iLoveSkydiving.org » test pilot http://iloveskydiving.org Aerial awesomeness. Served fresh, daily. Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sexy Swooping: Mud Wresting With Petrahttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/sexy-skydive-swooping-mud-wresting-with-petra/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/sexy-skydive-swooping-mud-wresting-with-petra/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:50:21 +0000 Andrew http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=10060 Who needs a swoop pond when you have mud?! Here’s some sexy swooping with the JPX Petra by Icarus Canopies (NZ Aerosports). And the best part is she’s only 69 square feet ;) Check out distance world record holder Nick Batsch’s early test jumps with Petra on a 2.97 wingload!

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]]> Who needs a swoop pond when you have mud?! Here’s some sexy swooping with the JPX Petra by Icarus Canopies (NZ Aerosports). And the best part is she’s only 69 square feet ;) Check out distance world record holder Nick Batsch’s early test jumps with Petra on a 2.97 wingload!

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/sexy-skydive-swooping-mud-wresting-with-petra/feed/ 0 Thursday Throwback: Real BASE Jump Historyhttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/thursday-throwback-real-base-jump-history/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/thursday-throwback-real-base-jump-history/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:50:48 +0000 Melanie Curtis http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=9812 Here’s a blast from the past for a random Thursday Throwback. I can’t understand a word they’re saying, but the footage speaks for itself. Jumping off a cliff with a round parachute back in the day. Talk about adventure-seekers. Here’s to these guys who paved the way for all the cool shit we get to [...]

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]]> Here’s a blast from the past for a random Thursday Throwback. I can’t understand a word they’re saying, but the footage speaks for itself. Jumping off a cliff with a round parachute back in the day. Talk about adventure-seekers. Here’s to these guys who paved the way for all the cool shit we get to do today. If you’re looking for more old school footage, check out this crazy parachute test jump from the 1930s.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/thursday-throwback-real-base-jump-history/feed/ 0 80 Seconds of Line Twistshttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/80-seconds-of-skydiving-line-twists/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/80-seconds-of-skydiving-line-twists/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:50:41 +0000 Sydney Williams http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=8396 Holy line twists, Batman! Parachute test pilot Brian Germain does a high pull with a test canopy, immediately fighting line twists with a hefty spin. After 80 seconds of battling the line twists, Brian finally settles out and talks through the thought process of how to get yourself through a malfunction safely. It goes without [...]

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]]> Holy line twists, Batman! Parachute test pilot Brian Germain does a high pull with a test canopy, immediately fighting line twists with a hefty spin. After 80 seconds of battling the line twists, Brian finally settles out and talks through the thought process of how to get yourself through a malfunction safely. It goes without saying that Germain is an experienced test pilot with over 13,000 skydives, so please don’t try this at home.

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