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- From: peterl@devvax.mincom.oz.au
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Memories and thanx to Mark Smith
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.162638.6745@devvax.mincom.oz.au>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 06:26:37 GMT
- Organization: Mincom, Brisbane, Australia
- Lines: 47
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- After "only" 3months i have my copy of Air and Space in my hands.
- It's the Oct/Nov. issue with the article of skydiving with the
- Russians.I just want to say thanks to Mark Smith for taking the time
- to send me the details of which vol. and number.
- Looking at the pictures (and my photos) and reading the article
- brought back the memories of the Moscow Boogie '92.
- The people,the place,the jumps,the food (well, not so fond memories
- there!!)and the general atmosphere all around.were great.
- Standing out most in the memory dept. are some jumps we did out
- of their Mi8 and Mi6 choppers.One 14way from 14,000 out the rear
- of the Mi8,everything got settled by 12k then we hit the cloud.
- Every thousand feet just brush the ice off the goggles and scream
- at the person next to you(with exhileration,not fear!) We could see
- the whole formation but just held it together.(concerning the recent
- discussion on this topic...no flames please..I totally enjoyed it)
- The cloud lasted to 4,500 (break-off height for the Russians),they
- split,the rest of us came in,turned one more point,yelled,yahooed
- and broke off.When we all had landed we got together and everybody
- said it was a great jump!! 2points from 14,000!!!!we were all soaked
- from head to toe in the front from the cloud,but totally happy!
-
- Another jump that stands out is one that six of us "foriegners"did
- using the Russian paratroopers gear.(photo on p.62).Out of the
- Antonov at 100meters (static-line).That was a buzz,standing in the
- door looking down,seeing the blades of grass,then looking straight
- across ans seeing your friends standing on the side of the DZ waving
- and taking photo's.....waiting for the buzzer and the slap on the
- rig....then go!!!...getting tossed around by the 120mph slipstream
- (the An2 had to go flat out to stay up at 100mts!),then the softest
- of openings from the huge,cotton round....3 occillations and boom....
- on the deck!!The adrenalin was pumping for about 2 hours after that!!
- After in the bar with the vodka and 13proof beer flowing freely,there
- was a presentation of paratrooper badges and patches to the newly
- inducted Russian paratroopers...they now hold pride of place in my
- collection and will soon be afixed to my gear-bag and rig.
-
- The next boogie should be in early July,so if anybody is interested
- let me know and i will give you as much info as i can.
- they even let you fly the planes...i got to fly 05..the one on the front
- cover.....hence this out-pouring of memories!!!Where else but Russia can
- you do the thing we did!!!
-
- No tut-tutting or tsk-tsking or flames please....what we did we did of
- our own free will and totally enjoyed orselves doing it.
-
- Fluro
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