Forum - Thinking about sky diving?

I am considering going sky diving in a few weeks? I can't help but be scared of jumping out of an airpane but I really want to feel that rush. Has anyone ever done this before? Any tips/warnings(lol) from your experience?

Skydiving with a good instructor is not so dangerous. At least ocean yacht racing is much more hazardous!

I beg to differ. I've never done skydiving and don't plan to. There is absolutely no margin for error. One mistake and you're dead ... and you have time to think about it too ... all the way to the ground.

These days when you go sky diving for the first few times it done in a tandem jump.
You are place in a harness which is then hooked up to an instructors and you both jump at the same time. He is in control of pulling the rip cord and if it fails there is a secondary parachute. Not as big as the first chute but it will save your life and it is going to hurt when you land.
If you do jump, when landing, never look at the ground. You eyes play tricks and you and you will misjudge this distance.
It used to be that you put on your parachute and had a six foot "static" line which pulled your rip cord automatically.
I have jumped from air planes and helocopters. From a helocopter you have to free fall quite a distance to get out of the down "wash" from the rotor blades.
When I do my airial combat flying I always wear a parachute and hope I never have to use it.

Thank you Dominixe, your comment made me smile. no way i jump out of plane. far to dangerous. good luck Sexy Sadie. hope all goes well.

And what if the plane is falling?
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Hi Kotikkk, if plane was falling. honest I think I scream a lot, grab the best loking man and have great time. send a txt home, who cares about rules then. they not do parachutes on normal flights, oh my god i don't know, i don't want think of it. the life jacket under your seat not going to help. wow that to scary to about. oh i know i make the worlds biggest gangbang i be in middle, then when plane crash i have lots of nice strong men to protect me. ha ha. serious never think of that plane crashing. oh I fly in june as well, aaargh

Heh Lady, I see you don't fly too often, lol))))
Be sure the pilots will never let such a cute girl to perish in a plane crash, of course if they know about your presence aboard!
:-}

Don't worry, Lady!
8))))))

Lady Panache,
Most planes fly at 35,000 feet so you'd frezze to death before you got low enough to deploy a parachute and your lungs would be frozen as well so either way no one would ever make it out alive. But I think I'd say a quick prayer; "Oh God let this be painless". and look for a good looking woman with your attitude. Might as well be happy in the last few minutes of life than screaming and crying. Death is the end result of living and how we die might be the one last decison we make. I'd rather do it with diginty and a smile.

hi letusdoit. i fly enough to see what i dont want to see. like people with spanners and hammers. why cant they fix them where we cant she them.,
Hi lonelitude, i try not to.
hi paul. i was going to write this the other day but i didnt have time. ok you really need to com indo. and travel to small islands, some you go by boat, and the boats are smaller than the baths of some hotels been in, they tie them together with plastic bag. and then one of them broke down in the middle between to island. so the owner started to hit the engine with his pick axe, when the engine started he sat back miled and lit his ciggerette, and laughed. the only good thing was the sea turtles were also laughing. my customer was pretified. so was i. in a sea in a bath. ok the island hoppers, small aircraft tied together, commercial planes not private, on one island i forget where, the airport is hut with woodern walls and reed hut, the plane lands on gras strip. then you may be tourist who been told yea yea we have two flights a week dont owry all ok, we very relaxed about timings, and you think oh that good so i fly from here thurday to get international flight friday. ha ha, big mistake, if one of the locals needs to have 4 seats for her shopping market stuff and whatever and you dont get on plane, its first come first served and the ladies know that. so they fierce. the all know how to fight to get seat.
then is not 35000 feet it more like oh look, if i look up i see tops of trees and the waves next to me. pilots love to show there flying skills. i have word but not use it.

what really scares me about flying is the dirty old man sitting behind, keep pulling your hair. and asking for phone number.
the young kids in front if you make mistake of playing peek a boo with them they want play for the next 6 hours and your tired and need to sleep.
and the fact if im on plane and it crash that you paul may not be on same plane so who i say come on then lets enjoy. if we really lucky we may even get time for a ciggy. ha ha.

Lady Panache, you story is great and fascinating. Thank you for it!:)
Now I see that not only my Motherland is a realm of crazy pilots and boatmen, so the world is much more funny...sorry, don't mind for I know that it's not very funny to take off in an ancient biplane seeing nuts jumping off the dags on its side, even if the pilot is saying to you that "they are spare, don't worry, lad" and then stirring up the engine that sometimes wants to take a nap with a hand kick-starter under the dash board (be sure this story is not made-up, though - good Lord - it isn't my own experience :)).

Hi Kotikkk sounds dangerous you know i think we better stop talking about bad planes and crazy pilots. poor sadie must think we crazy. good luck and enjoy your very brave.

I wish you a good and successful flight, Panache. NO crazy pilots and air terrorists!
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