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- redtaboo, on 10/18/2008, -4/+79Jumping out of a plane is both the scariest and most incredible things I've ever done in my life. It made me feel more alive than I have ever felt but at the same time, as Maki said, heightened my sense of mortality.
I've jumped static line once and once Tandem, in that order. I am planning on doing it again next year, probably tandem which is much less scary.
......contrary to the myth though, I am still deathly afraid of heights. - nitesoIja, on 10/19/2008, -4/+75what is that blue boob on the right?
- shade45, on 10/18/2008, -8/+71Beautiful photo.
- kern44, on 10/19/2008, -0/+55I found it on google maps. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O ...
- oofy, on 10/19/2008, -0/+55nice pic, lame caption
- inactive, on 10/19/2008, -2/+25The temple of the FSM.
- JeremyK684, on 10/19/2008, -0/+19How stalkerish of you...
- inactive, on 10/19/2008, -0/+19misterenigma07 is right, it's a radome, it has a giant rotating radar inside that screens the nearby airspace 24/7 and normally, you aren't supposed to take pictures of them.
- inactive, on 10/19/2008, -1/+20I really hope I don't die any day.
- jggube, on 10/18/2008, -10/+26Ditto.
- marthaphoebe, on 10/19/2008, -2/+17"I can't believe I'm jumping off a perfectly good airplane!"
- PFS1, on 10/19/2008, -0/+15You'd probably handle it better than you think. As someone who's been both skydiving and bungee jumping, I can tell you that the slightshot would probably have been scarier. Skydiving is an exhilarating and unreal experience, and it's a hell of a rush, but I found that it didn't give nearly as much gut-feeling kind of scary as something a little more earthbound.
When you're up in the plane, you know jumping out of is technically a dangerous thing to do, but it's a cerebral feeling rather than an instinctual one. You're up so high that the sensation of height becomes abstracted away from anything we could have possibly evolved to fear at a gut level- I mean, up there, the fall looks looks like something from google maps. It's not a typical human experience. Put yourself on the edge of cliff, or the top of a building, however- that is another story, and it will hit you at a much more fundamental level.
That isn't to say skydiving isn't worth doing- the overall rush is far better than bungee (or the slingshot, I'd imagine). Total free fall is like nothing else. Think of it this way- for your entire life, except for however long you can jump in the air, you've always been touching *something*. Being able to lose that groundedness for a period of time, and have nothing- literally nothing- around you for miles is something that a bungee jump could never give you. - gitboxgreg, on 10/19/2008, -0/+14at first i thought you said 'stalkerfish' and i thought i had missed out on some new meme!
- ShiftyBizniss, on 10/19/2008, -6/+19you shouldnt really take pictures of this either:
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/04/15/loser164 ... - HumanNouveau, on 10/18/2008, -6/+19Just need to steer clear of that pavement. The milspec parachutes are designed balance a quick descent against a soft landing. Hit, shift and rotate if you can, but it still jars the system pretty good, even when you hit the grass.
- inactive, on 10/19/2008, -3/+15Eh, I'm fine with death. Pain - now that is tough *****. I'd rather die than get my leg grinded up by something or something and survive any day
- inactive, on 10/19/2008, -0/+11Perhaps today IS a good day to die.
- misterenigma07, on 10/19/2008, -1/+12Could be a radome.
- woonie, on 10/19/2008, -0/+10Well, the submission did mention that this is in Oak harbor, Washington.
- alphgeek, on 10/19/2008, -1/+10The aperture setting affects the depth of field. It allows focus to be maintained across a wide depth of field, as in this photo.
Unless it's the pixels you are talking about... - opiniastrous, on 10/19/2008, -0/+9A few months ago I decided to start skydiving.
We had a day of ground training, followed by assisted free-fall (instructors fall with you). On my third jump I accidentally bumped an instructor behind me. We tangled together and tumbled head over heels together at 310km/h. I managed to get my foot on his back and push away, and he managed to pull my 'chute shortly after that. When it opened, I noticed I had a line twist so I just spun around and it was fine. Then I noticed I had a line over (cords over the canopy) and I couldn't fix it. Fortunately I had considered the dangers before going up and also accepted the possibility of death, so I didn't panic when it mattered. I dropped out of my main canopy and opened my reserve. When my reserve opened I noticed I had a line over again. Being my last chance, I think that was the only point I was slightly concerned. It was fine though, and I spent the next few minutes watching my main canopy drift over the highway next to the jump site. I still owe a case of beer for my first emergency procedure.
On my eighth jump, I was being guided in to the landing zone by a guy on the ground. Having completed seven landings already, I was a little nervous about how he was going about it, but the training was to follow all instructions (and the training worked pretty well for me previously). However, the training was wrong in this instance. I came in high, he made me drop altitude too quickly (so I sped up) and then he made me conduct a full flare too early. I stopped about 3m off the ground and then fell face first into the ground, making a bunch of small chips in my teeth.
It was all pretty awesome. - saleem, on 10/19/2008, -0/+8obviously you've never taken a Physics I class covering projectile motion...
- Carnivale, on 10/19/2008, -0/+7Im terrified of heights, but I would love to know the feeling of jumping out of a plane. I couldn't even ride the slingshot ride on top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, so I doubt I'd ever have the nerve.
- StultusJuventus, on 10/19/2008, -6/+13"There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on *****, wops, kikes or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless... do you maggots understand that?
***** I can't hear you.
I will gauge out your eyeballs and ***** you!
Holy dog *****, only steers and queers come from Texas Private cowboy and you don't look much like a steer to me so that kind of narrows it down.
"
...thanks for the excuse to watch that scene - Torx, on 10/19/2008, -2/+9Low altitude parachuting. Testing your mental reflexes since 1695.
- speedbmp, on 10/19/2008, -0/+7not sure but here is a close up of it.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O ... - DubiousDrewski, on 10/19/2008, -0/+7Well done! So, were you there or something? How'd you find it so easily?
- inactive, on 10/19/2008, -3/+10Say what you will about politics, but our military is awesome.
- wing05, on 10/19/2008, -0/+6Dunnknow how the skydiving standard you went to works, but if it's like the CSPA, you should try working your way up through the static line jumps to self ripcord pull following a freefall.
I did it once and I'm sure I was too scared ***** to count slow enough that it was actually the full 5 seconds before pulling. However, when you get time to remember the experience, the wind rushing at you, the postage stamp view of the world that didn't seem to rush at you too quickly and maybe even realizing your fear kept you from arching propperly to prevent 'coin spinning' on that first freefall, it's still quite a thrill to have gone through.
I'm still scared of heights and detest going up ladders, but having a couple of parachutes strapped to my body gives me my sense of security. - browwiw, on 10/19/2008, -0/+6Probably an unappetizing one because death is essentially an animated skeleton and doesn't have any sense of taste or smell.
- elTito, on 10/19/2008, -0/+6I was a paratrooper in the army. Normally I'd tell you I'm an atheist, but I sure prayed a lot in the hour or so leading up to exit.
27 jumps and no major mishaps. The way these guys are going out (C-130 ramp) I'd say is the 2nd or 3rd most fun. The best is jumping a small plane, like a Twin Otter or a helicopter jump.
I'd be sorta nervous about that tarmac though. Ouch. The T-10C is basically designed to take you from altitude to ground as fast as possible without killing you, which basically means you land like a sack of ***** and (most of the time) don't break anything when you do.
But that's assuming you're hitting dirt, not asphalt. - gaqua, on 10/19/2008, -0/+6what kind of pie?
- wing05, on 10/19/2008, -0/+6Looking at it and how low they seem, that does indeed look rather scary.
I guess the military jumps are more for getting you on the ground quickly than the scenic ride that a civillian jump is. - redtaboo, on 10/19/2008, -1/+6My first jump, the static line, did not go so well. I fell of the strut I was holding on to before the jumpmaster told me to let go and did not arch the way you are supposed to. I landed three fields away from the landing site because of incredibly high winds. Nobody else was allowed to jump that day, when I went back with my friends so they could jump I decided to go again with them, but I was not able to get out of the plane that time. I just couldn't do it, which really sucked because the jumpmaster was going to jump with us but since I didn't go he couldn't leave me in the plane.
So I had to do the tandem a couple months later, I just couldn't leave it with not getting out of the plane. Tandem was the way to go ....... at a certain point I no longer had a choice we were going out of the plane.
Something about having a Man strapped to my back gave me my sense of security. ;) - browwiw, on 10/19/2008, -1/+6Because those are some hard *****.
- loper, on 10/19/2008, -0/+5The hard part is actually pushing yopurself off, once you are under canopy I actually felt suprisingly relaxed and enjoyed the ride. Not sure about military jumping but using a standard civilian canopy landing feels like jumping off a chair. (speaking from 2 jump experience)
- insinuate, on 10/19/2008, -0/+5A buddy of mine went to Airborne school this summer with the army and did one of these jumps, said it was the most awesome thing he ever experienced
- barfooz, on 10/19/2008, -0/+5There's nothing like it. Best experience of my life.
- denimhead, on 10/19/2008, -0/+5same here.
- roxgod666, on 10/19/2008, -0/+5You must not have seen the new Indiana Jones
- Blacksoth, on 10/19/2008, -1/+6Well it DID say from 1,000-13,000 feet. Seems a bit crazy to me, though and I skydive.
At 1,000 feet he better hope his chute opens because he won't have time to cut away and use the back-up. - sexybobo, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4since they are jumping from 1000ft instead of the usual 13,000ft landing isn't going to be fun.
- stealthspc, on 10/19/2008, -2/+6They are a lot higher up than it looks. It's a weird perception issue because there is nothing to base depth off of.
- AmazingSteve, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4Southwest's new "Drop where you Want" econo-fare seats.
- Smuikas, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4It's a low altitude jump. Even with a chute, the landing is quite rough.
- FrozenGonad, on 10/19/2008, -1/+5Because you're a *****.
- audioscience, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4I really don't think that any of these guys are pussy enough to think that.
- seltaeb4, on 10/19/2008, -1/+5If you look closely you can see the real jumper hidden in the grassy knoll.
- iceman989, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 members perform a static jump from the ramp of a C-130 Hercules in groups of three. EODMU 11 is flying with the 731st Airlift Squadron and will descend from altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 13,000 feet.
Photo by PHAN Chris Otsen
date created 3/23/04
full metadata if you wanted to know - avengerp, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4I thought so too, but the nearest is 5 miles away.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KNRA -
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