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max: did you go to WFFC? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Any "experienced jumper" worth their salt will jump from any aircraft that is air worthy regardless.....give me a break. With an attitude like that, they will drive the extra miles to jump at a place that doesnt set themselves up as snobs. Just my own .02 If I went to Vegas and all there is available is one Cessna within a 3 hour drive, I wouldn't take my rig with me; probably would have more fun at the roulette wheel and craps table than waiting to get to altitude. Course, it could save you some money... not blowing it at the casino so fast, and loads take so long at a 1-2 prop DZ I wouldn't be hosing so much money there, either. It's nice though that someone is willing to take advantage of the ban on experienced jumpers at and wants to try to build a business from that. We need more good DZs in the Southwest since there are so few and the distance between DZs is great. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

I'm from South Texas. I can't eat beef or chicken that doesn't resemble a hockey puck. Anything less than charred is RAW dammit, RAW! There ain't no medium-rare... that's for . Heheh most of the time I eat Mexican food though. I do love flautas, fajitas, barbacoa, tripas... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I cook pretty good fajitas, although I let someone else fix the tortillas. ¡quiero comida ahora! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

It has to be big if USPA went out of its way to communicate to CSPA and convince them to take the same action (terms of recip. agreement)... Sounds pretty bizarre! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Hmm... maybe we should all donate $100 towards them getting an Otter to put that tandem factory out of business. And then get all our drunken buddies to go with us to do their first tandems next time we go to Vegas. . Oh, and by the way, if you did 's AFF course, you'll need to pay $470 for a refresher jump course so you will be "O.K." to jump at this DZ, so you know what it's like to jump and land in an airspace that actually has real skydivers in it. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

No, I flew the approach and the approach legs in deep brakes. I didn't do the landing in deep brakes (well, not until my feet touched the ground). ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Hmm... maybe an armada of 2 seater ultralights. Launch a 10-way from 10 planes! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Sorry, WFFC dried me out. I do want to make another trip soon to DeLand or Xkeys this winter if the weather doesn't get too wacky. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Guy with 1,000s of jumps at my local DZ, Has been in the sport for eons... is seen running from manifest towards the plane with his rig in one hand as the Otter turns up the throttle. Makes the door and puts his seatbelt on sitting next to the door, throws the rig over his shoulder. The door, of course, is open for takeoff (it's hot outside!). About 400-500 feet or so he undoes the seatbelt and finishes putting on his rig then sits down, then says "whew! glad there wasn't any turbulence!" ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

No worries Jess, we've known all along that you're a dumbass. Damn... I can hear the catscreeching a mile away! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Is that a prison he was trying to avoid (look at the fence in the picture)? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Vaguely. Where you there during the condom gag? Or when I set fire to the DZO on accident at the bonfire? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Post whore. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

It was a CPC, like you find on most new rigs. Strange that happened to your wife. I wonder if the two incidents are related in any way? I haven't seen Shannon since that occurred (probably grounded until she gets replacement parts). I haven't seen any recalls on SunPath's website about this. I'm sure she'll let SunPath know about it. When I run into her again I'll post a follow-up on this thread. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Hmm... I don't fly a Raven anymore... wow that profile is old! I'm flying a SabreII now loaded at 1.1; and yes, when I flew in deep brakes I did it on the Raven most of the time. On no-wind days, I will generally fly in at 1/2 most of the time so I get a little "extra gas" when I need it. The stall point on my SabreII is about where my hip is, but I don't go down to that point below 1,500 feet AGL. On landings, I rarely need to get down to the stall point since I like to be surfing "on my tippie toes" on landing and it eats most of that energy and foward drive (just make sure there aren't any rocks or other things to trip on). ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

IIIIII WANNA ROCK 'N ROLL ALLL NIGHT.... AND PAHTEE EVER-EEE OH-SHIT!!! Whew! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Kay. Anyone going to the convention with the sole expection of just jumping the jet... well... there's always bowling. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

It's really important to know how that bridle should be routed on your rig. It's especially important on the Racers and similar rigs with the tabs that can "lock" your bridle in place and might cause a PCIT mal. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Canada has a military. It gives militant Quebecois something to do when they aren't stirring up furvent nationalism. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Bleh. I was 235lbs in my yearbook pictures. I'd like to think I was 160lbs the whole time, thanks. Ain't nuthin like the "canopy-control" diet! Lose weight to get that wing loading down! Then, get some more speed by chowing down some burritos. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

[/ears perk up] ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

omg... It's the thread That will NOT DIE. What was that movie? Oh yeah, "The Neverending Story"..... la la la la la la...... ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Is that you crying? I thought I heard the WHAAAAAAAMBULANCE! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

Did PCS for two years. Dumped it after the avg. hold time for reaching a CSR dramatically rose to 20 minutes. PCS recently canned 3,000 CSRs a few months back, so "customer care" is somewhat slim. Their online site improved somewhat so you don't need to call them as often, except for things like broken phones and the like... then it's a nightmare trying to get a hold of someone. I gave up waiting on hold for Sprint to replace a phone last year and switched to Nextel. Managed to get really great reception at the DZ now, to boot. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.

There are no guarantees in this sport. People who can't accept that shouldn't skydive. There are very good reasons for the legal language used in owner's manuals and RWS' tandem user agreement - those reasons are spelled l-a-w-y-e-r-s. If someone chooses to use any skydiving equipment, they do so of their own free will and it is assumed that they know they are accepting ALL risks involved - even the risks of their equipment failing because of a manufacturing defect. What I find laughable (or scary, depending on my attitude at the moment) about this whole thread is that no one seems to mind signing a waiver (or, in the case of the person who started the thread, requiring customers and students to sign waivers) that effectively means you or your heirs can't sue the dz if the dz's airplane crashes (i.e. covering the dzo's ass). It's okay for the dz to cover their ass, but apparently it's not okay for an equipment manufacturer to do the same thing... I think what Judy's intent is Lisa is the possibility of a manufacturer that is purposely and knowingly manufacturing crap. I have the expectation when I drive a car that I might crash, or someone might crash into me. I also have a reasonable expectation that a plane could crash if I board it. A manufacturer that won't return a drogue that explodes the first time you use it because of stressed fabric/what-not... that's a different ball game. Again, the waiver is for resulting death and injury from shoddy workmanship, doesn't say anything about returns unless you refuse to jump it after your rigger takes it out of the box and looks at it on initial inspection. In the very, very, VERY unlikely event you are stuck with equipment that you wouldn't use because it's malfunctioning and the manufacturer won't do anything about it, cut your losses and destroy it; then don't buy anything from them ever again. Problem solved. This stuff really is a non-issue, and I'm sure after careful study Judy will happily reach an amicable conclusion. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.