The Blue Zoomies were at it again today, jumping out of perfectly serviceable aircraft for no discernible reason.
I was taking a recovery ride out to the Air Force Academy’s North Gate and back, and stopped to take a snap when I saw the chutes unfurling and the gliders catching a tow into the blue.
Then I stopped again almost immediately thereafter because there was a cable across the New Santa Fe Trail and a sign stating that it was closed at the bridge, which is undergoing repairs, through October. October! On weekdays, anyway. On weekends you can apparently barge right on through. Like I want to ride this fucker on weekends, when the Small Hat Sizes are out in force. No, thank you.
Happily, I know a top-secret workaround. Don’t tell the Air Force. Or the Small Hat Sizes.
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Stealth cycling ops!
Shhhh. … the trails have ears.
So your wheels have 5 spokes instead to the non-stealthy 4?
My wheels are spokeless. I learned it from Elvis, who learned it from the aliens. Those Cinzano dudes can’t take me down with a frame pump.
When I was in the Air Force, they used to joke that the only two things that fall out of the sky is bird shit and idiots !
Haw! A neighbor was a Blue Zoomie and just loved jumping out of planes while at the AFA. He was invited to join their elite jumpers team, if I recall correctly. Now he’s in the private sector, which has its own hazards. Some days jumping out of a functional aircraft must look like a stroll through the park by comparison.