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ok fess up who were the 2 belly fliers with eggs on their helmets??
indyz replied to Zenister's topic in The Bonfire
I saw that too. For about 5 seconds I though I had a foolproof way to get on TV, then they showed that clip. -
They're saying, basically, that once you have their high-speed Internet access you won't be able to wait for anything anymore.
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Help me find that website that ranked high risk activities vs. fatalities?
indyz replied to lewmonst's topic in The Bonfire
I hear this statistic cited all of the time, but I've never heard anybody source the data or explain how it was normalized. Until I do, I just can't believe it. Then again, I've never really had a close call skydiving, but I've been in two accidents (one serious) on the way to or from the dropzone. Any insight from the peanut gallery? -
From the irony department, the camera crew that got all of the video was there doing a story about safety in clubs after the tragedy in Chicago.
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Here? (warning, lots of images, not safe for slow connections)
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The 28% that I've managed to download since my first post on this thread is excellent.
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Grrr. I'm taking a Wednesday night class this semester. Including driving time, it goes from 6:00-10:00 Central time. There goes all of my Pub nights for a couple of months.
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Downloading at 3.4K/sec. It'll be done when I wake up tommorrow.
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I got in a nasty car accident on the way home from Sky Knights last summer. Because of the seriousness of the accident, the cops were going to make me go to the station and take a BAC test, but once they found out I had been skydiving, I didn't have to.
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The jumpship should not have dropped jumpers if it knew that another plane was below, regardless of whether the pilot announced jumpers away on the radio or not. It is plausible that the pilot of the private aircraft wasn't listening to Unicom, it's plausible that the jump pilot didn't announce jumpers (which is illegal), and it's plausible that the pilot of the private aircraft was being an asshole and flying below freefalling jumpers on purpose. Take your pick.
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That there is Pilotwings for Super Nintendo. Finally beat it using an emulator a while back. Edit: misspelled title of game
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I'm kinda sorta considering building an ultralight. So far, everybody I have talked to thinks that it is fairly safe, as long as the prospective pilot gets qualified flght instruction and flies a tried and tested aircraft. Many of the deaths in ultralights happened to people who, for some reason on another, thought that they could teach themselves to fly. Just because you don't have to have a license doesn't mean that you can safely teach yourself to fly.
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At least two lawsuits have already been filed. One wrongful death, and one unspecified from a survivor. Both against the club.
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Most (all?) of them are active duty soldiers and could be in combat next week if they were needed.
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Nope. You can go through the design programs on kurupee.com, all the way up to where it asks for credit card info, and it will show you the price. I think you need to contact them by email for patterned fabrics and custom stuff.
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From Channel 5 news (Chicago NBC affiliate).
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The normal designs with standard colors are $160 including shipping to the US.
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Problem is, if you scale it up, or even just add a bigger fuel tank, the aircraft won't meet Part 103 requirements anymore. Which is to say it won't qualify as an ultralight. So then the FAA would have to get involved, and I would have to get a pilot's license, and get the gyro certified as an experimental aircraft, and other expensive things.
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Drifting dangerously off topic here, but... The plans are available on the site I linked to. Some of the parts are premade (rotors, engine), others need to be professionally machined, and a lot of it is aircraft aluminum stock, most which I can work with in my garage. Estimated price: $4000-$6000. I figure once I commit, I can do it piecemeal over a year or 18 months.
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The best reality show has been on the air for something like 14 years now. Doesn't come any better than Cops. Today's "reality" shows are nothing more than extremely elaborate game shows.
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Now that you mention it, I'm considering building a gyro.
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Grab a creeper, trace it onto cardboard. Cut the cardboard into a pattern. Use the pattern and a bandsaw to cut creeper shapes out of plywood. Screw on some casters from Home Depot (medium-duty wheeled swivel plate casters look like a reasonable choice, but your mileage may vary). Staple on some sort of padding or covering type material. Voila, instant cheap creepers.
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My lawn is brown, with a few patches of mostly melted snow near the ditch. This is sorta unusual for Illinois is February.
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What is your favorite cartoon from when you were very little
indyz replied to Squeak's topic in The Bonfire
G.I. Joe, Thundercats, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Scooby Doo, Mighty Mouse. -
I don't remember. Funniest one was 'Sleeping Booty.'