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it should meet size and weight....im just worried about it FITTING onto an ERJ 145 overhead bin Where do you think the airlines come up with the size limits?

When the fuck did being suspicious become illegal? Are we turning into Nazi-fucking-Germany or something here?????

There's not a lot of data on this as yet because the sport hasn't been around long enough. If someone started skydiving in their youth in the 1950's they would still be only about 70 years old--which with today's life expectancies would be still rather young to die of "old age". That's shy of the average lifespan by only a couple years......

In this case, computer graphics and creative photograph made up for the missing rules of physics. It actually is possible - it's been done with models a couple times. I believe the plane you see land in the video is a model airplane. You can create lift with the side of the fuselage - which is how they do it. Granted, you need a pretty kick ass airplane to be able to do it!

Okay, I can see that interpretation too. Leave it to the government to put things in such confusing language! So now the opinions we have, in boolean logic, can be summed up as: A or B or C A or (B and C) (A or B) and C And if you're correct, then doesn't that mean that most of the drop zones in America are in violation of this FAR? That's what makes me think there must be something more to this story... Either there's something else that makes drop zones legal with this FAR, or else it's the most widely broken rule in skydiving and the Feds have always ignored it. Technically, its A & B & C. Only A OR B will apply, never both.

You guys are interpreting this incorrectly. No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft, over or onto any airport unless— (a) For airports with an operating control tower: (NA in this case)............. (b) For airports without an operating control tower, prior approval has been obtained from the management of the airport to conduct parachute operations over or on that airport. (c) A parachutist may drift over that airport with a fully deployed and properly functioning parachute if the parachutist is at least 2,000 feet above that airport's traffic pattern, and avoids creating a hazard to air traffic or to persons and property on the ground. First, you must comply with A or B, whichever applies to your airport. In this case, its B. You NEED airport management's permission to drop onto the field. You can not parachute onto the field without permission. You then need to comply with C. C is not specific to whether you are at a controlled (A) or uncontrolled (B) field. You need to stay at least 2,000 ft above the traffic pattern when flying over the airport. This is WITH permission of airport management. Landing on the runway or going through the traffic pattern is a very bad idea. Just because there is a NOTAM and regular jumping activities in progress does not mean it is in any way safe to find yourself in the aircraft traffic pattern or on the runway. The reg is good the way it is written, IMNSHO.

Terrible jump plane. Its just too ugly

Doubt it. Ain't the first time turbulence has caused injuries, and in this case, death: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=DCA98MA015&rpt=fa

Seems to me you could get the same performance from a single for a LOT less money. Have you considered something like a Malibu or a T-210/P-210? You could probably operate a Caravan for around the same cost as something like that, granted the acquisition cost would be substantially higher.

The Hulk

That doesn't have anything to do with how "complicated" adding a bit of power is. Being towed is far more "complicated" than shoving in a bit of throttle. You have a point about being towed - I'll give you that. Power does complicate things quite a bit though, in that both power and pitch both control airspeed and altitude, so you really have to work the 2 controls in sync with one another to get the desired effect. From my experience teaching powered flying, I've found the throttle to be a bit more of a complication for students than you would think.

Skydivers? DEA? You've got to be kidding

Diamond DA-20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_DA20 Canopy opens from hinges on the rear - meaning if the canopy opens in flight, its coming off and taking the tail with it.

My 2c worth

Abso-fucking-lutely. I feel pretty confident in my canopy skillz from my flying skillz. Its just another wing. Flying an airplane is flying a wing. Flying a canopy is flying a wing. Just different controls. Same idea though - Angle of Attack is key. I was completely lost on canopy control until I moved down to something smaller than a boat, and they fly just like an airplane now. To be honest, power complicates things. People have the impression that it simplifies things. Sure, you can do a go-around, but the energy equation starts to get a lot more complicated. There's a reason 14 year old's can solo gliders, but you have to be 16 to solo a powered aircraft.

I've got your back, man!

That's precisely how they got all the states to institute their speed limits.

Arrogant Bastard Ale. I swear to god they put crack in this stuff, its so addictively good.

I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be whenshe grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of herparents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If youwerePresident what would be the first thing you would do?' She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'Her parents beamed. 'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to waituntil you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mowthe lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'lltakeyou over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and youcangive him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.' She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straightin the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?' I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.' Her parents still aren't speaking to me

Can you say 3,000+ ft/min?

There is no one answer to this - it all depends. It sounds like a normal takeoff at this dropzone is a non-issue. The only potential safety problem I see is an engine failure on takeoff, and being able to either climb over the wires on one engine, or stop the airplane safely. One BIG factor is the terrain. Is it hilly, rocky, or otherwise nasty terrain at the end of the runway? Or is it flat and smooth? Taking off downwind is not necessarily dangerous in and of itself, but it does pose additional problems and considerations.

It depends on the gust factor and turbulence factor substantially. 10 knots may do it in gusty/turbulent wind - if its really smooth, I dunno. I suppose when the more experienced jumpers stop jumping!

Nice! I'm stuck on 80

Beer!

So, using that argument (and donning the devil's advocate hat) should we give nukes to the PA in the West Bank? Maybe Israel would stop invading, I mean "settling" on their neighbor's land. But seriously, I think that the best option with regard to the nuke issue is to throw our resources at solving the fusion question. Do that and you can globally ban fissionable nukes. Of course that would mean that we'd have to give up ours, and save probably $50 billion a year We've had fusion bombs for the past 56 years now