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That looks like the left wing of a King Air. Photo cuts off before you see the body. This exit shot is really common on a KA since the video leaves from an trailing position and the TI is having to do an exit through a really narrow door and then pivot into the wind. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Where did the $40 Billion come from that is building the French design or the multiple billions that have been dropped into the German design so far? All the Germans have to show is about 15 milliseconds worth of plasma for their multi Billion dollars so far. Should the governments continue this spend of money or should they spend it on other programs since clearly private industry will figure this out on their own instead in the next 50 years right? Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Patent will not expire until 2024 for this patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US7156744. Filing date was 2004 for this and US patents are good for 20 years after the filing date. Looking at case notes it looks like Indoor Skydive Germany and iFly have agreed to reach a settlement after the first hearing in front of a judge instead of taking their case to a jury. We will see if ISG tunnels start breaking ground here soon since it sounds like there were multiple parties interested in building them from looking at the few items that could be read on the patent lawsuit. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

With almost no big publicity the second most popular communication tool in use today went fully end to end encrypted last night. http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/05/whatsapp-completes-end-to-end-encryption-rollout/WhatsApp has enabled point to point encryption on all communications on their network. This means the same thing that it did for Apple, they have no way of opening any communications since they don't have the key to open it. With over a Billion users of the app and growing at a unbelievable growth rate I see a large number of new users getting added very shortly. I know via some industry contacts a few people over there and we are all really impressed by what they pulled off since they only employ about 50 people and only 25-30 of them are coders. The crypto guy that was brought in has lead a few open source projects promoting encryption and they have passed independent code reviews with flying colors. Its been reported that the Paris attackers had used this app even when only 30% or so of communication was being encrypted. I have not seen numbers recently but in the past well over half of all users were from overseas locations and some Telco carriers were promoting this instead of their own SMS messaging systems due to how much cheaper it was for users to send text messages to each other vs over traditional text messaging. Anyone see DOJ/FBI having an absolute conniption fit that they can now no longer be able to read the text messages nor can compel the company to retrieve the data for any sort of investigation? The world of the government vs encryption is going to get very interesting here in the short term. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Not the first time this announcement has been made about having tunnels in Cinci: 2007: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2611540;search_string=fastrax;#2611540 2014: http://www.dropzone.com/news/General/Plans_for_Middletown_Wind_Tunnel_Announced_996.html & http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/local/indoor-skydiving-facility-coming-to-middletown/ndHJz/ Until holes are dug in the ground and materials show up on site.... Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/377730/indoor-skydiving-centre-set-fly It has had to be revised considerably, but New Zealand's first indoor skydiving centre is expected to open in central Queenstown early next year. The $15million iFLY facility has been given the go-ahead by a resource consent commissioner for a prominent site in Brecon St. It will feature a vertical wind tunnel which creates a cushion of air people can float on. The project is a joint venture between Auckland couple Emma and Gary Beyer and wind tunnel manufacturer SkyVenture International. Emma Beyer, managing director of iFLY Indoor Skydiving NZ, said construction should begin in about four months. ‘‘It's a pretty major construction and there are lots of variables but that's the plan.'' Similar indoor skydiving facilities operate in Australia, Dubai, England, the US, Canada and Brazil. They attract on average about 150,000 customers per site each year, although Queenstown's iFly would be a custom design and one of the smallest. The building would be on a site surrounded by the Queenstown Medical Centre, Bespoke Kitchen cafe, Caddyshack City mini-golf course, Queenstown Fire Station and an electricity substation. It required consent, as it would be used for a commercial recreation activity and breaches zoning regulations - at 15.3m high it would be more than twice the height permitted in Brecon St's high density residential zone. It would also be longer than planning rules permit with only half the car-parking required. ‘‘We made quite a lot of revisions but we're happy to do that,'' Ms Beyer said. ‘‘We have certain limitations [due to the activity] but we've tried to make it fit seamlessly with the surroundings and neighbouring buildings.‘‘We want to be welcomed by the community and seen as a real positive.'' Some neighbours raised concerns over shading, congestion, visual effects and noise from the fans, which send air shooting through the tunnel at up to 250kmh. But hearing commissioner Andrew Henderson agreed with council and applicant planning experts the adverse effects would be ‘‘minor or less''. Mr Henderson said no other party presented expert evidence at the hearing. He accepted the building's bulk was ‘‘driven by the functional need of the activity'' and therefore granting consent would not set a precedent. The facility will create 20 jobs during construction and 25-35 part-time and full-time jobs once complete. Paul Early, of the New Zealand Parachute Organisation, supported the application, saying it would benefit the country's skydivers, youth development and tourism. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Where is the line drawn? Is a president only able to make a nomination in the first 3 years? Only in a first term? Only in the first 2 years of a second term and all of the first term? What happens if there are multiple openings at the same time and we are in an election year? At no point does the constitution specify limits on when any president can make a nomination. Their nomination does not need to pass as evidenced by the number of failed justices in the past but they have never been denied a hearing just because it's an election year. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

The issue with a third party is that the deadlines for most of the state requirements are just after the conventions. Anyone that wants to run as a third party will basically have to join a party that has already managed to get on the ballots in most of the states like the Green, Libertarian or they need to be working on building the grass roots now to get the signatures for every state. At this point none of those parties are willing to accept a known, failed Republican in as their candidate since it goes against their parties ideals. There is no way the Libertarians will let any of the moderate GOP'ers in since none of them were pitching a platform close to what they are looking for. There is a tiny chance that Sanders could run on a Socialist/Communist ticket but that is not going to happen. What I am curious of is the downstream effect of this nomination cycle. Are you going to have more people coming out and challenging the incumbents if they do not openly back Trump if he gets the nomination during this election cycle? We last saw this during the Tea Partys rise a few years ago, during the primaries the more moderate candidates were losing since the more vocal members of the party, which are the ones more likely to vote in a primary, pushed the "outsider" in. This was mainly done in states with closed primaries where crossing party lines is not permitted. At the election due to Gerrymandering a lot of the competition was already over since the districts were "safe". Many of these people including Cruz have been finding it hard to get anything done in DC since its a game of horse trading and they see compromise as the worst thing possible. For the left they have been having their own issues where Sanders has been forcing Hillary to move her policies more to the left and away from the centrist view she was trying to walk. this is going to cost her some of the crossover vote with moderates on the right side. This is also going potentially cause a lot of those voters to just not vote this year since they are looking a giant douche and a turd sandwich as their choices. I did see comments today online calling Rubio, Kasich, Boener, Paul Ryan, and even FOX News RINO's because they were willing to talk to democrats and were unable to accomplish 100% of the agenda that is being pushed. Fox was being called out for attacking a popular candidate and not spending all of their time trying to bury Hillary. Politics are getting even more depressing than normal right now. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Backing Cruz is the only play he has since backing Kasich is out and he had already posted he was #NotTrump at one point. John is basically mathematically eliminated from winning so backing him is a losing bet. Cruz has proven he can beat Trump and has done it several times already. Plus if they get to the convention without a clear winner Cruz has a better chance of getting delegates to jump from most the others except Trump. He could decline to endorse anyone else but then he will be thrown to the wolves by his own party for "being a sore loser and that will put his senate seat up at the next primary. If Cruz goes on a tear and wins out at this point what will that do to the GOP? Looking over Social Media today it looks like a lot of Trump supporters are asking for the GOP's heads on a stake since they are not coming out and giving him 100% support and money right now. Does Cruz stand a chance in the fall election? Looking at the latest polls he at least is up over Clinton or Sanders in some of them. Trump is as far back as 18% in some of the polls against Sanders and is averaging 10% back behind Clinton. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/mar/15/oceanside-indoor-skydiving-ifly/ OCEANSIDE — A new indoor skydiving business being planned in Oceanside will give people the experience of flying without having to jump out of an airplane. The city’s Planning Commission unanimously approved plans to build a 5,000-square-foot building on Vista Way just east of El Camino Real that would house the iFly Oceanside indoor skydiving center. The building would have a wind tunnel, including four huge fans, that allow people to float on a cushion of air. Navy veteran Robert Blomsness, who co-owns the franchise, said the business will not only be entertaining but it could be used to teach children science and math lessons. It may also help military and recreational skydivers improve their skills, he said “It’s really a fun, family activity,” Blomsness said. The proposed building just north of state Route 78 would stand about 59 feet tall on an vacant lot between a Quality Inn Suites hotel to the west, the El Camino Country Club to the north and an office building on the east. It’s expected to employ about 35 people and generate about $6 million a year in revenue, Blomsness said. When it’s built, the facility will be the second indoor skydiving operation in San Diego County. An similar iFly location opened in San Diego in Mission Valley last month. But not all the neighbors are happy. About a dozen people opposing the project attended Monday’s meeting, saying their neighborhood is the wrong location for the business. Several said the size, design and colors of the building were out of character with the community, while others worried about the traffic, noise and parking. “We wish the owner well. We wish him success but this particular location in our judgment is unfitting,” said Bert Cross, president of the El Camino Villas II homeowners association, which consists of about 63 homes just north of the property. Richard Gillette, who has lived in the area since 1979, said he had collected 62 signatures opposing the project. He said the neighbors would likely appeal the commission’s approval to the City Council. The operators of the country club also expressed concerns that the business would disrupt the “quiet and serenity” of the area. “We’re concerned for our members and our neighbors,” said Gary Glaser, general manager of the country club. “This type of building, although a wonderful function and great entertainment, could have devastating results of the value of the properties in the neighborhood.” Glaser and others asked that the building’s design be changed to look more like the surrounding commercial businesses, such as changing the proposed colors of the building that include sky blue and gray. Commissioner John Scrivener agreed calling the building a “monolith” and asked if the building colors would be changed. As a condition for the approval, Blomsness agreed to “tone down” the color scheme and increase the amount of trees and landscaping around the building. Blomsness said that parking and noise should not affect the surrounding community. He said the building will have 35 parking spaces and that number would be sufficient because people coming to the business will have to do so by appointment. He added that a noise study was conducted showing no significant noise issues. He said the main source of noise would be the fans, which would be completely enclosed within the building and would not be heard outside. Commission Chairwoman Louise Balma said she liked the building and the project. She only recommended that the owners work with the community to ease some of the concerns. “I appreciate creative, different, out-of-the-box thinking and that’s what iFly is,” Balma said. “I think that bringing iFly to Oceanside is going to be great not only for the military but the tourists that we want to attract.” Mugshot of Edward Sifuentes Edward Sifuentes Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Only play that Kasich has left is if he can win Ohio and Michigan then he can position himself as a solid VP candidate that could help win some of the critical swing states in the Midwest. If Kasich fails to win those states then he's out of that option as well. He's been bleeding votes away from Rubio right now and costed a lot of delegates and potentially a few primaries so I don't see Rubio being a nice guy and putting him as his VP if that would ever happen. But I see Cruz needing someone that appeals to a different demographic so Ted might end up picking him as a VP to "unify the party" down the road. Cruz gained a lot of momentum over the weekend with a few more state wins so he's not going to be dropping out at any point. Here is where I see votes going if candidates drop out: Kasich voters seem most likely to go to Rubio with a secondary option of Cruz. Rubio voters seem most likely to go to Cruz with a secondary option of not voting. Cruz voters seem most likely to go to Trump with a secondary option of Rubio. Trump voters are most likely to go to Cruz with a secondary option of not voting. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

I was reading an article (can't find it now) where the author was talking about since there are a lot of seats up for grabs this year in congress its putting the GOP candidates in a position where the may need to not back the likely presidential candidate of Donald Trump due to the harm he might cause their brand. The flip side of the conversation was that this candidate is winning a majority of their party right now and seems to be "the voice of the people". If the candidates do not back him then are they going to be facing the wrath of their own party and not receiving the votes from the 32-36% of the voters currently voting for Trump? This is a situation where if you support him you stand to potentially lose a lot of the cross over voters, if you don't support him then you lose your primary voters. Does this potentially put more seats in danger of being flipped this fall? Numbers I was looking at out at 538 and it looks like a solid 5-7 Senate seats are now classified as swing and 15-25 in the house are now up for grabs that were thought to be sewn up. Could we be looking at a flip of Congress again this fall? What I did find most interesting was the talk of establishing of a third party that was more of the establishment, legacy GOP and letting the Tea Party continue to run with the Republican name but have the majority of the players, money and donors leave and go to the third party. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-79-has-died-officials-say-n518156 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his fiery comments on and off the bench, has died, Texas' governor says. He was 79. "Justice Antonin Scalia was a man of God, a patriot, and an unwavering defender of the written Constitution and the Rule of Law. He was the solid rock who turned away so many attempts to depart from and distort the Constitution," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement. "We mourn his passing, and we pray that his successor on the Supreme Court will take his place as a champion for the written Constitution and the Rule of Law." Scalia was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 under President Ronald Reagan, who named him as associate justice. A lawyer by trade, he entered public service in the 1970s as general counsel for President Richard Nixon and as the assistant attorney general. This has the potential to really change the balance of the Supreme Court since Obama will now get the opportunity to appoint one more justice before he leaves office. Granted this means a lot of time in Congress will now need to be spent vetting a candidate before appointment. It will be sad if congress stalls on this for the remaining 10 months of any presidents term to prevent something like this from moving forward. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

*BREAKING NEWS* Gillmore drops out. He managed to get 112 votes in New Hampshire. A whopping .001% of the vote. I honestly thought this happened a while ago but he was still in as of this morning! Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

It was probably the safest and least likely path to violence for his arrest. At the ranch he was always armed and around others that were also armed and had in the past indicated they were willing to harm or kill federal agents. In this case he was flying and was not allowed to fly with his sidearm so there was little resistance that could be offered at his arrest. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Christie will be out by Thursday, Carly will be out by the end of the week, Carson should be about to drop out too. Kasich did a lot better than expected tonight carrying a lot of the independents that voted GOP to get to second behind Trump, Rubio seemed to carry a lot that wanted "A Repiblican, any Republican!" in the White House. I look for this still to be Trump, Kasich, Bush, Cruz and Rubio going into SC. SC and Nevada will thin it down to 3. If Bush, Kasich or Rubio drop their supporters have been polling that they would stick to the other establishment candidate. That has the potential to really swing the numbers since tonight it was 35% Trump, 16% Kasich 11% Cruz, 11% Rubio and 10% Bush. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com