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I don't think that anyone I knew got through J school without getting an infection.

Ha!

Between the Marine Corps and the airlines I've been flying airplanes for about 25 years. I've never jumped out of one yet and God willing I won't ever have to. I figure it's a bad habit to get into for a pilot.

It's never really interested me & most of the other guys I fly with say the same thing. One pilot friend's wife wanted to do it a couple of years ago and tried to get him to go with her, he said here's the money, go have fun but I ain't doing it. She went and did it with a girlfriend.

I'd like to try if before I die. (Preferably not JUST before I die).

Same Here Kellory. It's on my bucket list.

In my younger years, I jumped many times.

9 jump chump, 5 at Airborne school and 4 in Ranger school. being a tanker, that was it for me. My buddies who did long stints in SF and 82nd and Ranger Batt are mostly getting knee and hip replacements now.

Not a chance... Even if the wings were gone an' the fuselage was on fire.

That isn't for me. I be scared of that

My mom did her first jump fourteen years ago to celebrate turning 70, she still goes every year.

"Skydiving with Grandma" has become a rite of passage, but none of her own children have jumped, including me.

Birdwatcher

The son of a friend was in the 82 Airborne. He told me that they did a jump for a bunch of VIP's. They were supposed to land in a field but someone screwed up and they landed in a parking lot full of cars. They had a number of broken legs and other injuries. He wasn't hurt. This was quite a few years ago. Hopefully they've fixed the problems since then.

Only 21 jumps. The army can take most of the fun out of most things. I did enjoy the uniform enhancements though.


mike r

I asked one of my ground hands one day...."Mose you wanna take a ride?" His reply was..."Naw suh Mr Rick! I ain't gwine no higher than corn pullin and no lower than tater diggin!"

I did 20 skydives back in 1967. The first five were static line jumps where you had to pull a dummy ripcord and show it to the instructor back in the plane to prove you weren't panic frozen. Then they let you do freefalls. Despite being afraid of heights (that fear is absent when you fly, oddly enough) I loved parachuting. The most amazing thing is the absolute silence after the 'chute opens.

At the start of my junior year of ROTC, they told me that as a pilot candidate, the AF had too much invested in me to allow any risky hobbies. I was told to choose skydiving or an ROTC commission. That ended my skydiving career. Haven't made one since, but I have regular dreams about it. I think dreams are about as close as I'll get now.

Skydiving is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!

First jump was in Eagle River, Alaska in 1968. In the Air Force but had nothing to do with them. I was on my way to check on learning to fly and passed a field with some guys landing parachutes. (Got my pilots licensee in 1982) Finally quit in the early 90's due to back issues. (ruptured disc, team penning on a horse) USPA certified Jump Master, AFF Jump Master and Tandom Pilot.

Can not count the number of jumps I saw over those years but probably a couple hundred thousand....and I never saw a death. Yes it happens but it is fairly rare and like plane crashes, almost always the pilots fault. Taught hundreds to jump and the worst injury for any of my students was a sprained ankle or sore knee. You would see lots of banged up skydivers at the airport but if you asked, it was almost always something they did on a motorcycle, riding a horse, etc.... We were all adrenaline junkies and involved in lots of high speed activities. I still miss it terribly.

THE ONLY PERFECT AIRPLANE HAS A JUMP DOOR! Not jumping is like taking a hot little number out on a date and when she is all hot and ready, turning around and taking her home!

They don't even need an airplane around here - base jumping off the Perrine Bridge draws people from all over the world. NOT for me, just walking across that sucker and looking over the rail is enough to pucker me up.

USMC 7113 Parachute Rigger guess what the finale exam was.

Worse jump ever was the one that immediately preceded our SERE school.

Nearly had the squirts b/c of what i didn't know was gonna happen once on the DZ.

My Platoon Sgt. had been a TRADOC SERE instructor and had absolutely zero sense of humor. He was the NCOIC of our Company-Level training (supporting Cadre were other SERE Instructors he knew at Bragg). He was a sick phuouk through and through, but i learned a lot from him.

Never have.

My grandpa jumped once. In 1944, he was 19, on his 3rd mission. Spent a few weeks getting back and went back up for more.

I have a good friend who lives in Los Angeles, a former Navy SEAL, Vietnam service. He grew up on the coast and at a young age, got into surfing, then snorkel and then SCUBA. He loved the ocean and being in it. The cold didn't bother him as he was used to it.

Once we were talking about SEAL training. He said that after BUD/S, he and his teammates went to Ft. Benning for parachute school. He said that the jump training was easy, considering the training they'd gone through in BUD/S ... but he hated every jump he made at Ft. Benning and every jump afterward. Said the only reason he jumped was because he had to.

L.W.