greybeard

wow! Sure gives creedence to the practice of staying with line of fligh until you see the plane start its desent and turn, regardless of the prearrange plans. thanks for that story, Kim. .

Agreeing 100% with Kim that it's great for you Val to be activley checking out the situation with the pilot and the dz mgr. "wait and see what happens" attitudes can turn into wait and watch something terrible. Kim, tell me more about the plane stike you mention.

obladee, oblada, life goes on.............

Any help here appreciated. How many jumps have been on any one birdman suit, and has anyone experienced any flight characteristic changes with age. Lots to consider : weather conditions such as Arizona UV., prop wash extremes, head-down stitch ripping acrobatics, oversized demo customers stretching all, care and feeding as in laundering or wading up carelessly for storage, dragging booties, abused cutaway cords...............

thank you skymama. job well done. i could transcribe to latin if any readers would care to see the entire text.

thats the beauty of it all, we hog like hell and bb gets the grief. heeheeheehee how much jello does it take to fill a swimming pool? how many cars can be lifted onto the roof of the bent prop? ever seen a dumpster upsidedown? will the ops managers golf cart float? what direction should you land if the tetraheidreal is pointing straight up, or down? will brain (bryan)'s van fit in the mock-up? (have you been 'burked'). if the accuraccy tuffet resembles the dz.com tent, how many excuses will be bought before the tuffet is moved? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ hear it now; "bb, your friends are out of control, no more having fun!". "if you can't behave like adults, take up golf" . oh, spank me!

yeah, i'll help you firewalk, but cheeeeze, old game. need to come up with something outrageous enough to get brain(brian) burke rialed. there's a tall order for the inventive and inovative creative perverted and socialy unacceptable. (you find the noun).

so, the blonde goes to her doctor and complains that "wherever i touch myself, it hurts". the doctor says to touch her shoulder, she does and cries out "ouch, it hurts". the doctor says to touch her forehead, she does and cries out "ouch, it hurts". the doctor says to touch her knee, she does and cries out "ouch, it hurts". the doctor tells her he knows what's wrong, he says "your finger is broken".

the hayride/bondfire sounds like fun to me! kind like burning man, eh? should i jump into it or bail out of it? will marshmellows and weeners be provided or should i bring my own whuffos and wantabees? if that's the hemp hay from eloy farms, sponsorded by ziz-zag, i'll bring a hendrick's tape (eight track). doodit 'n doodoo....feelin groovy

I've got four brothers and four sisters. all our birthdays are in sept. the 1st, 9th (mine), 10th, 15th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 27th, and 28th. We've always just picked one day in the month for THE BIRTHDAY party. Oh yea, my dads birthday is the 3rd.

hook me up for eightway?

there is a rumor going around about bb being one of the major ringleaders in a worldwide conspiracy to make people happy and to be sure they get regular fixes of hugs and adreanaline rushes. i personaly have seen "the power of the pixie" draw smiles and general well being from any who get too close. be very careful.

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ok, so give with the rest of the story, before we hear about it via the "slam and slander bullshit .com"

hey B B, hook me up with the eightway. see ya sat 9-20-03.

the most respected S & TA on our drop zone happens to be a top dog crew dog. if this a prevelent trend across the globe, it ought to tell you something about the discipline. looking forward to the seminar at skydive arizona holiday boogie.

i made about ten crw jumps ten years ago and loved the heck out of it. of the ten, i experienced two wraps, and due to the skill of the instructor, flew away unscaved and un reserver-deployed. what i learned is that crw requires very skilled and knowleded intruction, with particular attention devoted to canopy size and flight caractaristics and compatabilities. i know thats a mouthful and trust me, the real guys make it all sound so easy. it's not. this discipline is probably the most precise and complex of the skydiving arena. i would encourage every skydiver to learn and understand, at some level, this discipline. but, be very careful to get the best tutoring available. i've found that the crw dogs in my area are not only the best of the best, far and few between, but also completely absorbed in their dedication to competition, and thusly not too available or proan to training, exibition, or skills camps. too bad for all of us. i'll keep working on these crw guys and gals to maybe donate some time and energy to spreading their skills.

"no shit, there i was"... the one and only time i had to ride a plane down was due to a reserve pin dislodged against a window frame. guess what plane that happened to be. yep, big mike's. i strapped my rig into a seatbelt and climbed into the right seat. mike looked over at me and grinned, then headed back to the skydiver boarding area, ( from 13,000 ft, and pretty much in the most direct path you can imagine). talking powered dive here. a once in a lifetime ride.

yeah, that sounds right, but get in line.

show up at the holiday boogie at skydive arizona and start counting. the representative sample expects to be large. you might check with bird-man and ask for the sales of suits number, then multiply by at least three. "THE INNER CHILD IS PRETTY MUCH IN CONTROL OF THINGS HERE!" -------

no offense intended The111, just pokin a little fun! Once on a wingsuit jump, after exit I noticed that the jump plane pilot seemed confused about the direction back to airport, so I flew up alongside the cockpit window and pointed him back in the right direction. I was afraid I'd have to lift one of the wings to get him turned around, but only had to deflect the rear stabilizer a bit and he got the message. Have fun in flight! -----------

I suggest that you tell your boss..... "The more experienced wingsuit jumpers have discovered that if they perform an aircraft-type hammerhead stall, that this allows them the seven or eight seconds required to completely unzip the wingsuit, stash it in a convienient pouch, regain stable flight fall rate, light a smoke, pop a brew, and continue to simply skydive like any normal freeflyer or relative work jumper." doodit and doodoo.....feelin groovy!

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oh yea, like everything from riser flap closure, brake stow, bottom container flap cuttout, mudflap up/down configuration, reseve handle placment, hook knife and bridle location, bridle length, pilot size, line dump potential, rsl, cypres misfire, and it goes on and on.

thanks manbird, base570, skymonkeyone, for comments. stepping on the thread is not appreciated. i'm slightly fasinated with the flat spin now that i've experienced it. my only other concept came from the the tom cruise movie "top gun". base570 alludes to slow speed and stall attitudes. could you ellaborate for the sake of non-areonotical, un-engenergeering types.