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Wrong. If you start at an elevation of 5,000 your pilots must be on O2 above 9,000 AGL (14,000 MSL) to be legal. Above 10,000 AGL (15,000 MSL) everyone must be provided with O2. Sparky 91.211 Supplemental oxygen. (a) General. No person may operate a civil aircraft of U.S. registry— (1) At cabin pressure altitudes above 12,500 feet (MSL) up to and including 14,000 feet (MSL) unless the required minimum flight crew is provided with and uses supplemental oxygen for that part of the flight at those altitudes that is of more than 30 minutes duration; (2) At cabin pressure altitudes above 14,000 feet (MSL) unless the required minimum flight crew is provided with and uses supplemental oxygen during the entire flight time at those altitudes; and (3) At cabin pressure altitudes above 15,000 feet (MSL) unless each occupant of the aircraft is provided with supplemental oxygen. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Here you go. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Rob, You can't teach common sense and attitude. It must come from within. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You are not that far behind Skratch. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Flying a camera is no distraction at all. No problem. Sparky April 6, 1988 PARACHUTIST'S DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL LOUISBURG (AP) - The death of an experienced parachutist who fell 10,500 feet without a parachute while he was filming another jump was accidental, Franklin County vestigators said Tuesday. "We have gathered enough information to declare it an accident," Sheriff Arthur Johnson said. Ivan Lester McGuire, 35, of Durham died Saturday after jumping from an airplane without a parachute, said Captain Ralph Brown of the Sheriff's Department. McGuire had made more than 800 jumps.McGuire, who was carrying a video camera mounted on his helmet, was filming a student and an instructor at Franklin County Sports Parachute Center when he jumped from the plane piloted by Mark Luman of Louisburg. Luman couldn't be found for comment and had no telephone listing, but Brown said the pilot "wasn't in any position to see what happened in the back of the plane." There was no answer at the parachute center. But Nancy Fayard was quoted Tuesday in the News and Observer of Raleigh [NC] as saying: "No one was aware that he got on the plane without a parachute. Of course no one knew or they would have stopped him." Brown said that there was no foul play and no indication that suicide was involved. But, he added, "A man who has jumped 800 times ought to remember his parachute." McGuire's body was found in woods about 1 1/2 miles from the airfield. The videotape showed McGuire jumping from the airplane and that the jump was going smoothly until the parachutes worn by the instructor and the student opened and McGuire hurtled below them. " It kind of appears he reached for his parachute and he didn't have one." Brown said. "You could see the instructor and the student falling on the video. But the release for his parachute is on the right hip, and when the right hand goes down, the left hand comes forward and it comes into camera view. "Then the pictures get to moving real fast because he's approaching the ground at 150 mph. The only thing the camera shows is the ground coming." Brown said blood samples will show whether McGuire had alcohol or drugs in his system and test results should be ready in about a week. Although an expert jumper, McGuire could have forgotten to put on his parachute because of fatigue or preoccupation with his video equipment, said Fayard, wife of club owner Paul Fayard-the instructor on McGuire's last jump. Nancy Fayard said McGuire worked third shift at Northern Telecom Inc., a manufacturer of telephone switching equipment, and usually left the club at noon to get to work. On Saturday, she said, he stayed until 2:30 to shoot the video. "He's a real perfectionist when it comes to his video photography, and he'd been working a lot on it," she said. "The best we can figure is he became so preoccupied with the video, and then being fatigued, that his mind was on the video."A Federal Aviation Administration investigator said he was checking to see if Luman knew whether McGuire was wearing a parachute when he entered the airplane before the jump. Walter L. Rigsbee of the district office in Raleigh said FAA rules require that the pilot check to see that parachutists have on parachutes. Johnson said Tuesday the investigation showed the pilot thought McGuire was wearing a parachute. But Rigsbee said the video equipment may have been mistaken for a parachute. "These parachute clubs have safety programs," Rigsbee said. "They check these jumpers out depending on their experience." My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The younger crowd who look at us old fart and conservative and non fun loving would be surprised at how may have “previous incidents” in our past. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Those can’t be free fly shorts they have grippers. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Good for you. People are always ready to jumps someone for what they may perceive as poor service but can’t be bothered when the service is great. Well done. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Do you owe beer?? Well, if you have to ask... then the answer is YES!! Here are the rules that I subscribe too, and you can too. The Beer Rules An unwritten law, one as immutable and irrefutable as gravity and backed by history, states that skydivers enjoy the drinking of beer almost as much as flight itself. A manifestation of this fact is the tradition of the buying by an individual skydiver a case of beer (that being twenty-four cans or bottles holding twelve or more ounces of beer, ale, or some similar such substance) for his or her fellow jumpers to celebrate the accomplishment of a particular feat or milestone in one's jump career. It is generally recognized that the buying and drinking of such beer enhances that common bond shared by skydivers and contributes greatly to the body of knowledge concerning parachuting and its related activities. It is a sad fact that some skydivers are ignorant of what constitutes a significant achievement (usually and henceforth referred to as a "first"). Equally sad is the fact that some unscrupulously thirsty jumpers will shamelessly try to "weasel" a case of beer out of a jumper for an inauspicious event. Recognizing this, the following happenings are to be regarded as suitable occasions for buying beer. This list is not to be construed as exhaustive. First jump (It is not required of students. They are simply encouraged to participate). If more than one first is accomplished on a single jump, only one case of beer is required. Participation is voluntary. If a skydiver chooses not to participate by buying, neither shall the skydiver enjoy the fruits of the accomplishments of others. Non-drinkers may buy sodas and buyers may make up any part or whole of their purchase in soda for the enjoyment of those non-drinkers. It is generally recognized that using a reserve parachute for the purpose of saving one's worthless, non-packing self from a gory death requires him to buy the saving rigger dinner or the bottle of liquor of his choice. These articles are ironclad and binding. For the price of an additional six-pack, a sniveling skydiver may enlist the services of an S & TA to represent him or her in a hearing where the committee will rule against that skydiver a second time. Completing the student course of instruction First four way First eight way First CRW First time in the peas First night jump First kiss pass First competition First water jump First naked jump First jump on your own pack job First dead center (measured by a judge or electronic scoring pad on a three or five cm disc) First jump on a new main or new rig (purchased, not borrowed) Any license, award, rating, or badge Getting your name or photo in "Parachutist" Magazine Gross safety violations not resulting in serious injury or death Any jump ending in "00" First cutaway First reserve ride First jump from an aircraft not normally used at home drop zone First jump at a new drop zone First demo jump First save (you riggers thought you were getting off easy) Vomiting in the airplane or on another skydiver First round canopy jump (Geez, used to be the other way around) First broken bone First camera jump Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Keep that garbage in the bonfire please. I'll throw my garbage around where ever I please, Thank you :) You have to excuse him Anthony, he just can’t help himself. He sees his dick and he has to step on it. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I think we all know that nothing of substance is going to be reveled here regarding this matter. Rather than people throwing rocking all around and getting their feathers all ruffled this would be a good time for the moderators to lock this one down. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

"No pull" is not the only way to die in this sport. You've been around long enough to know what I am trying to relay here. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

No, I didn't know him. But I do have a list of the first 400. Bear was 138. RIP Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Are you sure it wasn’t a 790 or maybe an 820? Where did you come up with 810? Maybe a dragster ya think? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Dan Harding from OH? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

+1 Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Point, set, match to Mr. Ron. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I don't however, give up the option to bitch about it! Of course not, that would be so wrong. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

To me it smacks of a DZO trying to reduce his liability by forcing people to buy expensive gear. He is not forcing anyone to buy expensive gear. What he is saying is you want to jump at my DZ you must have the following equipment, main, reserve, container and AAD, bla, bla, bla. Most of witch is required by law. And it is as much for his protection as yours. I made most of my jumps without an AAD and would like the option to make my own choice but when playing in someone else’s sandbox I give up that option. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I don’t have a dog in this fight but from where I am sitting you need to step back from the bottle or the pipe. Your posts come across like someone with a third grade education and an ax to grind. Sparky keep in mind, Many here are using online translators, and then there are folks like me, with not many years in school...most of the "hard to figure out", post, come from "translators".....I babble in english! Joined in 2008, first post with no profile information. Something in making my BS meter go off. A gloves off in your face first post just rings of strong personal involvement with an agenda. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You may not like it but it is often the truth. Sparky Although it usually is an important (or the prime) factor, it very rarely is the only one. Just as the Swiss cheese model is used for other types of aviation it should be for skydiving. Yes pulling would have prevented the fatality, but so would have more attentive instructor/ jump-mates, an aad, a better fitting rig, et cetera, et cetera. Quit trying to lay it off on something/someone else. You can have the best instructors giving you the best instructions; you can have an audible in each ear, 2 altimeters, good friends looking out for your young ass, a custom tailored rig make of mink. But if you don’t pull you are just as dead as the guy who is self taught wearing a B-4 cheepo and chest mount. That is the one any only thing a student or experienced jumpers needs to remember…….pull before impact. . But then of course even if you pull you can still die and that’s a reality people seem unwilling to accept. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Congratulations Pat. It has always been an honor to have known you and to have jumped with you. I still cherish the set of “signed” drawing you gave me at the POS’s banquet in the mid 80’s. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

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I don’t have a dog in this fight but from where I am sitting you need to step back from the bottle or the pipe. Your posts come across like someone with a third grade education and an ax to grind. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

July 1976, I was 18 years old...you creaky old bastard! And I'm damn good at it. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals