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I guess you mean Erie PA? http://www.erieskydivers.com/ They have a 182, and I think they jump during the winter months.
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from http://www.blincmagazine.com/cms/article_18.shtml 1906 A British expatriate named Bobby Leach jumped from the Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York with a parachute in 1906, landing in the Niagara River. At that time the bridge was only about half the distance from the falls that it is now (original bridge was destroyed by ice in the '30's). Leach was a daredevil, twice swimming across the Whirlpool rapids as a stunt. He later jumped from a plane over Canada but was blown back and landed in New York.
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Anyone have experience with bad dog services ?
Jayboz replied to Cornholio's topic in Gear and Rigging
I bought my first rig from him about a year ago. I got good equipment at a very reasonable price. I was a little weary at first being new to the sport and not really sure what was good equipment vs. crap. But a year and 300 jumps later I'm still very happy with what I bought. I'd highly recommend the guy. -Jason -
I guess I'll wait for the 'Jesus on a 4-way' to come out. I'm sure they'll make 'Jesus going head down' for the freeflyers.
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Whats the diff. between jet prop and turbine prop engines?
Jayboz replied to Skymonkey13's topic in The Bonfire
Diverdriver summed it up nicely. Here's way more than you're looking for: http://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/~sbrooks/book/nish.mit.edu/2006/Textbook/Nodes/chap05/node12.html#SECTION00241200000000000000 and http://filebox.vt.edu/eng/mech/scott/gasturbine.html Oh! and I found this program once that models turbine performance. I thought this was cool! http://www.gasturb.de/GasTurbMainPage/gasturbmainpage.html -
Not your typical Whuffos: So I'm out working with a field crew not too long ago and word got out I skydive. One of the mechanics comes up to me and says: "So I hear your a skydiver" Me: "Yup" "Now, why would anyone jump from a perfectly good airplane?" I reminded him "You know, there's no such thing as a PERFECTLY good airplane" He really didn't say anything in reply. As a mechanic himself I think he understood. Being the smart crew they were for the rest of the job they kept saying "Why would anyone jump from a SAFE airplane?" I generally didn't have a good reply only "it's fun".
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Ahhh, the story of my life http://www.thelissners.com/PICS/COMEDYPCIS/TheNack.wav
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Interesting. A 200lb person being shot up 15000 ft would require 3,000,000 ft*lbs of energy Say you were to compress a spring 50 feet for the catapult, it would have a spring constant of 2400 lbs/ft. (1/2 KX^2) A spring compressed 50 foot with this spring constant will put 120,000 lbs of foce on a person (F=KX) A 200 lb person with this amount of force exerted on them for 50 feet will accelerate at a rate of 19320 ft/sec^2 (F=MA) or about 600 G’s give or take. Though I shot this estimate from the hip, I'd have to say No. By the way, I don't wonder why I can't get chicks
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Yup, That was cool! Wooooosh...there goes Mark.
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And they plan on making money how? or are they hop + pops from 3000?
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Is it just me or haven't they updated the onion.com in about a month? Anyone know why?
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Found this kicking around my lower left hand desk drawer too. only goes up to 6,000 ft. The non-linearity becomes more apparent as altitude increases. alti vs atmos pressure.pdf
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For what it's worth... Alti and Pressure.pdf
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No doubt. View from altitude in Northern Cal includes water and green grass. Southern Cal, brown desert. Northern Cal: Windy (at least when I was there) Southern Cal: Dust Devils. Northern Cal: King Airs and Caravans and Cessnas Oh My! Southern Cal: Hey, What's a 'Cessna' People are just as friendly wherever you go. I haven't came across any of those 'cliquie' dropzones people write about in Parachutist.
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Don't forget about Hollister, Davis and Lodi. I spent a few weeks up there and did 5 dropzones in 2 days. Byron, Lodi and Davis on day 1 then Monterey Bay and Hollister the next. Wanted to hit more but the weather crapped out and I had work. I ended up spending the rest of my time at Davis anyhow. It's good jumping up there in Norcal. I'll be sure to return sometime.
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What's the size of the picture we can add? I think I made this one 65X75 Some of these Icons really don't have a piont though. A bug? what is that for?
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You know, A wise skydiver once told me "Don't get your piece partner pregnant"
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I heard about that on the news. Found it rather odd that I lived in upstate NY for my whole life then move to southern California a few months ago and New York State gets an earthquake! By the way, Upstate New York weather dosen't ALWAYS suck! There's about three, maybe four months of good weather a year!! You're going to be leaving right before the best part of the year MarshMan. It's really quite pleasant in the summer time, to bad you won't experience it for yourself. Your loss I suppose.
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That's a no-brainer! But I'm thinking I should use up my tickets anyhow. That way if I have to leave SoCal () they won't be wasted. Of course, I could make a winter trip back here next year....hmmmm, not a bad idea. But then again, I may be able to stay out here! Awww, I'll figure something out. -Jason
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True, but It's possible I may have to move out of state come the end of July what to do...
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Yup, a good time was definitely had!! I was glad to be part of the team. $14.50 Skydives?!? I just bought a block a month ago. At least I'm more than half way through them. Good thing I was able to use them for the boogie in Parker AZ, which by the way kicked ass. -Jason
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Waking up a sleeping skydiver with their audible altimeter is worth a good chuckle.
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Clearly just a money shot for the pants. No leg straps on the rig, and only two risers. hmmm. Anyone out there jumping a rig like this?
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This is the way I was taught to pack a pilot chute. The added bonus I like about this method is the webbing cannot be seperated from the apex unless the PC is cocked. So if you pack your pilot chute this way, there should be no doubt as to whether you cocked the pilot chute or not. Of course, the little blue window helps too.
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I dunno, LA is quite a way away from Rochester . I used to reside in New York, for 23 years actually. But as of last week it's been California, at least for the next six months.