divnswoop

I'll PM you....

Yeah, If it were up to me I'd try to leave the police out of it. Now if I found out that a very experienced person sold him the canopy and KNEW that this person wasn't anywhere ready for it.....well, he needs to be tried by his peers.(us skydivers) AND punished accordingly!

Unfortunely, this happens ALL the time. We had a guy at the dz this weekend who already got his hands on something he should have had 400 jumps to jump.....he only had 40 though http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1519684#1519684

Really?........well, do stupid stuff.........stupid stuff happens. It's all in the odds. If you jump this way, odds are in your favor you will live. Jump this way( 6 seconds off of 600) odds are you won't. I think Alex was lucky. I hope he fully recovers and can walk again.

Well, I found out that the jumper was banned from the DZ that was on his shirt. (The Farm) Still haven't found out anything about the people who sold him the gear. I "hope" that this guy was just slick enough to pull the wool over the sellers eyes, and it's not the case of the seller trying to make the $$.

Well then can I meet your................I won't go there

What did you give up on me alana??? Yeah, I remember all those "before I'm 30 goals" I had.....guess what, none of them came true...and I'm HAPPY AS HELL THEY DIDN'T!!!!! I wouldn't give up the past 5 years for anything!

Yeah, you just have to be discreet about the locations...like this post! http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1496553#1496553

Thank you! hence my post and this, ***I'm posting this because in this day of Ebay and other outlets that unqualified people can get their hands on this gear, DZ's have to be more aware and vigilant when it comes to new people visiting your DZ. Just because someone talks like their experienced, doesn't mean they are. This guy had me fooled as to how many jumps he truly had. But I realize that until I can verify the guys story, it may have just been a line that the guy was using to get in the air.***

missg8tordivr.......you reading? Tequilla BAD!!!

So this middle-aged man shows up the the drop-zone this weekend. He's wearing a shirt from a larger dz in the south and talks about being on a demo team/drops some well known names. He seems fairly knowledgeable about jumping and has a pretty small rig.(like an old Jav tjn) The main is a Diablo 135 without an rsl. He was pretty happy with the rig and said a person(with 5000 jumps) sold it to him for only $900. After a little investigating, it turns out that he ONLY HAD 40 JUMPS and didn't have a license! With his waiver weight said to be 185 that means he's at least 205 out the door with a 1.5 wingloading!!!! I can't believe that somebody actually sold this to him. It's sad that some very experienced jumper either just wanted the $$ or didn't care that he was more or less assisting suicide. Even if you not an instructor or work with students, the seller should realize how stupid this was. I found out the jumper who sold him the gear and the person who said he would be alright jumping it. I REALLY wanted to post their names here so everybody could know. But I realize that until I can verify the guys story, it may have just been a line that the guy was using to get in the air. I'm posting this because in this day of Ebay and other outlets that unqualified people can get their hands on this gear, DZ's have to be more aware and vigilant when it comes to new people visiting your DZ. Just because someone talks like their experienced, doesn't mean they are. This guy had me fooled as to how many jumps he truly had. I know that ANY canopy that is mis-flown can result in a fatality, but this person on a semi-elliptical with a 1.5 wingloading @ 40 jumps...is speeding in the passing lane to an accident/death. If this jumpers story turns out to be true...I will be writing a little more about this........

Well, the best way to avoid a accident landing a parachute in a tight area is..........not to deploy it in time. Anyway, I hope Alex gets through it alright. I know he has had his fair share of plaster on before. Sad, but not surprising news.

Well..........looks like it's the second unfortunately. Alex had a little run in with the ground recently.... I heard that he broke most everything from the waist down. Sounded like a "low" deployment.

(pshhhht)Negative Ghostrider...........(pshhhht) Green bottle in the freezer over here!!

So do I, but his "world" seems to find it's way close to mine. You know there will be no muppet drumers here this weekend!! There will be a FIRE!!! FIRE!!! (bring lots of newspaper)

What...are you the "Count" now?? That and you skydive with gonzo on the weekends? (see the staff pg)

I know they have 2-3 computers set up to access the internet....I don't think they have Wi-Fi though.... They were charging a couple bucks to use the computers.

Do we HAVE to go to 15,000 EVERYTIME?! It wouldn't be so bad if the otter didn't take 12 min to get there!! And now we have a group of 20 coming out to camp and party for somebody's 21st?(rumor is that it's a sorority coming) Well, I guess I have no-where else to go..... Jeff and I was in the forest gathering wood for the Zoomie Master wantabees.......

Drrrr...nobody parties in crosskeys!!!

Yeah, when the mind starts to catch up with your actions and makes the connection between what your doing and a previous bad experience, if your not in control of the motor vehicle....it's time to pull some handles! That night my "bitch in the box" was going off! Whoop Whoop[female voice] stupidity nearby Whoop Whoop stupidity nearby[/female voice] ATC(in my head) was giving me vector coordinates to save my ass! I also heard,"MAYDAY, MAYDAY maverick is in a flat spin heading to sea...Goose I can't reach the handles, you have to punch us out..EJECT..open canopy....EJECT EJECT!!! ....I must watch what I allow stacy to operate!!

Uh...those weren't chickens......they were LIfE SAVING DEVICES...thank you! IT was Nate's ideal....you know how he thinks!

Uhhh...I'm at the computer.......now

.....having a 5200" runway AND 3 3000" runways ALL TO MYSELF!!!! Especially at night!!! I'm sure Glad they replaced ALL the taxi/runway lights last year!! ...nothing like your own private race-track!

For faster service hit up my PayPal. Safetynate@hotmail.com My # is 330-714-0530 Uhhh....................?????

oh really swoop? Yeah!!! THat previous post said," Alana I'll give you ALL the profile YOU want!!!!!! But then I was sober and deleted it.....not like now!