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He announced this on Oprah the other day. He said that no one shoud EVER go skydiving. That's just great.

Is the seemingly "light" reprimand of John D an idication that the executive board would have approved of the release anyway? I have not read the minutes of the meeting so I don't know.

That's about right and you get what you pay for. So, getting a ragged out Caravan for 800K is not really a good idea. Remember, you're gonna try to run it hard to make money. Be ready to do some major overhaul work if you pick one up for that cheap. You pay for it now or pay twice as much later. Your choice. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Your pilots have to have more ratings and training to safely fly it. 2,900 feet isn't exactly a lot of runway. Doubt you could loose one engine at rotation and get it stopped on the runway. 2,400 feet would have less of a chance. It's not "using" all of the runway to take off in normal conditions. It's a matter of being able to get it stopped on the runway if you lose one at rotation or soon after. It's called "accelerate-stop distance". Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Were the reports given by DeSantis to the plaintiffs factually incorrect? Is anyone disputing what violations may have been listed in those reports? People want to jump John's case but is it worse what Mike was doing? I have two jump plane accident reports from Skydive Las Vegas that pretty much indicate that the pilots were not trained properly on those jump planes. Why doesn't anyone clamore about what Mike was doing? Maybe there was a real need to make all things known so a dangerous operation was put out of business? So the rest of us wouldn't have to worry about future tarnishing of our sport? Maybe John was acting as a whistle blower and wasn't getting help from USPA HQ. I don't know. But before I condem John I think more info needs to come out about what was handed over and who knew what and when. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

C-206 converted to an IO-550 engine. That's your ticket for the "next step". It will go to 12-13K MSL in a resonable amount of time and you can shut it down unlike turbines that don't like shutting down over the life of the engine. If you 100K to spend then this will come in way under that mark. Take the extra money and use it to upgrade the engines on the other remaining two 182s. You'll have a bad ass piston fleet capable of doing 12 ways. I've done 5 plane Cessna formations (3 182s and 2 206s). Keep the upgrades smooth and steady. Once you make the leap to turbine you need to have someone who has an extensive background in turbines in charge of your operation. Otherwise you could be messing up your engine(s) and not even know it. Pistons are way cheaper to overhaul that turbines. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Better break out the tinfoil hat too.

Get iPass. Saves a lot of trouble.

Peter Schilling. And I didn't have to google it. "Coming Home (Major Tom)" I also like Icicle Works "Whisper to a Scream". Some things take forever, But with building bricks of trust and love, Mountains can be moved Love come, down upon us 'till you flow like water, Burning, with the hope of insight, Feathered, look they're covered with a bright elation, Stolen, in the sight of love, Chorus: We are, we are, we are but your children, finding our way Around indecision, we are, we are, we are ever helpless, Take us forever, a whisper to a scream Birds Fly, in the eye of the faithless daughter, Broken, at the bitter end, Wasted, sacrifice for a new nirvana, Night time, send us on our way

Similarities: they both have the 4 stages of producing power. Intake, compression, compustion, exhaust. Turbines do all four stages simultaneously. Pistons do it in stages. edit: then I read the rest of the post and see you already finished your paper. Oh well. Had to throw my bit in. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

So... 37.3 won't work?

Anyone interested I'll be dropping some loads at Skydive Chicago Saturday (tomorrow). See yah there! Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

these engines are suckers Suck and blow.... suck and blow...

That's why they call it work Lisa. Sheeeesh.

Time to call Pennsylvania I think....but what do I know.....

Refresh your screen. CNN shows many more votes than that and there are more for Kerry right now.

And Florida says they won't be able to count the absentee ballots until Thursday!! Say what!!?? Guys on CNN say that's about 250,000 votes. Don't know how accurate that is but that is just disgraceful considering they have had 4 f'n years to get ready for this. Which ever way it goes in Florida it makes us look stupid.

66 to 77 ?? Kerry??

A jump pilot at heart I can tell. 4 FANS OF FREEDOM!!![/B]

You have GOT to be kidding me. Chris, you were a voice of counterpoint to my postings and it gave me many things to think about. I am a better person for our conversations. Blue Skies brother. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Ok, then this can be decided in the court if she has cause. I'm just tired of this shit being aired in press conferences before anything has been proven. But, that's not how things are done around here.

IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 501RH Make/Model: BE20 Description: 200, 1300 Super King Air, Commuter (C-12 Date: 10/24/2004 Time: 1630 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: MARTINSVILLE State: VA Country: US DESCRIPTION ACFT WAS INBOUND FROM CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT, NC TO BLUE RIDGE AIRPORT, VA, RWY 30, AND MADE A MISSED APPROACH. THE ACFT CRASHED ON BULL MOUNTAIN. THE 10 POB ARE ALL FATAL AND THE ACFT IS DESTROYED. 7 MI NW OF BLUE RIDGE AIRPORT, MARTINSVILLE, VA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 10 # Crew: 2 Fat: 2 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 8 Fat: 8 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: WEATHER: KMTV 241620Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM OVC006 14/13 A2998 RMK A01 OTHER DATA Activity: Pleasure Phase: Approach Operation: General Aviation Departed: CONCORD, NC JQF Dep Date: 10/24/2004 Dep. Time: 0 Destination: MARINSVILLE, VA MTV Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing: N Last Radio Cont: UNKN Last Clearance: UNKN FAA FSDO: RICHMOND, VA (EA21) Entry date: 10/25/2004 Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Did she tell him to stop at any point before this? Nothing I've seen yet (not saying it doesn't exist) says that she told him to stop. Just, wham, lawsuit. To me, that's BS. Some people you can joke with more than others. If you get offended say so. Most people will stop. Those that can't control themselves should then be dealt with accordingly. This situation, imo, is a BS way to handle it.

edit: Wendy I quoted you and you did balance your post both ways. My post is not directed at you. So he's toast for talking dirty to more than one woman? That isn't sexual harasment. And starting off with a press conference right as he came out with his book is BS timing. She should have gone with HR. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Now, they start off with a press conference and he is guilty until he can prove his innocence. But sadly, he is damaged goods now and will be pushed to the side for this. If he's guilty he should pay the price but that hasn't been established. We all know that the innocent never get their name back after they are "cleared". This is a BS way of handling stuff like this. Oh and why the hell would she go back to work for him after she left FOX once before? Now she's suddenly offended? I'm not buying this. Don't give me the "well it was a career move to go back." Yah, and after I stopped pounding nails into my eye I thought to myself it might be a good idea to do it again!

Actually, we (at Air Wisconsin) are put into situations where we do exceed limitations to live during training. During Wind Shear training we go to full forward stop to get out of the extreme condition. They can do the teardown later. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125