ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by bigeye

No offence intended but assuming from your years reference above you are in your 50s? I've taught all ages and the good thing is that once you have mastered the basics you'll be able to land back on the hill and not have to walk all the way back to the take off from the Turkey Patch.

Where do you live? - I know quite a few Schools in the UK (assuming you are in the UK of course)

Most of them will sell you a taster day but - lobbing off a hill and floating quickly to the patch doesn't really give you a flavour of the ultimate: thermalling up to cloud base in what is basically a flying garden chair!

Click on the link in my post ;) - 46 - I was a young pup!

I'd considered doing a week up on Mull (can't remember what the school is called off the top of my head), if I can scrape enough time away from the young 'uns and the wing commander...

Originally Posted by andy111s

Click on the link in my post ;) - 46 - I was a young pup!

I'd considered doing a week up on Mull (can't remember what the school is called off the top of my head), if I can scrape enough time away from the young 'uns and the wing commander...

Same age as me you old git! and I didn't see your link either.

I don't know a school there TBH - The only one I know North of the Border is Paragliding Courses, Paragliding School, Paragliding Shop, Paraglide, Arran, Scotland, UK, Nepal, Bulgaria, France, Mongolia on Arran.
which used to be run by a girl called Zabdi. I did a PG competition with her and her boyfriend in S.Africa years ago: I don't remember taking off without a screaming hangover the whole time.

It's very addictive - and if you live near a take off it's especially dangerous... I could understand why the ex-wife wasn't happy sitting on a windy hill watching me flap about.

Originally Posted by bigeye

Same age as me you old git! and I didn't see your link either.

I don't know a school there TBH - The only one I know North of the Border is Paragliding Courses, Paragliding School, Paragliding Shop, Paraglide, Arran, Scotland, UK, Nepal, Bulgaria, France, Mongolia on Arran.
which used to be run by a girl called Zabdi. I did a PG competition with her and her boyfriend in S.Africa years ago: I don't remember taking off without a screaming hangover the whole time.

It's very addictive - and if you live near a take off it's especially dangerous... I could understand why the ex-wife wasn't happy sitting on a windy hill watching me flap about.

Arran, not Mull - yes, that's the one - although as you see, I may need to brush up on the nav.!

Cool - am now officially re-enthused, cheers.

Originally Posted by bokkatankie

Have you ever read Evelyn Waugh, or for the less well educated try Catch 22? Perhaps your missing OC was something similar.

Repeatedly. It was the good old days when a whole bunch of Junior Soldiers could be spared to go & be junior staff & do all the dogsbody jobs while also being trained up to be instructors, a bunch of Sergeants could be employed for a tour to do the instructing, a WOII would be seconded to do the CCI role & run the place & a Major be in charge of the lot & be there to do an opening & closing address & be in place to summary dealing if need be!

First jump was on a GQ 6.4 AC at Netheravon in Apr 89 as a schoolboy. Started again in Mar 91 & onto dummy pulls by jump 11 in Apr. Cleared for first freefall after jump 22 (Stevie A jumpmaster) 10 Apr & did it later that day.

First square jump was number 40 on a Manta in May 91, then passed Cat 8 on jump 54 using a Raven. Jump 70 was from a Lynx which had dropped by for a refuel & I bribed the pilot to let me get out when he set off again.

Moved over to Weston (& a couple of jumps at Netheravon) where I carried on with the WARPs & used a Raider (& Pathfinder) from AN2, BN2T, Skyliner & Twin Otter.

Finally sacked it in 2001 when I realised I was no good & the cost was just getting too much. Had a lot of fun, though!

C9XXX

Originally Posted by CaptainPlume

Repeatedly. It was the good old days when a whole bunch of Junior Soldiers could be spared to go & be junior staff & do all the dogsbody jobs while also being trained up to be instructors, a bunch of Sergeants could be employed for a tour to do the instructing, a WOII would be seconded to do the CCI role & run the place & a Major be in charge of the lot & be there to do an opening & closing address & be in place to summary dealing if need be!

First jump was on a GQ 6.4 AC at Netheravon in Apr 89 as a schoolboy. Started again in Mar 91 & onto dummy pulls by jump 11 in Apr. Cleared for first freefall after jump 22 (Stevie A jumpmaster) 10 Apr & did it later that day.

First square jump was number 40 on a Manta in May 91, then passed Cat 8 on jump 54 using a Raven. Jump 70 was from a Lynx which had dropped by for a refuel & I bribed the pilot to let me get out when he set off again.

Moved over to Weston (& a couple of jumps at Netheravon) where I carried on with the WARPs & used a Raider (& Pathfinder) from AN2, BN2T, Skyliner & Twin Otter.

Finally sacked it in 2001 when I realised I was no good & the cost was just getting too much. Had a lot of fun, though!

C9XXX

Well said Captain P ......that fcuking told the pretentious unbeliever.
Yours Sincerely
Medwaymud
"ex-junior staff doing dogsbody job while being trained up to be an Instructor"

Originally Posted by CaptainPlume

Repeatedly. It was the good old days when a whole bunch of Junior Soldiers could be spared to go & be junior staff & do all the dogsbody jobs while also being trained up to be instructors, a bunch of Sergeants could be employed for a tour to do the instructing, a WOII would be seconded to do the CCI role & run the place & a Major be in charge of the lot & be there to do an opening & closing address & be in place to summary dealing if need be!

First jump was on a GQ 6.4 AC at Netheravon in Apr 89 as a schoolboy. Started again in Mar 91 & onto dummy pulls by jump 11 in Apr. Cleared for first freefall after jump 22 (Stevie A jumpmaster) 10 Apr & did it later that day.

First square jump was number 40 on a Manta in May 91, then passed Cat 8 on jump 54 using a Raven. Jump 70 was from a Lynx which had dropped by for a refuel & I bribed the pilot to let me get out when he set off again.

Moved over to Weston (& a couple of jumps at Netheravon) where I carried on with the WARPs & used a Raider (& Pathfinder) from AN2, BN2T, Skyliner & Twin Otter.

Finally sacked it in 2001 when I realised I was no good & the cost was just getting too much. Had a lot of fun, though!

C9XXX

I think that you are, somewhat missing the point, never mind I am sure that Ludovic would have understood.

Originally Posted by medwaymud

Well said Captain P ......that fcuking told the pretentious unbeliever.
Yours Sincerely
Medwaymud
"ex-junior staff doing dogsbody job while being trained up to be an Instructor"

Apologies! The Junior Staff I knew had all been told they were coming in to become skygods & would be instructors in a year. Some found that for various reasons they spent more time pushing out aircraft & supervising people on courses while they made WDIs than actually jumping.

Not saying that they weren't all really decent blokes, they were & I have very happy memories. Perhaps I have a face that makes people feel I will listen when they have a complaint!

Originally Posted by bokkatankie

I think that you are, somewhat missing the point, never mind I am sure that Ludovic would have understood.

Forgot to put a paragraph break in, then went on a long explanation. I meant the Boss was a shadowy figure, while the CCI would be ther to sign off imporant milestones, the Instructors to take us through our progression & the Junior Staff make sure we were in the right place at the right time.

Jesus, I hate evenings when I offend people here!