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  1. skybytch
    I normally stay out of SC, but I'm curious what you all think about this situation going on in the city I live in. There's a link to an update at the bottom of the story. I've heard a few stories from fellow students (white, black and asian) about these cops, but nothing to this extent...
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    You may find some of the articles here helpful.
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    When I'm at the dz and not jumping I stand in the landing area with a video camera and film as many landings as possible. Then I throw the footage up on the TV in the hangar at the end of the day for everyone to watch and hopefully learn from.
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    Contact the manufacturer of your container.
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    Happy Betsyday!
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    Just looked at the video. After he'd kicked out of the line twists on the reserve, his Neptune said 1700 feet. btw, what kind of pie do you want tomorrow, Jason?
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    Whos on first?

    skybytch replied to DaGimp's topic in The Bonfire

    I don't know.
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    Enough:1:0 One two way sit flail on Sunday.
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    Yes. You got a fuckin' problem with that?
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    Six foot swoops, baby! That's some sick shit! Yeah, you just wish you were as cool as I am.
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    You can have a drink in a bar in Texas, but you better not get drunk. If you do, the cops might arrest you.
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    Nothing.
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    Explain? I never heard that.
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    Think all F111 7 cell. Dunno if they are still available new but they are available used. PD also makes 193 sq ft Lightnings in all F111, all zp and zp topskin.
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    A J3 will hold up to a PD160R/Raven I or equivalent reserve; I'd suggest going with that instead of a 150. The main would fit fine.
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    James Martin, January 2000
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    Flaggel8 Passion8 (this one's been used before) Spect8
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    Because you and I have both done it doesn't make it right or safe. Going through clouds is busting an FAR. Busting an FAR could be a large issue at a dz where there are local "country club" pilots who would just love to have some good grounds to get those damn skydivers kicked off "their" airport. Proof of those damn skydivers busting an FAR could be excellent grounds for the FAA to take action against them. There's also the fact that there could very easily be an airplane flying under or through that layer at 5K, and there's the fact that for many groups 5k is break off altitude. Dunno about you but I like to be able to see those who might be close to me when I'm breaking off, tracking away and deploying. Can't do that in a cloud. Give me shit about not exiting over a cloud and I'll be talking to the S&TA or DZO, not to you. If the S&TA or DZO agrees with your view that I should exit on the green light regardless, I'll be taking my jump dollars elsewhere.
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    Light wingloadings and high winds do not mix. If the winds were high enough that you didn't want her to exit until you were upwind of the spot, perhaps a wiser choice would have been for her to stay on the ground. Don't climb out of the airplane until you think it's time to exit - not even halfway. Think about what might have happened if you had a premature deployment while you were hanging out there waiting for the spot to be good.
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    FAR 105.17 - "No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft - (a) into or through a cloud"
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    I saw the shoreline of Lake Tahoe from the top of a ski lift several times yesterday. Does that help?
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    I see it heading here. I don't like it. The links are easy enough to work around for those who prefer to not have advertising inserted into their posts. Airodyne, ikon, etc...
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    I was sharpening my Katana to a Precision point in preparation for my great Odyssey - stalking the ikon of African hunting, the giraffe, thoughout the soft savannah. Unfortunately, the weather had taken a turn for the worse. Lightning strikes filled the sky, in a huge Vortex that went on into Infinity. My first Reflex was to Swiftly cover my Blade so I wouldn't get caught in the Crossfire, but since I'm a Pilot I knew that was only a Legend; I'm too Smart to fall for that. To my surprise, a Sabre2thed tiger approached the soft savannah in a Fury, with it's Talon's unsheathed. I ran off at a brisk Tempo, Vectored towards what I thought was a door with a keyhole - did I really see it or was it just a Mirage? When I arrived I found that my round key wouldn't fit; this door required a Square One. Good thing I couldn't open it, as my xray Vision showed that behind that door was a... Your turn!
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    The PD143R is bigger than the Smart 135. A better comparison would be a PD126R and a Smart 135.
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    - Dishwasher/busperson at a steakhouse and a "family restaurant" - Gas station attendant at an old fashioned "full service" gas station - Vending machine route - Cashier at a souvenir shop - Sandwich making and stocking at a small deli/liquor store - Bookkeeping for three small businesses - Subway sandwich artist - Stock clerk in a GM dealer parts department - Stock clerk for a high performance engine shop - Parts front counter, GM dealer parts department - Rigging and packing - Static line instructor - Tandem instructor - Cashier at Circle K - Skydiving equipment sales - Jumpsuit manufacturing - College student