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My son was delivered by c section, lot's of blood and goo, pretty cool though. Got lotsa great pics. No, I aint gonna post em. jump nice John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

I saw that interview too. During the entire thing, he never once said that he was wrong, or that he was sorry. He kept saying that he was being treated unfairly and that everyone should just "move on", or some other such drivel. This guy is sick! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

Are there going to be any Navy jet pilots there? I just love boogies with Navy jet pilots. If there are Navy jet pilots there, how will I know? John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

You guys are stopping by for the Hog Flop, aren't you? xxxx John John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

***The Canopies with the flag bags, are those Flight Concepts? They are PD 7 cells John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

There will be a memorial service for Sam Bussey at Skydive Palatka on Sat, Sep 25th at 11 A:M. Please bring a lawn chair. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

Our team had a demo yesterday here in Jacksonville Fl at the opening game of our local NFL team. There were three jumpers, two solos, and one jumper tandeming in the team mascot. All the ground crew was in place (six people) and the jumpers were at the airport. About 45 minutes before go time the winds were observed to be 15 gusting to about 25 to 30. The demo was promptly cancelled. The customer was disappointed but I believe that he was impressed with the professionalism displayed and asked us back to the next home game. Bottom line is: nobody hurt, nobody dead, nobody landed off target or in the stands. GO TEAM!!! (The Art of Skydiving) John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

***My guess is you don't have as many safe outs as some other DZ's. I've read nothing to indicate this guy picked a dangerous place to land. [/Quote It is not that hard to understand, anywhere off of the airport is more dangerous than the DZ simply because that is where everyone expects you to land and that is where everyone that could help you is. This is very basic stuff taught to every TM and should be common sense if it is not. Think about it. Jump safe John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

[***he followed a tandem with a malfunction, landing off the airport in an open field. he professionally calmed down HIS tandem student and searched for the other tandem (the one with the mal). if not for Jason, the search vehicles would've had a MUCH harder time finding the tandem. i think it's heroic that he landed close to the tandem w/ the mal -- while on his own tandem -- to make sure that they were alright & to signal help. You think it's heroic, I think it's irresponsible. It is never alright to intentionly land off of the airport with a tandem You, as an instructor have an obligation to the student that YOU are carrying. Explaining the situation to the student or asking him if it is ok doesn't make it right, the student has no idea what chances you are taking with him on a skydive that HE is paying for. What would have happened if they all had been hurt, then everyone would be searching for four people for eons. The right thing to do would have been to keep an eye on where they were going and then tell someone once they landed. Talk to this Jason person about it now, I'm sure that now that he has had time to think about it, he will realize what a ill advised manuever it was. At least I hope so. Jump safe John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

***What did he do that's so heroic? First of all, I'm glad everyone's ok. Now the real message; Intentionally landing a tandem off of the DZ is not a smart, or heroic thing to do. As a matter of fact, I will go so far as to say it is very irresponsible to add even the smallest bit of extra danger to a tandem when it is not nescessary. This reminds me of a post a while back where someone talked about what a wonderful jumper and freind this certain tandem master was because he swooped someones cutaway main(with a tandem passenger) and saved it from landing in the lake, in light of recent events, I don't think I need to point out the inherent stupidity in that move. Tandem masters: you are in the business of getting people from the plane to the ground, period. Stunts like this can very easily get ratings pulled, or worse. Jump safe John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

When someone new shows up to jump, I have my assistant "Crutch" do a couple of eval dives with them. He also evaluates them on things like appearance, posture, breast size and personal wealth. He then submits to me a written report. Based on his report, I will either do a fun jump with them or have them thrown off the DZ. Judging people by jump numbers alone is just stupid. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

If the U.S. it is a requirement to be able to pack to get your A license, I have however, met newly licensed jumpers who had no idea what so ever how to pack. Packing instruction is supposed to be an integral part of the training process, not an additional fee add-on like it is in a few DZ's I know of. Jump nice John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

***How big were you going for? Sorry it didn't go. Quote 50 was the target number John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

We tried but could'nt do it, too many old people. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

1st of all, I'm glad you're ok. This would be better posted in the safety and training forum. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

Yes, taking your floatation gear will be a problem. The CO2 cylinders are prohibited, they will make you remove them and throw them away. You best bet is to ship them ahead of you or buy a new cylinder once you get there. John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

QuoteAgain, I am stressing to you that I am inexperienced and still learning about EVERYTHING from flying my body to flying my canopy. *** Upon reflection, I think the tone of my first reply was probably driven by the bubbly responses you recieved more than your actual post. When I read your post, it was apharent to me that you did'nt understand what had happened and thought that you did the right thing. When people who should know better started blindly congatulating you for doing the right thing, that just tripped a switch with me. There is a huge difference between being supportive and re-enforcing improper procedures or actions. A buddy will tell you if your doing something wrong even if it hurts your feelings or pisses you off. It's kind of like taking a friends car keys when he's had too much to drink, yeah he's gonna be upset and you'll never know if it actually helped him but you do it because you care. Yes cutting away and deploying your reserve is more right than spiraling into the ground but, it wasn't the right thing and you should recognize that. By the way, when you neutralize your control surfaces, (brakes) your canopy will return to straight and level on it's own fairly rapidly. Again, sorry about the tone of my first response and I hope that you learn from this. John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

QuoteKeep in mind that you have over 3,000 jumps and I only have 50. I would think that you would realize that if you are put in that situation with very low jump numbers that you would be a little less likely to work on the problem than to just focus on saving your life. I was already approaching my hard deck altitude and did not know for sure how much altitude fixing the problem would have taken. ***I am aware of how many jumps I have but I also know that cutting away is not the answer to all lifes problems, no matter how many jumps you have. I am a person that believes in his reserve, and if the situation warrants, I'd use it without a second thought, but I also know that reserves sometimes fail and why tempt fate by using it when you don't have to. If you were in the saddle at 3500', then you had tons of time to deal with this "problem", thats why inexperienced jumpers are supposed to pull higher. I wasn't trying to be an ass nor was I talking down to you, I was merely trying to wake you up and make you reflect on what you did wrong. The people that are telling you what a great job you did aren't doing you any favors and I'm also sure that your instructors would tell you the same thing. I've had students on thier first skydive deal with this very situation properly, probably because they were taught how to in thier FJC. If you were'nt briefed on this scenario then there's an instructor out there somwhere that also needs a little remedial training. Most people don't want to rock the boat or be critical of jumpers when nescessary, but I didn't jump into this thread to make friends. I replied in the hopes that you would learn from your mistakes and hopefully, live a little longer. If you aren't clear on this or any other safety issue, feel free to e me. John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

QuoteAfter examining my main canopy, we discovered that one of my brake lines had become unstowed which caused the spiral. This probably could have occured when I grabbed the risers after seeing a line twist in progress. I am not for sure. ***Chances are it occured on opening. QuoteFor the most part, I want to thank all my instructors at Spaceland for their excellent training. I feel like I was well enough informed to know exactly what to do in the situation. You never know how you are going to respond to these situations until you actually get into them. *** I'm not gonna bash instructors here because I don't know what kind of training you recieved but I'll tell you straight up that procedures for dealing with brake lines that come unstowed on opening is first jump course stuff. Unstowed brake lines are generally just a problem that is easily remedied by unstowing the other one, unless you are under a highly loaded main. Aside from not spiraling into the ground, you did very little right here. Perhaps you should solicit some emergency procedures training before your next jump instead of patting yourself on the back here and fishing for compliments. Good luck John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

You must jump at a pretty crappy DZ if no-one can tell you how to go about getting your license. If your card is indeed filled out, then all you need to do is take a verbal exam that can be given by an instructor, not nescesarily the S&TA ,and then a check dive. Pretty simple really. Jump Nice John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

There will be a USPA coaches course held in Palatka Fl this coming weekend, Jan 17, 18 & 19. Glenn Bangs will be the instructor. There is room for 2 to 3 more students. You need to bring a SIM and a IRM with you. If you are interested, let me know at wrightskyguy@aol.com. Jump nice John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

QuoteI have video of a certain DZ.COM moderator cutting in front of some other skydivers while jumping out of a SkyVan during the Eloy Holiday boogie. Let me setup the scenario and then you vote about how you feel concerning this incident *** Are you serious? You need to look around and find something important to be pissed off about, like that mad cow those sneaky Canadians sold us. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

QuoteAlthough no concrete figures are yet available. ..the representative felt that their numbers would be 'significantly' lower that what the USPA is presently paying. (465,000 + -) for what should essentially be the same coverage... (possibly sans the aircraft coverage) As far as the PRO Rating is concerned... As I mentioned in a prior thread, I felt that some kind of reassessment of the current program would be forth coming. It appears as though I was correct, several ideas are currently being looked at. Among them are fee increases in both the initial rating and renewals of current holders cards. Nothing concrete yet, but I've heard 350.00 as a ballpark figure for new rating applicants, and around 250.00 to renew. *** Jim: I hate to sound cheap and maybe I'm missing something obvious but, if insurance rates are going to go down, why are the application and renewal rates going up? Is it so that non PRO rated USPA members don't have to help support the program, and if so, will USPA membership dues go down? I'm all about increasing the Standards of PRO rating holders. Go Texas Jump nice John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

I believe that there were 7 or 8 people not from Texas on that 20 way, we were the ones flying smoothly in our slots. It was a great time, was'nt it? John Wright John Wright World's most beloved skydiver

***Did you spell your own name wrong? See you Saturday. That's how I spell it now. I'm sure that there will be pics a-comin John Wright World's most beloved skydiver