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  1. crutch
    I know someone who lost, anyway the waiver says you understand there is an inherent risk, it doesn't release the DZ from negilgence. blue skies, art
  2. crutch
    Do you honestly believe that? blue skies, art
  3. crutch
    It is funny you ask this. I can now walk away from the drop zone without jumping some days (due to weather or what not) and not feel bad about it. But, give it up completely, I just can't see it. blue skies, art
  4. crutch
    Started wearing them after about fifty jumps, very seldom don't wear them now. But, then again, back several DC-3 loads a day can get real rough on the hearing. I can still hear my wife after 7700 airplane rides, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. blue skies, art
  5. crutch
    Have you cleaned your room, brushed your teeth, brushed your hair, taken out the garbage and told those little boys to quit calling the house yet? blue skies, art
  6. crutch
    My youngest daughter is "sunshine". My wife is just "c", short for carolyn, someone else at the dz gave her that name a long time ago. blue skies, art
  7. crutch
    Now this is just what I have heard from a couple of people with G4's and articulating harnesses. The BOC is not in the same place as it has been on other rigs they have jumped. On the ground it seems okay to reach, but in the air it gets difficult. At first I thought this was just one person complaining, but I have heard now from four people with new G4's. We have had them on creepers practicing on the ground and although they say it is different, it is not difficult. In the air, it seems to them a little more difficult. Maybe, you maybe readjusting your harness in the plane (it feels loose, so you tighten it up slightly?), I don't know. Have an experienced person jump with you, maybe even a cameraman, and watch you to see what is happening, but don't give up on it! blue skies, art
  8. crutch
    Haven't owned anything else since 1987, own my fourth one. The people at the Jumpshack are top-notch, the rig is the most comfortable you will ever own, and as far as riggers go, there are definitely harder rigs to pack than Racers, someone at one time just gave them a bad rap. blue skies, art
  9. crutch
    I have made several, but take it you are looking for some manufactured ones. Can't help you there. blue skies, art
  10. crutch
    I am going to start something here, dude you need to chill, not so condescending. The man is looking for ideas and you are just throwing out too many negative vibes. Lighten up! blue skies, art
  11. crutch
    My two cents worth. I have had this experience twice, the first time almost cost me my life, so the second time came out better. The first one was on my sixth jump, pilot chute in tow, was taught to always cut-away first. Guess what, the lines of the reserve entangled with the risers from the main, which deployed upon openning shock. Two out with the entanglement out of my reach, all I can say is the man upstairs wasn't ready for me yet. The second time, I skipped the cut-away, the main deployed on the reserve's openning shock, but since the three rings were not released, I just ended up with a two out situation with the main clear enough to cut-away, not entangled. So if someone asks me, if the pin is still in, skip the cut-away handle. blue skies, art
  12. crutch
    I like the letters also, much more than the tips, although my nine-old daughter likes the tips since she gets to go to TCBY a little more often. The tips are easy, the letters mean someone actually took some time out to thank you for the experience they had. It still amazes me how much we can influence someone's life! blue skies, art
  13. crutch
    When was the last time you went to a boogie nowadays with 100 10-way teams competing? Where the partying at night last until the first load took off in the morning? When 54 DC-3 (50+ jumpers) and 26 CASA loads were made in one day? When was the last time they had a 40-way meet with six teams? It is not the same any more. And we didn't kill anywhere near the number of people that it is made out to be in the stories! None of it was because we were making our last jump, we just weren't as scared of living as most people today. And yes, I do resent your remarks. blue skies, art
  14. crutch
    Ask all of the guys living in the trailers/old school buses. blue skies, art
  15. crutch
    At age 23 (19 years ago), I did my first jump using the IAD method. Everyone on the dropzone that day was in the plane that day, a 182. A guy making his first hop-n-pop, the instructor/dzo and the pilot. The drop zone was run out of the back of an old oldsmobile. blue skies, art
  16. crutch
    I have ridden a bike out of an otter before, the video is pretty funny. Couple of things we did/found out. The bike fell much slower than us, never seen five people track as hard as we did when I let go of it. We jumped over an unpopulated area about five miles long and three miles wide to ensure that the bike didn't hit any one. Maybe there is a lake or something near your DZ that you can let the PDA go over? blue skies, art
  17. crutch
    The skyvan, ranks right up there, but my all time favorite has to be a Jolly Green Giant. Nice big helicopter with a ramp! blue skies, art
  18. crutch
    Another satisfied customer? blue skies, art
  19. crutch
    When the stitching starts getting ripped away, if it is where I think it is, it changes some of the geometry and that can lead to the RSL pulling the reserve. I have seen this happen on a couple of rigs with the person dumping as described. blue skies, art
  20. crutch
    Perry, I just started jumping a wingsuit, what did you have to go and get sick for? Get well and come see us in Palatka, we are starting to get some wingsuit jumps going on there! Art blue skies, art
  21. crutch
    1) Fun 2) Fun 3) Fun If I ever quit having fun doing this, be close to me as my Sigma rig will be for sale real cheap! Oh I forgot, what about the fame and fortune!!!! blue skies, art
  22. crutch
    As I read these posts, I am with the people who request you the next time they come out or bring their friends out. The number of these requests far outnumber the tips I have gotten over the years. Although, there was a period o a few months ago when the tips were coming hot and heavy for a few weeks. Including one lady, who gave the pilot, videoman and myself each $40 dollars. I have a better question for all you TM's out there. Do you share any tips you get with the camera person? I have always believed it takes two people to make it work when video is involved, so I have always split my tips with the videographer! blue skies, art
  23. crutch
    What exactly are you looking for? blue skies, art
  24. crutch
    "Legs up, eyes on the horizon, if your feet hit the ground before mine, you are going to break something!" blue skies, art
  25. crutch
    After we sat down and had a little chat about the possibilities/inherent dangers, hell yeah I would have taken her. I honestly believe people like this understand the dangers of jumping more than the college yahoos who decided to jump the night before at a keg party. blue skies, art