never done it.
Oct 7, 2021 18:20:54 #
rmalarz wrote:
I would suspect that you went along just for the ride and photographs inside the plane.
I actively participated in sky diving over a period of two years back in the late 70s. Yup, I miss it.
It wasn't my first adventure, but the first that took place removed from the surface of the earth.
--Bob
I actively participated in sky diving over a period of two years back in the late 70s. Yup, I miss it.
It wasn't my first adventure, but the first that took place removed from the surface of the earth.
--Bob
Bob......if you look at the skydivers in the plane you will notice that most everyone is over 60. I've noticed that the younger people don't do it as much as the old veteran sky divers. You should go up for some more jumps since you miss it! The chutes are much better now! Safer too!
Oct 7, 2021 18:50:27 #
Brent, first off, you did a great job putting your son in that plane.
I wish you hadn't advised me to make some more jumps. That is a temptation that is quite difficult to resist.
--Bob
I wish you hadn't advised me to make some more jumps. That is a temptation that is quite difficult to resist.
--Bob
BrentHarder wrote:
Bob......if you look at the skydivers in the plane you will notice that most everyone is over 60. I've noticed that the younger people don't do it as much as the old veteran sky divers. You should go up for some more jumps since you miss it! The chutes are much better now! Safer too!
Oct 7, 2021 19:18:34 #
Even after forty plus years in the Aircraft Industry I cannot understand how anyone of sound mind would willingly throw their body out of a perfectly good airplane before it had successfully landed and then taxied to a full engines off stop.
A personal story regarding a parachutist I have met. He was one of the assembly people working on the final assembly line for the Aerostar Aircraft who walked with a noticeable limp, I asked him about the cause for his limp, he stated that as an Army Paratrooper he made a paratroop drop from 3000 feet in which both his main and emergency chutes failed to open, he said all the way down he just thought about the drop and roll landing training he was given. He said what really saved him was landing in a very muddy field. All he suffered was both ankles were shattered.
Another story, at a Helicopter Manufacturing Company, the chief test pilot was indoctrinating a new production test pilot and informed the new pilot that in case of an emergency where they would need to parachute out of the helicopter, the chief pilot told the new production test pilot that he should remain calm, take hold of the helicopters controls, turn your head and watch how he departed the helicopter.
A personal story regarding a parachutist I have met. He was one of the assembly people working on the final assembly line for the Aerostar Aircraft who walked with a noticeable limp, I asked him about the cause for his limp, he stated that as an Army Paratrooper he made a paratroop drop from 3000 feet in which both his main and emergency chutes failed to open, he said all the way down he just thought about the drop and roll landing training he was given. He said what really saved him was landing in a very muddy field. All he suffered was both ankles were shattered.
Another story, at a Helicopter Manufacturing Company, the chief test pilot was indoctrinating a new production test pilot and informed the new pilot that in case of an emergency where they would need to parachute out of the helicopter, the chief pilot told the new production test pilot that he should remain calm, take hold of the helicopters controls, turn your head and watch how he departed the helicopter.
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Oct 7, 2021 20:32:02 #
Larry, the photograph says it all. It's the back of one of my tee shirts.
On my 28 jump, I had a malfunction. When the reserve opened, it caused a compression fracture of a lower vertebra. 5 weeks and 6 days in a body brace. On the seventh day, I made my next jump. The next day I had my final doctor visit and he said I was ok'd to jump.
When I went to the hospital emergency room, they, of course, asked what happened. I told them I fell out of an airplane door. They asked how far above the ground I was. I told them about 10,500 feet. That led to a lighthearted moment in the ER.
--Bob
On my 28 jump, I had a malfunction. When the reserve opened, it caused a compression fracture of a lower vertebra. 5 weeks and 6 days in a body brace. On the seventh day, I made my next jump. The next day I had my final doctor visit and he said I was ok'd to jump.
When I went to the hospital emergency room, they, of course, asked what happened. I told them I fell out of an airplane door. They asked how far above the ground I was. I told them about 10,500 feet. That led to a lighthearted moment in the ER.
--Bob
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Oct 7, 2021 21:33:32 #
Nice one! Took me a minute to realize you did a composite...love it!! We have a place out here called "Lost Prairie" where they have a huge gathering each year to sky dive -- been there to watch but never did take the plunge.
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