Skydiving – Page 4 – Steve Baker

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Mark and Sylvia Exit (courtesy of Flickr)

by Steve Baker 18 December 2008 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Mark and Sylvia Exit, originally uploaded by Lowerlighter. From the photographer: Sylvia is 90 years old, born November 24, 1916. This is her second skydive. Her first was ten years ago when she turned 80. Sylvia says she is looking forward to doing it again at 100. She is […]

To improve on this twelve-point skydive, tunnel time booked

by Steve Baker 13 December 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

On a lighter note, from the collection of Lillo videos, a reasonable two-way formation skydive achieving 12 points. To improve our speed and precision, we have some two-way tunnel time booked for February, something I recommend to anyone, just for fun.

A great, chilly day for a skydive

by Steve Baker 7 December 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

A great, chilly day for a skydive, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. So I did: Steve under canopy, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Two sensible two-way formations and an unstable two-way fun jump. The temperature was about -15 deg C at altitude. A great way to finish the skydiving season.

A lovely day for a skydive

by Steve Baker 6 December 2008 in Natural world, Photography Comments are Disabled

Winter woodland, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. But family first: it was also a good day to walk for a pub lunch. And I might sneak in a few jumps tomorrow, on Weston’s last day of the year…

Exiting an aeroplane two and a half miles up

by Steve Baker 22 November 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Jumping would have been a little chilly today, but here’s a still from Lillo:

Skydiving, Lillo 2008

by Steve Baker 22 October 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Thanks to Mark Ryall, a great edit of our skydiving trip to Spain:

A tandem skydive at Lillo, Spain

by Steve Baker 21 October 2008 in Photography, Fun Comments are Disabled

Tandem at Lillo, Spain, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Using a stabilized 70-300 mm lens on the ground, I captured most of a tandem jump from exit at 13,000 feet, through parachute deployment, to the approach. Follow the link from either photo for more. Aggressive cropping was required for the higher-altitude […]