Phil1111

Exactly. Most pilots assume that one, or one group of jumpers is all that will ever come out of a AC.

Aviation authorities(FAA,EASA,etc.) recognize hot air balloons, sailplanes, aircraft, helicopters, etc. In general the lower and/or unpowered machine has the right of way. After that a machine landing has the right of way over one taking off. A AC passing under a parachute at a airport where a NOTAM is in effect could be subject to an investigation by the FAA if a complaint was made. A AC has every equal right to land or take-off at a airport where parachuting activities is underway. It's incumbent upon the pilot to see and avoid descending parachutists. Just as it's the duty of a parachutist to avoid the runways. At an uncontrolled airport most pilots would contact the jump plane and/or other aircraft to discuss departure/arrival intentions to avoid potential conflicts. PRIOR to departure or arrival. Don't necessarily assume any pilot has done this.

A couple decades ago we had a two completely different students at the DZ. One was a student and would bring out bologna sandwiches for both lunch and supper. When we all went to the bar he would find a excuse about why he couldn't come. Although he did drink. It was all to save up for a extra jump. He bought about 1/3 of the cases of beer that most others bought but nobody ever said a word about it. The other student had some sort of job and never seemed to have any money to buy beer. But he had a new car and always seemed to have a liberal supply of weed. Well it was suggested to the second student that if he had money for weed, perhaps he might buy some beer. But nothing changed. Well low and behold there was a bad spot and he ended up walking back 5 miles on the last load of the day. A week later his T-10 accidentally deployed at about 4000' and he had to walk again. Obviously times have changed.....

NOTAM or NoTAM is the quasi-acronym for a "Notice To Airmen". NOTAMs are created and transmitted by government agencies under guidelines specified by Annex 15: Aeronautical Information Services of the Convention on International Civil Aviation. A NOTAM is filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of any hazards en route or at a specific location. The authority in turn provides a means of disseminating relevant NOTAMs to pilots. NOTAMs are issued (and reported) for a number of reasons, such as: * hazards such as air-shows, parachute jumps, kite flying, rocket launches, etc.

So that's about 8% negative on the deals that he's done! That says it all. No E-bay won't remove negative feedback. E-bay has a place. So do forums like these that have Classified sections, craigslist, etc.

Don't be too concerned about a negative rating. I have 100% positive with over 700 feedback and am a "powerseller" etc., etc. Lots of business gets conducted by buyers and sellers with less than 100% positive feedback. In my experience about 2-3% of e-bay buyers and sellers are just out and out scam artists. What he is trying to do is called feedback extortion and is prohibited by e-bay. But like most things there, they won't do anything about it. Just go through the "claim" process. The buyer will have to pay for shipping back and you'll be out the cost of shipping to them. When the money is refunded the buyer no longer can leave negative feedback.

Pay your fines and quit being a pussy! Speeder fined more than $1M Swiss calculate income and speed By Allan Hall, Daily TelegraphAugust 12, 2010 A Swedish motorist is facing the world's biggest speeding fine, $1,060,000 Cdn, after being caught driving 290 km/h on a Swiss motorway. The 37-year-old man was driving at 2½ times the speed limit in his $230,000 Mercedes. In Switzerland, speeding fines are worked out using a formula that takes into account the income of the motorist and the vehicle's speed. According to prosecutors, the man faces the highest possible penalty of 300 days of fines at $3,533 a day. "We have no record of anyone being caught travelling faster in the country," said a police spokesman. The man was caught by a speed camera on the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne on Friday. He escaped being caught by numerous radar traps simply because he was going too fast and they were incapable of clocking speeds beyond 200 km/h. A new generation of radar machines caught him travelling at close to 290 km/h. "I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty," he told police by way of an explanation. Benoit Dumas, a police officer in the region where the car was stopped, said: "He needed over half a kilometre of road to come to a halt." http://www.vancouversun.com/Speeder+fined+more+than/3388796/story.html

And the memories come back every morning for the next 30 years.

Buy used and don't worry about size. After 200 jumps you can sell it and buy something smaller.

Sounds like two dicks fencing in the street to see who is the biggest dick!

About 1973 i cut away from a PC using 11/2 shots. I activated the 24' T-10 reserve immediately and had the pilot chute go through one of the reserve mods(no mesh). The pilot chute hung up in the reserve mod and six panels were severely damaged in two gores. Because the apex was partially inverted due to the hung up pilot chute the canopy was actually descending slower than normal and I got a stand-up landing out of the canopy. The reserve was a write off. The container was a security pig with a PC in a sleeve which weighed about 45lbs total. Five other rides on round reserves were without event.

Sounds like he could afford to hire a competent pilot. exactly! Mr. Roush is a competent pilot with over 4000 hours of ME jet PIC time. A story about the jet involved in this accident and Mr. Roush is here: http://www.flyingmag.com/pilot-reports/jets/its-all-about-speed

From a eyewitness. "I was 100 yards from his crash impact. Myself and my father were walking and talking then we look up and were staring into the nose of the Premier jet in a precarious position from the get go on base. He looked like he was on a Westerly heading (90 degrees to runway), direct to the touchdown zone (not the numbers) then aircraft turned left in an attempt to line up to Rwy 18 from a westerly heading. Aircraft overshot right of center, attempted to realign over centerline, then over shot to the left of center, corrected and whole way in appeared to be making S-turns trying to capture centerline. Aircraft had high AOA and lots of banking correcting for centerline course . The whole time looked like he was "mushy" on the backside of the power curve. Then he appeared to have stalled the right wing, struck the right wing, then impacted the right main causing him to cartwheel to the right and slammed the whole belly of the aircraft on the ground breaking the structure in two pieces next to the engine inlet lips. Even if he did save the approach and landing, he would have touched further than half the length of the runway! All this time avoiding a J-3 Cub whom JUST took off and was either given a left heading or was told by tower last second to get out of the way! Not sure.... We never saw any attempt in a go around at any point. Never heard any power application. From myself and my dad, both airline pilots, we were very concerned from the time he was turning base to final. We both saw that he was kicking the rudder and slipping the aircraft in attempt to further get himself over the runway centerline after overshooting. SLIPPING A JET AT LOW SPEED, LOW ALTITUDE, WITH HIGH AOA! We were CERTAIN we were going to witness a black fire ball upon hearing the BAMM! Thank god we didnt. And thank god he didnt stall it on a westerly heading, would've taken me, my family and hundreds of lives. Lots of luck here and fortunate! Glad Pilot and passenger are in a condition to recover. Also, the engines were still running at idle for several minutes after impact. This fact along with the pilot's bloodied face, it seems the pilot hit his head on impact severely enough to cause him to pass out, hence no engine shutdown until possibly C.F.R. pulled Fire Handles" It sounds(from above account) like he was imbued with a determination to plant the wheels regardless of what maneuvering might be necessary. A heavy traffic pattern of mixed speed AC could have pressured him to avoid a go-around. Slipping a swept wing AC should be avoided. Especially low, with a high A of A and with a slow ability to respond to power.

Find something else to do or think about. If you're serious you could lose 150lbs and likely find a DZ.

Oh, clearly a challenge, but there's no reason he wouldn't have been operating within the specs of the aircraft. Airshows are a demonstration, not test piloting. High alpha flybys at airshows have been a staple for decades. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LtfljZqJmQ