Geronimo! Cool 360 Panoramic Skydive Image

Free Fly Skydiving in Péronne in France

 I stumbled onto this pan/tilt/zoom 360 panoramic image over at the Hangar Talk forum at Oshkosh365.com this morning. When you go full screen and play around, it's almost like being there!

 And if you aren't kinda old like I am, you might not know how 'Geronimo' fits in here. Geronimo was a Native American who once escaped capture by courageously jumping off of a cliff into a creek below. In 1940, many years after Geronimo's passing, a U.S. paratrooper yelled Geronimo's name as he exited the airplane in his first mass-exit jump to show he wasn't afraid. The practice soon caught on and also became common in the sport skydive world that began to emerge in the late 50's and early 60's.

 So, the next time you jump out of an airplane, be sure to yell 'Geronimo-o-o-o-o-o' : )

Comments

[vadim kalinsky]

Awesome!
But where is the photographer? :-)

[Skydivers]

Great picture....