Its my lunch break. I nearly hurled on this one.
I hate you!
15th Death At Lodi Facility Since 2000
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I hate you!
trafficinsight
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Roomie: "let's go skydiving!"
Me: "No."
Her: "but it'll be fun!"
Me: "Hard no."
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Me: "No."
Her: "but it'll be fun!"
Me: "Hard no."
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NovemberEcho
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I jumped at FWN in NJ maybe 11 or 12 years ago. It was awesome. But if I knew then what I know now, no way. FWN is directly underneath the arrival route for TEB and prop EWR landers at 6,000 and just after the point where Boston Center ships to us. It's also an area where we have crappy radar and radio coverage below 3500 at all times and sometimes higher. I've seen so many close calls between arrivals and the jump planes there who just climb straight up and half the time don't call us til they're out of 6500. I wouldn't be surprised if @bimmerphile has seen that jump plane closer than he'd like.
Itchy
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Holy Shnikes. He apparently could care less if lived or died. Makes the backIts my lunch break. I nearly hurled on this one.
of my knees feel funny.
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All dragon~
Im not afraid of heights really but this seriously gives me anxiety every time I look at it.
bimmerphile
Sidestick Wiggler
Yeah, I hear them on freq but hadn't had any close calls or RAs. that leg from HUO to COATE comes pretty close to FWN though. More RAs from GA skirting the bravo, or landing on 11. I had my last flight in the Dash so I'm not going that way anymore
The center loved when I worked at 31E and would get to climb right underneath/through the JFK arrivals
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Deleted member 27505
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Just say the name... slowly. You'll hear it!!
Some things? Just say no.
Hey, @Dallen, you know who flies VFR through clouds to go drop jumpers at LoDi, amirite?
If at first you don't succeed...
Skydiving is not for you!
It's really not the company at Lodi, or at least it's not that the company at Lodi is any more sketchy or eff-ed up than any other skydying purveyor.
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Fear of heights and fear of exposure (edges, etc) are two very different things.
Cptnchia
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I guess. Worked for a roofing contractor in high school. I may have issues, but heights and edges aren't them. Even in hotels like Rennesance or those ones with the huge open atriums, I look down and calculate how much freefall time is available. I've done some BASE jumping, but it really wasn't my thing.
Beep
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Its my lunch break. I nearly hurled on this one.
That kid needs a SERIOUS time out.
trafficinsight
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We'd tell him to stand in the corner but he'd just climb it
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A Life Aloft
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Lawman
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I have a friend who refuses to get in helicopters but it has nothing to do with heights. His hang up is he is a structural engineer and refuses to fly in a, "flying pile of metal fatigue and uncontrolled oil leaks."
It's not that bad.... we totally have understood acceptable rates of the oil leaks.
A Life Aloft
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He's a wise man. I think helicopters are marvelous machines (especially gunships), but hells bells, that is some foreign flying and equipment compared to fixed wing.
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A Life Aloft
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Bejebus! That's special! I knew you were secretly looking to kill my old ass. lmao
I've always fantasized about taking a ride in an old school Huey though. But there would have to be conditions. No steep dives, no steep turns, no side skidding/slipping, no steep climbs, no balancing on one skid, and no roll overs. Just straight up and down and forward flying. I also want one of those real expensive, serious crash helmets and a nomex suit.
I've always fantasized about taking a ride in an old school Huey though. But there would have to be conditions. No steep dives, no steep turns, no side skidding/slipping, no steep climbs, no balancing on one skid, and no roll overs. Just straight up and down and forward flying. I also want one of those real expensive, serious crash helmets and a nomex suit.
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Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
It's the whole concept of the "Jesus Nut" that makes me think helos are sketchy.
JeppUpdater
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Ho Lee •.Its my lunch break. I nearly hurled on this one.
Sum Ting Wong with that mofo's brain.
A Life Aloft
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It's never a happy thing to be in something that starts shedding it's parts either.
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Thats only in your semi-rigid rotor system helos, like Jet Rangers and two-bladed Hueys. Just don't negative-G them, and they're fine.
