Student pilot celebrates 4th by water balloning car show !

[mattpilot]

that would leave less than 30 airports open nationwide

 

[avbug]

Those kids deserve to have their butts kicked.

On the subject of drops, many moons ago on halloween we had a pumpkin drop contest at the DZ at a private airport. The idea was to get out of the airplane holding the pumpkin, get the parachute open, descend to 2,000', and try to drop the pumpkin in a trash can identified with big orange panel markers. From there the jumper would proceed to a gravel "peas" area for a spot landing on a 3 cm electronic disc.

I foolishly brought a bigger pumpkin, which I carved, while others wisely brought small gourd-like pumpkins they could hold in one hand. I ended up having a total malfunction anyway, and got rid of the pumpkin for a reserve ride back down, but I sat on the ground and watched others do their thing. The funniest part of the day was watching someone spiraling down with the pumpkin in their mouth. He was holding it by the stem, and the stem broke off. I saw a little tiny dot move away from him, and someone yelled, and several folks started running. It hit about ten feet behind them, and sounded like a small grenade. One of them fell down and started screaming, "I'm hit, I'm hit," at which everyone else began laughing. Pumpkin shrapnel. I guess from 2,000', it hurts...they sure blow apart from that altitude when they impact.

For the record, if you're going to jump out of an airplane with a pumpkin, smaller is better.

 

[CitationXDriver]

For the record, if you're going to jump out of an airplane with a pumpkin, smaller is better.

Smaller is always better for everything right??

 

[TrafficInSight]

Those kids deserve to have their butts kicked.

On the subject of drops, many moons ago on halloween we had a pumpkin drop contest at the DZ at a private airport. The idea was to get out of the airplane holding the pumpkin, get the parachute open, descend to 2,000', and try to drop the pumpkin in a trash can identified with big orange panel markers. From there the jumper would proceed to a gravel "peas" area for a spot landing on a 3 cm electronic disc.

I foolishly brought a bigger pumpkin, which I carved, while others wisely brought small gourd-like pumpkins they could hold in one hand. I ended up having a total malfunction anyway, and got rid of the pumpkin for a reserve ride back down, but I sat on the ground and watched others do their thing. The funniest part of the day was watching someone spiraling down with the pumpkin in their mouth. He was holding it by the stem, and the stem broke off. I saw a little tiny dot move away from him, and someone yelled, and several folks started running. It hit about ten feet behind them, and sounded like a small grenade. One of them fell down and started screaming, "I'm hit, I'm hit," at which everyone else began laughing. Pumpkin shrapnel. I guess from 2,000', it hurts...they sure blow apart from that altitude when they impact.

For the record, if you're going to jump out of an airplane with a pumpkin, smaller is better.

We had some pumpkins left over last halloween so we used them in a sort of message drop contest at the next flight team practice... Though I think we just wanted to destroy some pumpkins more than hit anything. I did a low pass over the "target" at high speed and on my signal my kicker shoved the pumpkin out the baggage door.

Quite impressive, little bits of pumpkin everywhere with a very clearly defined point of impact. unfortunately my kicker was wounded in action as the baggage door snapped back shut on his thumb. He thinks it was worth it, although he probably wouldn't do it again

 

[siucavflight]

Smaller is always better for everything right??

Keep telling yourself that.

 

[GravityHater]

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Originally Posted by CitationXDriver
Smaller is always better for everything right??


Keep telling yourself that.
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I have my gal convinced.

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