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I am sure for those involved, and closest to him, their lowest priority is to log onto DZ.com to let us know. It's unfortunate that what we hear is from a newspaper article. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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You couldn't tuck it into your shirt? Maybe wear a turtleneck? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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What's the scam? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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So today i stuck my foot in my mouth.....opps
BobMoore replied to d_squared431's topic in The Bonfire
You're a little slow there fella. Read the post again. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people." -
You're assuming the servicemen in all the other photos are men. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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... or something we eat with chicken noodle soup. The people who associate negative connotations to words are the ones I feel sorry for. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Advising Students to "cut-away" via ground radio command
BobMoore replied to Scrumpot's topic in Instructors
From what I've read recently here there are instructors who can't or aren't willing to remember individual names of the students in the air at any one time, preferring to say Jumper #1 Jumper #2, so how are they going to remember which channel of the radio goes with which student? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people." -
That won't stop them, and good luck getting them to pay you any money. You can holler about FAA certified riggers all day but it won't do any good. The ONLY thing TSA is not allowed to open is a diplomatic pouch. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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I've traveled with my Cypres-equipped rig many times over the past 15 years and I still don't know what benefit there is to carrying that Cypres x-ray card. So they x-ray your baggage, see something they're not used to seeing, and you hand them a card showing them the same thing they are seeing on their x-ray monitor. What good does that do? Imagine for a moment you are a TSA employee and your friendly local terrorist shows up with his very own homemade incendiary device he's trying to get onto the plane. You don't recognize the shape of the item you see on the display but that friendly local helpful terrorist pulls out a card he laminated at Kinko's that shows a picture of the same thing you are seeing. Are you supposed to be satisfied with that and send him on his way? I mean, after all, he had a card. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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According to the Rainman Quantas never crashed. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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This last summer there was a friggen retard running away from a police officer in the Times Square area of Manhattan. As he was running away he turned back and tried firing off a couple rounds. He didn't hold it upside down like in that photo but he held it sideways (I thought that was the preferred gangsta style). I don't remember what brand of pistol he had but the manufacturer specifically advised against shooting that way because the mechanism was not strong enough to eject the cartridge straight up. In this case the friggen retards' gun jammed and the cop took him out. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Chaminda Senadhira (Jump Pilot NZ)
BobMoore replied to missann1320's topic in Blue Skies - In Memory Of
"For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people." -
You landed downwind of a building? Twice? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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I'm sorry, jake95, my comment about that video (post #2) was really a smartass remark. I was just trying to get a laugh from the folks here who have seen the video. That video is more than 20 years old. The story is (the way I heard it anyway) that a tandem instructor had a less than stellar landing and surfed his passenger across the pea gravel pit. It was his bad luck to have it on video. A very clever skydiver/comedian made a 10 or 20 minute comedy video about the landing and the poor tandem master (who I will resist naming) was embarrassed nation-wide. The tandem instructor was also videoed explaining to the tandem passenger that the "high-speed" landing was because of "rarefied air molecules". "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Only if he was using the DZs glider and parachute and his parents didn't sign the waiver.
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I think it has to do with minors not being able to sign away their right to sue? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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There was this guy many years ago who was featured in a video where he explained his high-speed landing was due to "rarefied air molecules". I think it might have been a tandem .... "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Seems painfully obvious. Why can't we spend the couple minutes it would take to write down the names on a piece of paper? A nervous student will be more likely to hear and respond to his name over the radio rather than "jumper #2". "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Well, your first one's on me! Welcome to the Prairie! You're gonna love it. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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... and you will be the guy with the MGD in his hand? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Hi, Bryan. I remember you well also. I didn't remember that IMGR2 was you until I clicked on the name and saw your profile. Damn! Over 11,000 jumps? I remember you when ... oh, never mind. It's good to see photos of the old place. Brings back some fine memories. Keep posting those photos please. Bob "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Hey! I know that place! That's San Marcos, my old home! I've done thousands of tandems over that patch of ground. What in the world is going on to the west? Are they constructing a major road? It looks like an elaborate interchange between it and Hiway 80. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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except for one MAJOR absence ... Edit : Okay, two major absences. Lang Beer and Kurt Zimmerman "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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huh? "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."
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Maybe it was due to the close proximity of the shorts & bare legs, and the fact that the tandem master was screaming sweet nothings into his ear. Cool photos. "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."