greybeard

The sexual potentcy of mankind is expected to increase ten fold in this new year of the monkey. Hold on to your hats ladies.

I'm there dude. We can fly this suit to the stratosphere. Sturns had better hurry up her 130k attempt. Lou, you lead the flock, eh? Helmet wings should be incorporated. Canard type ear flaps would surely help stabilize the thrust.

Interesting. So if the lead a/c extends his/her run due to say a cross country or a ws, the trail has to adjust his/her timing for approach to the jump run? How does the trail time this approach? Never mind, I just remembered, the planes fly a designated and planned ground speed, so the calculation is common, right? Damn, how in the hell do they coordinate all that, with respect to cross traffic and no controller.

Lou, The question was just a 'what if' and not specifically apros of anything. Good answer, thanks. Another question, regarding staying in the plane too long. How did that affect patterns?

Deuce, Regards your reference to being served in the Bent Prop by 'world class skychicks'. Here's a newsflash................. YOU ARE A 'WORLD CLASS' VIDEO DUDE! Thanks for the videos on Airspeed day. Great footage and stills of mediocure jumps.

What if, your ws exit from an extended jump run, leaves you in the path of the trailing jump plane's bank and decent, whose run has not been extended by ws exits? What if ground briefs were mandatory as they are with high altitude jumps.

I defend my actions and feel that I acted in a logical and safe manner, taking into account the multiple jump run scenario. However, I also think that Lou and Betsy are 'right-on' with their larger view. Ultimately, I was in the wrong. Repeat: I was in the wrong. In this particular instance, I was saving myself, but failed to recognize the implications broadcast to the greater picture. Perhaps I should have followed the a/c I just launched from. Well, obviously, I was supposed to do just that. Perhaps ground instruction might have set up this scenario and instructed my idiot self on the complexity of the flight paths visa vis following the jump ship, who'd a thunk! I will not argue right and wrong here, I think I was wrong. It is interesting tho that the S&TA was watching my landing to critiue my new canopy. He knew exactly who was who, when and where.

Eloy holiday boogie. Fantastic fun and much learning for myself. Great thanks to all! The face bursting grins tell the story. I'm local and was usually asked to lead the flock and establish the flight path. I am familiar with the geography and I know all the pilots and they all know me. All was good until my last ws flight saturday 1-3-4. Guess what, I encountered a pilot I did not know. We spoke on the ramp and although I'm sure he was an experienced and competent driver, our conversation regards flight path were unclear for my standards. This driver simply was not willing to listen to me or to issue direct implicit instructions to me. He just kept saying that I should follow the flight path from my ground brief. "I'll be long gone", he says. I suspect this driver has not dropped ws before. I most often beat the otters back to the dz. There was a right seatter and it was obvious that discussion was not going to continue. At this point in time and thruout the climb I realize that all is not OK! At Eloy, even during the boogie, the planes will tend to descend eastward of the runway, regardless of the jump run. This jump run at 240, meant a left bank. The ground posted flight path was left also. As taught, I exited in line of flight, and watched the plane descend left, then 90'ed myself right. (contrary to posted flight path). My first thought was about parallel jump runs, so took the offset a full mile west, (right) before turning back down jump run flight path. All turned out fine, but the moral of the story is.... 'Only you can prevent a plane strike'. PAY ATTENTION!

cry me river! doctors know shit. You is up to you!

Sorry, all you sorry assed folks from elsewhere, but the official drink of the sonoran desert is tequilla! (To-kill-ya). The big dogs on the porch are doing (no, not shotsaaaaaaaa) swigs! Thro the jug back and swallow! Some pussies do bite the lime and lick the salt. The worm is the best!

THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANG'IN. Low canopy has the rite-of-way. In todays world, a new consideration involves the fact that large slow canopies are often low at 1000 ft, and dangerously in the way of the vast majority of jumpers who have exited well behind. I know this first hand as and old fart with a large slow canopy. I usally exit first with a big rw formation, and end up lerking for landing space, watching fifteen or more fast canopies racing me to the peas. I do not want my tombstone to read, "He had the rite-of-way". The times are a changing. I plan to become and even older jumper than I am now, so the choice it clear. PAY ATTENTION, at all times, to every one and every thing. Keep your head on a swivel and plan to land out.

I gave up skysurfing when I realized it just wasn't as much fun as it looked on video. Cool in itself, but not near as much fun as freakflying, crw, rw,or anywhere close to ws.

I looked for months for usable Spectre. Definetly my first choice. Never ever heard of a line over or unrecoverable twist with the verable seven cell. (Deep cell). Settled for a big-ass sabre, like chuck, said, cheap, and near new. No problems so far, although the extra long bridle took some getting used to.

Excellent! A much needed and appreciated effort.

You're goning to dig these ponds to the MAX! Three,with curve, ..... never mind, you'll know when you see them! Can you say 'CHOW".

Just a terrible erge to post something. The sunrise' and the sunsets' here are so fucking incredible they defy description. You all are going to love this holiday boogie. Arizona is the place to be. If all you do is jump your asses off, you will have the best holiday ever! If you avail yourself of the rest of the atmosphere, you will fall in love with this place. Clear blue sky, seldom winds, wide open spaces, and temps to support human habitation. The 'paradise tax' here is only a commitment to brotherhood and share the knowledge.

How about standing up against the beacon light at the end of the runway.(only a short ladder climb, or stairway to heaven). Hot, cold, now I see ya, now I don't. Red, blue, red, blue. 'Fly baby, Fly'. Not saying it happened, not saying it didn't. But it was damn fun, eh girl?

See the classified adds. Demo suits used by Arizona Airspeed.

That's just stupid! But if you love that one, fine.

I'm 'lez', trapped in a man's body. I plead insanity your honor, pussy makes me crazy!

Now that's something I can vote for! Sangiro, Thanks and here's to ya! And to all of us, blue skies and open bandwidth. Mark

Something about 'The need for speed', comes into play. Last weekend I exited from 13,000 ft into a 85 knot headwind, turned 90 and was rolled over another 90. The zoomming 80 second flight covered over four miles until I deployed @ 6,500 ft. See if you can calculate how fast I was going. I passed the decending Otter like it was a still life watercolor.

No problem! You just hang on real tight with one hand. The pilot will make the necessary stabilizer adjustments. And if you pivot outboard you can aid the aircraft's banking . (COUGHbullshitCough).

Thanks Lou, Can you share any of the 'feedback' from course participants. Would any of you course participants care to expound? I'm like a sponge, waiting to absorb. Mark

I've got a picture somewhere of my grandfather, in 1931, standing on the wooden raft like platform of an experimental helicopter. It was powered by a rotary engine, where-in the cylinders revolved around the crankshaft. All of the men in the photo are covered with slung oil. The craft actually hopped about eight feet of the ground and then slammed home! Those were the good ole days.