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Inflight Entertainment => The missing link => Topic started by: TheSoccerMom on September 29, 2007, 06:52:25 AM

Title: Practice Jump -- Alaska Smokejumpers
Post by: TheSoccerMom on September 29, 2007, 06:52:25 AM: The guys mentioned tonight that they had stuck a video of a practice jump on YouTube. It's in Alaska.. the guy named Hughes was on Mikey's crew last year with Panaca Jane!!!! And now look -- he's leaping out of airplanes!! What is this world coming to....... ::loony::

::wave::

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DsIXEl5YYmQ (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DsIXEl5YYmQ)
Title: Re: Practice Jump -- Alaska Smokejumpers
Post by: Zaffex on September 29, 2007, 10:43:53 PM: Ha! Mr. Hughes looked like he was about to clobber the cameraman during his landing!
Title: Re: Practice Jump -- Alaska Smokejumpers
Post by: Baradium on September 30, 2007, 03:56:19 AM: I was hoping I'd be able to recognize the area, and while the roads look vaguely familiar, alas I cannot.

I did recognize the aircraft though.... I *think* 107 was in Galena for a while this summer.

Thanks for the link, always cool to see that stuff.
Title: Re: Practice Jump -- Alaska Smokejumpers
Post by: TheSoccerMom on September 30, 2007, 07:52:24 PM: Quote from: Zaffex on September 29, 2007, 10:43:53 PM
Ha! Mr. Hughes looked like he was about to clobber the cameraman during his landing!

Boy, there was a BAD clobber in the spring... one guy was standing kind of near the target on the ground, and his rookie bro came in and was apparently going to land right ON it... so, the guy near the canopy on the ground sidestepped at the last minute, and, somehow, got hit right in the butt by the landing guy's HELMET... he went FLYING, and was OUT... lying on the ground, moaning, and holding his derriere. They thought he might have broken something, but he just had a horrid bruise. But.. there were LOTS of good a** jokes!!!!!! :D