jimmytavino

for sure. decades ago patches and jumpsuits went together well... there should be a museum display of the huge variety that have come and gone. (certain gear catalogs still have a page or two, of available samples) airfury 17 can you find another way to display yours besides on a jumpsuit?.. gear bags, a pair of old jeans, a jean jacket???.. a cool or a subtle skydiving patch, which reflects a part of your life/personality which is important to you should be displayed with some degree of pride... so go for it. I think a patch on an article of clothing would look better than say, a closing pin necklace...but that's just IMHO

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=229305>1=7702 Saw this earlier today. helicopter pilot lands in residential area... twice

Things today are very very different than they were years ago.... ( when parachutes mostly came down and not ACROSS,,,.. as they do today...) Remember ,, the skydive is not longer "over" when YOU land,,,, but when you have made it safely out of the active landing area,,, be it a student landing area,, or a swoopers'... Do NOT fixate on your own recently completed jump and wander in,,, immersed in your own thoughts... Look around,, pay attention,,,be AWARE,,, of those canopy pilots, who are still airborne... I would treat that swoopers' area, as though it was a active runway..... because it IS.... and then would only cross it, once I have looked and Looked hard.... for incoming traffic...and look BOTH ways.....while planes may always land upwind,, parachutes do NOT. Look out, and look UP... a 270 to final or a 360 to final, can be happening directly ABOVE you and not out to the side... You and the canopy pilot(s) share an equal responsibility to avoid each other... .... As to the relative locations of the student, intermediate, and "expert" landing areas,,,, that is up to each individual DZ to determine.. students often need to be out where it is relatively clear, which can mean a longer walk than the swoopers....Maybe some signage near the boarding area, can remind everyone to be vigilant of high speed landings.......stay safe. have fun.

Buck??? Or Butt??? Better Bet a Buck It's "Butt" BUT, Better yet, Better Bet on "Buck"... either way,, 'naked' is the important part...

I suppose it's possible to lose the ring,,, I'd be more concerned about losing the finger... At first i would take my wedding band OFF and undo my belt buckle,,, ( i almost always wear a leather belt ) slip the ring onto it and then re buckle it.....so that I would always have it with me, but not be vulnerable to injury... I almost never wear gloves when jumping,,,(until the extreme cold sets in ).. then i stoppped doing that..... when I almost lost it into a Johnny-On-The-Spot !!!.... Now the ring is well 'embedded' into my finger and I seldom do jumpmaster duties, so I just stay careful,, when grabbing floater bars or camera handles, and in the last 20 years or so, have had no problems... But if there is any play in the ring or if it fits loosely,,, best to be careful... jmy

Wow Quite incredible.. Almost wondered if it was computer generated... such flexibility and elasticity in her spine and all the contorsions with her legs,,, seem sooo far beyond the ususal range. pretty impressive. jmy

try not to think in terms of "putting the folded canopy into the bag",,,,, ..think in terms of "Pulling the bag Over and Around the folded canopy" Much in the same way that a magician pulls the tablecloth out from under all the china and silver ware ,,,, I have found that you can "yank the bag" Under and over the stacked canopy.. Get the folded canopy under control, place a knee on it and then situate the bag with the grommets down.... Use Both hands on what would be the underside of the bag, grabbing the bag near the locking stow grommets (sp) ...Keep one knee on the stacked canopy,, with light pressure... Then in one quick move,,, yank the bag Under the stack,,, letting up with your knee as needed,, just enough to let the bag pull far enough under AND over the canopy, to encase most of it, Tuck the rest of the material into the upper corners of the bag,,,, and tug on the grommet flap,, to complete the 'encasing of the canopy'... then stand the bag on the end where the bridle exits it, and finish by doing up your two main locking stows.... dress off the rest, by tucking any canopy material into the bag and then do up the rest of your stows,,,,, Of course, be sure that the canopy size AND the D bag size/container size are compatible... try it .. it has worked really well for me...

some details about the Batavia Boogie, which is mentioned in a thread by jumpinfarmer... are in the previous post of this thread,,, just bringing it back to the top of the page, jimmy

As indicated in print ads in SKYDIVING and Parachutist, Frontier Skydivers will once again host a CASA Boogie at The Genesee County Airport, Located just a mile or so North of the NYS thruway.... ( Route 90 Exit # 48 ) in Batavia New York. ( 30 miles east of Buffalo, 30 miles west of Rochester... The dates are July 5th through July 9th Occurring for nearly 20 years now, this event brings together friends and jumpers from all over NY State, Canada, Penn. and Ohio.. The airport is large, relatively open,, and usually has light air traffic... We have the entire east end of the airport property, and the facilities which are set up by Frontier Club members, for this 5 day event, rival the facilities of many a dropzone, near and far... Guest L. O.'s Include Amy Chmelecki and Bill ( Boxman ) Engel.... So whatever your taste,, whatever your passion, you will find others in attendance, with smiles on their faces,, and a willingness to "share the air"... further details by checking out www.Frontierskydivers.com and see the link for the Batavia Boogie. see ya' there.....

... Cars...... definately !!!!!

since skydiving is such a visual sport,,, sure.. it seems like a good idea to be able to see well... you don't wanna miss anything

Certainly we each view this from a much much different place. You.. I surmise,, are doing it from a position well "inside" the circumstances to which i am just an outsider, looking in..And not only an outsider, but one who only knows whatever the "media" has chosen to tell me, and in the way the media has decided to present it... And so since I am sitting cozily in my family home, remote in hand and The daily paper and Time magazine on my coffee table, and You my friend are (i think) Overseas, serving our country, and "in the thick " of it... then It is I who will defer to your reasoning, and at least accept it , as honest, well intended, patriotic and straight forward.... your perspective is quite possibly the better one. My first post simply expressed the degree of frustration, which many people worldwide feel,, as this war carries on... I believe in the fundamental concepts of cultural, history, and long ingrained ways of operating,, This murderer is not the first to be running around in that part of the world, slaughtering people like they were livestock,,, and he sure won't be the last... They are barbarians after all, ( or were up until recent times ) and that part of the world is Persia,, and such horrific behavior , over cultural and territorial disputes has been going on since the first scimitars and swords were forged.... THAT history is 1,000s of years old....and our ( G W Bush and his allies) entering into the business of others has opened the Pandoras Box..... of the 21st century...I would like to see it shut.... Still I will respect your say on the matter.. and hope for your safety. cordially jmy a3914 d12122

..ok,,,,,I stand corrected... but 'destruction' is in the eye of the beholder. Thanks for pointing out that ownership of field artillery and machine guns is legal in the US... apparently it's also "legal" in Iraq, Afganistan and many parts of the world...since it seems everyone is carrying such weaponry and usually firing it off,, chaotically and irresponsibly.....I don't see where that's such a good thing...Where did all those weapons and the ammunition to feed them.. come from anyway???? Russia?? the US ??... ya' know??? the scenario was put into motion years ago, decades ago,, and mostly by poor "'foriegn policy" on the part of many countries... I do agree that Saddam, was ruthless, harbored those who thought evil, about the west.. and there is no denying that he killed many and had to go... But a protracted War.. which lingers on is hard to accept.... As to winners and losers....... we ALL should experience a good degee of each,,,As I have , throughout my life...Sure,, I'd endorse "no score little league" any day, and emphasize the fun and the "game" while doing so, but I'd also point out, as any good coach should,,, that there will come a time,, when we play "for keeps" and winning and losing will be a part of THAT.... (just be sure to win,,, alot more than you lose) Do not mistake a low tolerance for war, and fighting, and killing, and interference in the cultural and political life of others, on my part... as some pacifist 'weakness',, as some voice of a loser.....if you did you'd be wrong....

well said... It's wearing thin on me too, and not just here...it seems that NO ONE has a real grasp on the mess which is occuring in that part of the world This is a cultural and historic part of our planet, that has a deep deep religious, tribal and geopolitical past...much of which we ( The US Citizens and their Govt. ) know less about, than we think we do... Our US "intelligence" has proven to be wrong in many instances past, and now, the projected "response" from the citizens of the countries which we now occupy is also proving to be skewed..... We are the only ones here using 'weapons of Mass destruction' ( which is what i would consider a 500 pound laser guided bomb to be) and the recent killing of this one murderer, and his cohorts, does little to change the playing field...except to cast the US once more, as co -killers, only ones who use precision weapons instead of crude bombs and improvised explosive devices. War????? well some can Rah Rah Rah etc all they like ,, encourage it , defend it etc etc. but for me I am sad for everyone involved... there's never really a winner in WAR... I'll support the troops and thank them for their service, hoping they return safely. But the Heads of State wordwide, and especially The current US Pres. for whom I and many others, never voted, have led us down the wrong path and the world is worse off for it imho

"Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of Mine, Senator, you're No Jack Kennedy" Vice presidential Candidate Lloyd Bentsen, to eventual Vice Presidential Victor, Dan Quayle, at a televised V P debate...1988

Wow...

.... Nope..... been working hard,, since I'm 14 years old... lived each day,, morally, ethically, and with consideration for the important people around me. I responded to my own "needs, or desires", but never to the point of excess., and never to the point where someone else was impacted in a serious or negative way... waste my life??? nope... and likely you haven't either...... don't be so rough on yourself. What you consider as time wasted,, might be thought of by others as time cherished...You may have unknowingly had positive influences on many many people, even as you mark that time as "wasted"... We often see ourselves and judge ourselves far more critically than necessary.... peace jmy

I jumped R3's for a while and if I remember correctly, they did utilize the Pivoting parts of the capewells and the little tab from the harness component,, which slid UP to lock the lug from the riser into the housing..... Velcro and elastic IS a weird way to LOCK anything,,, but hell.... weren't we ALL into "research & Development" ???? back then... I DID have an R3 release on me, one day, as I was LANDING...I did a little chin up on the riser of my French Papillon and Ka-Chink !!!!! ( and this was years before the 3 ring Ka-chink ) ,,, The right riser came right off the harness ,,in my hand,,, and I was left standing there,, with this Whooooaaaaa sort of look on my face... Hahahaha... I had done 2 or 3 backloops off the step, at 3 grand,,, then opened.. Can't say If I actually LOOKED at my capewells, throughout the descent, but my guess is that it might have blown "loose" pre- deployment, but didn't pull down and Open... Pressure from the riser lug, kept the thing together, til I unloaded the riser as i stood up the landing...... YIKES!!!!! I vote,,,replace the velcro. ps... now I always do a visual on both of my 3 ring setups as part of my post deployment checklist...

well done to check it yourself....I would have asked THE packer who did the rig... not just ANY packer... PS...The kill line only needs to move a real short distance to show "white" in the window.. However if it moves 4 or 5 inches,, OR if it never WAS cocked, it looks exactly the same as if it only moved an inch,, yet it could give you a PC in tow.. GEar checks prior to donning the rig.. MUST include a check on that window, whenever a rig has a kill line pilot chute.... and to reiterate..... time spent "reaching back" and playing with something you can't even see... is better spent getting flat and firing a reserve. Pulling the 3 ring release handle is generally not thought to be needed, since the main is not even out of the pack tray, the riser covers are likely still closed, AND it WASTES time. I towed a PC back in the 70's before there werekill lines and collapsible PCs.. The rig had a belly band mounted pouch, which I stupidly twisted while gearing up... No amount of pulling or prodding was gonna work, no need to throw the risers up into the situation, got flat and stable and fired a 26" LOPO round reserve up through the mess... It took.

remember,,, just because a pilot chute has been cocked before a pack job,, does not insure that it will stay cocked, throughout that pack job... handling the canopy can cause it to tug on the bridle, and as the canopy is bagged,,, it is easy for the "kill line" to slide a good distance, within the bridle itself.... ALWAYS check the p c to be sure it has STAYED cocked, as you are completing the insertion of the pin.... I usually draw the PC through the air by the bridle to actually SEE it inflate,, and then also check the 'window' in the bridle for secondary verification, an uncocked pilot chute, at ANY deployment speed,, could be trouble... glad that altitude was in your favor....

Chris..... ..this is how I feel whenever I see you at a dropzone...

College sophmore..... 1972... I too went to a meeting where a 16 mm movie was shown... it was on an Old reel to reel movie projector... and it was Masters of the Sky... I had never been in a plane before,,, and was mostly looking for my first airplane ride... the static line jump was a "Bonus"..... had 250 jumps or so,,,, before I ever LANDED in an airplane..... jmy

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