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Following on from Daves, pic for Floss about wind in your hair.

I did this for 17 years and absolutely loved it. I still have all the equipment and keep talking about starting up again this year.

It certainly got the relative wind through everything 😀

Bob

PS I'm bottom left in the picture

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Cor ! That's what you call living life to the max  Bob !

You look like Stormtroopers ! :-) xxx

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply topoppypug

Haha I've never heard it said we looked like stormtroopers PP but I can see why you'd say that 😀

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poppypugGraduate10 in reply toB0bP

How high up are you there Bob ? And whats keeping you up in the air without your parachute open ? ( Sorry if that's a daft question :-) ) xxx

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply topoppypug

Generally we used to jump from around 13,000ft, it's hard to say the exact height in the picture as you can't see the ground for the cloud.

It's not a daft question, but nothing is keeping us up, in reality we are all falling at around 120 mph and so is the cameralady who took the pic 😀

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poppypugGraduate10 in reply toB0bP

Eeeek ! Youre falling ??? Oh I feel a bit sick ! Aarrgh !

Blimey Bob, that must take some guts , fair play to you ! xxx

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply topoppypug

Nah I think I'm just a bit daft 😀

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Madge50Graduate10

Cooorrrrrrrr! Like, like, like, like! I'd love to do that! 😃

Mx

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toMadge50

Go on Madge have a go.

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Wow...... that really is awesome....Go for it again!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Live EVERY moment!!!!

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toOldfloss

It was certainly a lot of fun Floss. This particular pic was taken over Perris valley in California.

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Madge50Graduate10 in reply toB0bP

Wow!

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Sandraj39Graduate10

Amazing picture! For 17 yrs? Was this part of your job?

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toSandraj39

Thanks Sandra. I was a competition formation skydiver and a qualified formation skydiving coach, it wasn't my job just a very big part of my life.

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Sandraj39Graduate10 in reply toB0bP

Wow! Not many people can claim hobbies like that! Quite an adrenalin-junkie then!

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toSandraj39

Yep I'm certainly that, my main ones were skydiving and fast motorbikes.

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Madge50Graduate10 in reply toB0bP

And another wow!

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Noaky12Graduate10

Wowwwwweeeeeeeee! ☺

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toNoaky12

Haha Weeeeeeeee

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aliboo70Graduate10

Oooooh you are a brave soul! Kinda looks like fun in a scary way!!😊

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toaliboo70

I certainly found it fun 😀

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Returning2Run

That looks amazing! An uncle of mine used to skydive before having kids and he took me to one of the air tunnels, that felt amazing- can't imagine doing the real thing though! :-)

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toReturning2Run

Hi,

I did love a bit of wind tunnel action, I was talking recently with a few old skydiving mates about booking a session.

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ju-ju-Graduate10

Flipping heck that's so scary... I am soooo impressed!!!

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toju-ju-

Thanks JJ, it was something I got a lot out of.

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skysue16Graduate10

My goodness - impressive! I don't think I could do that!

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B0bPGraduate10 in reply toskysue16

Never say never Sue x

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