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Post by alex94 on Jul 7, 2019 8:03:40 GMT
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Post by darrenvox on Jul 7, 2019 12:31:13 GMT
looks cool but it would be too fast to deploy all the people and they might get sucked into the engines...or is this just a people mover of sorts?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 14:08:02 GMT
looks cool but it would be too fast to deploy all the people and they might get sucked into the engines...or is this just a people mover of sorts? They use rear tail passenger stair like you see infamous Cooper using rear tail passenger stair to jump out of 727. There are quite few DC-9s with operable rear tail passenger stairs for sky diving purpose. I have seen one DC-9-30 series for that. Also there are some 727s for sky diving too! |
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Post by alex94 on Jul 7, 2019 18:06:35 GMT
Yep they use the rear stairs
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Post by christrott on Jul 7, 2019 18:33:54 GMT
There are quite few DC-9s with operable rear tail passenger stairs for sky diving purpose. I have seen one DC-9-30 series for that. The Skydive Perris aircraft is the only airliner currently used for skydiving. There was another DC-9 that was to be converted, but it never happened. No 727 has ever been purpose modified for skydiving, although AmeriJet International was chartered for the 1999 Freefall Convention to fly skydivers on one occasion, but the airplane did not have any specific modifications beyond removal of the Cooper device to allow the airstair to open in flight. Both DC-9s and 727s however have been used for Zero-G flying, so maybe that's where the confusion is? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 23:12:35 GMT
so maybe that's where the confusion is? Christrott, Good to hear from you and no confusion from me As for 727s in regard for use of skydiving, I am NOT referring to AmeriJet 727's sky diving trips that you correctly mentioned and also I am NOT referring to Air America 727's convert skydiving (well actually convert parachute missions so call it convert parachuting instead of skydiving) and convert air supply dropping operation flights. I am referring to a 727 specializing in skydiving few years ago with the name of some sky diving company on plane from what I recalled from doing research few years ago when various aviation forums were discussing about some (do not remember the specific anniversary number) anniversary of infamous DB Cooper's sky jumping which propelled me to do more internet research on this sky diving topic and I was surprised to come across in middle of googling a nice website featuring sky diving adventures offered by a 727. It now surprises and disappoints me that Google is unable right now to find that website for me. During the googling research few years ago, I do recall beautiful 727 livery in the website specializing in sky diving that Google found but I did not bother to post repaint request on HJG because I realized that HJG permitted ONLY airline liveries and I did not want to break HJG rules. As for DC-9, 2 years ago I saw photos of DC-9-30 featuring sky diving flights but if you say that DC-9-20 is the only one in the world that handles sky diving, then it is possible that the photographer might have mislabeled actual DC-9-20 as mistakenly DC-9-30 when he posted photos. Regards, Aharon |
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Post by alex94 on Jul 8, 2019 0:20:28 GMT
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Post by Tony Madge - HJG on Jul 8, 2019 7:57:49 GMT
I will look at this one  |
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Post by alex94 on Jul 8, 2019 8:32:03 GMT
Thanks for that tony |
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Post by darrenvox on Jul 8, 2019 15:06:01 GMT
interesting... my mind goes right to wonder if they are going up in a 727 or dc-9 and using the back stairs, arent the chances of getting hurt or getting burned (by the forces of the engine and heat?)and by having to miss the stairs? or are the stairs taken out??... I think it would be too windy to do that myself and I'm already out on just skydiving myself...
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Post by alex94 on Jul 9, 2019 6:13:29 GMT
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Post by darrenvox on Jul 9, 2019 16:30:06 GMT
well that clears that headache up
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Post by grizzly on Jul 9, 2019 19:08:25 GMT
I don't get it. They line up and cram themselves uncomfortably into an aircraft only to jump out of it. Some valuable drinking down the pub time being wasted unnecessarily.
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