JerryBaumchen

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  1. JerryBaumchen
    Hi Sparky, It is a federal offense to 'steal' from a US gov't agency; you meant to say that you 'liberated' it. Right?????? Jerry
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    Hi norman8791, The Donna Wardean in my memory was an Elsinore jumper back in the 60's. As I recall she held her own and more with the guys. Jerry
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    Hi Spence, I spent 30 yrs in QA/statistics analysis and that is one of the best come-backs that I have ever heard. Good show!!!!!!! Jerry
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    This series of posts reminded me of some of the old Ted Mayfield/Sheridan SkySports demos; which I ALWAYS REFUSED to go on. Ted has made more headlines with demos gone bad than any other one person that I know of. The FAA was trying to get 'some' control of his demos and insituted a thing where he had to fill out a form with lots of info on the jumpers and their qualifications and submit it to the FAA prior to the demo. Well, one Saturday I was out at Sheridan doing normal weekend jumps and while packing I overhear Ted tell this one very young jumper who is about to go on one of his demos, 'Now, if anyone asks your name is . . . .' Just another day at Sheridan, Jerry
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    Hi peckerhead, Re: 'I used to know a guy that had 2 pilot chutes in his reserve.... ' Back in the 60's Rich Johnston (D-142) put two MA-`1's into his XBO reserve container. I didn't believe it could be done until on day when needing a repack he pulled the ripcord while I watched. It could be done. Ask Ralph about Rich, he'll remember him. Jerry
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    Hi Zoo, Yup, lot's of fun hesitating in the door to get a dive in. Kinda would make the guys behind you real nervous and lots of profanity being said. But once they got out and could see what you had done they would ease up. Jerry
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    Hi Jay, I remember a lot of guys dieing 1.1's; lot's of different color combos. Most looked very bad but every now & then someone would hit it just right on a color that would work with the orange gores. The good old days, Jerry
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    Hi wartload, Just to clarify; a candy stripe was an alternating orange/white gore canopy. Later there were some canopies (lots I think) that were orange, white sand (?), brown (?) quartered around the canopy. These did not exist during my 1.1 cheapo days (early '64). HTH, Jerry
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    Hi popsjumper, Re: 'I was almost ejected from one boogie for going bonkers' Me thinks the WRONG person was being considered for ejection. On the other hand, I've done a lot of gear inspection for competitions & boogies over the years and I have seen some VERY scary stuff that people seemed to jump very happily. Ah, the ignorant; they live without worry. Jerry
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    Hi Amazon, Re: 'alternating gore white orange pattern' That is known as a candy stripe. Just for you trivia buffs, Jerry
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    Hi Fred, I doubt that USPA has a complete set. About 10 yrs ago they put out an ad looking for some missing issues. I contacted them offering what I had for their voids but they never contacted me back. Eventually, they went into the trash can. Jerry
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    Wow, Gar Hat, now there's a named I haven't heard in years. Met him at Elsinore in '67. I heard that (in those days) he bought a hand ripcord swager and paid for it within a month or so making ripcords for people who had functions and had to throw it away. No hand-deploy (thanks Bill) in those days. Jerry
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    Hi Mark, To know where the term 'cheapo' comes from you have to go farther back than any commenter so far. Back in the early-mid '60's there were really just two canopies for sport use, a 1.1 oz 'cheapo or a 1.6 oz Lo-Po. The '1.6' (as we called it) was just like a 1.1 (28 ft flat canopy) except that it was made of a 1.6 oz material that had been calendarized (flattened) in a pressing-type of procedure to reduce the porosity and to (hopefully) make it come down slower. Hence, the 'Lo-Po' which derived the 'cheapo.' School is out for today, Jerry
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    Hi skyblueyes, Re: 'The problem is that I hate being really cold, ' If that ole skydiving bug bites you like it did me, you WILL jump in snow, sleet, rain, whatever. You think you hate the cold but when it comes down to jumping or sitting and the sun is shining???????? Best of luck with what ever way you go, Jerry
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    Mick, You beat me to it. As soon as I read his 'irregardless' I thought Word Police. I had that one drilled into my head waaay baaack in high school. Jerry
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    On 9 Feb 64 I paid $18.00 for my 1st jump. It wasn't the money, it was the jump that changed my life forever. Jerry
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    Mike will surely appreciate THAT. Jerry
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    Hi Mark, Since I have yet to get my flame-retardent suit, I am not 'calling out' anyone on a world-wide forum. I like to think (probably some fantasy on my part) that I am providing some information/education whenever I post here. I do have very strong opinions on a number of things but you will know them when you read them. Jerry
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    Hi pchapmen, Re: 'The issue of what types of loads chest straps are actually designed to handle, is unclear to me.' I've been a Mechanical Engineer for 35 yrs and it is unclear to me also. As you mentioned, it is not a rigid beam so a simple static analysis of the joint will not work. It would give us some information but not the actual loads or percentage of load that is imposed to the chest strap. One could (with some difficulty) put a load cell/load transmitter onto the chest strap hardware and then get some loading info. It just takes more $$$$ than I want to spend. However, if you folks that really want to know will start contributing to a fund, I will be glad to do this test when there is sufficient money there. :) Good post, Jerry
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    Hi Mark, Re: But as you know there was never any requirement to actually put a card in the pocket! When I went through rigger training I was taught that one had to put a packing data card into the internal pocket. And I did it for many years; then noticed lots of reserves coming for repacks without the internal card and I just followed suit. No to argue, but where/how have you come to that reasoning? Jerry
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    Aren't PdeF reserves built like that? Jerry
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    I remember Sandy and that van/truck; he came through the Portland back then. As I recall, he had some gal with him also. I remember at the time of thinking of it as just a couple of steps above a fruit picker following the crops. Glad that he had moved up on the food chain. Jerry
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    A little trivia for you folks. In TSO C23b there is a req'ment for an internal packing data pocket. This is so the rigger could/can put a 2nd-filled-out packing card there & then another one in the outside pocket. This was so that the 'officials' could open a container and see who packed it last (like in really last) and when. I have not seen an inside packing data card in a reserve container nearly 30 years. People just quit doing it. In later TSO's (C23c & C23d) this internal packing data pocket is not req'd. Jerry
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    I'm a believer in donating. Get about 6 months worth of each, take them out to the dz & give'm to the newbs. They'll grab'em up. Jerry
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    Hi Walt, This is not a knock on you, OK? Because the chest strap is of lighter webbing and uses lighter hardware, many people seem to think that it is 'non-load bearing.' IMO, it is load bearing; just not the same loads as the MLW's get during opening. Otherwise: 1. We would never see chest straps that fail on opening; this has happened. 2. We would not really need chest straps. Chest straps take a load during the opening sequence, just not as much as other portions of the harness. HTH, Jerry