Hamish Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 as you posted the pic I’m guessing it all turned out ok. I’d blame the packer is it under warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Very much a result of me intentionally exiting the plane quite badly to test the trainee instructor - hazard of the job. Not hard to fix - it’s a lot like being a kid on a swing that’s been wound up an needs a bit of “body English” and leg swinging to unwind. These are big friendly student parachutes, and while they’re sized for light weight 55-65 kilo students, they’re well over double the size is my sports parachutes. 15 seconds later all was fine. On my parachute, if I couldn’t fix it in 5, I’d be onto plan B. Day 171 Gorgeous afternoon for the winter solstice. ((10 minutes later it clouded over and rained on me for the last 10km’s home from work). Ahh well, better (longer) days are coming! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Nice to see a happy ending nonetheless. Years ago I was up with the Loadmaster in the back of an RAF Hercules when the Paras were doing a low level exercise. 600 feet jump height on a static line. Talking with the guy about how it goes we got to the bit about the drill if the main parachute doesn't deploy. They all have a reserve but the answer was from that height by the time you realise there is a problem dealing with the reserve just gives them something to take their mind off the real problem before hitting the deck. Very much gallows humour. Nice day for a ride. Summer solstice ride for me tomorrow. i am going 'gravel' for the first time Edited June 21, 2022 by Escadrille Ecosse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Allegedly, according to the 2005 Darwin Awards, "supermanning" became a popular sport among US MH-53 helicopter crews. With the inevitable result: https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin0000-00.html John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Sigh.... At least it was just himself this time unlike other Iraq war fatalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Idiot. A worthy Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Day 172 It followed me home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 3 hours ago, GT6MK3 said: It followed me home They do that apparently…… Getting serious about your road biking then. You’ll find that goes a bit easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 I’m waiting for that to happen to me but with a homeless Ford gt40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Dream on…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 Day 172. On 6/22/2022 at 5:56 PM, Nick Jones said: You’ll find that goes a bit easier. Certainly does. Went out for a "getting to know you" hour this morning. I cant really go any faster on the bike paths, because the pedestrian traffic is always unpredictable, and I'm still a bit suss about the rear brake on this but on the road it's sooo much easier to lug up hills. Snuck off to the tunnel again before school holidays sees it full of families More lazing around. Currently doing penance for my fun by spending all night loading updates onto file servers. Oh the joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 Day 173 After a long annoying night of updating servers and no sleep I had commitments I couldn’t avoid through the day, so by 7pm I’d been up for 36 hours with the majority of that spent at work. Big weekend coming with more instructor exams, as well as having to remote into work to do more (fairly critical) updates. Kicked all the users of the networks and started lots of backups running and should really have gone to sleep and respected my impending 5:30am wake-up call. Went to the footy and caught up with family instead. Tomorrow is gonna be a looooong day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 Day 174 when you really should be at work doing the stuff that pays for your life, but you have a prior commitment at the drop zone that need your sign off Thank you to whoever thought up remote computing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Day 175 “Hey Craig, is this yours?” I was pretty happy to get sent this today by one of my neighbors. I got it while I was stuck at the dz, a couple of hours from home, not long after another neighbor rang and let me know that my van had been broken into overnight and rolled into their spare car on the street outside home, and that my new bike was no longer inside the cargo area… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Oh…. . Suboptimal So, enemy action, but all major items still present, if somewhat rearranged. Minimal damage only I hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 Day 176 Could have been a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Day 177 14 hours sleep in 4 days. Shagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Day 178 Just hit the button to tell the tax dept the gob smacking amount of money I’m going to give them this year. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Got to earn it to owe it. But still painful. I am no entrepreneur so my life is simple PAYE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Burning the candle at both ends…. But it pays well…… (for the taxman anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Day 179 The difference sitting in a Barber’s chair makes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Has that bloke on the left been on the run for long ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Only from his wife’s work list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Day 180 Tonights homework. Marking written exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 Day 181 A friend of about 30 years threw a very large Coachella based party for his wife’s 50th. I’m not going to offer any excuses for this outfit, except to say that my wife not only allowed me out in public dressed like this, but accompanied me in something that upstaged me. Gawd help me… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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