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  1. 2007-04-20, 10:15 AM #1
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    DC9 Skydiving Jet video

    What a great way to get on a DC9-10


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  2. 2007-04-20, 01:37 PM #2
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    Cool video Mike!!
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  3. 2007-04-20, 02:11 PM #3
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    Pretty wild. I had read about this and wondered how it looked in action so thanks for the link Mike. They must need an awful lot of jumpers per flight for this to be cost effective, I wonder how often it actually goes up.
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  4. 2007-04-20, 02:23 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nonstop2AUH
    Pretty wild. I had read about this and wondered how it looked in action so thanks for the link Mike. They must need an awful lot of jumpers per flight for this to be cost effective, I wonder how often it actually goes up.
    I think they take up to 80 jumpers. Very cheap to operate, the aircraft takes off lightly fueled, takes about 4 minutes to reach altitude, two passes, barely a 15 minute flight.
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    Dude,
    I am so loving it.

    I love hte footage around 3:10 where the cameraman jumps out just prior to the 2nd jumper, so you get the effect of jumping out and looking up at the jet. Sweet Jesus what a thrill!

    I am going skydiving!
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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  6. 2007-04-20, 07:15 PM #6
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    I would love to jump on that bird. That is one way to jumpseat on a 9 without being a pilot, dispatcher, load master, FAA inspector, or secret service agent I guess.
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  7. 2007-04-23, 05:57 AM #7
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    that's so sweet! wonder what thier time-to-altitude was. man i'd love to fly that airplane!!!
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  8. 2007-04-23, 08:21 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    that's so sweet! wonder what thier time-to-altitude was. man i'd love to fly that airplane!!!
    The climb to altitude is about 4 minutes

    Jump run speed is between 130-150 knots
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    Um.....not sure what this was all about...but same jet.
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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