A quick question for adrenalin junkies

ben62670

What song would you have them play in your video of you jumping out of a plane?
I think I would like this one.
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JimKellyfan

Learning to Fly, either Floyd or Foo

ben62670

My buddy had seal "crazy" in his vid.

AudioGenics

I Believe I Can Fly
by R. Kelly
From the movie, Space Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v2YjmY_14k

Rivrrat

Highway to Hell.

janmike

We always played Thunderstruck on the Friday night road trip to the drop zone. Those were the days.

AudioGenics

Stairway to Heaven

ben62670

janmike wrote: »

We always played Thunderstruck on the Friday night road trip to the drop zone. Those were the days.

Was that for fun, or the military?

WilliamM2

Pali Gap.

dkg999

Whatever song they use for the Charmin commercials!

ben62670

dkg999 wrote: »

Whatever song they use for the Charmin commercials!

You made my mom LOL!

janmike

ben62670 wrote: »

Was that for fun, or the military?

Just for fun.

falconcry72

I used the Allman's "Dreams" for the pre-jump part of the vid, and Hendrix's " All Along the Watchtower" for the actual jump.

Man that was fun! Exactly 9 years ago today.

kawizx9r

In the car I was listening to AC DC **** Bells on my way to the local airport, definitely had me thinking about it before our group went sky diving.

messiah

I guess it would depend on why I was jumping out of the plane.

tonyb

Adrenaline Junkie ?? Maybe without a chute,then we'll talk. I did the whole skydiving thing,practically fell asleep. Hit the ground and wanted to take a nap,it was that relaxing. Anything but getting my adrenaline going. For me anyway, it's more scary jumping off a building into a pile of cardboard boxes, or rolling a car down a hill.

ben62670

Reread the first post. I never said anything about a chute :biggrin:

Edit: I did a lot of high work like bridge painting so stuff like roller coasters are pretty boring. I could certainly see jumping out of a plane as relaxing.

agfrost

ben62670 wrote: »

Reread the first post. I never said anything about a chute :biggrin:

Then the song you want is "High Speed Dirt" off of Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction. I think this song has what you require.

Jay

ben62670

Down in a hole by Alice in Chains:biggrin:

cnoat

Fly Me Courageous-Drivin' and Cryin'

tonyb

" Fly like an Eagle " maybe.... really Ben, your only falling for a few seconds but seems like forever. It's soo relaxing,no joke. If your going tandem, have the guy do loops after the chute opens,thats pretty cool. My first time the guy kept motioning for me to pull the chute. I kept waving him off,I enjoyed the free falling that much. He got pissed and reached over to yank the rip cord,damn. I thought we were too high yet,but it's very diceiving. At higher altitudes,it feels like your not even falling,but if you don't pay attention,the ground comes up quick. Have fun bro.

ben62670

What I am hoping is to find a place that will allow solo jumps ASAP. I want to "fly" flip whatever. Yeah a slow decent is not what I want. I like free falling. Did a look of cliff jumping when I was younger into water. BTW what is terminal velocity with the jumping gear on?

tonyb

Well,around here anyway,you have to get certified to do solo jumps. That requires lots of jumps and a few classes. At around 200 bucks a jump,the costs add up fast. The other cool thing is gliders. Dead **** quiet, you feel like a bird,rideing the air, lifting off the thermals, also real cool. Free falling is still my fav though, be carefull,it's very addicting. Don't know what you mean by Terminal Velocity,are you talking the movie ?

ben62670

Terminal velocity is the top speed you can reach when free falling.

ShinAce

ben62670 wrote: »

Terminal velocity is the top speed you can reach when free falling.

Depends on your position.

Spread eagle, about 120 mph.

Head first, maybe 200 mph.

bobman1235

I always thought this would be a great song for a skydiving vid. It starts off kinda mellow as you're going up in the plane / preparing, has a cool crescendo in the middle (1:35 or so) as you're freefalling and then has the calm at the end (2:25 on) as you float down.

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falconcry72

ben62670 wrote: »

What I am hoping is to find a place that will allow solo jumps ASAP.

Here, in VA, you have to be certified to jump solo. It ends up costing about $1500 to get certified with all the jumps and classes. Good gear, even used, can cost $5000+. But once you're certified and have your own gear, jumps can be dirt cheap... like $10-$20.

I jumped tandom from about 13,000ft, and we had a full one minute free-fall before the chute opened, then about 5 min for the rest of the decent.

some places will let you go solo with no certification if you do a static jump where the chute automatically opens as you exit the plane, but then you don't get much freefall.

tonyb

ben62670 wrote: »

Terminal velocity is the top speed you can reach when free falling.

Jumping tantum they won't let you hit max velocity. Your spread eagle baby. Besides, you want the free fall to last as long as possible. Head first in a dive is for only the most experienced jumpers.

Tony M

tonyb wrote: »

" Fly like an Eagle " maybe.... really Ben, your only falling for a few seconds but seems like forever. It's soo relaxing,no joke. If your going tandem, have the guy do loops after the chute opens,thats pretty cool. My first time the guy kept motioning for me to pull the chute. I kept waving him off,I enjoyed the free falling that much. He got pissed and reached over to yank the rip cord,damn. I thought we were too high yet,but it's very diceiving. At higher altitudes,it feels like your not even falling,but if you don't pay attention,the ground comes up quick. Have fun bro.

This was my choice too...:biggrin:

Fireman32

Another one bites the dust

mrbiron

The Pixies - Where is My Mind