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  1. Does anyone know when/where I can get water training in GA???? kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  2. After a myriad of different jobs from Marketing Direstcors slave for a a rug iomporter to, Production. sup for a toolmaker to Strip club DJ I finally found a niche. I always loved building things and knew a good bit about it. I worked in different aspects of home construction for the past 5 years. I had always done small jobs here and there and had the carpentry in my blood. Now I work for a Premeire home builder, bringing people's dream houses to life. It's great I am a superinttndent with full control over every aspect of construction. I still like to get my hands dirty on occasion so I take on different small parts of each home for myself. No 2 days are ever alike I can be outsidse or in. I drive tons one day and none the next. I spend alot of time on the phone, but equal time meeting face to face w/ homeowners, contractors and vendors. The best part when it's all said and done I have something significant to show for my work. My resume is physical, homes awarded by historical societies, envied by neighbors and copied by many. The pay well it's ok not great probably doing about the same or a lil better than my buddies who went to college w/o the loans to pay back. Would I ever "cut-away"? Hell yes, I am very happy doing what I do, but never satisfied either. I can always be more happy. I take what I want from this job and move on. Iwatched my father fall at a relatively young age doing the corporate shuffle and swore I would never do that. He had a great job and provided well, but I don't thing man was happy a day that I knew him. As for giving my life story I apologize, but thta's how I am. I don't give advice I just share MY experiences and hope that perhaps others can relate them to their own situation. I wish you luck and hope you find the answers you need. Kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  3. Ducky

    Home DZ

    ASC (atlanta skydiving center) Otter, Caravan,C-205 kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  4. note to self do not open the Duck's photos Well you guys heard it, no more boobie pictures from me ever never ever not never no way kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  5. Umm yep that pretty much sums it up for me. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  6. Thanx guys... I emailed the seller with the rigger to rigger suggestion and am awaiting a response. I am also considering the "escrow" method as a possibility. man I hope this works out . Hey Clay once I Finally get my own damn gear I'll have to stumble down to SDA to see ya. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  7. Hey, I think I amy have FINALLY found a good used rig in the classifieds. Just curious how cautious I should be about the sending money for the rig/receiving rig etc. What is the protocol for gear purchases from online skydiving classifieds??? Urgent replies are VERY appreciated. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  8. I think we are missing the point here folks... I agree why not add a spot for wingloading in the BIO if ya don't wanna ya don't gotta... wingloading here soon to 1.06/1 kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  9. Quotewing loading of 1:1 on a 210 is not at all like a wing loading of 1:1 on a 120. reply] kind of what I was getting at by saying the math indicates my wingloading (1.2) on a 135 would not be too bad, BUT it's a 135 were talking about not a 150+ @ 1.2. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  10. After many a "drop ins" on a skateboard ramp as a kid I have the proof I need. With alow budget and safety as a FIRST priority it's the only way to go. You can get some pretty nice looking skateboard helmets from the local skateshop. Definately not the typical pro-tec you have in mind. Do yourself a favor and don't be suckered into paying skydiver prices for a protec or similar. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  11. Interesting I am hoping to do the same on Wednesday it will also be my first flag jump. I know a jumper at the DZ who has done it, made an awesome pic considering he is a Brazilian national who has only been here for about a year jumping with the Stars n Stripes. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  12. I could only hope my sky-birthday would be as nice! I'll be celebrating with jumps on Wednesday! kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  13. Cuz i like it that way... My face that is! kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  14. WooHoo!!! It's my birthday it's my birthday!! One year ago today (12 days after my 26th) birthday I was born. Ahh yes that great day I first took to jumpin outta dem planes!!! So yes my driver's license says I turned 27 last week If ya ask me I'm just a baby; a young lass of ONE BUT I have only celebrated the other B-day so far and as always I have boobie errrrr party pics. A lil background.... Ahh a nice day on my boat w/ friends. I'm wakeboarding behind the boat when the only guy I trist to drive it dumps me intentionally. He was buying time to set up the delivery of my "special b-day cake" I climb aboard to find a tasty treat. See photo's to follow... kwak kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  15. I might see Steve O this week I'll ask him about it. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  16. Jess, I have about 10 lbs on you (130lb) so we are in simialr positions. I have flown anywhere from an Omega 210 to a Monarch and a Sabre 150 with lots in bewteen and I have 58 jumps. My canopy skills are perhaps average if not a little above according to the Instructors who know me. The only canopy I have any bulk of time under was a Safire 169 (25+jumps). I think changing canopies alot has made me perhaps a little more conservative, but also helped me to learn to feel out a canopy up high. I have stood up my last 43 landings (knock on wood) but will confess some were not exactly on target. I am in the process of buying gear now and and am looking to buy a 150 probably a Hornet. In actaulity I would not be loading a 135 too terribly heavy, but think that's just a little small for me. The 150's I have jumped were plenty fun and fast, but still within my abilitiy. 20 jumps ago I may have been satisfied with a 170, but after much careful thought and trying smaller I know i would be unhappy with it quickly. I think a 150 will suit me for MANY jumps to come. As I am sure other peeps will tell you demo whatever it is you are thinking of buying first. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  17. and YES I do eat alot as a matter of fact. The large quantity of beer i consume doesn't seem to help either. But heck at least I'll never have to worry bout buying to slots err airline tix kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  18. and the SAINTS go marching In.... kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  19. I am in the exact same boat here as I stand 5'10" at a whopping 130 lbs and have finally just about decided to break down and buy a new Wings also. Getting back to the original question though parapac vs. cordura... So Cordura is tougher, but Parapac offers more color options?? kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  20. MY first ever visit to a DZ was for my AFF FJC which started at 8am. When inside to a classroom with now windows and had class. On break there was no one landing. So when lunch comes around I'm getting in the truck with my buddy when we notice open canopies above. We stop to watch and of course the first guy down is a camera flying swoop god. Well after the 2 previous hours of hearing about the dangers low turns and fast approaches blah blah i was freaked out. I look up to see a guy hookin it at tree top level layed out comin in fast. W/o hesitation I yell almost scream "FLARE!!!!!!" (mind you he is at about 100') and then when he doesn't--- "oh fuck he's gonna die!!!!!!!!!!" I was much releived to see the "normal guys" land after this "nutcase". btw about ole Jack "hammer" Yes he is one cool cat my AFF instructor almost all the way through and mentor for sometime afterwards. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  21. OK, Just insert WOman anywhere she siad man and it's a ditto for me. Spent the past year hanging with a "friend" always letting it be known it was not and was NEVER gonna be more. So now I'm the ass for finally ending it. WE were good friends with great benefits, but she felt alot more. I knew I was wasting time and not being "eligible" for when something else came along. Shitty part is here I go full on single into the winter. It's tough to meet women in winetr from my expereince. Oh well I guesss I'll save $$$ on gifts n such over the holidays! kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  22. Umm why complicate things with trying to draw symbols with headlights?? Just get several (no particualr # just enough) cars and poin there head lights INTO the wind. Park the cars at the near end of the landing area so canopies can fly over and land in front of them. Important not to point headligts downwind as to blind landindin canopy pilots! kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  23. Ducky

    CASA questions

    The Finger!!!!!!!! That's my favorite exit on a CASA fun jump. A few long steps through a knee up and flip over backwards on your head as ya give the Bird to the camera man following you. I am immortalized in at least 4 tandem videos from our last CASA boogie A good loader will be very helpful as the CSS pilots like to land load n go. Watch for overloading, it's easy to miss count heads when there are 30+ in various seating positions and locations. BTW where is the Boogie?? Wouldn't by any chance by Skydive Monroe would it? kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  24. There are mixed opinions on the subject of instructor selection. It was told me by what i think to be a wise man in my FJC to NOT request specific instructors for my AFF jumps. Rather go with the flow as being with different JMs would actually expose me to a greater spectrum of knowledge. I fully beleive he was correct in his advice. I mean sure if you have the bestt AFF-I around try n keep em, but as a student how do you know? I think its kinda like the Presidnet having a "cabinet" of advisors instead of just one right hand man. I can't speak for everyone, ut the DZ where I trained instructors very commonly ask other intsructors about students previous jumps etc. Then again i am a LOW time jumper, but I feel i have at least something to say as having been through the training process recently. Kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????
  25. Ducky

    Aviationisms

    When one engine fails on a twin engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash. Blue water Navy truism; There are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky. Never trade luck for skill. The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and " Oh Shit!" Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers. Progress in airline flying; Now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant. Airspeed, altitude or brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight. A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication. I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous. Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there! If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe. Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries. Navy carrier pilots to Air Force pilots: Flaring is like squatting to pee. Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding it or doing anything about it. When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten. Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day. Advice given to RAF pilots during W.W.II. When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible. The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. (Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot) A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum. (Jon McBride, astronaut) If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. (Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic pilot) If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the bastard down. (Ernest K. Gann, author & aviator) Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena, Japan). You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot) Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you. There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime (sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970). The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time. (Author unknown, but someone who's been there) "Now I know what a dog feels like watching TV." (A DC-9 captain trainee attempting to check out on the 'glass cockpit' of an A-320). What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies. Without ammunition the USAF would be just another expensive flying club. If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to. Basic Flying Rules 1. Try to stay in the middle of the air. 2. Do not go near the edges of it. 3. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there. You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal. kwak Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????