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Yes, I've had it since 1967; it was my first car.

Hi John, As I continue to say: He is his own worst enemy. IMO that is a good thing for the rest of us. Jerry Baumchen

Rest assured. One way or another nature will put mankind in its place.

Hi folks, An interesting commentary; will take a few minutes to read: Struggling to survive on the Oregon Coast: Steve Duin column - oregonlive.com Angela Benton puts it well: “Nature has a way of finding the balance.” You and I have a way of screwing that up. Jerry Baumchen

Well, to be at least sort of fair, as I quoted above, – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. And his idiot cult members eat it up. And echo it. You know, sort of like these two: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS910US910&sxsrf=AB5stBgySjlFixe2lGoS0FZ49i5r2B1LQQ:1691255923672&q=Beavis+and+butthead+lame+insults&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj127ekg8aAAxVshYkEHRI-A0gQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1536&bih=754&dpr=1.25#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c092a86c,vid:eFl5kCUuIWM

Cossey filled out the card with 26', it was repacked twice after Hayden got it back and never changed, the container is a 24'... can you even stuff a 28' in a 24' container.. Hayden just wanted minimum chutes to meet regulations.. he was never going to use them. There is no evidence that is anything other than a 26' canopy.

Trump in court on Thursday: "I promise not to intimidate any witnesses" Trump on Truth Social on Friday: "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” I don't suppose we could have expected anything different.

Speak of the devil. Latest Vault:

You can burn it but I don't think that's a particularly wise thing to do. Freedom is a dish best served with a side of personal responsibility.

"All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify." People need to start thinking a bit more and at least try to stop making things worse, especially with their "solutions."

Either way, they're gonna need a bigger noose.

I’d put ATC, Low-Ki and Barracuda 4, all in a similar category as the wing is connected to your ankles as compared to a beginner suit like the Swift or Piranha where the wing terminates just below the hip. Being connected to the ankle vs hip puts more fabric behind you at pull time as well as restricts arm movement after deployment. Small suits also let you make bigger mistakes when flying with the wings as big inputs mean less drastic movements. Being connected at the ankle means leg movements and lower body position is more critical. I wouldn’t say the B4 is any more or less beginner friendly than the ATC or Low-Ki. However, if you’re picking from those three, you probably won’t notice much difference unless you put some serious time in the tunnel with each one. If you’re just flying around the sky with friends and learning, you can’t go wrong with the B4. However, I’ll restate that you might want to also consider what your friends are flying for compatibility. Adjustable internal wing pressure is just a zipper in the arm wing that you can open or close to make the suit more or less pressurized. More pressurized is slightly faster. Most people just keep them zipped up. I don’t know anyone who uses them to adjust for anything specific. I once flew a Havoc in the Stockholm tunnel and didn’t notice one of the wing zippers was zipped and the other wasn’t. I felt something was slightly off, but it wasn’t a huge problem to correct with minor body position change. After that session, I got out and checked the suit and zipped it back up. I probably wouldn’t have noticed if I weren’t in the tunnel.

A couple thoughts: The Ukrainians are doing a very good job of attriting Russia's supplies. They're blowing up ammo depots EVERY DAY. And POL storage. In both occupied Ukraine and in Russia. The Russians are losing incredible amounts of things they desperately need and don't have a whole lot of. Advancing in the face of prepared defenses is hard. Really hard. The Ukrainians are doing a pretty good job of it. They're moving slowly, but trying very hard to not lose any more people or equipment than absolutely necessary. The Ukrainians still haven't committed much of their reserves. The ones that are well equipped and well trained. They're sitting back and waiting for the right opportunity. The Ukrainian general staff has demonstrated their intelligence (smarts), strategic prowess, intelligence (info about the enemy), flexibility, care and concern for their troops and a whole lot of other things. They know what they are doing. I have a pretty solid belief that there will be significant gains by the Ukrainians before the fall rains. Maybe not everything, but I'd bet they'll have Crimea cut off before winter.

Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that. Definitely someone who gave back Wendy P.

Terrible news! He was such a positive guy and worked hard to bring wingsuiting forward. Wanted to get in contact again for years to restart flying with some coaching and meet an old friend again. It will never happen. This day brings back a lots of good memories from two decades - but it brings a lot of pain as well. Fly free, Jarno!