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    Never thought I'd see something that could make your head look small... _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    I doubt that there are any actual HD recordings of it. That was way back in 2007, which, technologically speaking, was eons ago. Kevin k. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Make sure that you share the diversity of your Iranian heritage with the locals. They love Middle Easterners there. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Not about the Catapult, but the Reflex container. You should check (or have someone check) the tightness of the grommets in the container. I believe that there was at least one fatality caused by entrapment of a main suspension line on the container (snagged on a loose grommet) causing a horseshoe, which led to a main-reserve entanglement. Kevin K. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Just so Jimmy doesn't have to explain his own joke... The maker of the Rapit Transit System was famous DeLand jumpsuit maker Michael "Silly" Cerasolli, creator of the Silly Suit. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    There has been some discussion in the past about the Rapid Transit System (RTS) rig, with the Reserve and Cutaway handles revesed. I was researching a fatality that occurred at DeLand in 1980, which involved an RTS. There was another fatality in DeLand shortly after that, also RTS-related. Does anyone remember how many fatalities were linked to this "reverse-handle" configuration ? The RTS was made in DeLand, so it's no surprise that there were many in use there, but does anyone know if the "reversed-handle" RTS was widely distributed ? How long and how many rigs before they returned production to the conventional configuration ? It seems that the RTS never recovered from the stigma of the accidents, and went out of production. Kevin K.
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    This DZ has some SERIOUS Beer Rules... _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Walt would be proud to see this thread.
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    This one's slightly more entertaining than usual... http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html?page=1 _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    I'm trying to locate info from a 1980 fatality at DeLand FL. None of the databases seem to go back that far. Is there any way to locate something like this other than looking through the 1980 issues of Parachutist ? Kevin K.
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    The Columbia STS-107 mission lifted off on January 16, 2003, for a 17-day science mission featuring numerous microgravity experiments. Upon reentering the atmosphere on February 1, 2003, the Columbia orbiter suffered a catastrophic failure due to a breach that occurred during launch when falling foam from the External Tank struck the Reinforced Carbon Carbon panels on the underside of the left wing. The orbiter and its seven crewmembers (Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, David Brown, Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Michael P. Anderson, Ilan Ramon, and Kalpana Chawla) were lost approximately 15 minutes before Columbia was scheduled to touch down at Kennedy Space Center. This site presents information about the STS-107 flight, as well as information related to the accident and subsequent investigation by the formal Columbia Accident Investigation Board. http://history.nasa.gov/columbia/Introduction.html
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    Yes, it's pitch. In your case, it may be valuable to know the difference, unless you're one of those jumpers who is only interested in jumping and not airplanes. Kevin K. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Not to take away from the amazing accomplishments of Burt Rutan, but his program relates to the space exploration as Tandem jumping relates to skydiving, i.e. "Amusement Park Ride". _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    The American public has a perception that the U. S. Space Program runs on a large percentage of the federal budget. It actually uses less than 3%. The Space Shuttle program is on its way to shutting down. The last flight will occur later this year. The next manned vehicle to fly from the U. S. after that will be a minimum of 5 years away. I have a feeling that a year from now, when folks realize that the U. S. has no longer has the means to fly people in space and that we will be paying US$50M for each of our astronauts to fly to the International Space Station on Russian ships, many will think, "WTF". I think that if it were put to a referendum vote, the majority of U. S. citizens would be in favor of increasing Space Program funding and not losing our manned flight capability. Kevin K. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    The one on the left looks like an arrest photo. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    So, now that he's got all this fancy hardware in his foot, how about the action-packed, death-defying story to go with it ? Enquiring minds want to know !! Let me guess; He slipped on a lime peel at the bar. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Jokes

    kkeenan replied to longtall's topic in The Bonfire

    Are you sure you understood correctly ? Maybe you were called a jerk-off and you just misunderstood. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    If you were one of the passengers, it would be pretty cool to have your airline seat in the corner of your living room. "No shit, there I was sitting in 23A, thought I was gonna die..." Of course, buying the whole plane might be a bit extreme. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Apparently, there was a person hanging under the other canopy and he hit their hand. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    I think that the concept of, "ZOO Load" encompasses more than the occasional screw-up by a single jumper. Kevin K. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    I was at the '72 Mardi Gras Meet. No jumping - All rain. I remember arriving, but not much after that... Kevin K. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    There were actually some successful launches, but, yes, I take your point that that particular one was a spectacular, deadly failure. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    Here's the D-21 at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson. They don't have an M-21, but that's a YF-12A, predessor of the SR-71, in the background. Technically, this is the D-21B, which was designed to be carried by a B-52H, following some unsuccessful M-21 launches. Kevin K. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?
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    http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=46534 _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ?