Hamish Posted Tuesday at 09:18 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:18 AM 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 Tuesday at 11:03 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:03 AM 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 Tuesday at 11:14 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:14 AM (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 Tuesday at 11:17 AM by Escadrille Ecosse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted Tuesday at 06:53 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:53 PM 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 Tuesday at 07:21 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:21 PM 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 Tuesday at 07:55 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:55 PM Idiot. A worthy Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted Wednesday at 04:38 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 04:38 AM Day 172 It followed me home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted Wednesday at 07:56 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:56 AM 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 Wednesday at 09:21 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:21 AM 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 Wednesday at 12:27 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:27 PM Dream on…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted Thursday at 01:02 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:02 PM 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 Friday at 01:35 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 01:35 PM 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 yesterday at 03:07 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:07 PM 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 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago 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 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 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...
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