military,ex-military and anybody else...

[pudgy]

tell me some skydiving stories, im going this summer and im stoked .

[Kitten]

you mean like when the chute doesn't open?
Those kind of stories? Because if I were you, I would not want to hear those kinds of stories right now.

[pudgy]

youd miss me wouldnt you

[Kitten]

Originally posted by pudgy
youd miss me wouldnt you

Of corse!

[pudgy]

Originally posted by Kitten
Of corse!

want to go ? you can catch me

[rado]

Originally posted by Kitten
you mean like when the chute doesn't open?
Those kind of stories? Because if I were you, I would not want to hear those kinds of stories right now.

well IMO those people who's chute wouldn't open, I don't think they'd be here right now

[3Vandoo]

If my main dont open wide

Ive got a reserve by my side!!!!!

and if that one should failed me toooooooo

look out ground im coming throught!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kitten]

Originally posted by rado
well IMO those people who's chute wouldn't open, I don't think they'd be here right now

There are people who have lived through that. so :p

[Iapetos]

Never jump without a Cyprus. When you hear that thing pop behind your head it is a sobering experience. It took me 3 months to jump after I heard it the first time. I've never done static or tandem, always AFF. That's the way to go, especially if you can find a DZ that will do a twilight jump with O2 in the plane so you can jump at 25k feet.

[3Vandoo]

Depend what kind of jumps you want to perform.


civilian one?

well you have many possibilities, opening on exit, generally the jump is at 5000k, then you have the free fall at 13-15k.

as for me.


my first jump was a static line jump from a C130, at 1300 feet.

Heart was racing like hell before, keeping remembering what my instructors told me.

suddenly I hear the jm, STAND UP!!!!!!

hook up!!!!!!!!!!!

the fucking light was red then green and I hear go go.....
out the door, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, look, release.......

after that I was hooked

Free fall is the real jump of all jump.

first one was performed out of a civlian plane at 13 000k until the big day.


35 000 feet, we were a brick og 5 men going to exit. ram chutes we were all tied up...........

suddenly I hear the jump master to switch our air to our own reserve(from the main oxygen tank)

then you know its soon, we stand up.....

the door open and you see the sky, and earth, a bit round, a bit of clouds

jesus fucking christ.....

then the light goes to red to green
and you know you have to jump,
and vola

your body is freefalling toward the earth at 220km/h for 2min or so.......

you think about looking for your other soldiers are they at the proper range.

watch altimeter, suddenly you see

6100 6 055 6 010 600

5000 and you open the canopy and you hear that big VLAAAAAAAAK!!!!!
and the shock............

and you enjoy the view.

[MYRICK]

i was a ranger did a few halo jumps at 36,000 go ull love it

[AndyJ26]

Originally posted by teekahty
it is ...breathtaking ... but most of us in the military do static lines , not always though, and wow . we also did this thing called spy rigging for insertion and retraction , you simply attach to a rig and dangle from a helo as it moves you out , it is a very hard thing to describe until you do it , but I bet you a dollar for the first 5 seconds after you leave the plane you won't be able to breathe

spot on...static line is the standard for military ops. What you call spy rigging, we call rappelling down here...that is good shit also

[3Vandoo]

spy rigging is not the same as rappelling

You get hooked like in rappel, but you stay on the cord and fly with it.
then when you arrived at the LZ or DZ the chopter reduce speed or stop for some second times you hit the ground and release yourself.

for landing on top ot building it is one of the quickiest and best method.


the French developped the techniques with many operators involved. I've seen it with a full ops team of 8-12 people flying in grapes

[AndyJ26]

Yeah, now I see what you are saying.

Have done that also but we called it something else again...

[Skarn]

Originally posted by 3Vandoo
spy rigging is not the same as rappelling

You get hooked like in rappel, but you stay on the cord and fly with it.
then when you arrived at the LZ or DZ the chopter reduce speed or stop for some second times you hit the ground and release yourself.

for landing on top ot building it is one of the quickiest and best method.


the French developped the techniques with many operators involved. I've seen it with a full ops team of 8-12 people flying in grapes

STABO. We had 3-man teams in the Special Forces that did helicopter Stabo. Pretty cool when the guys on the outside mess up and don't keep you stable so you go spinning...

A cypress is a great thing to have when freefalling, but I never did get one. The cost is $1200 for something you hopefully never have to use. I trust myself now to cutaway and pull if I have to. Skydiving is an experience like no other. If you haven't done it, I highly recommend you at least do a tandem so you can experience freefall.