Not new, pretty neat I guess. I doubt this can substitute seeing the good Earth coming at you at 120mph and hoping you packed a good chute.
apparently from reading the comments, though, at that one they never let go of you and you can't have as much fun as those guys
i'm tempted to try it, maybe as a precursor to skydiving - doing that a few times might reduce the mindshitting terror i have at the prospect of jumping out of a plane. now if i could find somewhere to simulate the insanity of a HALO jump... we really need a 'shitting my pants' smiley for that thought
Once upon a time, this little boy hops up in his dad's lap and says, "Dad tell me a story about when you were in the army." His Dad says, "Well, I remember when I was in jump school for paratrooper training. They took us up in the plane for our first jump and when we got over the drop zone at about 10,000 feet, they opened the door and the men started jumping out, one right after another. When it came my turn, I walked up to the door and looked out. We were wayyyy up there! It was a long way down to the ground. I froze right there in the door of the plane." His son says, "What happened then, Dad? Did you jump?" His Dad says, "Well I was standing there in the door looking out and the jump master, who was this big sergeant, walked up and asked me what my problem was, and I told him I was scared. He told me that if I didn't jump out of that airplane right then, he was going to stick his size 12 combat boot up my butt." His son says, "What happened then, Dad? Did you jump?" His Dad replied, "Yeah, a little bit."
