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My kind of folks .... - 11/17/2006 2:23:39 PM

ZYNE

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I wouldn't mind trying this .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9DWAuqP-CQ

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/17/2006 6:05:00 PM

Dennis

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If you try it..better make sure you ain't got any loose change in your pockets....

Cool little jet engines

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/17/2006 6:31:27 PM

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Sweet!!!

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/17/2006 6:37:32 PM

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Crazy

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/17/2006 6:43:26 PM

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Maybe 20 years ago I would have tried that.

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 12:06:53 AM

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Last year in college I knew a girl who was a parachutist. She was telling us about those bird suits. I guess you have to have so many jumps under your belt before you are legal to try one because they are dangerous. It does look like fun though, but I'm not sure about strapping engines to my body. What happens if you encounter FOD and it comes apart on you?

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 12:38:49 AM

ZYNE

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The recommended minimum is 500 but I did my first Birdman jump around 330 or so .. depends on your own progression and if you can find an instructor to train you ... And yes, they are more dangerous than your average skydive .. lots of fun though!

Change Den!? I can vouch what happens to car keys though ... never saw those again lol!

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 1:12:36 AM

Dennis

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Yeah..if a nickel or penny got sucked into one of those little turbines, I think you could kiss his legs goodbye...

In the Navy I seen what FOD will do to a turbine.

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 10:41:51 AM

ZYNE

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No pockets to fall out of on those suits, at least not the ones I've jumped. Even if they were they would be zippered :) Jump in shorts on the other hand .... and all of a sudden you lose $60 bucks and your car keys LMAO!

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 5:13:30 PM

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what you didn't know is that that was actually a training mission for Bin Laden's newest form of suicide bombers

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 7:18:06 PM

ZYNE

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Well .. some DO refer to us as Meat Missiles ... LOL!

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 7:38:45 PM

Dennis

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Just what the hell is that AVATAR?..It looks like someone sliding off a UFO.

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 7:46:47 PM

ZYNE

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Mine? That's my first jump out of old Prez Nixon's Sikorsky S-58 :) I think it was actually my first still air jump too ... Don't remember hehee .. those 12 days were just a blur of drunken insanity at night ... early morning wishes for death or at least the removal of my pounding head ... in between that I apparently also did SOME jumping .....

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 10:22:44 PM

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I get on a 20 foot ladder and get dizzy

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RE: My kind of folks .... - 11/18/2006 10:35:30 PM

ZYNE

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