Very quick trip, a vertical trip.

[Ultralights]

Very quick trip, a vertical trip.

 

yep, i finally got the courage up to jump out of a perfectly servicable

 

aircraft for the sake of one hell of an adrenalin rush! total

 

take offs in a Twotter=2 total landing in a twotter=1 its not

 

often the number of landings number less than your take offs in a certain type of

 

aircraft.

 

ill let the pics do the talking now.

 

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Pre flight checks

 

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our departure point! yep, out there!

 

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mind the step!

 

actually the first 5 seconds of 0 g are the most intense, once you reach

 

termianl velocity its all pretty much plain sailing, just a nice

 

view, and lots of wind! untill you look down and realise just how fast

 

the cloads are approaching!

 

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smile for the camera!

 

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in cruise at 100kts! VFR on top!

 

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about to descend through the clouds, will be IFR for approx 1 second.

 

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long finals.

 

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short finals, gear down. note traffic behind us in the pattern, it was a busy day today.

 

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Arrived safely at our destiantion total trip distance 14,000 ft, total time just over 1 minute.

 

note, dont stick you head out of the window at 100kts. a bit of moisture, and its bad hair day for a while!

 

If youtr thinking of jumping out of a plane, do it, its the greatest mix of fear and adrenalin i have ever experienced.

 

Ultralights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Yenn]

Well done Rob.

 

Now what you have to do is do it on your own for a real buzz.

 

Ian

 

 

[Guest David C]

Rob

 

When did you do it ? . I thought that Twotter had been grounded ages ago .

 

Dave

 

 

[PaulN]

I thought that Twotter had been grounded.

If people keep falling out of it there's probably good reason to .

 

Good onya Rob ... but still, better you than me .

 

Paul

 

 

[Ultralights]

it was a few yrs ago now i did the jump, its only recently i got around to scanning the pics in and getting them on a website.

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Nice pics Rob. I ended up doing tandem 3 times. Never wanted to solo with a chute lol;) Something you never forget that's for sure. Total peace and quiet when that chute opens though.I would also recommend it to anyone.

 

 

[Guest Robbo]

Gday

 

Love the pics. Brought back some memories for me. The guy you did the tandem with is the same guy that I did a tandem with in 1992. Ive still got the pics.

 

I used to do some flying for them in a cessna 182 and throw those crazy bastards out. hehe

 

Regards

 

Robbo