A certain group of Ohio State students enjoys taking off in airplanes, but it rarely lands in them.Each weekend, members of the OSU Skydiving Club jump out of an airplane 13,000 feet above the farmlands of Greene County, in southwestern Ohio. Falling for up to a minute at more than120 mph, they pull their rip cords and prepare for a safe landing on the gravel “X” they can see from two miles above.”It’s the best thing you could ever experience,” said Dawn Simpson, an undecided sophomore and OSU Skydiving Club president. Simpson and nine other OSU students routinely make the trip to Skydive Greene County, a “drop zone” consisting of several airplanes, a grass airstrip and designated airspace reserved for skydivers wishing to enjoy their hobby.Skydiving gives its participants an intense thrill that makes them come back for more.For her 18th birthday, Simpson’s parents bought her first jump, but never predicted their gift would turn her into a penniless truant.”I was addicted,” Simpson said. “I started skipping school to go jumping and spent all the money I’d saved over the summer.”Expense is a major obstacle for beginners, who can expect to pay $1,000 before receiving certification to jump without an instructor’s supervision. Upon certification, skydivers pay around $20 per jump.Most members of the OSU Skydiving Club, founded in October 1996 by adviser Liz Carnes, are experienced skydivers who can boast of several hundred jumps. Scott Brown, a junior computer information systems major, said not all jumps are the same. He described stunts like head-first dives, formation jumps and even some unbashful skydivers falling through the air wearing nothing but their parachutes. Another way for jumpers to add to the excitement is to jump perilously close to the ground, he said.”We do what are called ‘hop and pops,’ where we jump at 2,500 feet,” Brown said. “Any sane skydiver will pull (the rip cord) immediately.”Sane is not an adjective normally used to describe skydivers, but Carnes pointed out the increased safety of skydiving equipment and the absence of any major accidents during the club’s existence, giving encouragement to prospective skydivers.”Anyone who has an inkling should try it,” Carnes said.The club meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in 107 Larkins Hall.