crutch

You have a plan for the boogie?

Ya'll jumping tomorrow? And no one told me

hey, i resemble that remark!

Let's see, all sorts of boating activities, surf, sun, scuba and of course skydiving! I think you must be hanging out with the wrong people when you are down here!

Sounds like soemeone had a bad experience!

Mine is 14, 9 tandems, but I packed everything I jumped and then some!

Easy there Yankee, no one wanted a nice weather weekend more than me, i got bills to pay! Now no excuses keeping up with me this weekend, you are all rested up!

Swoop, you the bomb, ladies already lining up to meet you!

Alright, we are in, wildest thing I ever saw! Hope you aren't squemish amanda

I resemble that remark, but i am a cracker, there is a difference!

If you get him drunk enough, he will do it for free!

He will do anything for a jump, even pop his eye out!

Two wives!

Damn, swoop, you fighting over a girl you never met?

Now if you could only become a zoomie master, your life would be complete! You did great girl, see you this weekend!

Tammie is going to have plenty of demo wingsuits for anyone who wants to fly!

I hate to call on my experience, but after a few years in the sport, the plane was definitely running inland, how else would ya'll have opened on the inland side of Collier Ave.? Yes, the first pass was a much better spot (the one with the tandem), which is why it is easy to say the second pass was a different run. Not to be bragging, but if you ask anyone standing near me on the beach, I called that everyone wouldn't make the beach when ya'll exited the plane, it was that obvious! What has got me made is that no one is owning up to the responsibility! Hey, we have all screwed up, just say so. When three people on the pass don't make the dz, the spotter/pilot screwed up. Trying to blame increasing winds is a cop-out also! I am calling bullshit on anyone trying to defend that the spot was good!

First born, huh, never mind, I have enough kids

You didn't even mention her until she called you out!

From what I understand, he was blindsided with it when he got there on Tuesday. He made what happen, happen (as far as getting the permits). He even forked up some more money earlier in the week for added insurance the community leaders wanted. No, I think Bob did everything in his power to make it happen, his pilot and spotter let him down.

All you had to do was speak up!

Art don't ride!

Okay, I have kept my mouth shut long enough, time for me to put my two cents worth in here. One, kudos to Bob Doughty for trying to make this event come off. He was actually caught up in a lot of politics that had nothing to do with skydiving, but that is where the locals decided to fight one another. I think he did an excellent job jumping through all of the hoops that were put in front of him. I think few people realize that until late Wednesday night the permits were an on again off again issue. The final verdict was very restrictive and honestly, I really didn't think we would last the four days, but really thought we could go longer than two loads. Seconds, very large darts to the pilot/spotter combination to the load that created the problem that occured. Some people are pointing fingers at the girl who landed out, she never had a chance to make it to the beach! With the winds blowing off the water at around 15 mph, why you run a jump run inland and get out over land is beyond anything I can think of! Anyone who says otherwise is just trying to cover their ass! I was standing there on the beach hoping it wasn't jumprun, then saw the exit, it was everything my girlfriend could do to keep me calmed down. Stupid, stupid, stupid and in my opinion, those two owe everyone who got screwed at this boogie! The sad thing about all of this, if we could have gone at least a day without an incident, I think what ended up happened might have not caused the shut down if it occured later in the week. Having two hospital visits in four loads doesn't speak well for the jumpers from Indiana. Having only two loads have everyone land in a designated area four football fields in size, doesn't add much either. Kudos for Bob also for making at least something happen at LaBelle. I think the staff there may have been overwhelmed, but all in all it turned out well. Well, that is my two cents worth! Would I go again, in a heartbeat! The people of Marco Island, for the most part, were great! The tandem potential is unbelievable, I think we could have easily done 100 to 150+ tandems once we got rolling. I hope someone in the future trys to make amends and have this happen, but please use a pilot who knows how to spot a load, Mark of Aerohio comes to mind (countless loads in Marathon, no off airport landings). Blue Skies!

After you dis' her, now you are going to try and suck up to her? geez See you Friday night, jumping on Saturday, the otter is suppose to be back! If you want, we may be jumping during the day Friday, give us a call. blue skies, art

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