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(@brad-ott)
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Twenty-three years after my last I jumped again today:

[flash width=640 height=390] http://www.youtube.com/v/59NtiESSAjg?version=3 [/flash]

[flash width=640 height=390] http://www.youtube.com/v/CPRtalM8fZ4?version=3 [/flash]

Me & my instructor (she was 7 years old the last time I jumped) 🙂 :

Have I mentioned that I like stickers?

Oh, by the way, buy me a beer & I will tell you a most peaceful & beautiful story about me & a cloud:

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 1:22 pm
(@noodles)
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YOU CRAZY MAN!!! :-O :hi5:

Just hanging off of an airplane, waiting to drop...ugh that was hard to watch from this end!! I like your voice, though. 😉

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 2:13 pm
(@don-blameuser)
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Let me get this straight...there was actually nothing WRONG with that airplane you abandoned?

Don

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 3:20 pm
(@dave-karoly)
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A C172 with a 3-bladed prop?

I see the throttle, prop (blue) and mixture (red) in the first video.

the back window looks like a 172.

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 3:46 pm
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Awesome!

Nothing beats that adrenaline rush.

I did one tandem jump when I was 21. I don't think I would have the balls to do it again today. You go man!

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 4:59 pm
(@daniel-s-mccabe)
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That is way cool, you da man.

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 5:14 pm
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Brad,
Good to see you took an op and did something you wanted to.

Thanks for the post and sharing.

But, However (erasure words ya know) gotta agree (with a smirk on my face) ya jumped out of a plane and there was nothin' wrong with it...hmmmm...geeeeezzzz...:)

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 5:20 pm
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I jumped some 16 yrs ago. Ya shoulda seen that crate we jumped out of. A twin Beechcraft queen air.
It was tandem. The canopy ride was funner than the free fall. Next time, solo, maybe. But, sky diving is not as fun as skiing. IMHO

Now, look up "Terrain Flying" in Norway. Now, THAT WOULD BE A RUSH!!

N

 
Posted : August 14, 2011 7:38 pm
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Is that one of those rare Cessna P-51's?
🙂

 
Posted : August 15, 2011 4:14 am