In The Air
Close your eyes.. and think skydiving.. What is in your mind? The airplane, often seen from a distance, but now so up close and personal. The ride up, in the beginning seemed to be that last slow walk down the green mile, but later becomes an unbearable delay from your own sweet release. The open [...]
For skydivers in the northern US, we spend the winter asking ourselves and others a few simple questions: When will the new season begin? How much longer do we have to wait? What will we do until winter is over? Each skydiver handles winter a little differently, though none seem to handle it well! Some [...]
Labor Day Weekend only means one thing to a Flying Hellfish – five days of mayhem at Skydive Tecumseh! The Hellfish make an appearance at a few other boogies, but Labor Day is when they come home. As my luck worked out, this was my weekend with my kids, so I had to do some [...]
Ahh, a great time as come and past, for me at least. All summer I’m able to enjoy spending Monday and Wednesday nights at the dropzone, but with the kids returning to school after Labor Day, my summer fun is winding down to an end. This was probably be the last weekday at the DZ, [...]
It’s been over a year since my first “hump day jump” (7-9-08, #57) and I can certainly say they’ve turned into being one my favorite days at the dropzone. It seems there is a different group around and a different pace. It’s not about cranking out the jumps and turning the loads like on a [...]