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    Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    Any parachute fans here ? Lets talk about your experience.

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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    why jump out of a perfectly good plane

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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    Quote Originally Posted by andamaru View Post
    why jump out of a perfectly good plane

    There is no such thing as a perfectly good plane.


    Skydiving is fun! I did it last fall, someday I'll do it again...
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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    I wouldn't tempt fate in such a way.

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    If you're the top one, gotta say: LOVIN' the blue hair, man!
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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    Quote Originally Posted by Sinkingships7 View Post
    If you're the top one, gotta say: LOVIN' the blue hair, man!
    The top one is the instructor. Has more than 6500 runs. He was a french army parachutist ... pretty cool heheh.

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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    I would love to do that one day -- great PIC -- looks awesome!

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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    not to steal the spotlight, but heres me.


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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    Quote Originally Posted by billgoldberg View Post
    I wouldn't tempt fate in such a way.
    It would be awesome, but I don't think I'd want to try it. What if the parachute didn't open!?
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    Re: Me at 12 000 feet falling at a speed of 200km/h (Picture)

    Being an engineering type who happens to hate imperial units, I think its funny that you've got both metric and imperial in the title.



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