Where Can I Go Fast? Really Fast.

[Sadlonelygit]

Perhaps people are approaching this the wrong way!
Has Capt Canaria thought of skydiving or wingsuit ing for the buzz he's looking for?
Hitting big numbers on a runway doesn't feel THAT fast.....til you pop out of the bubble.

The parachuting as a method of entry was part of the job at one point so I needed it, but I saw it as nothing more than a tool to do a job

So sky diving for a buzz might not be one at all

Static line or proper free fall?
I found static line a bit meh, but the ability to control your descent speed/distance/direction etc in free fall was a bit of a buzz!

[Count Steer]

One excellent bit of advice from my BiL (who was in the RAF for about as long as it was possible to stay) - 'Never get in an aeroplane for a jolly' - so the idea of getting in one, then jumping out of it, for fun seems like double jeopardy.

(I have flown for fun though and quite fancied glider flying for a while when we lived close to a gliding club).

[Horse]

One excellent bit of advice from my BiL (who was in the RAF for about as long as it was possible to stay) - 'Never get in an aeroplane for a jolly'

All helicopter pilots seem to have watched too many Vietnam war films.

Get a flight with one of them

[Bigjawa]

One excellent bit of advice from my BiL (who was in the RAF for about as long as it was possible to stay) - 'Never get in an aeroplane for a jolly'

All helicopter pilots seem to have watched too many Vietnam war films.

Get a flight with one of them

Bloke I know got his ticket and bought a helicopter, took me for a spin, fucking hell, he must have thought he had bought Airwolf instead of a wee Robinson R22. God knows how many aviation laws he broke that day but I'll never get in one again. He kept it for a few months, then got bored and flogged it on.

[Bustaspoke]

I've parachuted,back in the mid 90's at Cockerham near Lancaster.We had to climb out grab the wing strut & jump.I don't think they allow beginers to do that these days.I wanted to go back up & do another jump but out of the 4 of us,I was the only one uninjured,broken leg,broken back,whiplash.So instead of getting back in the plane I had a ride in the ambulance accompanying my mate with the broken leg.
We've not been back since

[Count Steer]

One excellent bit of advice from my BiL (who was in the RAF for about as long as it was possible to stay) - 'Never get in an aeroplane for a jolly'

All helicopter pilots seem to have watched too many Vietnam war films.

Get a flight with one of them

Only ever been transported sedately (and noisily) in a twin rotor job.

One of my team had a g/f that worked for a heli-hire company (based in Battersea iirc) and he got a jolly in one. The pilot's main pleasure seems to have been hedge-hopping. He even went a bit pale recounting the experience.

Despite this, he left and went to work for them...I think they persuaded him to invest in the company.

[rodbargee]

My mate bought a brand new one of those in the exact same colour. Some arsehole stole it before he'd even finished running it in

it was quite a machine! it just shouted rev me all the time real hooligans bike. Not guilty on the blue fasteners BTW.

[rodbargee]

and potholing.
A climb ruined In my experience

[Scootabout]

I've parachuted,back in the mid 90's at Cockerham near Lancaster.We had to climb out grab the wing strut & jump.I don't think they allow beginers to do that these days.I wanted to go back up & do another jump but out of the 4 of us,I was the only one uninjured,broken leg,broken back,whiplash.So instead of getting back in the plane I had a ride in the ambulance accompanying my mate with the broken leg.
We've not been back since

Those aren't good odds.