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snowmman says> look hangdiver. There's no way Orange1 will jump with me at the 2011 40-year anniversary of Coopers' jump unless you give me the thumbs up. I'll give you the thumbs up and you could probably talk 377 into doing video. That gives you about two years to convince Orange1. >So there's no way Cooper could have email, right? That depends on if Cooper "could" have ever even existed. I still don't think anyone can prove there was a hijacker on the plane. Not even Ckret. I'm sure, because my girlfriend told me so, that the "Cooper character" if he existed and lived could have an email address. I eat breakfast with a guy 83 years old,who uses an iphone or something like that and is always on the internet. I should ask him if he thinks Cooper has an email address. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

Now my girlfriend is really pissed. She caught me reading the cooper thread again and looked over my shoulder to see snowmman calling me a liar for saying I had an email address for someone over 80. She's the neighborhood computer geek and has successfully taught an 80+ year old to use the computer and email so she says. She could be lying too for all I know. I do know she built this one I'm pecking on. note to self: lock bathroom door and ground computer when reading cooper thread in shower so girlfriend won't think I'm an idiot. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

I'm sure the posting can be manipulated but I don't know enough about that tech. Every one could get banned for off subject postings and then quade could get it. On another note: I have one cutaway, intentional. Never had a parachute over my head I didn't land. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

> I can't find the third one even though I think I once knew the source. Poof? I found an email address...unless it went poof. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

Cooper disappeared on a jump from a plane or did you just crawl out from under a rock? Sorry g forgot to re: your whole post. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

That depends on if it is the formal name of the aircraft or the nickname. I have numerous jumps out of C-47s/DC-3s known as Goonybirds or Dakotas. Never jumped from a Piper Dakota at least that I can remember. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

When doing pull ups on a bar are you supposed to do them palms facing you or palms away? I could only do 5 with palms facing away from me. That's how I was told duane did them. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

I haven't jumped in a few years since back surgery. So no I haven't jumped in Santa Rosa. I organized the opening of the Crazy Creek drop zone in Middletown in the early 90s. Don't think they jump there anymore. I left when things turned to shit. I heard their 182 ended up in Santa Rosa. I am getting the urge to jump again after a wicked recovery from back surgery. It really sucks to realize I'm no longer immortal. My girlfriend has started jogging and the only way I can keep up is with roller blades. When I graduate to jogging I guess I'll clear myself to jump. I'm also getting the urge to base jump again but I keep reminding myself that in my old age I really don't like pain pills that much anymore. I took my check ride for my pilots license out of Sonoma County many years ago and get to see the bombers work every now and then. Those guys are bad ass, no question! "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

I jumped an H-34/S58 once. Only because I was paid to video someones jump. That was one of the scariest rides I've ever been on. We had to fly at 500' until all the other loads were clear. That thing was spewing oil of every kind, I had to dodge the spurts so they wouldn't get on my rig. I finally realized that from 500' due to the rotor wash I probably couldn't get a reserve open before I bounced. I lived, got paid and won't jump one again. >>(edit) bonus points: what jumpships did he use in Saigon? (edit) bonus points: name of first wife. (edit) bonus points: name a skydiver that has jumped with him. Like I said, I'm not here for the bonus points, just the masturbation, unless it's the first post on 666. Now that's bonus points. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

Not me, I use this thread as entertainment, you know like masturbation, I read it in the shower so my girlfriend won't know. She gave me shit for reading it yesterday. I told her to mind her own business and she said I would be masturbating in the shower for the next week if I didn't shut up. So I guess I have permission to read it one more week. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

I ran out to my junk pile to see if I could find a stainless bar that was longer than airtwardo's. All I found was three 21' lengths of 2 1/2" old rusty gas pipe I over ordered for a job 25 years ago. Right now, before coffee, I'm going out to see how many pull ups I can do. Be right back! "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

A very good friend of mine, an infamous old jumper, mentioned to me the time he exited from 2k only to find the rig leaving over his head due to not latching the B12 leg straps. He rolled onto his back, let the straps fly up between his legs, snapped the B12s and rolled to his belly and dumped. He was a low puller anyway, I think he was open by 500' or so. Leaving the plane without your rig secured is not an automatic death sentence. YMMV "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

Hey snow, getting back to your suspect, he wouldn't have happened to be living in a mud hut in Nepal 1970-1973? I found a name but no picture. He's damn near my neighbor! Good suspect but probably not cooper. Maybe a totally different guy from your suspect. Who knows. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

If you have to heat it after soaking it with any type of chemical/s make sure you do not breath any of the fumes. Heating some types of common over the counter products can produce fatal and deadly gases. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

And you're blaming the confusion on the avatars??????? BAWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!! Now I'm really confused... "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

Thanks, now I have to destroy another perfectly good hard-drive, wait, I think my girlfriend can re-write it with zeros and do a clean install. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

He was one of the most influential contributors to modern human flight and one of the most unrecognized. Rest in peace and thank you for my flights that most usually only dream of. USHPA #24606 "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

Did anyone else notice the bulge in the collar from the tab of the clip-on tie in the photo of Braden? Just thought I'd point that out, not that it means anything. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

I have personally cleared a lineover on a PD210 9 cell some years ago. I aggressively pulled the offending steering line down to my waist or below about three times before it cleared. No damage to the canopy was found on inspection. I was doing air to air canopy video and really needed my main. I'm not recommending this course of action but it worked for me on a big docile canopy. Your mileage may vary. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

What's embarrassing is Tom K., on camera, fiddling with a Speed Square, torpedo level, tape measure and camera tripod. That's the best the "Team" has!? Seriously? "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

You know, over a few days my memory is telling me I've seen this patch. I would have to dig through an old widows closet, my mothers, but could probably come up with an original. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

It is apparently the unauthorized patch of the 503rd in WWII. My dad was in the 503rd and jumped in New guinea and the Philippines, but missed the Corregidor jump due to health problems. He lost a bunch of friends in that assault. I thought the symbol was THE ROCK, anyway I could have seen the "cat" but just don't remember. "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

This thread is getting really weird. Jo almost gets banned for calling someone "a Jo" and the poster that actually calls someone an "asshole" gets a free pass. I enjoy reading the "new" info about Cooper but it seems most of the stuff is re-hashed myths or half-truths that have been kicked around so many times they just seem new. My dad was a paratrooper in WW ll, he was 54 in 1971. I am wondering if the FBI ever profiled WW ll vets. My dad was a carpenter and in very good shape in 71'. I'm pretty sure he wasn't Cooper but fit Cooper's description in a general way. He was 6' tall with an olive tan, dark brown receding hair, 180lbs and knew how to put on a parachute. He took me to see the first skydivers I ever saw in Calistoga, Ca. I really never thought about a WW ll vet being Cooper until I realized someone with a similar background and age of my father could have done the hijack. For those of you that are easily confused, don't jump to conclusions about me thinking my dad was Cooper, that's not my point. My point is that Cooper could have been a former WW ll paratrooper. Just a theory I haven't heard. Carry on... "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

I believe the USPA has no jurisdiction over Travis Pastrana or anyone else jumping base gear from an aircraft off or on a non-USPA DZ. I believe that is the FAA,s responsibility. You don't have to be a USPA member to buy base gear and jump from an aircraft, just ask Travis. Not to say it,s pretty stupid to not tape the N# and leave the pilots name off of the credits. Les who? "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan

This is just the beginning of this type of event. Great... "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan