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while this may be true, this marsmellow has C-4 explosives in place on hundreds of oil and gas wells at this very moment, this would create an environmental disaster as well as a diversionary tactic to any military onslought. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

again, you don't have a clue. we're not only talking politics here, but the politics of the muslim religion as well. these people will die before they would ever let another entity come in and dictate to them how they should/should not live. you don't get it. if you were to go over there and even remotely say what you've said in this post to a middle eastener muslim, they would literally kill you, and dissmember your body without a second thought...trust me. that's the whole problem here, we don't understand them, and they think they understand us, but they don't. these people are very loyal to their leaders, and would not hesitate to die for them, or their faith, i know them, i work with them, and while we have our differences, the only reason they tolerate me is because they have to, if they thought for a moment i didn't work for the saudi oil company while i was a guest in their country, they would kill me as well, this is what i live with when i'm there. to think we can conquer these people, and establish a democracy is nothing more than a "pipe dream" if we attack, more buildings will fall, more innocent people/civilians will die, this is reality. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

do some research on the middle east, then when you find out women can't drive, or work, can't speak without permission (i could go on, but it only gets worse) the internet is censored and only men can work, then you'll see how ludricrous this statement is. what you have stated will NEVER happen. you cannot force your will upon others, you can try but more often than not, it's an exercise in futility. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

BillVon: i'm shocked! you mean you'd rather f**k than fight? J/K bro, have a great day! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Hook: while i can't speak for Atair, or Dan, i can speak from my experience from flying my Cobalt 170^2. i wouldn't reccomend this canopy at ANY wingloading for a "novice" sky diver. the openings are too unpredictable. hell i'm just under 500 jumps and three years in the sport and i've flown a lot of different canopies, but the Cobalt has been by far the most challenging and difficult, (my first chop on jump # 475) i've shipped it back to Atair for inspection, and if they give it a "clean bill of health" i'll have the H-Mod done and see what happens, until then i'll fly my HeatWave. don't get me wrong, Atair has great service, and the canopy, when it behaves correctly is a dream to fly, and the flare power on the bottom end is way kewel, but the "two stage openings" has some issues from my experience. take away the "two stage opening", then i think i might consider putting a student under it at 1:1 a lot of dz's are putting students under sabre2's and stilettos now, teach em now i guess? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

yep. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

as i've stated in these forums before, there's sorties being flown in the middle east right now that we don't hear about over here for 2 or 3 days later...if ever. i've personally seen this with my own two eyes. if wyubya can't get support from NATO comission (never mind congress) we don't need to be fooling around over there. wyubya has said at least on 4 seperate occassions since i've been back home "time is running out for Saddaam Hussien" who specified the timeframe? who does this klown work for? us...right? i think he is overstepping his boundaries, and using idle threats against our own allies to bolster his "control" only this time, those countries that had to put up with all of the b.s. AFTER the gulf war are just north of that world region, while we're 9500 miles away. it's easy to say "sick em" but you have to be willing to travel there comfortably to give your blessing on this kind of crap. sure, Iraq has womd, so do we, who's monitoring us? surely everyone here don't think the space shuttles have been carrying "space toys" into the void? c'mon, think about it. these countries wyubya want's to desroy are already destroyed, they never rebuilt 100% the weapons they have could only be found if they want them found...and they don't. (that desert is a vast barren wasteland, trust me) so why not just threaten the world into submission to our will? i thought we were about destroying communism, not mankind. with the economy still halfway in shambles, and 09/11 behind us and the korean situation, just how many battles can we fight at once....alone? this particular president has the ability to be a "hero, or a zero" let's make sure he doesn't do something WE don't approve of. it's like a few of the others have said here, if we don't know about it, maybe we are on a "need to know" but our allies (if they are still our allies) are (should) be on a need to know. i tell you this, we attack, and it's not "politically correct" stay home, lock up your kids, you ain't seen nothing yet. these people think dying and killing as many as they can is a good thing, and bring the "greatest nation on the face of the earth" to it's knees is their objective, if provacated. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i'll let ya know when i get there on the 24th! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

now i'm really sorry i voted for him, but at the time i figured he was the "lesser of two evils" we desperately need a "third party" someone...anyone! don't ya know the real reason Iraq isn't concerned? the real reason we can't get the "usaul" cooperation from NATO? nobody is taking this klown seriously any more, how can you? ah hell, he makes me laugh, but i won't vote for him again, i think i'll stop announcing it as well. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Go Here this guy is making threat after threat, what's he gonna do? kick the whole world's ass? i can't believe i voted for him, i honestly think he has symptoms of the onset of altheimers. what's next? is he going to threaten americans who don't go along with his b.s. as well? "gimme a break" --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

at least it's at the right place! mine will be there in a couple of days. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i'm currently flying a Heatwave 170^2 @ 1.58:1 --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

this is a doggone good idea, it's been around for a long time. i'm glad i did it when i was training, now i do hop-n-pops from 3000-4000 all the time. if nothing else, it will aclimate the student to "emergency" bail outs, getting stable immediately, and pulling. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

in a severe line twist situation, or a hard cut-away situation (for what ever reason) the metal housings provide a rigid internal housing for the cut away lines, thus virtually eliminating the "hard cut away" by reducing the internal friction on the cut away lines on your handle. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i agree with everything you've just stated, but i might add we are dependandt on foreign oil because we want to be...we don't have to be, i've screamed from the rooftops about this for years, but no one will listen. no one wants to destroy our environment by drilling for our own oil, so we knowingly and intentionally choose to drill in foreign countries, and import foreign oil. it's time to stop the madness. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

their problems are our problems as well, albeit unfortunate, we created that situation ourselves. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Rob: i agree with what you said about the Iraqi's living in sheer terror of their own leader. (who in my opinion is a "hitler wanna be") but i maintain that if we attack Iraq without the consent of the U.N and the WHOLE world community, it will be hell to pay. i agree, if we could arrest him, charge him and make him pay for his crimes, there would be way less bloodshed, but this will never happen. by the way, have we forgotten selling arms to the contras during reagen/wyubya' sr's reign? are we any better? why do we have to constantly impose our will upon others? Saddaam isn't bothering anyone right now, so i say let's be patient and let the U.N. inspection team finish their work. by the way all this time were focusing on the middle east, our nabors in cuba could be up to god knows what. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i haven't yet, i've been tempted to, but i'll pass! better safe than sorry! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

unless you've visited the middle eastern countries and europe lately, i can't see how anyone who hasn't can form an intelligent decision on this matter. i'm not trying to flame here, but believe me, good, bad or indifferent if we attack Iraq, more buildings will fall, more innocent people from all nations will die. our sons and daughters will die, we may even die ourselves. personally, although i voted for him, i'm not willing to die for ol wyubya. he's still miffed because of 09/11 let's face it, that made us look foolish and idiotic, we got caught with our pants down just like we did during pearl harbor. which is just when a weaker country will strike because they are no match militarily. they have no other recourse than to use cheap weapons of mass destruction, and they're not going to play fair...trust me. i'll be in Bahrain on the 24th, i'm going there knowing the citizens there hate me, and would love to kill me, believe me, it's no fun being a minority. these people have NOTHING, it would not hurt their feelings to make our country look exactly like theirs. i hope we can reach a diplomatic ageement, if not, let the killing begin, don't fly anywhere, and lock up your children, and if you work in a high rise building, quit your job. think of the impact attacking Iraq would have, Saddaam will blow up more oil wells as well, you dont think they dont have C-4 strapped to them right now? they do, and this is fact, not rhetoric. it's not worth it this time, unless we're willing to "go for broke" visit Here for a different perspective. bookmark this site and stay better informed. i know what i read in the papers over there, and what i read in the papers over here ain't the same thing all the time, well 90% of the time anyways. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

1)Engine failure or other controllable aircraft malfunction below 2000 AGL: land with the aircraft 2)Engine failure or other controllable aircraft malfuntion from 2000-4000 AGL exit and deploy the reserve page 18 from the I.R.M. i'm also assuming aircraft failure being the most probable situation in which you would have to exit earlier than planned. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

says who? on this side of the pond maybe, on the other side, security is LAME, to the point it concerns me. nobody gets searched, no 20 questions, no nothing. over here is another issue. by the way, i was just kidding about shooting the helicopter down!

i'm really surprised they didn't just simply shoot him out of the sky. must have been his lucky day.

whoops! ya got me there BillVon. i do hope we take the "wait & see" approach. more infantry were deployed today, 4th infantry from Fort Hood, Texas. my son will be next, when i saw him yesterday he had to go and buy 6 months supplies of everything, and be ready for a "4 hour call" be my luck when i leave to go to Saudi on the 24th i won't be able to get out, i don't think ol wyubya is going to give us a warning call, or send in anybody to get out the americans working over there. (and i voted for him...DOH!) --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Just trying to get a "feel" for where everyone stands on this issue, as it could deal the U.S.A. some "serious blows" economically, and otherwise. i work in the middle east, as most of you know, i must admit everytime i get on a 767 400 series boeing jet, i think twice about it. what are your thoughts? i forgot to mention, i think we should be patient, and let the U.N. do their work. i have a 23 year old son in the military, and i think this is not about oil. i think this would have a devastating effect on our economy, as well as other nations economy. a "first strike" could provoke more terroisists strikes right here in our own country. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

closing loop material is way too cheap to consider untying one and reusing it. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"