Wow this is awesome...I saw the movie maybe a 100 times while I was 12years old...It set me off to become a skydiver myself and now after 35 years of jumping ans some 3300 jumps later I'm still trembling when I see those magnificant images...
some of Carl's Helmet cams - he had to install a counter weight on the side opposite the camera to keep his neck from turning because of the "drag"... he also installed a second camera on the other side to equalize & stabilize the drag & twist- some of the helmets just had a metal plate as a drag equalizer attached opposite the camera-
SAME AIRCRAFT: August/1974, my first parachute jump from the white/red aircraft (1:54-2:12, 2:30-2:46), a 1940 Howard Model DGA-15P #N22418 You made first jump-static line-SOLO (the instructor remained in the aircraft); I was saying "What in the hell are you doing??", then stepped-off badly, wind pushed me, I got slammed in the head by the static line! After that, all "dreamtime". Landing so smooth, for a split second I was standing.... then remembered, tucked and rolled! An awesome memory!
The beer was cold, the equipment was old. It all happened fast, man, I wish it would last. No AAD's, just my cord and me, man, we were free. Now, the USPA and all the rules, you'd had thought we were fools. But lookn back at what we made, the kid's today, I think we saved.
Ahhh... brings back great memories. Bill Booth was my first instructor in 1969. Man, our gear was primitive as hell by todays standards! Fun as hell though.
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Wow, really sketchy stuff. Thanks to old folks for making this sport safe for us as it is today :)
Wow this is awesome...I saw the movie maybe a 100 times while I was 12years old...It set me off to become a skydiver myself and now after 35 years of jumping ans some 3300 jumps later I'm still trembling when I see those magnificant images...
some of Carl's Helmet cams - he had to install a counter weight on the side opposite the camera to keep his neck from turning because of the "drag"... he also installed a second camera on the other side to equalize & stabilize the drag & twist- some of the helmets just had a metal plate as a drag equalizer attached opposite the camera-
SAME AIRCRAFT: August/1974, my first parachute jump from the white/red aircraft (1:54-2:12, 2:30-2:46), a 1940 Howard Model DGA-15P #N22418 You made first jump-static line-SOLO (the instructor remained in the aircraft); I was saying "What in the hell are you doing??", then stepped-off badly, wind pushed me, I got slammed in the head by the static line! After that, all "dreamtime". Landing so smooth, for a split second I was standing.... then remembered, tucked and rolled! An awesome memory!
Wow glad I found this... Which one is Lyle Sr?
I was 11 yrs old and an extra at Benton,Ks for this movie
The beer was cold, the equipment was old. It all happened fast, man, I wish it would last.
No AAD's, just my cord and me, man, we were free.
Now, the USPA and all the rules, you'd had thought we were fools. But lookn back at what we made, the kid's today, I think we saved.
The entire movie is available on DVD through several sources on eBay and is well worth the investment.
Ahhh... brings back great memories. Bill Booth was my first instructor in 1969. Man, our gear was primitive as hell by todays standards! Fun as hell though.
OH maybe he wasn't. I was assuming that when I heard Gypsy Moths mentioned...
Do you mean Lyle Cameron? I wasn't aware he was in it.
Those were the days, mate.
No tandems. Just jumpers !
Twin pilot chutes were intended to reduce the chances of a pilot chute hesitation.
Why they have 2 pilot chutes??? pls answer.
@BASEfederation Do you, by any chance, know where I could get a hold of those DVD's? Thanks in advance.
i met Garth today... :)
I jumped #1 Aug 18 1974 at Elsinore. See the full comment.
Tom Lynch.