theBlaine.com » Personal http://theblaine.com Not just a Blaine . . . theBlaine! Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 First Skydive!! http://theblaine.com/2009/05/first-skydive/ http://theblaine.com/2009/05/first-skydive/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:06:13 +0000 theBlaine http://theblaine.com/?p=2614 (There is no audio currently because of the song being played in the background (Disturbed -- Down with the Sickness). Youtube removed it since the song is copyrighted. I will fix that soon)

Sunday, May 31st 2009 -- Acampo (Lodi), CA ~~ This is my very first skydive (only skydive so far). It was a tandem jump with an instructor at the skydive place. All I can say is this was an amazing experience. The first 10-15 seconds was almost overwhelming, but once my body got over the initial shock of jumping out of the plane it was just a mind blowing moment.

The flight up to 13,000 feet took about 10 minutes. My tandem partner and I were first ones on the plane and last out since we had a camera guy with us. There is no time to think about what’s about to happen as you shuffle towards the door. Then you JUMP!!!! It takes a few to catch your breath. We free fell for about 60 seconds moving at about 124MPH!! Once the chute is deployed it’s a quiet drift down back to Earth. The only noise you hear is the rustling of the canopy overhead. The landing was very smooth and I had a great instructor and a wild camera guy!!

Words can’t describe… and as much as I knew it was going to be an extreme experience, it was 1000 times more than I could have ever expected. Will I do it again… definitely!!

]]> http://theblaine.com/2009/05/first-skydive/feed/ 5 RC Helicopter Testflight http://theblaine.com/2008/07/rc-helicopter-testflight/ http://theblaine.com/2008/07/rc-helicopter-testflight/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:23:57 +0000 theBlaine http://theblaine.com/?p=289 This video is of me doing a test flight on one of my remote helicopters. It’s indoors in the front living room. I don’t remember what I was fixing on it. More than likely replacing one or more of the plastic blades from bouncing it off of something.

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