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Do you really think the "i" word is the best choice ? Ha-ha, nyuk-nyuk! Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Yeah, I've seen it at Paine Field in Everett. They were using it to deliver 777 engines from Rolls Royce. I know a few inspectors who actually boarded the thing, they said it's really primitive inside. Like hand cranked cables to open the doors. the things also a fuel hog, it's got a very short range for it's size. Probably run out of gas before it even got a load of jumpers to altitude. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

I think Arnold's going to be elected. I'm not endorsing him, it's just the way I'm reading the tea leaves. Arnold running is the last nail in Gray Davis' coffin. "I'm ze pahty poopah...". As far as the recall being a right wing power grab, there's something to be said for that, but Arnold is stealing the show from Issa, who's tried to buy and steal his way into the guv's mansion. Oh, and as far as Springer goes, I heard yesterday that he HAS filed his paers and paid his fees for the Senate race. Maybe we'll get a 300 lb tranny stripper onto the Senate floor after all ! Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Nothin', unless you want to count having a few screws loose... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Anyone up for some fish slapping dances ? Oh, intercourse the bloody penguin! Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Sounds just like Boeing. There's always one in every group there who thinks that whatever it is you've got to say is "so unfair". It never fails either, it's always the biggest fuckoff in the bunch, makes you wish you could just shoot them and drive on... I guess life is full of just enough people like that, the trick is not to let them get you down. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

The first time, I don't know why, but without even thinking about it I reached back, grabbed my bridle, and gave it a tug. It all happened really fast in one motion. It fixed the PC in tow, but it also flipped me over and my dbag bounced right over my side. Canopy opened fine with a couple line twists. I'm just happy things worked out and you opened. Somebody we knew went in twenty some years ago trying to fine tune a PC in tow. You've barely got 10 seconds for something that absolutely has to work. The smart money is still on the handles. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Never quite lost all my old friends, but I sure nearly bored a few of 'em to death. This time around I'm trying to strike more of a balance by not talking about it so much with my whuffo friends. There is still a world out there, with some interesting people who would never jump. I try to respect that, but if I'm just back from the DZ it's pretty hard and they have to put up with a 5 min. summary. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

As recently as the mid seventies, this was still a widely used reserve system for student gear, mostly at the smaller Cessna & a trailer DZ's. I made a few student jumps on this system myself, never had to use the reserve, thank God. But a lot of DZO's at the time actually thought they were safer than cutting away. Not everyone used AOD's (as they were called at the time) on student gear and some people considered having a student cutaway back into freefall too dangerous. I never heard of anyone wrapping or bouncing from a throw out reserve. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

If you're tired, you're tired. Truckers on amphetamines have been famous for falling asleep and causing horrendous wrecks. People have written songs about it. It's not cool to drive that way. Pull over and take a nap if you have to. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Skydiving really drew me out of my shell when I was in college. It gave me a lot more self confidence. It's funny because nowadays, after returning to the sport, it's giving me back something that was gone for so long I didn't even realize it was missing. After even one jump I'm calm and on top of life for days. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

How now, Great Poof ? Wish we could get somebody from the Silly Party to run for governor here in California.... She turned me into a newt! A newt ? Well, I got better. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Four. This thread's givng me the fantods.... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

guiness flavored has been the best so far. A big scoop of vanilla in a point o'stoot is really yummy too, but my fave these days is white chocolate raspberry (& hold the Guinness). Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Great job Bill ! Did she require any kind of treatment ? Did anybody examine her after landing ? Hope she's alright and on the mend. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

No, you're absolutely right, a lot of people would pull low now & then for some adrenaline and they usually got away with it. A good friend of mine in San Diego used to routinely dump a raggedy 5 cell foil at 1500 ft and the guy never had a cutaway that I knew of. Eventually he married and adopted the woman's son, after that he pulled above 2 grand for them. But the Reaper has a way of catching up with people who make a habit of it. One photographer in Florida back in the seventies stayed in freefall to film a cutaway after a 16 way. He pulled close to a grand, wrapped his pilot chute on his camera, wrapped his round reserve in the main and made a big stain on the runway. Another was a woman who always dumped 15'ish, until one day her pilot fell over on her back, then cleared her back, only to baglock. She cutaway and hit the ground at line stretch on her reserve, leaving a 12 year old son alone in the world. Some of the younger generation should at least try pulling below 3 grand, just to see that it won't bite them, but below two grand you need to be fast on the draw - and prepared to accept some heavy consequences. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Down at the beach there's always strong winds and lots of jets headed for Long Beach. Their engines through the wind sound a lot like canopies opening up above. Also when I'm crossing the street and watching for cars in the distance I get the same feeling I get at breakoff, that this is do-able, but let's not be all day about it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

When I was in school, I brough a gun to school for a demonstration speach. The principal said I could. That's funny. I once worked with a woman who grew up in Idaho and we were talking about one of these schoolyard shootings that had just happened. She remembered how in high school everyone used to drive a pickup trucj to school and they all had a rifle and a shotgun on the rack against the back window of the cab. Nobody ever gave it a second thought either, it was a responsible gun culture and even the thought of someone shooting at anyone at school never crossed their minds. Oh, by the way Aggie Dave, did I mention the RSL debate (nyuk-nyuk) ? Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Murder is so completely different from just dying. Most of us by now have lost family or friends to things like cancer, heart attacks, or a traffic accident. Many of us know skydiving friends who went in. But murder is completely different, because when someone is murdered they're stolen from us. Not only is their life stolen from them, but they're stolen body and soul from everyone around them; their family, friends, people they work with, even the neighbors who hardly knew them. People lose their lives in so many ways, but when they're stolen from us, it's so cold. Prayers for peace and comfort to his family, and to you. And to all of us. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Once at a Rumbleseat Meet we broke off a 10 way at 2500 ft. I sat in just above 1200 and had to do a really quick riser turn to avoid a collision. Gawd were we stupid! Sat in at 1700 ft after El Capitan (had a permit), but that was a guess - we'd set our altimeters to 3000 ft at the top before we jumped, it was still reading 200 when I landed. Then I packed a canopy soaking wet (dumb and dumber). It opened just fine, but a steering line was so swollen it wouldn't release, dicked around with it down to 1200 ft (and dumber...) before finally cutting away, did a quick "one-two" punch with the handles and the round reserve opened pretty quick. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Sounds good, but Letterman would do something dumb like have Hal throw a dummy out of the plane. The dummy would of course go in and Paul Schaeffer would say something lame about it. Now Letterman's MOM might just be possible ! I bet she'd do it AND call him a wuss on the show after she got down. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

You forgot gun control, busing, papal infallibility, school vouchers, academic freedom, and, uh...disco ? Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Somebody has to get a hydroplane good enough to win, besides the Bud! I'm getting tired of the same winner year after year. Didn't Boeing enter their new boat this year ? It's called "Miss Management". Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Madonna. I like women in their forties, younger than thirty is just too young anymore (though legal). Other great 40+ hotties (even 50+) ? Geena Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Cybil Shepard, Susan Sarandon. Am I starting to make sense here ? I gotta go, I'm gettin' distracted and my left hand's getting jealous. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

A curse on these worthless bastards - may they never get laid again in their entire lives. Even hookers should tell them their money's no good. Worthless fucking smart ass lawyers, put 'em all on a rusty barge and tow it out to a Navy target range... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !