He was inflating the number? That's what my instincts were. Can't fault the guy though, he was awesome. Did a great job of making it an amazing experience. He told me he also works for the Portland police department. I only spent a handful of minutes with him, but sometimes that's all it takes to gain respect. He was basically the slypokerdog of skydiving.
He couldn't have been a Portland cop, he would have shot/beat/tasered/sexually assaulted you on the way down...
It was easier for me, the plane I jumped out of was a rusty old heap. I think the wings were attached with baling wire and duct tape. It reminded me of my old Camaro, lol...
The last time I left a perfectly good airplane it was more like being dumped out. Open the canopy on the Skyraider in a slow near stall climb, the pilot inverts the aircraft just before stall and goes into an inverted shallow dive. I just fall out like coming out of the back of dump truck sitting on a stool.
I dunno, that might be right. Not knowing anything about the aircraft, it's impossible to say for sure, but even a small Cessna can go well over 300k used
Yeah, I was probably a little hasty there. I have no knowledge of what planes Molalla has. Historically, skydive planes have not been 'perfectly good airplanes'. But times may have changed. barfo
Yeah aircraft are surprisingly expensive. I know an instructor over at Hillsboro Aviation who owns a Cessna 150 (two seat tiny aircraft) built in the 60s with a lot of hours, and he mentioned that even that old, worn out thing went for 50k...yikes!
Based on looks alone id say these were very nice planes. They were in beautiful condition as well. Maybe I should find out what planes they use.
