JerryBaumchen

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  1. JerryBaumchen
    Hi alexey, Send me an email with your personal email address (not thru dz.com) and I'll send you a photo of my ripcord tester. Jerry
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    Hi Phree, Got an address where I could send you some stuff that I doubt that I'll ever need again? Jerry
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    Feeling old are we, Wendy? Actually, I have had 'the talk' with my kids (they're now adults) about what I want done. It's kind of like 'the talk' that I had with my daughter just before she went off to college. Jerry
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    I believe that J.D. stands for Jurisprudence Doctorate; or something like that. Jerry
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    Hi chemokine, Try contacting Paragon Rigging at Z'hills for a reline. Jerry
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    Hi emerimsky, Are you looking for new or used? New, just start Googling. Try Consew for starters. Used, a Singer 269W comes to mind; that's what I have. I think Mark Lancaster (who posts here as masterrigger1) of SkyWorks Para Service (Google skyworks para service & you'll get something about Icarus canopies but that is him) has a number of them. You might get in touch with him. He can also rebuild the Singers. HTH, Jerry PS) Mark, just send the $$$ to my home.
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    Hi packertom, I attended their Q & A on Friday morning at the PIA. This is where they were packing a Jav w/SkyHook. Derek Thomas said that when their new rig comes out (Mar '07 as I recall), meaning the Jav w/SkyHook option, all rigs (with or without the SkyHook) will have an RSL but it will look like a SkyHook equipped rig, i.e., it will use the curved pin attached to the lanyard & the Marine Eye attached to the cable. This will then definitely not allow the RSL to be removed; disconnected yes, but not removed. I know this does not help with the arguement regarding the older/current Javs. Jerry
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    The first rig that I built for myself just as I was getting my TSO had the pilot chute stuck in between the backpad and the main container; very similar to a Handbury rig. As this was a pull-out P/C quite often it would come out of the 'pouch' and flop around. It wouldn't deploy because of the pull-out feature. It sure caused a lot of guys that I jumped with to nearly s&%t their pants. I was at a boogie down in SpaceLand and it came out and this other jumper would not come near me. After we landed he said he could not understand why I didn't just go zoom. It was a good idea that was not perfect. Oh well, on to the next great idea . . . Jerry
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    Hi Howard, The last that I heard J. Scott had taken an 'executive position' with the national Hq of the Civil Air Patrol located in Montgomery, AL. Jerry
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    Hi steve1, Back in the '60's is was 'normal' to have an alti & a stopwatch; which I did. Never even turned it on once (you're ahead of me, Steve). When I got a newer rig (they were all mil-surplus then) the stopwatch went away. Jerry
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    Hi Andy, Well, once having spent 11 straight months in your country, I saw it go from snow/hail/rain to an absolutely beautiful blue sky in less than 2 hours. It's England, Old Mate. Jerry
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    Hi Hiller, Nope, but I used get a jump in between classes when I was in college. Yup, the dz was that close.
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    Hi Elias, Back in the day when any given load was made up of a mixture of gutter gear & piggyback rigs, gutter gear was far more commonly called 'conventional gear.' Just for you who wanted to know Jerry
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    Earl Cossey is alive and well; now retired in the Seattle area. He is an old friend and I will not supply any other info without his permission. If he is in the phonebook for the Seattle area (he's in the burbs) then go for it. Jerry
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    Hi Rob, At their Q&A on Friday morning Derek said that they could not retrofit a Jav. A little banter about car repair by lifting the radiator cap and driving a new car under it & VOILA, repaired. However, you owners might just check with Sunpath and get the A-1 official answer, Jerry
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    Rags told the following joke at PIA: How many FF'ers does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to change it & 9 to video it. Jerry
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    Hi Chris, I've been in Ralph Hatley's standard radial-engined Beaver and it was very tight with 8 jumpers. I've also been in the stretched fuselage turbine Beaver that is based in Oz and it holds 10 much easier. Also had a great outside step. Those mods in the US/FAA-world (IMO) would not price out, Jerry
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    Hi jbanning, I don't about the AAD thing but I watched a guy fire a no-pilot-chute chest reserve at approx 300 ft and live. Also, about '67 at a meet in Europe a female 3-way all fired their mains at approx 300 ft and lived. I don't recommend it but it is possible. Oh, these were all were round canopies. Jerry
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    Hi DSE, For the most part, cast metal devices do not have the 'toughness' or durability/flexibility (many flexions) that forged or machined metals have. Castings tend toward brittle breaks/fractures. They are dynamic failures and not gradual failures like forgings. I didn't see it put heard that John Sherman gave a demo of his pins being bent back and forth numerous times through 180 degree arc before failure. Just to prove that they will stay together when flexed/bent. That is one reason castings have never been used in this industry, military or sport. HTH, Jerry
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    Bill Booth has created a new company called Parachute Patents, Inc. It is owned by his two daughters. He said that he did this so that they could afford to get him into a good old folk's home someday. He also said that UPT pays for the licensing from PP, Inc. just like any other company would. Jerry
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    Last year Dan Abbott, who designed the entire CrossBow system, stayed with me for a night. He said that when they went to determine just how much to pull down the apex on the CrossBow canopy they had not a clue. So they took an old C-9 that they had made for some contract, pulled the apex down to the skirt and had some guy jump it. He said that it knocked the beejeesuuus out of the guy. Plan B was to raise the apex 2 feet and rejump the C-9. It worked and that became the final design for the CrossBow canopy. Real high tech design/development work; "OK, where can I find a %&#@& dummy?" Jerry
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    Yup, that's one of them. I owned three Class 7 machines over the years and got rid of all of them & got this machine. It is NOT heavy enough to military type harnesses but does very well on sport/PEP harnesses. After all, the harness did withstand 400 lbs @ 200 MPH. The 132 is a great machine and very easy for a small person (female ?) to use. Gus Marinho at Rigging Solutions just bought one. Ask him how he likes his. Jerry
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    Hi dorbie, Actually, some folks on the east coast where running down ski slopes with their ParaCommanders back in the 60's. Not much glide angle but they did get airborne. Jerry
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    OK Almo, I've got a Singer 269W Bar-tacker, a Singer 132K6 harness machine, a Bernina 217 zig-zag machine, a Singer 500A (household) machine, a Singer 112W double-needle & a Pfaff 463 straight-stitch machine. Then in storage I have two Singer 31-15's, another Singer 112W dbl-needle, and another harness machine. Wanna buy some? Jerry
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    Hi lek, There was an AD on the plastic ripcord on the PopTop. A couple of the white handles broke so Strong went to the metal ones. Jerry