mjosparky

There are 2 things that you have to have to attempt that record. One is the pressure suit. You can't buy one so you need NASA to sign on the project. The second is money, 5 to 7 million. When those 2 things come together it will happen. Not before. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

We used to practice from 4,500. And not to worry, she has been is things bigger than a 10 way. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Rosa, I know this is too late for tomorrow because this is tomorrow. But with your size, dive fast and dock hard. I mean don't flare until you are on grips.If they are doing real live stars, everyone should have high grips and sort of sit back and put tension on the star. That way it can take a harder hit. Remember, real "10 way" hurts. It sould be, dive, dock, turn and pull. Be safe, Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Have you ever wondered why Kamikaze Pilots wore helmets? I know, its late. I should go to bed. Everyone have a safe weekend. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

That probably pretty much depends on your point of view. The people deploying them thought it was a good idea. Sort of like second guessing a reserve deployment. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Can I live at your house?

devils advocate again: wont the skydivers (or possibly the dzo) find a place for them to swoop that is not dzo property so the "liability" is gone? or if the dzo bans swooping, do you think "out" landings would skyrocket (out of sight that is)? You do know that almost all "out landings" are a trespass on someones property. You are landing on their property without their permission, do you think they want the "liability". How long do you think that will last before there is a court order against the DZO? And trust me, most DZO's are not stupid, they will probably notice after 2 or3 weeks that certain people are always landing "off". And remember, to land "off" you have to get "on" his airplane. Why is everyone trying to come up with ways around something that is not even a reality at this point. Did it ever dawn on people to learn the skills to fly your canopy, get signed off, and not worry about it anymore. I can think of only one reason people would oppose this without knowing how it would work and that reason has nothing to do with Freedom. You guys are the future of the sport, do what ever you want. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Build one like this, works great, opens the canopy up and doesn't go back up the risers. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Hmmm... when I upsize. I'll pack yours, you pack mine. Only we... will know

So many organizers did learn from him. And he was able to do it before "video". Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Common sense is not that common, if it was we would not be having this discussion. Doing 45 mph in a hook turn, 50 feet off the ground, common sense sometimes eludes the best of us. At times like that, experience and training might be your last hope. No one wants to hold any one down, or hold them back. The goal is to provide you with the tools and skills to go were you want to go safely. By doing it safely, at least safer, it will keep the DZO's from some kind of complete ban on HP canopies and swooping and keep the Feds. for looking hard at us. The reason we have a altitude BSR is because people were dying pulling low and the Feds. were not happy. There was a time when the State of California was also in the business of regulating skydiving. With some firm guidelines in place the got out of the business. Do you want to give them a reason to open shop again? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

See if I have this right. The brake line broke above the cats eye and a suspention line broke about 4 ot 5 inches above the connectors. If the brake line gave it up first that side of the canopy would have inflated first and right f*@king now. The lines on the side would have been coming off the riser and sharp angle away from the center and sliced in to the slider bumber, tearing it and damaging the other line. Was the broken suspention line an A/B line? This is a guess sort of, but without seeing the canopy it my best guess. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

With this new fabric only your rigger would know you weren't cool . Good point, but I am my rigger. Shit! Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

It certainly is a big one. This is a sport of personal freedom, and personal responsibility. The two should go hand in hand. Some (most?) of the strongest proponents are those who made a mistake in the past and paid for it, or were closely involved to others that did. The solution might be viewed as denying people the same right to make a mistake. Is that right (fair) and appropriate? That's a philosophical question based on personal risk beliefs, and clouded by the consideration of affected people beyond the individual jumper in question. If your answer is an total yes or no, you haven't thought it through. At that level, I think each DZO has the right to set policy, but would prefer not to see the USPA do so. You are making assumptions about peoples beliefs, their reasons for supporting a program like this and what DZO's would prefer to see done in this area. The people I have talked support it because they feel it will help keep other agencies from stepping in and it will benefit the sport as a whole. The few DOZ's I have talked with are not against USPA take the lead on this, in fact they wish USPA would get off the dime and get it done. Earlier you were talking about no data to support a W/L restriction and then you come up with this unsupported post. You can't have it both ways. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Like I said, "Someone jumping a main loaded at 1.8 is not likely to be shopping a reserve loaded a 1.1. " Besides, it would be un-cool not to load your reserve as close to or higher than your main. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Indeed I was. Z Hills was the first DZ to run that B-200 while I was working there. It was an amazing aircraft. My bad, sorry Shame, shame, you need a good spanking.

You are right, a tension knot is where the lines or part of the lines, usually near the cascades throw a half hitch on deploy. If you release the tension off the line, the knot will fall out. This the term "tension knot". From the picture, it looks like the excess brake line was mis-routed and hung up. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

If your profile is correct, the last thing you need to worry about is jumping a smaller reserve. The one you have has a w/l that is damn high, 1.46, for that experience level. How many 7 cell jumps do you have? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Why'd you jump if the spots were so bad? Couldn't you smack the pilot around a little? I'm not trying to be a prick, just curious. Why would you smack the pilot around, you are the one that got out of the airplane. I bet he made it back. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Yes it does and now you know why he sold it. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I have done that type of thing on test jumps, but with a round canopy. Start at front center and cut one right, one left, one right, one left until it is time to leave.

That was Jan (sp) plane out of Cal. City. He brought is up from So. Africa. As far as I know he has not hauled jumpers since that day at Perris. Sparky That's really too bad. I'll never forget all those "Air Trash" guys singing all off-key on the floor of that baby on the way to altitude. Not all of us were off key! Were we? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I don't look at it a landing out. When I open I check for traffic, do a canopy control check and look around for a place to land. I look for a safe place I can be over at between 800 and 1000 ft. If this happens to be the DZ great. I never think of the DZ as my "first" choice, just on of the safe choices available. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

This is an argument I fully support and can side with. Now we are making rules to protect ourselves from the actions of others. Now, assuming that we pass such rule/requirement, who gets charged with the responsibility of enforcing it, and HOW do they go about enforcing it? My choice would be the biggest, badest, MF on the DZ and have him use a ball bat.

Nine bucks! I'll give you either eleven or eight ... Seven bucks! I won't go any lower. Sparky (I have an almost new Silly Suit in my colors) My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals