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We used to call it "Disease-ville" GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

Quote: Should he run? Shouldn't he run? Is he a serious contender, or a secret weapon of the Republicans? __________________________________________________ Should he run?...Sure Serious contender??... no , spoiler maybe. Secret weapon?... Good question. Third party candidates always make it interesting. IMHO if Ross Perot had not run and took votes from GW's dad, we wouldn't have been stuck with Clinton GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

I used lead weights in the 60's to increase my speed while turning style. It helped a lot but I stopped using them when the head down dive for about 15-20 seconds prior to going into your tuck gave us lots more speed. I do recall at one time they were not legal for competition but can't remember for sure as it was a few years ago.

Quote: The Sailwing was a three-lobed gliding parachute, but not square, nor a ram-air. ------------------------------------------------------------- True, here is a picture of the Barrish Sailwing taken in 1967. Sorry for the poor quality but it was scanned from an article in DZ USA a 1960's skydive magazine. This was the first hook turn I had ever witnessed, probably the first Hook turn ever. He did make the peas though. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

Quote:...But to complete my "getting rid of my fear of heights" I want to skydive ....... ------------------------------------------------------------ Sorry, I don't think skydiving will cure this phobia. I started jumping and flying 40 years ago and......I am still TERRIFIED of heights. I can sit in the pilots seat of a helicopter with no doors at 10,000 feet and look straight down...no problem. I have hung underneath a helicopter sitting on a rope ladder and fly around the traffic pattern ...no problem. Any air sport, sailplanes, balloons, parachutes etc...no problem. BUT just try to get me on the roof of my house to clean the gutters, look over the roof of a tall building, get near the edge of a cliff....TERRIFIED. I Will NEVER even think of a glass elevator!!! I don't feel it's a fear of heights but a fear of falling. A control thing. When you go up to jump your intention is to jump, not fall out of the plane. You are in control. Now go jump and you'll see that your not afraid of heights but afraid of not being in control GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

You guys are killing me My side hurts now. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

No I wasn't comparing anyone. Benny made fun of GWB for saying nukular as if somehow it was a big deal. Carter was in the nuclear Navy and still couldn't pronounce it. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

Quote:.........."today we're going to be learning about nukular physics boys and girls, ------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear is mispronounced by many. The first time I really paid any attention to it was when another US president pronounced it nukular. Yes and Jimmy Carter was in the "NUKULAR NAVY" GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

David, you should remember. I remember you went with them to pick up the 650 Howard and were the first to jump it coming back home. I remember low clouds, mist and an 1800 ft hop & pop. Correct? GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

LMAO....now THAT was funny GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

quote:......It was an airplane usually called a Twin Beech (there were several designations, and variations). Not a particularly good flying machine, __________________________________________________ I will have to disagree. The Beech 18 was and is a very good flying machine. Stable, responsive and powerfull. Yes on the ground they required a little more skill then the average pilot possessed, but in the air it is quite pleasant to fly. Sadly they got a bad rap because of some very unfortunate mishaps in a relatively short period of time. Just like any aircraft, if you overload it, fly it out of CG, or stall it on take off it will bite you. There have been Caravans, Otters, Cessnas and others with fatal stall/spin accidents but people will not hesitate to get in them. This is just my opinion having flown them all. Sure turbine engines are more reliable and easier to fly, but it's not the aircraft that caused these accidents. If I stall spin a J-3 cub after takeoff, the results will be the same. Off my soap box now.( I love the belch of blue smoke) GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

quote;...any good advice from some SNCO's will be much appreciated. __________________________________________________ Keep that thought process throughout, and you are destined for a great career

I'd tell her to go to another recruiter. Many are not that knowledgeable. Have her talk to some one who has already taken the career path she wants and how they did it. When I went to the recruiter I had a lot more info then he did and I pretty much had to lead him through the process of getting me from High School to Flight School. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

They got the nickname Lodestall after one stalled on jump run at a (back then) nationals qualification meet. Too many jumpers in the tail at exit time caused the CG to be way too far aft. It recovered at about 5 grand after half the jumpers were thrown off/out bringing the CG back into a controllable range, there were no injuries. This was somewhere in Illinois or Northern Ohio around 1977 or 1978, before the crash in the northwest. I just got off the phone with " Super Joe" the USPA judge at the time. He was watching the whole thing on telemeters. He said that when it stalled the jumpers getting thrown out/off looked like they went up as the aircraft was descending so fast. The Lodestar was a really cool airplane though. It could climb to 16,000 in 13 minutes. The door was just way too far back and anymore than 4 or 5 jumpers near the door was too many. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

When is Easter this year? GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

No false teeth luckily. But it did draw blood and really did jerk my head around. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

In reference to dental work.... Reminds me of one of my early throwouts. The main was spinning pretty good till I pulled the toggle down and the spin slowed. I put the toggle in my mouth while I threw out the reserve. After the reserve inflated I cutaway the main , only forgetting I still had the toggle in my mouth. Like to took my head off when it left. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

Thanks but I think the older I get the better I was GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

quote:Use you left hand / arm to try to cover the open hardware. I think this is one of the reasons some went to a center pull reserve as your arm would automatically cover the capewells, the other was to protect it from static lines when putting out students. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

Yea, LOHs, Some Cobras but mostly slicks (hueys) in support of the 75th rangers(LRPS) GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

Take it easy, it was only a joke. I lived there for 6 years and loved it. I think EVERYONE can agree with one observation I made while living there............. ......Cowgirls sho nuff know how to wear bluejeans GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

quote: Are morals a thing of the past? __________________________________________________ Maybe, Just look at all the special interest groups the Dem. cater to. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

That's pretty much it for a cut away. If the reserve had a pilot chute the punch part was not usually necessary as it was long gone before you got to it. The throwout for a partial was effective. 18 reserve rides 16 throwouts, 2 totals, no cutaways. (until after the reserve was deployed) GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843

quote: Despite the fact that most Texans think the world and it's history revolve around them.... __________________________________________________ I used to tell my Texas friends when this conversation got out of hand...... . "If the Alamo had a back door, Texas wouldn't have a history" Boy did that got some blood boiling GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843