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My Epitaph (sp?): "He Lived his life for the moment, lived his dreams, confronted his nightmares, made friends, made enemies, and loved them all, with all his heart. Blue Skies Rev!"
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OK, Jade and purple, got that. Is that a Jack the ripper pocket, or a patch? any other distinguishing marks? Ya know, off color thread sewing holes shut, crap like that?
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OK OK OK OK! sheez! Give me 5 minutes!
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Rob, I didn't know this happened to you too there! Do you have any pics of the jumpsuit and helmat to post? Much easier to keep an eye out if we know what to look for. Side note..... Anyone got a spare $250 for a new "fast" Pit Special from Tony, so I can ditch my lead?
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And watch, and watch, and watch..... then we need to move to get a better angle....oops, I mean ask how you managed to get it in the bag...
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Limitations? In terms of skydivers and alcohol? What are you drinking?!?!?!
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i need to know how much weight to put in a spaceball to make it fall at 120mph ive tried to use pennies in a tennis ball and i cant get the weight right. please help i do not need people telling me how dangerous this is at my experience level dont reply unless youre going to tell me the answer
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Yep, that was me. It was the result of my first 4 way tube, some high G forces, and, by his own admission, a jumpsuit that was on it's last leg anyway. He was wearing it, not me, and it torn just from taking grips.
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Exactly what I was thinking Bill. Could it be Frankenotter is getting even?
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Geez, thanks Lisa! I made it most of the way through the intro, but I've got to work at 4 am. Well, I know where my next few evenings are going to be spent... Yea, the intro "hooked" me.
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Gopher, What you did sounds quite close to what I did. The only difference I can see is I went even smaller, had some training, and decided it was too small, therefore went back up a bit. If you don't mind, may I ask you something? What was your wingloading on the 190, and what is it on the 170? Just trying to get some perspective.
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Andy, I'm not looking for an endorsement, just opinions. I fully understand that many believe, by my jump numbers, that I should be on a large canopy. Well, just going by jumps numbers is not enough. you need to take into account what was done on each and every canopy you have jumped. Thank you for your input, Andy.
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Thank you for your input Bill. It's all valuable. The only thing you listed that I have not done yet is landing up and down hill. Seems like I keep finding the flat DZs. I do like your thinking that skills are important to downsizing, not jump numbers. I fully admit that I am not ready, nor do I plan on being ready to downsize from this canopy for years, if ever. I do however believe I was ready to downsize to this canopy. My wingloading is also going to go back down on it a bit in the near future. The addition of a decent "fast" jumpsuit from Tony will allow me to remove my lead, resulting in about a 1.28 or so wingload. Don't get me wrong, I am comfortable at the 1.4, but that damn rig is soooo heavy with the lead snapped in. Once again, thanks for the answers and opinions. I'm not looking to justify what I did, what Marc said, or anything. I'm just looking at seeing what other peoples opinions are on judging who should be jumping what.
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Yes, Lisa, I asked for it, and I agree with what you said. Edited to add: Nope, I enjoy arguing with Gramps aka Snuffy! The point I was trying to make is: Why do people tend to make assumptions on who should or should not be "allowed" to fly a particular canopy, without seeing seeing how they can actually fly a canopy? Marc's point about the less than ideal situation was a good one, I agree with that. My problem was that he posted that without asking if I had any less than ideal landings. Without asking if I had flown other wingloadings, ect. This is the reason I think generalizations based soley on jump numbers do not work. They may give a clue, but they do not come close to showing the whole picture. Everyone has a different opinion, and I value all of them. Yes, even yours, Lisa. Thank you for the input.
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"I hate to fly" or something like that. lmao, love that line!
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OMFG it even got Drew Carey.
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Hey all! I'm in an interesting discussion over on the wreak, and thought it might be interesting to you. Feel free to post any comments, and Marc, I know you're here too.... Here's the link. I'd shorten it up, but I don't know how http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=20020901234930.23146.00000063%40mb-fp.aol.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.skydiving
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Haha, no, it wasn't Carrie. She's back in school and has stuff to keep her busy. I try to get off, and then I get Calvin Ball rules thrown at me! Need some help???
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Damn. I thought it was gonna be a thread about a skydiver kicking 3 whuffo's asses. Well, I'd pay admission for that!
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Mine doesn't have a name, but here's a quick story for ya... My best man, and a few other friends were out on the town one night (ok ok, we were at the titty bar), and one of the dancers actually asked us if any of us had named ours. I said no, then my best man said "Yea! Mine's got a name!" When asked what the name was he replied "Willy!" He was ready to add the punchline "You gonna help Free Willy?", but another one of my buds beat him to it, and said, quite loudly I might add, "Yea, Will He ever grow?!". Nobody else had to answer the dancers questions, as the laughing took almost 2 hours to subside!
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Ignore his accounting post, it's just a cover! He really got a 2 year internship for an OB/GYN...
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Ohhhhhhhh Yea!
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I'm with you on this one Lisa. It was posted to the forums, and that's where it should have stayed. I have LOTS of pics I could post to the galleries, but since they are not of me, they don't go there! Who ever the asshole is, burn him/her alive. p.s. I did save "The Rack" from the forums, so I'd never lose it, but re-posting it elsewhere is beyond low....
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Dats sall rite.... yers sounds mor edumacated dan mine eneways!
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LMAO, ok, here goes... Avgas weighs aprox 6# per gallon, and I'm guessing Jet A is close to that. That would make for aprox 1500 gallons per 180 skydivers......yea, that's alot of fuel!