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Interesting observation about miles to dropzones. I keep a computer dbase logbook, and one of the fields is DZMILES. My total dzmiles exceeds 205,000 so far. That includes trips to Quincy, Rantoul, DeLand, Eloy, Perris etc.

Tom: Thanks for sharing that. If this jump happens it will be with much preparation. Her first aircraft ride was in the right seat. I also paid for an experienced jumper to ride in the cabin just to be sure nothing unusual happened; Our preparation will be long, possibly taking weeks and several airplane rides. Meri is small in stature, but you can never tell how strong a small person will become when the adrenaline flows. I would like to hear from anyone who has taken a Down Syndrome person on a jump. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

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March 6, 2005, Sunday Meredith Webb took a ride in a Twin Otter yesterday. She had recently declared to me that she wanted to make a jump. She told her mother this also. Meri seems to appreciate the fact that she is now 21 years old. She has seen her sister Shannon make several tandem jumps, as well as a multitude of Shannon’s friends, including her husband, Sterling, and his father. She knows that her own mother made several parachute jumps in the early days. She was there when brother James made his tandem jump in 1991. She’s seen the pictures of mom standing there in conventional gear waiting to board the Cessna for one of her eleven static line skydives. Today I put a tandem passenger harness on her and attached it to my own harness. We practiced the exit position several times. Recalcitrant to the end of training, she continuously challenged my authority to direct her moves. Nevertheless, she did finally comply with my instructions to put her head back, HUG herself, pick up her feet and ARCH. It’s a beginning. Meredith Leann Webb, my second child, was born in 1984 at home. The first thing I did after receiving her slippery body was to check her hand for a “Simeon Crease,” I was too caught up in the moment of the child birth experience that unfolded in front of me to be concerned about the possibility that she was not normal. I vividly recall seeing the flat crease across the palm of her hand and pushing it to the back of my mind. (A flat crease running directly across the palm is a clear sign of Down Syndrome.) After a day of denial, however, her mother, an RN in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas, realized our worst fears. Meridity was a Down child. (That nick name came from the Duncanville, Texas newspaper mis-spelling her name in the birth announcement.) Meri has been a dropzone brat practically since birth. She has entertained and annoyed jumpers at many dropzones over the past couple of decades. She likes to watch her videos, and we must continuously seek out turf for her TV sets at every place we visit. Skydive Houston, her home DZ, is very understanding, though. Taking someone like Meri on a tandem jump is not going to be your typical “teach em how we do it on the way to the plane.” It will take time and practice. Getting her used to the plane was the first step. Having her listen to instruction and demonstrate proper body position is going to be a lengthy process. In the end it will be a great experience. To be continued. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Here's my FORD Windstar recently on the way to DeLAnd. Didn't burn a drop of oil. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Is that the right name for the "old" legstraps? OLD??? I just got my Sigma Tandem rig re-harnessed. In the process I became the proud wearer of NEW shiny stainless steel B-12s!!!! Yay!!

No ME and Bob Sinclair Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

And Happy Fourth of July Tooo! Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Don't have a wife. When I did there was no such thing as tandem jumping. So we threw her out of the plane with gutter gear on. My daughter has 8 jumps with me, though. I've offered my ex a free tandem so she could get her freefall, but she declines. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/calendar/display.cgi?action=detail&EventNumber=12462 My event is cross linked with a Perris Valley event Vector Sigma TI USPA I course 3/30/05 Skydive Houston Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

I got to hear him rant and have a drink with him also. I might have even bought him one. I remember getting in trouble for missing a photo of some lawyer getting a plaque because I was out in the lobby with Hunter S. Thompson instead of doing my photographer duties inside. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Yeah, I'll accept partial blame. I'm used to sitting up front with tandems and not doing "door duty." My helper was beside me, and we struggled a bit with it. Then some kind soul, unknown to me, came behind us and assisted by pulling on the part that was already overhead. It's not as bad as it could have been!

I was at a lawyer function around 1990 when I ran into him. Camera was handy so I got a shot of us with his permission. RIP Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Hey people, when someone is by the Otter door trying to get it raised, please do NOT try to help if you don't know where his/her hands/fingers are, or if he / she doesn't realize you are there "helping" I had a thumb smash today as I was raising the door at SPX. Some kind soul apparently was trying to help, all the while not paying attention to whose fingers might get SMASHED if they gave an assist on raising the door. I was cognizant of where my fingers were, but I didn't realize someone was about to move the door from behind me. When the red light comes on we still have plenty O' time!!!! Might lose a thumbnail. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

My list includes Cessna 152, Super Connie, 727, B25 Bomber, Bi Plane, Champ/ Cub. Here's a complete LIST of almost 27 years worth of planes! Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

I rode on the front with a guy who had never done a tandem during my RWS TI course . He planted us and HE had to re-do the jump. My examiner rode on front with me twice during the course as well as with the other candidates. I'm about to direct my first TI course as an examiner / course director, and I fully intend to be up front. (It get em the meat missle training for one thing...) Why get that rating if you're not willing to get into the thick of things. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

So, in conclusion, go Sigma or go home. Yep. When is RWS going to start licensing the disk drogue retention / release system? I've seen the Racer, and it's all just more complex. Pay the piper for his invention and all systems will improve. When I started this sport almost 27 years ago the first thing I marveled at was the "Three Ring Circus" release system on my instructor's Wonderhog. Nevertheless I still ended up with a "Classiflyer" that had a system of solid levers on the riser; albeit a single point release system. Not for long. See what works? Three ring release is still on all rigs. I can see Sigma type systems dominating in a decade. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

I had the operation in 1988. I could breathe better, and my problem with allergies disappeared too! I highly recommend it.

I've jumped a Jean before, so I have my NV jumps. Here are the views. Free room at Sam's Town

No jumping, just a couple of days at Sam's Town. Anyone else going?

I think it means that business activity is SLOW. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

I have my own frap hats that I let tandem students wear. One lady didn't get hers clicked in correctly and it flew off after we got to terminal. We were a couple of miles out on a pretty windy day. A week later the hat shows up in the frap hat cabinet at the dz! Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

1. 727 2. Connie (I flew on them when they were airliners) 3. B-25 out the bomb bay 4. Balloon 5. DC 4 6. DC 3 7. CARIBOU 8. TANDEM ON A C130 9. MISC. HELICOPTERS 10. PIPER CUB And the other 32 types over the years Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Not married. Yes. Avtar pic taken YESTERDAY. Beard is nice and soft after conditioning. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Here's my view. I'm sitting home with a cold, and DZ is clouding up, I hear. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com