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What a blast! Anyone else ever do it?
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Did a tandem jump from 11,500 feet in 2009. Did about 30 second free fall and then the glide and spiral down. Amazing experience!!!!
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Did a tandem jump from 11,500 feet in 2009. Did about 30 second free fall and then the glide and spiral down. Amazing experience!!!! Pretty sure we were at 14,500 when the green light came on. Loved it!
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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One of the many things on my “bucket list”…….a bucket that is “brimming over”! 🤬 memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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many times while in the army
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I've been thinking of doing a halo sky dive (high altitude low opening) 30,000 feet 2 minute free falls. Big price tag on the jump however.
You've got to hand it to a blind prostitute
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God, Family, and Country.
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Fuuuuug that. I don't even like being up in my tree stand lol
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58 times all together, 32 were HALO (high altitude, low opening) jumps, 15 were over water, and 9 were night jumps.
Nowadays, I don't even care to climb a ladder.
"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
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A guy I used to work for was once a paratrooper for the Brits and he sure liked it. I don't like my feet off the ground, period.
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Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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Not unless I was ordered to.
A person who's happy will make others happy. Anne Frank
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NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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Up until thirty years ago I did a fair amount of skydiving. I accumulated a bit over 14 HOURS of freefall time. Big airplanes, big altitude.
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Momma didn't raise no fools. Male ones anyway.
Little sister jumped a few times when she was a college age student.
When the crew says "Here, put this on and jump, this plane ain't gonna make it to the landing strip" I'll gladly jump. Until then, nope.
Having said that...............................I used to scuba dive in waters known to harbor great white sharks at times.
And then there was this bar I frequented when younger. It made an episode of one of those detective shows on the ID channel a couple of years ago. I guess the clientele hadn't gotten much better.
Oh, I like snakes and spiders too. Not like some of the guys here.
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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40 times for me, 35 in the Army, and five at a local club after I left. I liked it. It was fun.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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My mid-life crisis adventures were fulfilled all in one day at carowinds riding all the rollercoasters. I was it on a stick after that.
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I have hauled jumpers.
I have flown some crap that probably shouldn't have been flown...'Ferry Pilot' back to repair station.
I have lost engines.
I have flown an ultra-light, twin engine that had an engine failure for me on BOTH flights????? It had a 'conventional' tail/controls, none of that weight shift chitt....
I have NEVER felt the need to abandon an aircraft..... but then I was never in one that wasn't capable of continuing to be 'Flown'...............
It just ain't a happenin'
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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Free fall with a chute might be fun, but doing it with wings or rotor blades can be exciting. It's electrifying!
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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