# The crazy ginger man has left the plane!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091 "2005-12-04T21:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091/1 "2005-12-04T21:48:00Z")
Yes I finally did it, a month or two late but I’ve done it. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about see [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327322) I raised £250 roughly which I don’t think was bad for my first fundraising attempt. Pictures should be available to see by tomorrow, although **AngelicGemma** will have a few she may choose to share. I also have a video of my jump to share which I am quite willing to put a link up for if I can get it online (any help would be appreciated) I’ve got lots more to talk about but for now I just want to say YAY! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091/2 "2005-12-04T22:01:00Z")
Ginger and crazy indeed. Why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane? 😛 I’ll put those photos up tonight or tomorrow. (Just need to find the cable thingy.) Although I should warn you all, the ones I took just looks like dots in the sky. But the video they took is very cool. Well done crazy ginger man! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091/3 "2005-12-04T22:29:34Z")
I’ve seen jump planes. They are seldom “perfectly good”. In many cases, I’m not sure they’re even “marginally adequate”. In which case riding the silks down starts to make a lot of sense. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091/4 "2005-12-05T07:56:29Z")
Having been the pilot of a few jump planes… What Broomstick said… ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091/5 "2005-12-05T17:37:10Z")
Well here’s a few pictures: [Photo 1](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00013.jpg) [Photo 2](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00010.jpg) [Photo 3](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00009.jpg) [Photo 4](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00008.jpg) [Photo 5](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00007.jpg) [Photo 6](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00005.jpg) [Photo 7](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/nocturnal_tick/CNV00002.jpg) I would also like to thank **lightingtool** and **Cranky Hermit** for their donations and everybody else for their support. I think I may have found a new hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-ginger-man-has-left-the-plane/334091/6 "2005-12-05T22:15:12Z")
Sweet! And for a good cause too, so even better. My wife and I made our [first jump](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-425030689247027334) back in October, it was a blast! It is an expensive hobby though, and we’ll have no cash left over after our primary hobby (racing motorcycles). To tell the truth, I’m still much more comfortable with flying airplanes than jumping out of them 😃