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    no connection possible.
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    You have shaken Don's hand? Amazing. Don is a pretty cool fellow. I didn't give him a hat, though.
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    It's called "Marissa getting her boob grabbed by some clowns who quit skydiving".
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    And that makes sense to me as well. Just put one of those small rings on a stow bar right at the top of the three-point.
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    That's too bad. One guy you need to force out to the DZ at Perris is Chris Frisella (from BoneHead) I GAVE the boy my old GTi three years ago. He tried to give it back to me at this past PIA symposium but I told him NO. That he needed to actually jump the damn thing. Chuck
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    Post your DLPT results when you get them. Yes, Fort Gordon is in Augusta, GA. If you can't find any good places to drink on your own, just shoot me a PM. My wife and I lived there for six months when she was in the signal officer advanced course. Chuck
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    HAHA! Not me! High-gear smokey burnouts get the best of my tires everytime. Expensive, but terribly entertaining.
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    Then perhaps the answer is to attach them to the backside of the slink or where the three-point is sewn.
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    I was sitting in Henri's office about a week ago talking about TSO testing and he showed me the book for the 23-D tests on the Wings. They did exactly 99 tests.
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    Well, I pull outwards on my rears and I flare outwards after I transition, so I am going to put the rings on the outboard sides of the slinks. There ought not be much, if any rubbing. Yes, I run Joe's slider. Chuck
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    Naaa. Just all the usual post whores are boring the hell out of me. If it weren't for me, J would still be the shy guy standing alone on the edge of the fire at his first boogie. I take full responsibility for creating "THE Jello J" . Look at him now! He's definitely the life of any party. I am such a proud papa! Chuck
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    I run milled stainless steel rings with my removable slider, so I seriously doubt it could hurt them. What I CAN see as a potential problem (depending on where you locate the ring) is wear on the Slink from control line friction (particularly with HMA). I am going to setup both of my new rigs with some variety of this system next week when I get home. Chuck
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    I can't imagine how that would be possible since Sunrise was created in 1998 when Henri, who designed the Javelin, left the company and started building Wings. That's when Mike Fury sold the company (which built Javelins) to Derek and Pat Thomas. My first Javelin was built by Mike Fury's company in 1991. That's all besides the point though. I have never seen a Wings have a "slow reserve deployment." We used their student rigs almost exclusively at the GB Parachute Club and there are a TON of us at Z-hills (Raeford too) who jump them. We use them as student and rentals at Z-hills as well. They are great rigs. Chuck
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    Uh, the owner/designer of the Wings H/C designed the Javelin (among other things).
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    My dad had over 1000 jumps and owned two Cessnas when I was born. I am a "Cessna child".
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    Do you smell like pot all the time? Do you look like a fucking dirtbag? Do you make more than the instructors at your dropzone, yet live in a leaky trailer with four other stinky motherfuckers, none of which own a car? Do you only know one way to pack a parachute? Have you packed more than one tandem malfunction? Dude, you are in the service industry. Get used to the fact that you are unlikely to ever get "respect" for the job you choose to do. Chuck PS: the sticker they give out at Nylon City at Z-hills says "have you kicked your packer today". It's very clever. They are a good group of guys and they make alot of money off of me. If they were not there I would gladly go back to packing for myself, like I did everytime for my first 25 years in the sport.
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    Hey Eric, ask the crazy russian if he intended to leave his motocross helmet in my teamroom (in Z-hills) a gift. I can't figure out anyone except him who might have left it at the holiday boogie. They brought his motorcycle down on the CASA with them. Anyway, the helmet is safe and sound at Z-hills and he can fetch it anytime he wants. It's too big for me or I would have just kept it and not said anything about it! Peace, Chuckie
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    I bet you PRO pack yours, don't you? I never have that problem flat packing. Chuck
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    Do your ears ring all the time even though you are deaf, Billy? I have permanent tinnitus (sic?) in my left ear and it bugs the shit out of me.
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    I am sure there is someplace closer, but if you want to go all the way across the country you can jump all you want as a 16 year old at Raeford Parachute Center in NC.
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    If you use straddle benches in yours, like they do in Raeford, and are sitting up front close to the pilot, then your feet will generally be forward of that bump in the floor. Your tandem passenger's, though, will generally be aft of it. As a TM it's just sometimes a pain in the ass to slide past it after you are hooked up tight. Chuck
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    That's funny! I still have three of my old Green Beret Parachute Team shirts, too. I amost even wore one of them up here to VA on this trip. If I had, I would have been bopsy twins with Greg "Big Country" Taylor; he was wearing his yesterday when he showed up for the contract. Chuck
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    Jerry Bird still looks a bit "hippyish", but he routinely walks around in khaki shorts and polo shirts these days.
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    I totally agree. We have had to reuse ours like four times on our dog, Billy Bob, over the past few years. He would nibble himself raw from skin dryness or other reasons and the collar always allowed him to heal properly and let the medication do it's job without being licked off. We have never had to use one on our cat.
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    I jump 22's and don't have any problem reaching to full arm extension with the toggles over my hands. I am trying to visualize the potential benefit and can't really see any, but since it's so simple to rig, I might as well see for myself.