For the old skydivers amongst us ...

[N-43121]

Saw this photo today on Facebook and flashed back to several fond memories of one way airplane rides ...

I think I would caption it: "Turning points / 4-way Doggy Dirt Dive"

I miss those days.

Blue skies,

Rod

[M Jones]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

That's great Rod!

[N96337]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

Love it!
John

[Robert Lees]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

Brilliant! Can I steal it?

[Carrieve]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

Very neat.

[N-43121]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

Brilliant! Can I steal it?

Absolutely ... I already stole it (public domain)!

On a related note; anybody else ever have someone skydive out of their Tcraft? Years ago, back when I had a 65 hp engine, I took the door off, the seat cushion out, and hauled my 230 lb friend up to about 3,000 for a hop-and-pop jump. We labored along for what seemed like 30 or 40 minutes to get to altitude and lined up over my dad's hayfield. I was maintaining heading and about 50 mph airspeed as we reached the "spot". Just before he crawled out, he leaned over to me, grinned, and shouted "CUT!" .... I flipped him off. He then crawled out on the strut with both feet on the right tire. It was my turn to grin as I released the brake and sent him spinning off into the wild blue.

I never trusted anyone enough to let them fly and give me an opportunity to jump out of my Tcraft ... wish I had.

Rod

[N96337]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

Rod, a friend of mine has an STC for a cuff and the door being off for skydiving from his Tcraft. I did one out of a Pitts once.... he did a split s and at the top, just before he rolled upright, I let go and out I came. hehhee Funmeter pegged!
John

[3Dreaming]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

I know a guy who has dumped them out of a T6 before, but he did have one bang the tail and get hurt pretty bad.

[Bird]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

This is me circa 1986 Cleweston,FL

[Robert Lees]

Re: For the old skydivers amongst us ...

I'm sorry, Bird, your picture (even enlarged) is not big enough to see how ugly you were back then. :boxing:

Perhaps now, in the intervening years since 1986, you have become a bastion of good-looking maturity?

What's that you were jumping from..C180?

Rob