Subdeacon Joe Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I bet!https://www.facebook.com/paratrooperlife/videos/1312352022217101/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Saw an article here on the confuser, where some dude jumped and didn't pull the rip cord. Apparently he sent his wife a note and said he was not going to do so, but he had already jumped before anyone could stop him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Saw an article here on the confuser, where some dude jumped and didn't pull the rip cord. Apparently he sent his wife a note and said he was not going to do so, but he had already jumped before anyone could stop him. Yeah, down in Florida at one of the big skydiving clubs. The airport radioed the pilot but he had just jumped. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Saw an article here on the confuser, where some dude jumped and didn't pull the rip cord. Apparently he sent his wife a note and said he was not going to do so, but he had already jumped before anyone could stop him. A guy I worked with about 15 years ago was an avid skydiver. He would bring in newsletters from various skydiving groups. Seems that it isn't all that uncommon. I would look through the incident reports and every month there seemed to be one or two suicides by jump. Plus a couple of fatalities by bad landings, 'chute failure, and the like. Lots of injuries, too. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 As I saw in Forrest Gump, **it Happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 If that don't bring back memories.... I do have to disagree with the statement that airborne school is one of the toughest in the Army. It was actually the easiest school I went to. Maybe it isn't a fair comparison though, as it was also the only school I went to that allowed women at the time. True story, my first jump in airborne school was on my 19th birthday. Someone thought it would be funny to tell the jump masters so I got moved up in the chalk to the door. That was pretty intense and certainly one of the most memorable birthdays I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 that was my favorite position Redwood kid was the door. Only got to a couple of times though. what a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 8 hours ago, Redwood Kid said: If that don't bring back memories.... I do have to disagree with the statement that airborne school is one of the toughest in the Army. It was actually the easiest school I went to. Maybe it isn't a fair comparison though, as it was also the only school I went to that allowed women at the time. True story, my first jump in airborne school was on my 19th birthday. Someone thought it would be funny to tell the jump masters so I got moved up in the chalk to the door. That was pretty intense and certainly one of the most memorable birthdays I've ever had. I'm with you. Three weeks after 6 months of OCS wasn't bad at all. I was in the best shape of my life. First jump was easy. Second one made you think a bit. after jump school I rarely made a day jump. Always in the dark.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Shayne Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 With full respect for all the paratroopers.......the first thing I thought of when I was the title of the post, was Top Fuel dragsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Jack Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 20 hours ago, Redwood Kid said: If that don't bring back memories.... I do have to disagree with the statement that airborne school is one of the toughest in the Army. It was actually the easiest school I went to. Maybe it isn't a fair comparison though, as it was also the only school I went to that allowed women at the time. True story, my first jump in airborne school was on my 19th birthday. Someone thought it would be funny to tell the jump masters so I got moved up in the chalk to the door. That was pretty intense and certainly one of the most memorable birthdays I've ever had. With you 100%, but for some it might have been think it depends on what you did in the military. I went to Ranger School in 1989 and then was an RI 1995-97 always looked at the guys going through it and thinking why did I put myself through that? Now at 50 and sound like a popcorn maker when I move I wonder why I kept doing it for 20 years. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 9 hours ago, Smokey Shayne said: With full respect for all the paratroopers.......the first thing I thought of when I was the title of the post, was Top Fuel dragsters. Yeah - must be a good feeling for them, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 7/17/2017 at 11:28 AM, Redwood Kid said: ...Someone thought it would be funny to tell the jump masters so I got moved up in the chalk to the door. That was pretty intense and certainly one of the most memorable birthdays I've ever had. Always loved being ib the door. Except during winter. It's amazing how fast you can get frostbite with a 120 knot breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Always loved being ib the door. Except during winter. It's amazing how fast you can get frostbite with a 120 knot breeze. That's why it was a birthday present haha. I spent the majority of my time in central and southern America. It doesn't get quite as cold in the door. Though I did do Ranger school in the winter and remember that jump being really cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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