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I wonder where the line gets drawn between xenophobia versus testosterone... All 4 are beautiful, maybe something to do with being female and smiling and unbelievably skilled... Screw the green card, can I get a phone number? Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I'm absolutely drooling. Please keep us posted, all the video I have is inside-the-flock stuff and a lot of it only shows shoes and tail wings. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I'm the guy directly in front of Larry with the helmetcam, the red and white one in front of me was Medusa...(thats MY slot, you....mohawk! ) Bummer the underlighting doesn't show colors much, but its a kickass image. I saw 'Becca's suit, and would pirate her color combo if it wasn't already taken. Beautiful color scheme. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

About to order new suits, an S3 and a couple Prodigies in demo orange... Wondering about color for the S3. I think I want to go with neon green and white but haven't seen any actual samples of the color itself. Anyone out there got pics of a Birdman suit with neon green, white or both on it? I'm hoping the real thing turns out to be like superfluorescent knock your eyes out neon green, colors are so variable it'd suck to discover I ordered a dull suit by mistake. Or, seeking further inspiration, just post your pics of really bright suits... I've been flying Royal Blue and basic Black for years now and it just seems somewhat uncolorful, a bit drab. I want my next suit to set things on fire just by mere proximity to colors that intense. Help me out, here. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

1:Find the nearest bar 2:Get drunk 3:Get laid 4:Stagger back to hotel with last beer in hand staying temporarily sober enough to fight off the inevitable muggers and local predatory life 5:Finish beer, pass out, wake up late and haul ass to airport. Mission accomplished! Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Hmmm... Judging by the way society has been treating kids last decade or so, it looks like its just part of the curriculum, get em used to bars and barbed wire early... call it an elementary school trainer pen. Does it come with a "lockdown" alarm? Needs a metal detector, too... Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

quote from the MP3... "she looks like tina turner peeing on an electric fence...." AMEN! Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Man, that loop of yours is crazy.... Crazy? I was crazy once. They put me in a room with buttons on the walls. The buttons were good. I ate all the buttons. They got mad and put me in a room without any buttons. There weren't any buttons to eat. It drove me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they put me in a room with buttons.... Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Well spoken, sir. Amen! Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Honestly? Heres a place where you don't want to cheap out, I'd suggest overkill in the other direction-suck it up and prepare to pay 100$ for the genuine Sony. I would say modify your helmet to accept a Sony fp-71 hybrid battery. Its exactly 2x the size of a fp-50 but delivers 4x the life or more. In my hc-42 it delivers around 280 minutes of use, even with a lot of off/on cycling rewinding and playing on the lcd. If you forget and leave the camera on in between jumps, sleep mode eventually shuts it down, and in time to preserve most of the charge. Its simply the last word in dead battery prevention for this camera. Throw money at this problem and it will go away once and for all and you'll never worry about dead battery again. I've gone periods of using the camera intermittently for days while travelling overseas without charging it, and where the factory battery would have had me nervous about having a bad timing battery death shutdown any time now, I look and this battery still has another 3 hours left in it. Simply the best battery mileage I've ever seen in a camera...sony did this one RIGHT. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Snort... That is the funniest thing I've seen anyone say in a month. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Dammit, man, you're standing on my joke. Quit that! Windcatcher, all I'm saying is keep in mind Jesus ain't going to pull for you, ok? Sheesh. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I never said she lacks understanding. But she speaks as if there were an actual person, a close buddy of hers who incidentally is the universal savior, somewhere being tortured every time she does something she perceives as being against his will. Its a deliberate bending of perception to a point that to me is unrecognizably inaccurate. I sort of get it, and sort of totally don't. But it worries me when I see it, kind of like those bumper stickers. You know, the ones say "in case of rapture this car will be unmanned"? I worry about the true believer in the Lincoln in the lane next to me in the blizzard. The one who goes sideways into my lane, trusts to Jesus to get him out of it and spends precious seconds praying that could better be spent regaining control of his vehicle. Application of religion in the wrong environment can be extremely hazardous to those around you. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

It isn't that I'd like to see her less passionate, hell no. Passion for things is the only thing makes em worth doing, but if they're worth doing, they're worth thoroughly understanding. I have a passion for flying, myself, but understanding that passion in terms of adrenalin, genetics and neurobiology, and the experience in terms of fallrate, mass, speed airflow and time doesn't lessen the sum total experience, which is flying. There may be no spoon, but the spoon is worth studying anyway, to understand how the image of the spoon is rendered. It can improve accuracy of perception. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I recently was served breakfast by some laughing cackling little old filipino lady in a part of the philippine outback so isolated the local kids had never seen a white man before. Breakfast consisted of massive amounts of laohn, a nipa-derived local moonshine, a kind of thin white honey made by these tiny bees they keep handy, baked/fried bananas and these long spiral cone shaped swamp snails boiled in coconut milk. Breakfast of champions! Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Windcatcher, seriously, being as enthusiastic as you are about experiencing your connection to the infinite, had you considered a little study of the origins and structure of it? Might help provide a little context, a way to better understand what it is that you are seeing, kind of like studying meteorology to better grasp the weather front you're watching. Suggested reading: Starks, Marianna. "Impairment of an Egocentric Map of Locations: Implications for Perception and Action." Cognitive Neuropsychology. Vol. 13, 1996, p.481-523 Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

"Can't wait to join the flocks...." You just did, Ben, and with style! The fact that you took this seriously, did your homework and had practiced your moves to perfection well in advance was instantly obvious when you demonstrated them, and it shows on video. I'm working this next weekend through, but the weekend after that I'm free again. We got some flying to do! If you can't come to the flock, the flock will most likely come to you. Here or Jumptown, there will be flocking, and you are now a part of it. Congratulations, and enjoy your position as one of the first WS pilots around.... you earned it. -BC Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I can see it now.... we can fit a fuckton of wingsuits, a shitload of freeflyers and a couple RW guys in the average Otter, all at the same time.... Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

A Shitload is eight. It is actually a technical term describing the quantity... One is one, a couple is two, a few is three, a bunch is five, and a shitload is eight. Everyone knows that. So you have 8 dutch showing up. I'm not sure how many an assload is but it sounds like its even more than a fuckton. Thats twelve, for those who don't know, I learned this from a guy with a jeep who it turns out could fit a fuckton of shit in his jeep. This turned out to be 12 pieces of wood. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I'll be unable to join you next week due to this factory I have to deal with, but in 2 weeks I'm wide open... Want to offer a big congratulations to Ben Lowe, first WS flight yesterday, flew like awesome, cleanest exit, kickass flight right out the door. Woohoo! Hey, Medusa!!! Now we got a Birdman with a mohawk up here, too! NE flock just got bigger.... The question now is can we gather em all in one place at one time.... I figure I'll float it up here first, it'll be awhile, but... I'm going to be attempting to organize some sort of WS gathering for the boogie in Pepperell this year... Dave? Ben? Ken? Nik? PJ? I doubt we can match the scale of the flock and dock but can we find enough birds to build a solid 10-way? Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Drew em in like flies, me included. I'm in that pic behind someone else. Gotta fly one of those suits sometime. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

Not a dropzone as we would recognize it, no... There used to be a jumping scene there apparently as part of the Omni aviation school but one way or another pretty much everyone left. The only semiactive jumper I met there was a guy name of Bob Laplante who was attracted to the airport by the sound of my canopy opening, and he got sick next day so I never got to jump with him. Cool place, though. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

My 15 seconds of fame... Need to work on my accuracy from altitudes like that, though, almost wound up in the next zip code, far side of the airfield... Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

You want em, you got em. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

I'm home. Would like to give a shout-out to the following new friends and people who impressed the hell out of me, in some cases nearly moved to tears by the generosity and warmth I encountered there: Gennr8r.... Lady, you got balls, and a big heart. Never stop flying. The111: Cool flying with you. Been listening to the stuff you post about your own development curve for a long time now. Becca: I thought you were cool. Nice colors. Nicer smile. Nathaniel: Um....Hi. Darren: glad I could help with airport security, good luck with that project we discussed, you gotta let me know how it goes... Joni...Congrats again, PF-I #60... Yuri...glad you made it out, man! Next time you'll be in the Massachusetts area, gimme a holler, we got a flock to build! Badenhop: I knew I recognized you from somewhere. You seem a very serious character. Didn't you used to play with Nine Inch Nails or something? Rob Jones: Whatup? Chris Ware: at the risk of being repetitive, whatup? Scotty Burns: I wonder if your little one knows yet how lucky she is to be where she is.... Harry Parker: Gave me a hard time, and a beer. Come up to Pepperell someday and I'll give you a hard time, and a beer, and a warm welcome to our fire. Party with you, anytime, man. (big grin) Pendragon: Well, at least I was able to memorize your rig colors.... Medusa: How in the name of Loki are you able to keep your mohawk intact through a day of flying? That takes talent I lack, which is why I go for the raggedy look. You stole my slot! But thats ok really, cause I got yours....Your flock approach tips were rock solid, thank you. Kevin Keenan: That patch is getting epoxied onto my helmet or something so it never goes away. Good flying with you, man. Thanks for helping keep us in space. Scott Bland: The effort and time you put into the event was staggering, your welcome as genuine as it gets. I WILL be back sometime, try for that 22,000 ft straight-liner. Its going to be awhile before I break my new personal best record, though...If I can get a sky where I don't have to dodge all that (cough) industrial haze, I bet I can get 250+ second flight out of it... Limits? What limits? I'm beginning to think they don't exist... It was an honor and a privilege to be part of your flocks, the DZ itself and everyone and everything there were so much cooler than I could have imagined, made me feel so much "at home" there, thank you... OmarPR: You're wicked cool, man. Simple as that. Theres a spot reserved for you, too, around the fire wherever I am. ScaryPerry: You probably saved my life, not to mention my students' lives, in advance with the stuff you taught me. I didn't miss the fact that despite being visibly exhausted and busy as hell you somehow made the time to teach us new PF-Is. (japanese-style respect bow) Thank you, sir. If theres ever anything you need I can provide, ask, and I will make it happen. Mi casa es su casa. Robert Pecnik: Thank you, sir. I'm sure I've forgotten a bunch of names, too many newfound friends to count... To those whose hack circle I was invited to join, thanks all, you know who you are...hack out. Hackmaster: you got skills. Scotty Carbone: that has got to be the friendliest coolest little bird I ever met, and jaw-droppingly beautiful. Wait till my orthodontist gets a look at the pics.... To all present: I am deeply moved. CA-CAW!!!! -Brian "Lurch" Caldwell, D-27583, PF-I#62. Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.