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    With the exodus of foreign workers, the oil will stop. They must get religious leaders involved at every level or its over. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Last weekend with the radar down I did ask jumpers to help me look for traffic. Radar lulls you into a false sense of security. You gotta always be looking. Some of the aircraft at work have TCAS and pulse landing lights which is great, but the other aircraft must have a transponder working for the TCAS to work. That stuff also lulls. All it takes is one time. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Old man Sikorsky sure makes a nice aircraft. Flies like a dream doesn't it. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Like the guy on FOX News said, "Denounce this in every mosque if you are serious about stopping this terror". RIP Paul M. Johnson Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    I have used actual weights when in doubt flying a 182. Does anybody do that? I am hauling some big guys,and when it's hot I'm refueling after each load. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Nice response Beerlight. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Yes, me too. Know there will be more. Can't afford TCAS, but I sure love radar coverage except last weekend it was down. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Well, you guys have enlightened me about NOTAMs and jumping. I would have thought a pilot would at least make a call on the local freq or ask ATC. That's what I do when dropping them. Guess not. Maybe they can be educated. I know when Sun and Fun comes up info is being put out to avoid Z Hills. Thanks. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    There is no way of knowing if the pilot checked NOTAMs and I understand you don't need flight following in uncontrolled airspace. If there was no NOTAM and no parachute symbol on the sectional, there is no more argument. I have never jumped at San Marcos; nice notams though. I get into the Houston area once in a while to pick up somebody to go offshore.When I get home I fly jumpers a couple of times a month in South Arkansas. I'm not out to get some poor private pilot. Maybe you can come up with a solution to prevent this situation from happening again.Blue Skies. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Derek, I think he was wrong by not checking NOTAMs also known as notices to airmen. He was not alerted to look for jumpers or aircraft. Had he been getting flight following with ATC that would have helped to. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Of course a notam is not a TFR. However in the Pilot/Controller Glossary of AIM a NOTAM is part described as, "the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations." I don't think this is a gray area. It's part of your preflight. Like showing up to shoot an ILS at an airport without checking local notams or ATIS and the system is out of service and this is your alternate or your last shot. A pilot flying over a dropzone would not be alerted to look for jumpers or aircraft if he had not read the notams. I think an FAA lawyer could cook his goose. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    What I want to know is if the pilot of that Cessna did anything legally wrong or if it was just dumb bad luck..... Pilots are supposed to check all available information to insure safety of flight. If you guys had a notam out and he didn't check notams, I would think you have him by the nuts. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Surely this pilot knows he can get violated? Did he seem to know the error of his ways? What was his attitude? Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    If he chose someone like Powell, I would think it would improve his odds.... I agree, and he has always hated the idea of dragging his family into the public eye. People do change their minds. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Why not have beer camp before 18 year old kids are allowed to drink. In a controlled environment let them do the normal dumb things (like I did) only under some type of supervision. Make it a credit course. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    I think that my biggest peeve about these stun/blind devices is that they make it virtually effortless to control large masses of people. Do we really want to put the power to do that into the hands of any government?..... Lets also hope they don't export this stuff. If it doesn't fly here, you can bet they will try to export it. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    How do you feel about using water canons for crowd control? How about tear gas? Those would be more humane. Maybe they should stress containment without smothering people. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Most PEOPLE would rather not be blind OR dead. You seem to have missed or ignored that point. We're talking about people who started out as NEITHER....... So what is the answer? Sleeping gas? You would still kill somebody. It's not that simple. Rubber bullets? All of this stuff kills. So back to lead bullets? Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Actually I think it should be two, English and Spanish, and both should be mandatory in school... All across the nation there are enclaves of language alienation. Some have ethnic lobbies that say they have a constitutional right to converse in the language of their choice. They say that they should learn English only if they "feel" like it. Did they come here to be Americans or do they only want the security and wealth. I think we were supposed to be united after 9/11. This language attitude is causing division. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quoteufortunately I know what a dry county is... skydive dallas is located in one... They voted it in a long time ago here. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Ok, I'm sure somebody's grandmother will never learn English. Just don't let her get a pilot's license. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Somebody showed "Kill Bill" down at work. I think this is safer and funnier. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Could somebody help me. I'm conservative, but I'm also a member of the Sierra Club. I worry about the environment and over-populating this country. Never voted for a Democrat for President; never voted for a Bush. I lean toward the Republican Party, but won't go that far. I feel like both parties have let us down with our current choices for President. One of my good friends at work is very liberal.He opposed the war in Iraq, but has a son there with a pair of army jump wings I gave him. I think about a third party, but I also wonder about life on Mars. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    But I don't think they should be made to. If they don't want to learn, then they have problems reading signs etc. but that's up to them... What if they have an accident and kill someone because they could not read a sign in English; because they were too lazy to learn English? "Los Angeles County employs 420 full time court interpreters. Each is paid $265 a day." "When a Ukrainian immigrant murdered his family last fall, the police investigation was hampered by the fact that most Ukrainians in Citrus Heights, Calif., speak only Russian or Ukrainian."- Don Feder, Boston Herald, 2002 Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    I got an email from Rick Mangan and he just talked to a civilain in Belgium that witnessed his uncle's crash. What an adventure! Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.