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Would you... Jump out of a perfectly good airplane??? This is the wonderful sight that has graced the sky early the last few mornings since I live close a small airport... I have done some crazy shit in my life... But jumping out of a plane is not on my bucket list.. Is it on yours?? ~ Physical strength is measured by what we carry. Inner strength is measured by what we can bear. ~ |
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Have done that
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I used to live by Fayetteville North Carolina, and there was a small airport that had recreational jumpers, and most were in the service and members of the Airborne. I have no reason to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, not thank you.
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5/22/2021 10:02 pm |
No thank you
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5/22/2021 10:09 pm |
1. Can I do it Naked? 2. Will you do it naked with me? If either answer is NO - then I guess you have the answer - hehe. What's a bucket list? oh wait - it's stuff you have to do before someone will give you a bucket? Oh Oh - It's where you put the pictures of the stuff you did on the bucket list? - Just teas'n - But really - where do I go to get naked??? hehehe Take me To The Top Trav..
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5/22/2021 10:12 pm |
Dont knock it til you try it
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Its fun, Have done it. Just try and get the rush
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Remember that old saying - if at first you don't succeed, maybe sky-diving wasn't the hobby for you.....
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I would try parasailing and possibly hang gliding. I do want to go on a glider ride and soar with eagles and condors. "One Big Sky Covers Us All Equally"
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A very good friend of mine at University was a keen sky-diver and tried quite often to get me to go along for the experience. I declined, mainly because if it were not for bad luck, I would have no luck at all, so I could easily see me being that one in a million whose chute fails to open!
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A very good friend of mine at University was a keen sky-diver and tried quite often to get me to go along for the experience. I declined, mainly because if it were not for bad luck, I would have no luck at all, so I could easily see me being that one in a million whose chute fails to open!
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I had planned to do it. A local club in Ireland allowed people to jump if they had collected a certain amount for a charity of their choice. I had got the sponsors and was ready book the date,, but my doctor wouldn't give me the go-ahead as I have High blood pressure.. Ah well, nobody wanted their money back, so the charities (one was a drug addiction, and the other was the care home where my son spent his last year) got their donations. BUT I always wanted to do the parachute jump! X ginger
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Nope
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Nope
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Oh, yeah, it's not top of my list but I would jump We have Ziplining here in Door County so I am hoping to try that this summer.
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5/23/2021 5:32 am |
They don't make enough Chivas!!
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Would love to go to the edge of that perfectly good airplane and look down then run back near the pilots and be thankful that my feet were on something solid. The blackest lie is a partial truth that leads you to the wrong conclusion.
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The first two times I went up in a plane, I jumped out of it.... No orgasm has ever compared to the rush of falling from 12,000 feet... It wasn't until the third time up that I had the courage to land in a plane... Lol
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Jumping out of a plane is definitely not on my bucket list. I had some friends that did it together for their birthdays, 50 and 70 respectively, but I was perfectly happy watching from below.
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Hmmmmm ..... Let me think. OK, I know ...... NO FUCKING WAY! You'd have to shoot me dead and throw me out of the plane with a rip cord attached to my parachute. Even then, you'd need a crow bar to pry me out ..... Make Women Female Again
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5/23/2021 8:00 am |
If the plane is on fire or will crash then certainly I would. I'll land that sucker or at least attempt it Otherwise my government issued license is for naught.
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Jump out of a perfectly good airplane??? ......... Not a chance! If it's on fire, or falling apart I guess so. I'd like to learn to fly the plane though. But would you jump without the chute??? During WWII there was a tail gunner on a Lancaster bomber. Now there isn't enough room in the turret for his parachute, his chute is kept in the back of the plane, & there's a short tunnel between the turret & where his chute is kept. His plane is hit & bursts into flames, he looks up the tunnel, where his chute is, & it's already on fire. He has a choice, stay with the plane & burn. Or jump without a chute!!! Not much of a choice, he jumped without a chute. When the Germans picked him up, they wouldn't believe he had jumped from 12,000 feet without a chute. He had a hell of a job convincing them. As luck would have it, they were over a pine forrest at the time. The branches of the densely planted fir trees slowed his decent & then he landed in a large snow drift. He survived the fall with nothing more than lots of cuts & bruises.
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5/23/2021 4:06 pm |
I spent 3 years with the 101St Airborne .I made 36 jumps in that time..There is nothing more more fun than jumping out of a plane 1200 ft over the drop zone with 80 or 90 pounds of gear strapped on you!! Plus its not the jump that kills you...Its the sudden stop at the end..
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5/23/2021 6:28 pm |
I will pass.
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I was accept to, and graduated from, the 3 week Basic Airborne Course when I was in the Army. I made my 5 jumps to qualify and never jumped from another aircraft again. At age 52 I never will again. I find that the older I get, the fewer chances I take. "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ---George Orwell
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Right on BB... At least you can say you have been there and done that! But I so relate as we get older keeping adventures in perspective... Thanks for sharing yours... ~ Physical strength is measured by what we carry. Inner strength is measured by what we can bear. ~
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