ltdiver

Humph. They skipped posting Carr's interview for March 26 on Roe Conn's WLS(AM)! Went from March 25 to March 27. What's up with that?! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Ouch! The only good thing about almost being frozen is that it -might- have made his dislocated shoulder hurt a bit less. Can't even imagine hiking in that deep of snow with it, though!! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Very interesting. Operative word "THE" chest packs. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=97526; Sounds like -someone- ordered them, but now Ckret might help us delineate WHO. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

To your first question: yes. To your second question: sort of. Mark Post revisited. It's logical then, to me (not a rigger) that if the 'back rigs' were ones that Navy pilots used to bail out of crippled planes, that they would very obviously NOT have attachment points for chest mounts. Why have a 'reserve parachute' backed up with another 'reserve parachute'? They're normally single canopy rigs. Can you even imagine a pilot trying to fly with a chest mount reserve in place? edit to add link to NB6 rig found on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/US-Navy-NB6-Parachute_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742Q2em153Q2el1262QQcategoryZ26440QQihZ005QQitemZ150080385359QQtcZphoto ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Sounds like you're ready for the jet now! Welcome to Perris!

Sorry about the she/he thing . I -did- look at your profile and thought I had it right... As for an insurance to cover a minor, in a foreign country, without his parent's physical presence, doing an extreme sport... Haven't heard of any. Sorry. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Sounds like public transportation would be the better bet, now. At least with Metrolink he'd be speeding along thumbing his nose at those stuck in rush hour traffic! Wonder when he's coming in. Anytime on Friday is bad, but at least between 10am and 2pm he'd have a fighting chance. (or at midnight...) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

1 hour and 25 minutes . . . BWAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!!!! Obviously mapquest doesn't actually drive in LA. Especially on a Friday! Egads! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

I was going to post that link as well, except they said that they didn't like public transportation. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Plus she's 17 years old, so an insurance agent just might have a challenge with this as well. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

It's a "Green vs Green" argument that actually went to court! It's called the "The Solar Shade Control Act" and its been law for 30 years! http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0318/p20s01-lihc.html ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Very very nice!

Anything the media "says" we all take with a very large grain of salt. However, when Carr speaks I quote him. He's either got the facts in hand, or is making a wuffo mistake (which he is very willing to learn about and correct). ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

You're welcome. However, I think 'logic' was fine with Cossey when he complied with what was asked. For all he knew this was for a classroom demonstration and nothing more. If he knew that there actually -was- a possibility of them having to be airworthy then he would have been more discerning with what he gave. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

You're thinking too logically. When the rigs were requested Cossey didn't know what they were going to be used for. Why would he give them a dummy reserve if he did? The FBI asked, and he complied with "4 parachutes (2 back and 2 front)", which was what was requested. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

No. He got two back-type reserves, one chest-type reserve, and one dummy that looked like a chest-type reserve. He did not get any main parachutes. Mark Mark, are the back reserves the kind a Navy pilot would use in a bail-out situation? Seems that I remember Carr stating something like that in one of his interviews. And if so, are they anything like the rigs worn today by pilots as bail-out rigs? Soft and eas(ier) to sit on hour after hour. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Don't know which is easier, especially since the FBI has the tools right there at their fingertips to do fiber analysis. Easier (and cleaner) do to that than take up the time, money, and effort to do a dig. According to an interview, Carr says that the fiber analysis will be done this weekend. Are we talking Fandago here, where there'd just be 'laundry' in the pack job? Why not have a very old (and useless) parachute in a dummy reserve pack? I'm sure that you're correct in this guess. They found the suspect canopy and immediately -knew- the only one with the answer would be Cossey, and sought him out. Pretty good, for a wuffo. ;^) Here's another Carr video, which doesn't reveal anything new to us (who've been following these 2 threads since the beginning) but he -does- say the found canopy is the right color and the right size. Hmmmmm..... http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/Story?id=4524127&page=2 ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Perhaps this article (along with a "How to Help" link) is his way of communicating with us. Sounds like he's a pretty busy man right now, not only with this case, but his regular work load as well. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/356407_cooper26.html?source=mypi ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

This hour's WA news update: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_db_cooper.html Quote: "The FBI doesn't want to excavate the property until it confirms, either through an expert's examination or scientific analysis of the fabric, whether the chute is the right kind." So, it looks like we're not going to see a rig (or more) unless the canopy tests out. By another poster's link we see Earl Cossey being interviewed. He doesn't seem to be too impressed with the find. Perhaps this is the dummy reserve, which makes more sense that the fabric's appears to be wrong for the canopy Cooper used? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Quote from the article: "Carr hopped in his car and drove down. He dug around the property for about 45 minutes, unsuccessfully looking for a harness or other remains from the parachute, but the children weren't home, and the father wasn't sure exactly where they found it." Like I said in a previous post, wish those kids had NOT cut the lines. An intact item is much more easily located again. Perhaps if Ckret (Carr) had been lead to the exposed canopy he'd have a better chance of digging a bit further and finding more conclusive evidence. Wonder if the kids will be able to locate the spot again? Nothing exposed. No marker placed... ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

I was wondering the same thing.... Looked like the left sleeve/side had been ripped off? After some of the things she has done on this season, Im questioning her sanity.... So, is Simon's ever present patting and tickling Paula's back a sign of calming her down, reassuring her, or flirting? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Canopy pictures and serial number shown here: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=d.b.+cooper&c=yahoo_news&fr=&c=images ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Canopy pictures on Yahoo Seems that this discovered canopy was manufactured in 1946. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Yahoo Canopy Pictures Oh well. Now to refresh my memory, what year was the canopy made that we're looking for? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

Which, if it's found to be a positive match to the one DB used, will settle the argument once and for all whether it was a 26 or 28 that he used. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon