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Got my SCR there on April 17, 1976. Back then an SCR meant something. I actually got it because a DC 3 load of really good Elsinore RW flyers decided they'd help me out. I'd never been in anything bigger than a 4 way before that and had plenty of Cessna RW jumps where nobody hooked up. I felt really proud coming back to my home DZ with an SCR patch. The local DZ hotshot RW flyers figured I must have stolen it. GOOD TIMES! 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Not a lot. At that speed there isn't a lot of air to push against. Good point Quade. My bad for not considering reduced airflow at low fall rates. Hmmm...maybe these levitators could vector their mysterious force sideways to turn points? Cooper and his rig do seem to have disappeared. When they are found it will likely be in another dimension full of single socks, threaded nuts, tiny screws and other things that I SWEAR have truly disappeared. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Bruce wrote: Bruce, read Randi's webpage cited in my earlier post. The conditions for winning the million dollar prize are rigourous, but fair. If you know anyone who can demonstrate paranormal effects under those conditions then go for it. You can be their manager and take a percentage. We'd all love to have you take up jumping Bruce. Just promise me you will use regular gear until this anti-gravity stuff gets completely perfected. The Maharishi's 4 way team has yet to perform in a levitating hover. Can you imagine how many points you could turn if you could levitate or even slow down freewfall to say 30 mph??? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

I was joking about expecting FETs to counteract gravity Bruce. I did read your paper and thought it was a very well written survey of current and theoretical technology. I just don't think any of it has a realistic chance of serving as a practical substitute for winged flight with payloads such as humans. I have seen small tethered electrostatic field devices actually fly, but they couldn't even lift their own power source which was connected to it by the tether cable. I can tell you with certainty that the 747 known as AF 1 (which incidently is actually a call sign for an aircraft carrying the pres. and doesn't denote a particular airframe) does NOT have any propulsion system besides the 4 turbofan engines. The plane is loaded with exotic comm and even some ECM gear, is air refuelable, and is not as good a target for heat seeking missiles as a stock 747, but it is basically just a 747 as far as propulsion goes. I actually worked with electric thrusters for spacecraft, but they just used electric fields to accelerate xenon gas molecules which were ejected at high speed. When you ran out of xenon game over. A practical electrostatic parachute would look more like a two layer screen as you'd need to accelerate air through a high DC voltage mesh and downward to create lift. The weight of the power source makes it impractical using current technology. The assymetrical capacitor experimental results show forces that if they even exist are way too small for parachute use. Ionic propulsion works, its just power hungry and power means weight in the context of parachuting. I have heard AF 1 take off several times from Moffet Field in CA. It didn't sound much different from any other 747 of that vintage. It's an old bird. They spent so much time customizing it that when it first flew as AF 1 it had been eclipsed by the much better 400 series of 747s. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Bill Dause, the DZO at Lodi CA, said he will take my $5 Pope Valley jump ticket as full payment to 14K at Lodi any time. Bill was the DZO at Pope Valley when I bought the ticket decades ago. Talk about standing behind your product... I think I'll keep it as a momento. Bill's current jump prices are very cheap. The man really deserves credit for keeping some bucks in jumpers pockets rather than his own. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Isnt there a TINY chance that they are right at least sometime? Am I understanding statistics correctly in that nothing representing a physical property or ratio is really a constant? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Just wish it were more powerful. An adjustable superonducting gyro in the back pack could get you up to jump altitude, let you freefall and slow you down for a landing. I don't like carrying liquid helium, but I dont like paying $22 for a plane ride either. A Cooper question: Has the so called Cooper tie DNA been compared to DNA that the FBI has on file for other people? I hear there is a huge DNA database. Perhaps it isnt complete enough to ID a suspect but can be used to rule out a waanabe. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

I had genuine field effect transistors (FETs) in some radio gear I carried while skydiving. Nothing unusual happend. Maybe I need to crank up the voltage. How would one construct a field effect canopy Bruce? If you can reduce gravity why not omit canopies and just land your wingsuit. Forget planes too, just beam yourself up. No more wasting fuel for fun Orange. I remain unconvinced that bees' dancing behavior is quantum coupled to anything, but you have to give the author credit for thinking outside of the box... or hive. The Randi Prize for demonstrating paranormal phenomena remains unclaimed. Bruce, round up some of the better psychokinesis guys and form a syndicate. Win the prize and share the million bucks. http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html I will continue to depend on gravity and plan for its consequences while jumping. I just wish there was a way to speed up my radio signals so that I can beat nearby stations replying to DX stations during pileups. This "C" speed limit is damned frustrating. Microseconds matter. Cooper's rig is out there somewhere, dont forget it. So is Amelia E's Lockheed. Where is Jerry? Hope he is OK. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Bless you Bruce. That is priceless. You really should read G's reference. It should make it clear that those lottery near misses were unremarkable and no better than random. On second thought maybe it won't convince you. I wish ESP and all that paranormal stuff really worked. My EE training, especially all the physics courses, has robbed me of the ability to believe in miracles of this genre. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

High praise indeed. We mortals can only aspire to Gortdom. Had a good email chat with Galen Cook. Nothing new, but he is seriously pursuing some leads and has the legal skills needed to open some doors. These things move slowly hence the delay in publishing his book. As before, he thinks he has the right suspect, Gossett, but is still open minded. He is no nut case, far far from it in my opinion. Jo keeps promising to blow the lid off the case. Is it just another tease? Probably, but hope springs eternal. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

I remember that crash well. The pilot rotated too soon and too much and porpoised. The pilot survived. The F 86 was owned by a cosmetics magnate, Wm. Penn Patrick who died soon after in the crash of his P 51 Mustang. The F 86 pilot got praise from some quarters for not ejecting and staying with the plane in a last minute effort to get it airborne or steered away from occupied buildings The F 86 ejection seat was not capable of successful zero zero ejections so it was a moot point. The plane was actually a Canadian version of the F 86 with a more powerful engine than most US versions. If only the pilot had waited until reaching proper airspeed for rotation and not overrotated he would have gotten airborne and cleared the hazard. Bruce, while you are doing remote viewing and time travel to solve aviation mysteries, please drop in on that Air France jet that came apart over the Atlantic outbound from Brazil. They never found the FDRs and although much wreckage was recovered, the root cause is still not known with certainty. They may have just flown into severely turbulent weather and it came undone. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Mike Swains book ENDLESS FALL is really a good read. HIGHLY recommended. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Count me in too. Extra class licensee. Extra "lite" actually, no Morse Code on my exam. I am learning code though, but slowly. Like surplus radios from WW 2. Have a BC 348, ARR 15, ARC 5, ART 13 and ARN 7. I have modern DSP HF SSB gear, but I favor the old tube stuff and still like AM nets on 3870 KHz. Have done parachute mobile HAHOs in October 2009 making VHF and UHF comms and also using APRS with GPS data telemetry plus heart rate and blood oxygen levels from a pulse oximeter. Telemetry worked great, was received 60 miles away without going through repeaters. 73, 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Oh, and would somebody please get really nasty here on the forum? You know Snow was not the sole cause of the insult wars here, but this new civility is making it look like he was. That's unfair to Snow. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

I can help with that: 666.666 Mhz, lower sideband. Was it a coincidence Guru or did you remember the satan buzz when the Pentium III clock speed was revealed to be 666.666 Mhz? It was CW though, pure harmonic rich square wave. "For example, when the giant CPU manufacturer Intel introduced the 666 MHz Pentium III in 1999, they chose to market it as the Pentium III 667 on the pretext that, since the actual clock speed was 666.666 MHz, 667 was the more accurate approximation—conveniently ignoring their own usual rounding practice: as examples, consider the earlier 66.666 MHz 486-66, the 466.666 MHz Celeron 466, or the later 866.666 MHz Pentium III 866. " Hey Sluggo, stick around and keep us out of the Twilight Zone OK? I am an aviation history nut and have read a lot of "aviation archeology" articles in the UK magazines. These guys are always digging up WW 2 plane crash debris out of bogs, swamps and marshes in Europe. Some of the recovered chutes look like you could clean em up and jump them. What is amazing is that the containers were cotton canvas in some cases yet did not decay much. I think the 100% synthetic NB6 (or NB8) and C9 canopy could last for a long long time in decent shape if kept out of the sun. The heavier metal parts should be around for centuries under the right conditions. Quade has really upset me. He is right, we DO sound like Art Bell in the 1980s. Calling all Cooper scientists, STAT. The lunatics have taken over the asylum. Time for TK to check in and give us an update. Wouldn't it be a kick if Bruce's paranormal science team leads us to some Cooper evdience? The only remote viewing I have done used a video camera and an RF transmitter. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

It sure does. Even the SE Asia Air America CIA 727 stuff is pure Art Bell. All we are missing are UFOs and Area 51. Funny, Art Bell also was a ham radio operator like so many on this forum. Who can explain the correlation? What is the frequency Kenneth? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Bruce and I spar good naturedly on mind over matter. Brian Germain needs to look at this new method of in flight modulation of canopy loading. I think Puthof's ESP work at Stanford has been thoroughly discredited, but that's just my skeptical self talking. Just remember NOBODY has claimed James Randi's million dollar prize. If telepresence, remote viewing, psychokinesis etc is a real phenomena then someone should be able to demonstrate it and pick up a cool million. The prize rules are simple but rigid. They are designed to detect frauds like Yuri Geller who was a gifted magician/illusionist rather than someone with paranormal power. I think health can be hugely influenced by the mind, but I do not think the mind can vary mass or gravity. I'd love to be wrong about this but Newton, Einstein, Maxwell, Occam, Houdini and other killjoys assure me I am not. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Thanks for the price info. Glocks are a LOT higher than that at the local gun shop. I'll check out GT. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Well, maybe they (Glocks) are all that but they still cost a lot. I did say I liked Glocks a lot and I still do. You could buy Ruger revolvers for your whole family for the price of one new Glock. Your dishwasher experiment. however, has weakened me. Now I want one. Damn. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Good one! You have a future as a crime psychic. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

I second Ruger but go simple, get a revolver, super tough, stainless, SIMPLE, reliable and a lot cheaper than other higher tech pistols. If you just own a Ruger revolver you will probably never be paying any gunsmiths. Ammo is cheap and widely available. Cleaning and maintenance is dirt simple. A revolver isnt easily concealed, but I am not going to be carrying a concealed weapon so it doesnt concern me. I like Glocks a lot, but they are pricey and complex. I can splash some salt water or dirt on my Ruger and not get all worried about it. I could probably run it through my dishwasher with no ill effects. A Ruger revolver is like a moderately loaded Triathlon canopy. Some of the other pistol choices are like small crossbraced swoop canopies. Take your choice, but mine is a Ruger Security Six (and Triathlon 190). 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Hey, that's a great idea Georger. I am going to use FOIA to force the CIA to disclose their psychic archives. I want a govt. approved medium. No point wasting time with pretend psychics right? If Cooper went in as a no pull, a packed chute isn't very visible in a green brushy environment. I still think vultures would have been circling the carcass eventually if it impacted on land. They are really good at finding decaying carcasses. Savvy Cooper hunters would have been looking for vulture groups circling. The fact that no body or rig remains have been found plus the Tena Bar find argue towards a water landing... or time travel, dimension hopping or transmutation. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Really true. I am 60 and have been jumping since I was 18. When I was 18 I noticed how little age seemed to matter if you were a safe heads up jumper. It hasn't changed much in 42 years. I leave the edgy swoops with micro canopies to the young folks, but I've done RW with people significantly older and younger than me and it's no big deal. I cant think of many sports, let alone extreme ones, where age groups mix so easily. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

No reason to burn it, just covering it would be enough. If we found the rig and no body it probably wouldn't lead us much closer to who Cooper was. I do think it or at least the metal pieces (if it was burned or rotted) of it are out there somewhere. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

There is a surprising amount of metal on an NB6 or NB8. It is distinctive stuff (buckles, snaps, rip cord flex housing, pack opening band springs and hooks, riser connector links etc) and would likely get noticed if found in Cooper LZ territory. I think Cooper would avoid a fire. Too visible to searchers. Amazon, will a surplus rig burn with self sustaining flame? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.