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Eville 
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 Posted: 19 November 2009 at 7:15pm |
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That's not flying! That's falling, with style!
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oldsoldier
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Posted: 19 November 2009 at 7:11pm |
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I did all this for FREE. Airborne mass jumps are OK, but until you HALO life is not worth living. I am determined to go out the door one more time and knees to the breeze before I take the big dirt nap.
I just loved 'flying', Man can fly, we are gracefull and aerobatic, we just have to work on that landing thing. |
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Eville
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Posted: 19 November 2009 at 6:29pm |
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Holy terrible song in the last video, batman!
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Tolgak
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Posted: 19 November 2009 at 4:41pm |
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BUMP! More videos from yesterday in the first post.
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Tolgak
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 7:38am |
It's a point and shoot that I bought about a year ago. Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. Bought it specifically because it shoots 720p video. The only thing I don't like about it is its proprietary battery and limit on video size (hi-def only allows 8m 27s of video before having to start a new file, there's no way to make it seamless) Aas you can see, its image stabilization also isn't too hot. It didn't help that I had to hold it in a very awkward position throughout the jump. I don't really consider it secure, but I tied the wrist strap to my altimeter strap so that I couldn't loose it unless the strap broke. My dad's in China right now. He's looking for a relatively cheap 1080p camera + fisheye lens for me. If that works out, hopefully I can bring you guys better footage in Spring. Until then, I plan on doing a few more of such jumps with my current camera. I'm considering doing a weekly comedy + opinion show or something. If it's good enough, the ad revenue could pay for my skydiving. I just have to make sure I can get jumps in when the weather is good. Edited by Tolgak - 18 November 2009 at 7:39am |
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Frozen Balls
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 5:16am |
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Kayback
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 3:57am |
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Generally you look down.
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Frozen Balls
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 3:21am |
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How do you find where you are supposed to land?
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Kayback
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 1:21am |
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Who cares? You're wearing a 'chute aren't you?
The planes I work with almost daily are good at what they do. Getting from 0' AGL to Fl 115 and throwing out meat bombs. You don't need much instrumentation for that. It's also handy 'cos I get my jumps basically for free. What irks me though isn't restricted to the sky diving planes, but all of them. You work your butt off to accomodate their idiotic requests, moving things around the sky like a magician, and they get used to it. The one time out of 20 where you have to mess THEM around, and they get uppity.\ PS, wicked video. What did you use to film it? You location also looks great. KBK Edited by Kayback - 18 November 2009 at 1:24am |
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Eville
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 11:40pm |
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From what I hear, skydiving planes are generally less than "perfectly good"
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ParielIsBack
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 11:35pm |
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Why would you jump out a of a perfectly good plane?
Seriously, planes are pretty hard to build. I wouldn't just go around jumping out of them.  |
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BU Engineering 2012
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GI JOES SON
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 11:26pm |
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i was joking around...my tone tonight isn't all that jokingly i've been told. apparently i'm just a miserable piece of whatever, but jumping out of a plane is awesome hands down
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 11:06pm |
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Cost to jump as civilian < cost of joining the army.
Even though theyd love to have me im sure... |
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///AMG What?
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GI JOES SON
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 11:03pm |
join the army and go to airborne school. they'll have you doing 5 solo jumps in 3 weeks |
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 10:46pm |
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man ur livin the good life. cant wait for my first jump
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Who Dares Wins
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 10:45pm |
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I so want to go...
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NiQ-Toto
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 10:45pm |
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I was actually looking up how to get into BASE jumping earlier today. Turns out you need connections haha. Still something i want to do, as soon as i graduate and go through the skydiving cert's that are needed.
I went this summer, tandem, and it was so much fun. I want to solo though... |
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///AMG What?
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Tolgak
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 10:32pm |
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At our dropzone, it's $23 per jump ticket to 13,500 feet, $18 to 5,000 feet
Off the top of my head: AFF (1st 7 jumps before solo) is about $1300. Gear rental is $74 per day or $37 per jump on top of the ticket. You need 25 total jumps before you can get an A-license, which allows you to jump with people who aren't coaches or instructors. USPA membership is $65 for the first year, $55 for each year after. Required to maintain a license. A-license application costs $20. A packjob costs $6. The sooner you learn to pack, the better. The costs add up quick, and there are probably a bunch I'm neglecting to mention. I pay $21 per jump and $100 per semester for gear rental for being in the skydiving club at my school. |
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 10:25pm |
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How much does this cost?
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
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Tolgak
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Posted: 17 November 2009 at 9:24pm |
No. I did what's called a high hop'n'pop. It's done when you want to practice canopy flying, canopy relative work, to test out a new parachute, or to test other equipment. I did it to enjoy the view. |
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