Hanging SKYDIVE from a HELICOPTER!!!

basejumper (62)in #travel • 5 years ago (edited)

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This has to be one of THE BEST experiences of my life! It is just so much fun!

Sky diving can get a little boring, but bringing a Chopper into the mix definitely spices things up again.

We were all like giggling children haha. BASE jumps are fun, but they are also fecking scary so it's a different type of excitement, whereas dead air skydives like this are just PURE FUN, smiles all round for the whole day before and after the jump.

It was a Huey 500 we jumped from in the Summertime.

My mate in the middle messing about with his iPhone, as he is getting it out of his pocket I am trying not to fall out of the chopper, there is literally no room back there, I didn't feel comfortable at all sitting where I was haha. Once we got about 1500ft I felt better about it, but it was hard work just to not fall out of the bloody thing.

The jump was done at Skydive99 or Skydive Buzz or Skydivethewell, I'm not sure what they call themselves anymore, but they are located Dunkeswell DZ in Honiton, Devon!

Whatever they are called, one thing is certain, its one fecking epic drop zone!

They have 2 or 3 Beech 99 King Air's! These insane aeroplanes fly almost vertical after take off and get you to 15,000ft in 9 mins! oooh and they have actual benches to sit on, which is rare in a skydiving jump ship!

The heli is actually flying forward slightly and it was super hard to hang on as the skids are really thick, so we both started to get arm pump pretty quick.

One of my leg straps actually got snagged on a hook on the skid, so I had to climb back up and then back down again to un snag it, it was hectic.

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