WOW What a rush!!!!!

My, you are brave! Congrats on making your jump and raising so much money
for a good cause. I can't wait to see the video. Keep us posted.
--
Laura

"ray miller" wrote in message
...
Just got back from Hinton. The jump was a success!!!

We got to the airfield for about 10:00 and started filling in the
forms then we got the go-ahead and got suited up. I was seriously
nervous but Neil was fine. We went through all (both!) the actions and
commands I had to remember and then off to the plane. The plane looked
like something out of WW2. The takeoff was extremely smooth and we
circled up to 12,000 ft in about 5 minutes.
Then the instructor connecfed the harnesses and tightened everything
up. We went through the routine once more, then shuffled to the
hatchway. The camera-man climbed out onto the wing and we stood on the
brink for a moment. I was just about to say OK, when the instructor
went anyway.
WHAT A RUSH!!
I paniced for a second then was OK. Breathing was tricky for a while
too then I relaxed and enjoyed it. The freefall lasted about 45
seconds, then the instructor opened the parachute. I think that was
almost as scary as jumping out of the plane. We got pulled about a
bit, then the instructor relaxed the harness and we sailed gently to
the ground. It took about 3 minutes. The landing was undignified.

The video is great and we will try to get it on the net this weekend.
I think we've raised over 800GBP for Macmillan.

Neil says he'd do it again, but I'm not so sure. I loved it but I
think once is enough.

I'm still on a high, so if I spelt anything wrong, blame it on the
adrenaline.

Ray - happy to be on terra firma again.
--
rmnsuk
273/192/182

yipes, better you than me
--
Les
"ray miller" wrote in message
...
Just got back from Hinton. The jump was a success!!!

We got to the airfield for about 10:00 and started filling in the
forms then we got the go-ahead and got suited up. I was seriously
nervous but Neil was fine. We went through all (both!) the actions and
commands I had to remember and then off to the plane. The plane looked
like something out of WW2. The takeoff was extremely smooth and we
circled up to 12,000 ft in about 5 minutes.
Then the instructor connecfed the harnesses and tightened everything
up. We went through the routine once more, then shuffled to the
hatchway. The camera-man climbed out onto the wing and we stood on the
brink for a moment. I was just about to say OK, when the instructor
went anyway.
WHAT A RUSH!!
I paniced for a second then was OK. Breathing was tricky for a while
too then I relaxed and enjoyed it. The freefall lasted about 45
seconds, then the instructor opened the parachute. I think that was
almost as scary as jumping out of the plane. We got pulled about a
bit, then the instructor relaxed the harness and we sailed gently to
the ground. It took about 3 minutes. The landing was undignified.

The video is great and we will try to get it on the net this weekend.
I think we've raised over 800GBP for Macmillan.

Neil says he'd do it again, but I'm not so sure. I loved it but I
think once is enough.

I'm still on a high, so if I spelt anything wrong, blame it on the
adrenaline.

Ray - happy to be on terra firma again.
--
rmnsuk
273/192/182

Ray ! You did it ! Wow... that is so great. I would never had the courage to
do it, but I really admire you for having had the guts to do it. Again...
WOW !!

--
Nathalie from Belgium
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295.6/206.1/minigoal 205.6/Goal 150 pounds
WLL : 207.5/206.1/195.5 lbs
94.1/93.5/88.7

"ray miller" wrote in message
...
Just got back from Hinton. The jump was a success!!!

We got to the airfield for about 10:00 and started filling in the
forms then we got the go-ahead and got suited up. I was seriously
nervous but Neil was fine. We went through all (both!) the actions and
commands I had to remember and then off to the plane. The plane looked
like something out of WW2. The takeoff was extremely smooth and we
circled up to 12,000 ft in about 5 minutes.
Then the instructor connecfed the harnesses and tightened everything
up. We went through the routine once more, then shuffled to the
hatchway. The camera-man climbed out onto the wing and we stood on the
brink for a moment. I was just about to say OK, when the instructor
went anyway.
WHAT A RUSH!!
I paniced for a second then was OK. Breathing was tricky for a while
too then I relaxed and enjoyed it. The freefall lasted about 45
seconds, then the instructor opened the parachute. I think that was
almost as scary as jumping out of the plane. We got pulled about a
bit, then the instructor relaxed the harness and we sailed gently to
the ground. It took about 3 minutes. The landing was undignified.

The video is great and we will try to get it on the net this weekend.
I think we've raised over 800GBP for Macmillan.

Neil says he'd do it again, but I'm not so sure. I loved it but I
think once is enough.

I'm still on a high, so if I spelt anything wrong, blame it on the
adrenaline.

Ray - happy to be on terra firma again.
--
rmnsuk
273/192/182

Living vicariously through reading your post was thrilling enough for
me. No need to try it in real life. lol

Congratulations on following through with your intent and desire to
sky-dive. So many people have dreams and never do a thing to make them
reality.


On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:27:47 GMT, ray miller wrote:
Just got back from Hinton. The jump was a success!!!

We got to the airfield for about 10:00 and started filling in the
forms then we got the go-ahead and got suited up. I was seriously
nervous but Neil was fine. We went through all (both!) the actions and
commands I had to remember and then off to the plane. The plane looked
like something out of WW2. The takeoff was extremely smooth and we
circled up to 12,000 ft in about 5 minutes.
Then the instructor connecfed the harnesses and tightened everything
up. We went through the routine once more, then shuffled to the
hatchway. The camera-man climbed out onto the wing and we stood on the
brink for a moment. I was just about to say OK, when the instructor
went anyway.
WHAT A RUSH!!
I paniced for a second then was OK. Breathing was tricky for a while
too then I relaxed and enjoyed it. The freefall lasted about 45
seconds, then the instructor opened the parachute. I think that was
almost as scary as jumping out of the plane. We got pulled about a
bit, then the instructor relaxed the harness and we sailed gently to
the ground. It took about 3 minutes. The landing was undignified.

The video is great and we will try to get it on the net this weekend.
I think we've raised over 800GBP for Macmillan.

Neil says he'd do it again, but I'm not so sure. I loved it but I
think once is enough.

I'm still on a high, so if I spelt anything wrong, blame it on the
adrenaline.

Ray - happy to be on terra firma again.

You scare me, but congratulations anyway! A reward (any reward) is always a
good thing, and you certainly sound like you enjoyed yourself

--
Julie.
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205.7/159.0/162.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb

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"ray miller" wrote in message
...
Just got back from Hinton. The jump was a success!!!

We got to the airfield for about 10:00 and started filling in the
forms then we got the go-ahead and got suited up. I was seriously
nervous but Neil was fine. We went through all (both!) the actions and
commands I had to remember and then off to the plane. The plane looked
like something out of WW2. The takeoff was extremely smooth and we
circled up to 12,000 ft in about 5 minutes.
Then the instructor connecfed the harnesses and tightened everything
up. We went through the routine once more, then shuffled to the
hatchway. The camera-man climbed out onto the wing and we stood on the
brink for a moment. I was just about to say OK, when the instructor
went anyway.
WHAT A RUSH!!
I paniced for a second then was OK. Breathing was tricky for a while
too then I relaxed and enjoyed it. The freefall lasted about 45
seconds, then the instructor opened the parachute. I think that was
almost as scary as jumping out of the plane. We got pulled about a
bit, then the instructor relaxed the harness and we sailed gently to
the ground. It took about 3 minutes. The landing was undignified.

The video is great and we will try to get it on the net this weekend.
I think we've raised over 800GBP for Macmillan.

Neil says he'd do it again, but I'm not so sure. I loved it but I
think once is enough.

I'm still on a high, so if I spelt anything wrong, blame it on the
adrenaline.

Ray - happy to be on terra firma again.
--
rmnsuk
273/192/182

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:31:48 +1000, "JulieB"
wrote:

You scare me, but congratulations anyway! A reward (any reward) is always a
good thing, and you certainly sound like you enjoyed yourself

It was great fun!

I now have the photo and video to prove it.

Take a look at
http://alstewart.homeip.net:8088/
There are some photos of Neil and I and two videos.
The videos are huge though. 80 and 90 MB
If you want to download them you will probably need cable and you
should probably right click and 'save target as', rather than just
clicking.

They are also available from my FTP site. If you prefer to get them
via FTP just email me and I'll send connection details. Remember to
remove the snake from my email address!

Regards

Ray

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rmnsuk
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