DougH

Fake breasts and other plastic surgery. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Sounds like a great idea on a cool spring day, with a nice running engine. What about with two (fat) tandem pairs, one fun jumper that needs to lay off the beer truck when he travels to boogies, a hot august day, and a newly blown cylinder on the engine just after take off? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

An all around suit does everything all around mediocre. You will be much better suited buying a jump suit for free flying, and another for RW. You will spend less money in the long run too. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I don't think most could either, even under calm static conditions. Then you can add in: -You may be in a slumped over them, or you both may be turned on your side. -Side or straddle benches may have collapsed or shifted resulting in harder access -There may be wreckage or other passengers blocking access to both connectors -There may be fire or smoke -There may be water rushing in to the airplane -There may be other panicked passengers trying to get over or past them -They may be panicked I can think of a number of reasons, beyond the fact that the seat belts aren't rated for two people, why I wouldn't want to count on myself or my student being able to get to the side connectors! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

If I had to go in some strange way I wouldn't mind getting sucked up by one of those awesome machines. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Hey Piney's are a special bread of their own. Be nice to them, there are lots of fire roads in the Pine Barrens to hide abductees! ;) I spent lots of my younger years driving my truck around on those fire roads, met some interesting Piney's! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Right now, the "ordinary" 10. But my local poison merchant has another one (though not that one) that he gave me a taste of the other day and it was wonderful. Maybe Ardbeg Uigeadail? That one is also amazing. Check this website out: http://www.masterofmalt.com/distilleries/ardbeg-whisky-distillery/?agegate=true&gclid=CJelwaffirwCFY9lOgod_koADA I would never buy from there, $$$, but I enjoy reading about the different whiskys and whiskeys. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

NSA? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Which Ardbeg. I got a bottle of the Corryvreckan Ardbeg bottling. It is a monster! Love it! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Amazing! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

They sell that shit in packet form! Shhhhaaaaaawing! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Would you wear manpris outside of the DZ enviroment without needing a fru fru drink with an umbrella in it, and a emergency stash of Astro Glide? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I like the tres generaciones, yum! Tequila is one part of my collection, funny it turns over to fast to be a collection, that I haven't flushed out with more variety. Nicest I have is some Don Julio and some Tres Generaciones, but I know there is some much higher end stuff out there. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I drink it in moderation, and am often the good friend who brings a nice bottle for tastes, so I go through it quick enough without being a liver killing alchy. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

These are great! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Swoop pants on men. You look like a bunch of women wearing capris, and they don't protect the sides of your shins from road rash if you slide out a fast landing. Wear shorts or wear pants! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I like a few poisons, but Scotch Whisky is my year round. I usually have a decent selection of single malts that I rotate through as I drink them. Right now I am loving my Laphroig 10 year & Laphroig quarter cask. Macallan's 12 is always on hand, some Oban, and a handful of others. As it warms up I will work in some nice tequila, and some good gin for gin and tonics. Old Raj Gin from Cadenhead is the bomb, if you can find it. Mmmmmmm good booze. Life is too short for crappy booze, I will cut down on the food budget and ear ramen if it means I can get a nice bottle. Luckily I don't have to at the moment. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

A TI that I jump with decided to put some of those chemical warmers near the back of his jumpsuit to add a little more warmth. What he didn't consider is that all of the extra airflow from freefall would heat the packs beyond their normal temp, and this combined with trapping heat between the container and his back, would lead to pretty nasty burns! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Who cares if she is a regular repeat tandem queen. If repeat tandem students can't be convinced to progress I would still like them showing up, it fattens my paycheck in the summer, and they are a breeze to jump with. The more frequent the better! A tandem queen is still 10x cooler than your typical JohnQPublic whose idea of experiencing life is an extra dose of network reality TV. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

That is nice. I wasn't trying to be self righteous. Maybe we can all agree that there is a pretty wide spectrum of the type of training that students can receive. On one side you can take your student, harness them up, and take them on the jump without teaching them a single thing about skydiving, or the jump. They get rush, but they didn't invest a single thing in their jump other than the cash and their time. On the other side you can put them through an abbreviated ground school, give them learning objectives, have them pull, have them fly the canopy all the way to the ground. In between there is a whole bunch of variety depending on how much effort the instructor wants to invest, and what the working conditions will allow. To me being a student means you learn something. I try to explain, show, and practice body flight with my students. I explain how canopy flight works, why, and I have them participate. I show them the gear. I talk to them about progressing in the sport, and all the different things you can do in skydiving. You want to say they aren't students because I don't have them all pull all I can say is don't really give a shit! I am happy with the way I interact and train my students. They enjoy their jump, and the leave the drop zone with more knowledge about skydiving than then showed up with. I am going to stick with my opinion that they are students because I have an objective as an instructor to teach them something about skydiving. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I think we will be all happy to answer questions. You may get a few folks on here asking for a mention on the foreword, or maybe some consulting fees. In addition to asking your questions why don't you give us some context. What is the context of the skydiving scene? What do you expect to accomplish with it? Is the character development, or does it move the plot along? I'm kind of curious how it is going to be used in the book. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

And because they want to be treated as such. I don't really care if they have a preconceived notion that they want to be treated as passengers on an amusement park ride. To begin with they only want that because a majority of them don't understand that it can be instructional and interactive, and that they play a key role in the outcome of the jump. All of my students get a full training, including getting on a creeper, unless I am turning a back to back and have to get what ever training they received from someone else. The only area I pull back off a little is having first time jump students pull, mainly because I have found that they can get really fixated on it, to the point of not focusing on the overall experience. With a 182 the free fall time isn't copious, and I have had first jump students bury their face in their altimeter the entire free fall instead of taking it all in. They all fly the canopy for most of the jump. Why wouldn't you, hello easier job! Work smarter not harder? And all of it takes very little effort on the ground, and frankly I like my training shtick it is a little performance that I get to do. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Dude, seriously? You have a grand total of 280 jumps at a blistering 70 jumps a year. So I don't know how heavy you are out the door, but jumping a 210 at a new strange drop zone, that is above sea level, and in the desert isn't the worst thing in the world. I am an instructor, I jump my own gear when not chucking drogues that is way smaller and more enjoyable than rental gear, but I have grabbed a rig off the student rack plenty of times to make a final sunset jump, or fill a load quickly. They are still fun jumps, and I actually don't mind jumping a bigger canopy here and there. I want to jump, it gets me in the air! Your choice to miss out on jumping someplace new, but I think you might want to evaluate your priorities a bit. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I got a crazy idea. Call the person. You are a jumper, you can sniff out a non jumper. I don't beat around the bush on gear. Hey I think it is pretty cheap, I was worried it might be stolen. I also ask about their jumping. When you get someone who starts talking about how they love high HALO water jumps, you get a pretty good indication that they are full of shit! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Price is a flag. A new SMART isn't cheap, and one with no rides should hold value well. The container looks a little ragged out, and I don't know jack shit about the main, but again too cheap for something with under 100 jumps, unless it is an old design. Doesn't really pass the the sniff test. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P