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  1. chuckbrown
    Jesus, I love hearing this! What needs to be done is that an alternative to USPA needs to be developed so that jumpers have insurance coverage. Non-GM DZs require USPA membership for the insurance. USPA is an out of control monster.
  2. chuckbrown
    I shouldn't have made the assumption that it was NPS. The same concerns would still apply to local law enforcement.
  3. chuckbrown
    I'm assuming he was filming for his own uses (private or commercial). The rights should be owned by his estate. If he didn't have an estate administered, you could probably get a transfer from the person entitled to inherit under applicable state law. If he had no descendants/family, in most states the property would go to the state. If you let me know where he was living when he died, I can take a quick look at who should be entitled to inherit his property.
  4. chuckbrown
    Exactly. The bigger problem is if the prosecutors know who took the photos, because the camera man may not have the privilege of the 5th, especially if the prosecutors agree not to charge him with any crimes. In that case the judge can order the camera man to testify and if he's evasive in his answers he runs the risk of contempt of court. As to Tom's question about the prosecutor bluffing, without knowing the exact facts its hard to say. I would hope that the jumper had a lawyer who gave him the proper advice. I'm a little curious about the NPS confiscating a video camera where there were no witnesses to a jump; sounds like an unreasonable search and seizure issue (which means the evidence is inadmissible). They may very well have been bluffing.
  5. chuckbrown
    I've done a few trials, so I'm fairly certain. You can't introduce photographic evidence unless you have the foundation from somebody with first hand knowledge that the photo is what it's being represented as. In other words, "I was at that location at that time and took that picture of Mr. Jumper, and Mr. Jumper is sitting in this courtroom." Without that foundation, you can't even show the tape. You could ask the jumper to identify himself as the person on the video and that would solve the foundation problem ("yes, I was there at that time & place and that's a photo of me"), but there's a constitutional privilege against self-incrimination (the 5th amendment) & a jury or judge can't take his silence as any evidence of guilt. No (competent) lawyer would allow his client to answer that question.
  6. chuckbrown
    Rules of evidence. They'd have to have the camera man in court to testify that he was at X location on Y date taking that picture of Z base jumper. It could be done, but it'd be a lot of work for a trepassing charge.
  7. chuckbrown
    I would definitely do a day jump first, if for no other reason that to scope the area surrounding the DZ in case you end up landing off.
  8. chuckbrown
    My first thought when I read BlueEyed's post was basically the same as you're pointing out; Chris was too low to do anything other than ride it in. I also thought that the response to BlueEyed's comment was a little out of line. Slamming the guy for drawing the wrong conclusion in analysing the incident isn't that productive. Simply saying he was too low to use a hook knife is good enough. This isn't Speaker's Corner. Way to go Mini-me!
  9. chuckbrown
    I'm gonna say Cross Keys. It's been awhile since I've been there, and have never been there when it's snowed, but it looks a little like CK. Golf course is where is should be and the large cleared area perpendicular to the runway seems right. Having landed out on too many jumps there, it seems like it. Edited to add: D'oh, somebody beat me.
  10. chuckbrown
    The 143 is a good canopy for your weight. If you're getting too low on your rotations, try a higher approach and fly in with front risers, or you can fly directly behind the stack (straight in, not at an angle) and allow the burble of the stack to kill altitude to get to your slot. Rear risers= more speed, less lift Brakes= less speed, more lift If you've got a slow moving target, use brakes. If you've got a fast moving target, use risers. If it's really fast, stay high and use front risers.
  11. chuckbrown
    It seems to me the Pentagon would have a real problem with "friendly fire."
  12. chuckbrown
    CRW Dogs will never turn away anybody looking to get into this discipline; the dive plan will be adjusted to accommodate the skill set involved. Having said that, I'd suggest any of the beginner camps as a start; you'll get more out of the experience. Keep up the 2 & 3 ways, they're great drill dives no matter what your level of experience. Oh yeah, welcome to the Dark Side.
  13. chuckbrown
    Somebody's supposed to be barefoot, don't cha know.
  14. chuckbrown
    I've never jumped with Christophe Balinsky or Mark Gregory so I can't comment on them, but I've jumped with Chris Gay, Mike Lewis & Dave Richardson. If anyone of the three of them are at Empuriabrava, your friend is in for the best CRW experience of his/her life. They are all incredible organizers and pilots.
  15. chuckbrown
    Yep. That was from a Halloween Party a couple of years ago. This past year Dave went as a doctor giving free mammograms. He even had a cardboard mammogram "machine" which produced quite nice pictures of, well, mamms. Dave's costume won of course. The guy is too funny.
  16. chuckbrown
    This is for those of you who have never been subjected to the Handsome One's ramblings.
  17. chuckbrown
    Exactly. The special provisions aren't mandatory & the FSDO has the authority NOT to include them in the Certificate of Authorization. It all depends on the comfort level the FSDO has with the jumpers.
  18. chuckbrown
    Grant, call Dave DeWolf. I'm sure he'd give you the low down. In fact, he'll probably say what Hookitt said.
  19. chuckbrown
    It seems to me they're trying to make some more money on the $130 S&H fee.
  20. chuckbrown
    My advice would be to check positions 1) in freefall 2) during the opening sequence, and 3) under a fully opened main. You'll find the handles are in different places depending on the scenario. For instance, during freefall your handles will be where they were when you were doing EPs in the plane, but during the opening and under canopy they're likely to ride higher on your body. They won't be where you think they'll be.
  21. chuckbrown
    There's an implied covenant in most residential leases called "quiet enjoyment" meaning that the landlord pledges that he won't do anything to disturb your happy home. Its questionable as to what extent that applies to the acts of third parties, although your lawyer will definitely argue that the landlord knew of the quality of some of the residents and should have known they were likely to disturb you. I'd talk to your landlord first (if you haven't done so already) before sending in the lawyers. Or have your lawyer call and try to work something out without going into court. My experience (as a lawyer) is that once you get into court, people can be much more adversarial and less willing to come to a mutually agreeable solution. But, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do (and sue 'em). Good luck.
  22. chuckbrown

    Office Sex

    chuckbrown replied to boinky's topic in The Bonfire

    My suggestion is to definitely make sure the doors are locked. I dated a woman who walked into her office only to find her assistant doing it on the floor of her office. Needless to say her assistant was fired. Oh and Nina, we all know you like it CRewDoggie Style.
  23. chuckbrown
    A degree earned by a woman who went to college looking for a husband.
  24. chuckbrown
    You didn't meet your wife in college, did you?
  25. chuckbrown
    Whether trepass is civil or criminal is largely a matter of intent. For example, if you enter private land not knowing its private land, you've still trepassed, but since you didn't intend to trepass it's not criminal. On the other hand if you walk right by the No Trepassing sign, you've got a criminal case of Defiant Trepass.