Here are a couple shots from the Family Reunion this year at the Joe's place. This is a picture of Frank(Half-Rack) posing w/ his Buckeye right before heading home. The other is a shot of a couple signs we have that warn drivers of potential low flying powered parachutes coming in and taking off from the field. I really like these signs as long as I don't catch one w/ the machine on the way up or down...haha.
Frank got his nickname this weekend at the reunion because of his great idea of trying to para-sail behind a 4-wheeler. Frank had a parachute, a harness, 100' of rope, and a 4-wheeler w/ driver to pull him across the field w/ dreams of flying like a bird. Frank's plan was working like a charm until some minor design flaws and Frank fell out of the sky more like a rock than a feather from about 30 to 50', depending on who you ask? This is where the nickname comes in Half-Rack, due to his 6 broken ribs he suffered from the fall and thankfully nothing else was broken except his pride.
I have more photos of the reunion but they are on a different camera, and as usual for around here I have misplaced the cord to download them to the computer. Soon as I find it I will post some more shots of us flying at the reunion.
3 comments:
Did You Get any pics of that guy falling out of the sky? I thought parachuting was so safe!
Nothing is safe , if you use outside of the design specs, or for something not intended by design. Back to the drawing board!
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Half-Rack
How are the ribs Half-Rack????
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