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"Those were the Days".....;)

Back when computers filled up a whole room and PC's were just a dream I had to find other ways to entertain myself until Vice developed his Evochron Universe....hehehe. I found jumping out of perfectly good airplanes a Great way to pass the time and get ones knees in the Breeze. Here is an old photo of my rig deploying my parachute.....the pilot chute was known as a "Grabber" and the "Pod" is what contained my Parachute and you can see the suspension lines releasing from the pod....Aaaah those were the Days ;)

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:cool: So, the Yoda moments are from landing on your head? ;)
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Yeah! Why bother with the helmet at all? If the chute doesn't open, that helmet won't do you much good! :cool:
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Originally posted by Marvin
:cool: So, the Yoda moments are from landing on your head? ;)
Ha-Ha-Ha....Yuppers, you could even say: "Cause of Yoda moments: Impact with mother Earth"

@ MMaggio: I had jumped with a Hockey helmet for years with a sticker placed on the front that said: "in case of death do not open!! Deadly Snakes inside!!" Ha-Ha-Ha what a Hoot :D
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LOL....Nice Brave....That is something I always wanted to try but never got to it....The closest I came was jumping and diving of 50' high cliffs in to the water...on the island..LOL...:P:P:P:P:P
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:cool: Me and a co-worker went to the first skydiving meeting on a Monday night ... the instructor said our first jump would be on Saturday. We decided we'd be better off working on Saturday.
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Post by warsign »

You are Bravehart, it's ok but looks very scary to me!
Nice photo, thanks...
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Awesome Bravehart! I hope the actual parachute was bigger than the "Grabber"!

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