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I'd say Free for the old farts.... I second that! Free booze for POPS members! This is going to be a great boogie.

That's fucking awesome. It pulls much harder at my heart strings than the new Mustangs. FWIW, I owned a 1968 Camaro Z-28 for about eight years that I constantly regret selling (for a loss of course). Did you know you can now purchase a "new" 1969 Camaro? Chevrolet just authorized the stampings of the unibody. You have always been able to purchase the rest of the outside body parts.

The old Royal Marines freefall team were the absolute standard when it came to very-large CRW stacks. I was told that the team was disbanded some time ago, but one of the UK military guys on here will have to pipe in and confirm that. The Falcons are the demonstration parachute team of the RAF.

Looks like Senor Epstein-Ramirez made the boogie again. I really like flying with Jay; he's a great pilot and has some fantastic stories. Chuck

That is an amazingly cavalier post! You standing there pounding your chest and proclaiming "never" is possibly the silliest thing I have read (or heard.) If you are a wreckless jumper (or pilot), then eventually you will be censured and/or have your ratings pulled. It's as simple as that. Unbelievable. Chuck

Ice without the bleached hair and the stupid slashed-up eyebrows. As that was the gayest choice you listed, Dan, that will have to be the obvious choice! Ice, Ice, Baby! Chuck

Don't do it.

Possibly the funniest thing I have seen at a boogie in the past ten years! It could have been MUCH worse; it looked like the girl was about to DIVE into the pond! What a hoot. Chuck

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Jason, you're killing me! Dublin, GA....3nd weekend in March.....be there.

Actually, the UK miltary have quite a few teams: Falcons, Red Devils, the old Royal Marine CRW guys, the four-way team Quicksilva, etc. I have had the pleasure of meeting and jumping with a great many of them over the years here in the states. Cheers, Chuck

The BoneHead BellVue is an awesome tool. I am not sure Chris even makes them anymore, but I have taken some killer video with them. Like the other guy who posted, I am totally down the "45 degree down and to the side" angle for wingsuiting. Chuck

XM. They had the best, non-commercial variety when we signed up. Katie has a permanent unit in her Jimmy and I have a Roady 2 that I move between our Harley Road Glide and our Dually. I LOVE satellite radio.

I can kind of see their point.....well, maybe not. In the USA, the Army team (Golden Knights) do in fact have a section (the Tandem Team) that practice freeflying quite reqularly. They even pay for world-class coaching every year when they are out in Arizona for annual training. Still, there is just not quite enough impetus from the "big" army to allow them to set up a freefly-specific team (or teams) to train for nationals and beyond. Same for canopy piloting. There are some very good freeflyers and canopy pilots on the Tandem Team (jumping crossbraced mains at work even), but it's not their "real" job. Ultimately, the military teams are recruiting tools. As there are quite a lot of freeflyers out there, I think it prudent to field a team at Nationals. I am not quite sure why the UK military would be any different, therefore I find it odd that they would have a problem with freefly instruction on their dropzones. The UK military has an entirely different setup when it comes to jumping. There is nothing at all here in the USA like Nethers or Weston. No place at all that is open every day specifically for military skydiving (and SL ops) that civilians can also jump at. I think you guys have it made in that regard. I was stoked to be able to make 8-pound skydives at Netheravon last time I was in the UK just because I was smart enough to bring my US military ID card with me on Holiday. That said, those places are technically military dropzones. If they are saying they don't want "outside" instructors teaching freeflying on those dropzones, then I guess that's that. Am I missing something? Chuck

Clearly, if this incident really happened at all, the DZO or S&TA is the person who actually did the grounding. Unless the BMI in question is dual-hatted in one of those other roles, they simply do not have any such authority. I would like to hear the other side of this story. A couple of you guys in here are coming off as entirely too sure of yourselves. Way too ready to point fingers at a program you clearly don't know much about. I teach wingsuiting.....a lot. I have been doing so since 2000. I take the responsibility of safely training my students very seriously and in doing such have brought several HUNDRED people into the air to join in our flocking action. It's fantastic fun and the rating goes along nicely with all the other ones I have (AFF, Tandem, SL). As to the "not able to help anyone in the air" comment: you have clearly never jumped with me or any other ultra-experienced wingsuit instructor (I have over 800 flights). I, and anyone I have tested for the BMI rating, can absolutely get to a student and give corrective hand and arm signals. I can also catch a guy flying off into "neverland" and guide him back to the DZ when he is flying aimlessly. I am sorry that your limited exposure to BMI's has been other than satisfactory, but that's no fault of mine. I am in it for fun. The more people I safely train, the more people I can have fun with. Chuck BMCI-4

I totally agree! I really miss the days when we ALL did CRW at the bottom of every skydive. Chuck

Wings W1-2, Velo 84, PD 106R, Cypres: 16.5 pounds Wings W1-2, Sabre2 97, PD 106R: 16.3 pounds 2K3 Racer Tandem, Firebolt 350, 400 reserve, Cypres 2: 38 pounds

My advice would be to read any of the other ten threads on the exact same subject that have been in this very forum in the past year. -be very fit -be very competent in freefall -don't throw the drogue for stability -be able to land a damn parachute -don't do more work in a day than your body or mind can handle -don't accept packjobs for anyone who has ever, ever packed a lineover on your DZ

It was Rob and one other guy in an indoor tunnel, faced off with right-hand grips. Can't for the life of me remember where.

Are you just figuring that out?

I am not sure it would possible for you to show up ANYWHERE incognito, Jeane.

"Maggots" by Gwar

The first year, I swooped my velo right over the t-hangars through the main vending/packing/cooking area and had to bust a left 90 out onto the ramp for fear of running into the main tent! It was nuts and I lived, but I got a bad heel spur in the process because I ran out the landing in my Tevas. The main landing area is very, very large. It's just across the ramp and before the runway. Chuck

You positively do not need to PAY for the coaching you need to be safe. You must simply ask the right, qualified people. Every dropzone has those people, but the few people out there that have chosen to hang a shingle and make money off the information are the ones that Parachutist seem to mention all the time. Don't believe for a second that you have to pay for that training. Chuck Blue

Hey, you freakin moron, don't you know it's COLD in Illinois? See you this evening, foo!