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Not particularly controversial, but for you, Ryoder... The Dude Abides Wendy P.

25! I'm having a White Russian to celebrate.

During his conversations with Tina Cooper references 'a place you would like', MN is nice land', ... places he's been and seen. Part of this is the affect of stress. His mind is wandering and he is referencing 'better times and places' and serenity from his background. Your references to other hijackers above are very interesting! People's personal backgrounds and hopes and dreams leak through when under stress... investigators may have missed this when questioning Tina.

I've spent some fair amount of time researching metallurgists who died in 1972 to see if any were younger and died of some sort of disease or cancer, premising the research on the idea that Cooper was a dying man. Melvin Fisher, the copycat, believed he was dying from a disease and wanted to leave something for his kids. McCoy thought he had a brain tumor that was going to kill him. Hahneman told members of the hijacked crew he had some illness and later claimed that he got a fatal diagnosis for liver disease from some doctor in Cambodia in July 1971. Hahneman said lots of odd things like that, so who knows if that was true or not.

Exactly what popped into my mind; God: Get some wood and build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits. Noah: Right ... What's a cubit?

You are correct,, it was Ulis that claimed the only source of those particles was that patent. But, you guys have also overplayed the patent somewhat.. more-so NickyB,, patents are NOT a comprehensive proxy for the existence of that alloy, (if it is an alloy), they don't actually match the patent, the patent doesn't even claim a new alloy. It is purely a process patent. IMO, those particles can be eliminated from that patent because they do not match and there was so little. Yet, we are told the reverse, mostly by Ulis.. The particles could be from a metallurgy environment but that patent is not evidence of that in any way. They might not be from a metallurgical environment at all. That alloy could be a "Trade Secret" or military... It could be trace material picked up on the plane or even later.. Whether Cooper was the one wearing the tie during exposure to those particles is a separate issue. My point is that based on the facts, that patent has been overplayed as evidence.

Midnight mass in Latin might be my worst childhood Christmas memory

Well, look at you. Getting all accurate about a bible passage. :)

Noah's Ark was 2,023 square cubits. Coincidence? I think not.

Well, the original 'Articles of Confederation' that the country was founded on were tossed out after about a decade and replaced by the Constitution. Slavery was accommodated. Women were pretty much 'property'. And I'll disagree that neither party has a 'plan'. The Rs sure do. Gerrymander the shit out of the country so that they win more than they should. Pack the Supreme Court with their 'type', so that they get rulings on guns and abortion that they want. Destroy voting rights so that only the 'right' people get to vote. Marginalize minorities, both racial and LBGTQ. Destroy the education system, pretending that CRT & anal sex are taught in grade schools. They've done pretty damned good with it too.

Oh no dude, it’s way lower than that.

So I guess when they come up with a methane powered jump plane, the skydivers can provide the fuel on the way to altitude.

When it suits you, you work in an industry which only ever hires based purely on merit and couldn’t afford to discriminate if it wanted to. When it suits you otherwise, you work in an industry that is explicitly and overtly racist against you. Sounds legit.

That's some major pot stirring there, whoever you may be! Well, I'll take a bite.... Interesting to see these "secret" things about the USPA be opened up to view. While the PDF above has a pages of legalize about why the USPA is obligated to pay up the $150,000 as agreed, it all came about because of the stuff described below: (Which must be about the Lodi tandem fatality and all the shady stuff going on there when it comes to fake certifications of instructors.) Mr. G sued the USPA, the court sent it to Mediation and came to an initial sort-of agreement, but the USPA wanted one more change, but Mr G didn't agree. The court then decided that the initial agreement was legally an agreement. So the USPA had agreed to pay the $150,000. Part of the deal was also confidentiality on both parties -- One of those things that's common in the legal world but often seems really slimy to someone not in that profession. The case involves the USPA and so USPA members should have a right to know if something got screwed up, that's costing their organization. I have no dog in this fight but just wanted to summarize what's hidden away in the PDF. Others are free to do a better job. Anyone got a link to the old Lodi fatality thread, or some thread that gets into whatever license suspensions took place, and all that mess with Tandem Instructors having to requalify because their instructor wasn't considered to have been properly rated? One thing I'm wondering about is the statement: I suppose that has been previously established, and agreed to by the USPA prior to the court case? Is there info to that effect available publicly? It sounds like the USPA was pretty upset with all the Lodi stuff, and in effect did an "emergency revocation" of ratings.... but didn't pull out the manual to do so in the prescribed manner, allowing the defendant to make a proper defense.

The cheapest one is in Venezuela - 230$ per hour excluding coaching. But other than the price you should ask yourself what exactly you'd like to train. The further you progress, the more you tend to seek people who fly well and teach well, and that's not something every tunnel can offer. Also you'd start noticing the quality of the wind is not the same across the tunnel brands, with some offering more consistent and stable airflow. In Europe AFAIK Poland, Finland and Sweden offer the cheapest hours Complete list of tunnels around the world: https://indoorskydivingsource.com/tunnels/