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Pretty sure but but not certain Shlomo Pearl in Isreal has that many. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You need to teach your friends how to pack. A bunch of canopies are way too many. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

quite likely I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

That one's pretty trasbed. Corroded grommets and scratched plate. I've got a bunch that look brand new. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Windchime I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

And beware advice from a 162 jump wonder who is a legand in his own mind. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You didn't think you could die before now. Now you know the gear will not always work, that if the main can go wrong the rest of it can, and you have to be responsible for your life. When I started some dzs used automatic openers for static line and/or first freefall students but some didn't. And very few non-students used AOD's (term at the time). No tandem jumps, no aff jumpmasters, every jump you were on your own. Skydiving was one of very few activities where if you did NOTHING you would die. With the popularity of electronic AAD's (and the often requirement) skydiving is not quite so scary theses days. Until you find out it doesn't always work. But now you know YOU work. That's always a doubt until the first emergency. Concentrate on that, figure what you still might have done wrong (not look at a handle), learn from it and know you can take care of yourself. And it will get less scary. When you feel safer out of the airplane than in it your there. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Tell us where you are, how much you weigh and lf you have any use of your arms. My dz routinely takes paras and others with limited arm use. If your driving a wheel chair with a joy stick and weigh less than 200 lbs you can probably be accommodated. If your driving a chair with something other than your arms that's tougher but maybe. Ventilator is, as far as I know, out if the question. Don't worry about the plane how to get in etc. That's our job. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If he's got a gun it might be a good idea. But no, I'm saying don't play some stupid game when your behind the wheel of a car, and don't ignore the road in front of you to the point you aim your car at someone and don't even know they were there and ended up shooting at you. Everyone involved was a dumb ass. But the shooting might actually have been legal. WE DON'T KNOW. We do know that driving and playing a game isn't in many/most states. I'm done. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

No, they were shot at for having their heads so far up some pokeman's ass that they didn't see someone in front of the car, drove at them and then didn't realize they were getting shot at during an assault with a motor vehicle! Whether the shooting was justified or not is up for grabs. NO news report has enough information. Yes the guy should have stayed inside. But he is not REQUIRED to. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I would feel like you're making a false equivalency. And you are. To my knowledge, no police officers (not just in recent history but ever) have been killed simply by people using words nor have they ever been harmed in any way by the peaceful assembly of people for protests. While there have been instances of police being harmed as an escalation of conflict, words and assembly in and of itself poses no immediate threat. The same can not be said for a gun. Simply the presence of a gun is considered a threat in some situations; for instance, beyond the screening line of an airport or taken into a court of law. I think this might be one of them too at least within a certain perimeter of the convention center.emphasis added But the request was for 'in the city'. Anybody open carrying isn't the one to worry about. CRIMINALS do not follow gun laws. No gun law is going to stop someone who wants to murder police and die trying. And yes that legal gun carrying citizen just might help. And mighty get killed for trying. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

While unassigned seal codes have to be kept under lock and key, there is no control over seals or presses. Anyone can have any seal code engraved on a die and out it in a press. While a stolen one makes it easier to fake a pack job it's not hard anyway. That's why I number all of my pack jobs in my log and on the card. Even if someone figures out to add a number when they forge my signature a can show in my log and on the right card what pack job that number really belings to. Seal presses are not provided by the FAA. The seal symbol is assigned and your on your own to buy a oress and have a die made. If the OP had one given to him that was unusual and not by the Feds. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

http://www.paragear.com/skydiving/10000217/B1885/ Theo Knacke is THE BIBLE on round parachute engineering and parachute aerodynamics. I have one, have three semesters of univ. physics and 8 sem of math and its still a very hard read. It compares to Poynter's like an encyclopedia compares to red fish blue fish. But unless you are or want to be an aerodynamic decelerator engineer its over kill. There are lots of military references on webbing joint efficiency and more. Don't have them here. Most of Poynter's information is from military references. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Thread appears to be the same as the load bearing patterns. I assume they are meant to be shock absorbers. I'm trained in high angle rescue and since we use static lines (minimal stretch) we use shock absorbers made of sacrificial bartacks. But these are loaded in peal. Butler uses the same thing on his HX round series bridles and Free Flite on Preserve V's. But these aren't loaded in peal, they're loaded in shear. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'm well familiar with sacrificial bar tacks on parachute bridles and fall arrestors. Attached is a photo of what I think are supposed to be sacrificial stitch patterns on a tree stand harness. This is the tree strap and has the webbing folded and stitched. No other reason than shock absorption. While not 5 cord I think the stitch pattern may be as strong as the webbing. In addition the structural joints are not much if any different. Anybody even seen 4 point w stitch patterns as sacrificial joints inteneded to fail? Seems like a poor design. Of course a chinese pos. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

But remember you won't get your visor all the way up with the top mount. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I don't understand the last sentence. Some sort of physical limitation? I'm not current enough or have enough experience with a big variety of canopies to give best advice. But I'd pick a 1:1 triathlon or Sabre 1. I like canopies that open instead of streamer so i can get out at 2000' if I want. In about 1990 I had a Sabre 190 and a Manta 280 (bum leg). When I wanted a soft landing I grabbed the Sabre. But this an old fart talking. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Nothing new. I have a pair of webbed gloves from the 80's in the gear cabinet downstairs. Just saw them last week. Make sure you practice pulling and your emergency procedures. I have SOOOO MUCH stuff. But the one that dies with the most stuff wins! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You think maybe if he'd built a model railroad track running all through his house in a long loop and set to on/off timers, and placed the prosthetic leg on a modified model train, maybe the GPS tracking device would have showed the movement, instead of being stationary for 72 hours? Even that said, how the fuck do you not notice the prosthetic when putting the monitor on? Just duct tape it to the roomba. The question is whar else have you duct taped to the rumba for that to come to mind? The cat? The chamberpot? The pony keg?. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Stick your dick out and put the back of your head against your rig. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Over the last year I've been trying to help a few big guys find rigs. I don't think the market is non-existent. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Just change your avatar to an eye roll. It will apply for a long time. Congrats! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The real answer is whatever the inspector looking at it says it is. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

First remember you count backwards. Must be packed within the last 180 days. Given that I'd go one day ago = yesterday until you get to 180 days ago; last PREVIOUS day it could have been packed. I'll let someone else work out what that means to the calculators. Too lazy this morning. I think that makes it they way you were doing it. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Never heard or seen that. But of course Preserve V's have break cord around the lines and 8 inches or so up the skirt. But tied through an apex line to break the ties. Just packed two c9 varients into strong squadron seats. They were 2001 h/cs with 1953 canopies in them.😲 Said no but a guy with two much newer nb8's needed seat rigs, so moved his canopies into the strongs. I normally dont pack undiapered c9s but did these. H/cs were to nice to leave in a closet. Lose the seal theed. My guess is packing aid either left in by mistake or on purpose. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE