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I'm pretty sure those are knock offs from Mexico or China and that is why those are so cheap. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

You must have had one made in China, those suck, this one is from poland. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

In case anyone was in the market for one of these.... it's very rare and hard to find one.... http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-rare-modern-high-performance-parachute-knife-/230587393197?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b01464ad you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Look if some dudes are sitting in a fox hole in the weather with not so nice people lobbing exploding shells and other things that kill you and you have to risk some sniper blowing to your brains out because you tried to run from your tent or fox hole to take a shit (so you hold all day till nite) and so there you are left to deal with all the killing you did to others and others trying to kill you..... I say if they want burn one or take a couple tokes of a improvised bong device, who the fuck am I to say shit about it! you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

That was great, but for perspective this one is too funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-ghG7qXro&feature=related Repost I know, but funny! Congrats on a well carried out Mr. Bill you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

They were following the dogs. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Just cheat and put rubber bands on it.... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Should have known you were behind all this, you rabble rouser you... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

http://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/publications/orders/compliance_5190_6/media/5190_6b_chap8.pdf ***Chapter 8. Exclusive Rights 8.1. Introduction. This chapter describes the sponsor's federal obligations under Grant Assurance 23, Exclusive Rights, which prohibits an airport sponsor from granting an exclusive right for the use of the airport, including granting an exclusive right to any person or entity providing or intending to provide aeronautical services to the public. In particular, the sponsor may not grant a special privilege or a monopoly to anyone providing aeronautical services on the airport or engaging in an aeronautical use. The intent of this restriction is to promote aeronautical activity and protect fair competition at federally obligated airports. a. Conditions for Denial. The assurance prohibiting the granting of an exclusive right does not penalize a sponsor for continuing an existing single provider when both of the following conditions exist: (1). It can be demonstrated that it would be unreasonably costly, burdensome, or impractical for more than one entity to provide the service, and (2). The sponsor would have to reduce the leased space that is currently being used for an aeronautical purpose by the existing provider in order to accommodate a second provider. In the case of denying additional providers, the sponsor must have adequate justification and documentation of the facts supporting its decision acceptable to the FAA. Both conditions must be met. (See 49 U.S.C. § 47107(a)(4)(A and B) b. Demonstrable Need. When the service provider has space in excess of its reasonable needs and the sponsor claims it is justified based on the service provider's future needs, the FAA may find the sponsor in violation of the exclusive rights prohibition if the service provider is banking land and/or facilities that it cannot put to gainful aeronautical use in a reasonable period of time and/or the vacant property controlled by the service provider denies a competitor from gaining entry onto the airport.*** You'll have to wait to see what the FAA safety study says, and if it says there is no reason a second "SASO" can't be accommodated then it cost the City of Deland a lot of federal funding to say no. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

That is great, because if you don't shit loads of people will be bugging you everyday for info, I know because I have been involved with major events for many years on all levels.... Hope you guys have a great boogie and best of luck in your new dz. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

no problem. I was trying to think of all the crap they asked me or what may have been on a list of questions and I couldn't think of anything a young guy could take once an have be a problem, however I think some stuff was cover in the next post by GE that I hadn't thought of. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Maybe I missed it, but could you tell us what this one pill was you took? Not trying to get your personal info outed, just thought it might help others avoid the problem your now having. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

A couple of other things to consider informing people of in the future if you wish to avoid "drama" as you say, 1. packers? 2. Packing, indoor on carpet or out in a tent on a tarp? 3. Showers on site? 4. Shitters flushing or porta? 5. Camping on site? 6. RV hook ups? 7. Local lodging? (how far away?) 8. Food & hydration on site ? (if not how far?) 9. Rigging on site? 10. Registration fees? 11. Load organizing? 12. Gear rental? 13. Transportation to beach jumping location? Shuttle bus? 14. Transportation to & from commercial airlines? 15. Jump ticket prices? 16. Dogs or kids welcome? 17. nite life on site? (band?) 18. Swoop pond? 19. How far to buy booze? 20. Specialty aircraft? 21. Manifest system, tickets or CC account? This is all the kind of stuff you need to have answers for and or put in your first post & or website, by doing so your keeping from having to hassle with an answer for every little detail people can think up and even when you do cover all the bases people will still ask for more details, so it's best think ahead and have all this kind of crap up front and ready to go so that when people ask or visit your website to find the info they need to decide if coming to your event is something they can do based on standard things boogie goers look for you won't sound like a prick who get's his panties in a wad because people are asking for information about an event your advertising to the public and asking them to (in most cases) spend a fair amount in travel to get there. You can't just throw out "hey we're having a boogie over here, come support us" people need to plan ahead for how to pack or how much the trip will cost from airfare to rental cars and shit like that, you can't be surprised or get pissed off at people who want more info when you fail to provide it, just posting your website addy and having people visit your website that also is lacking pretty much every detail on the list above, to think other wise is a good marketing plan for your events and DZ is asinine. A pretty good example of someone who has their shit together when advertising an event in a post can be found here http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=4015403;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25; you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

DZ.Com peeves: 1. People that post their planing to put on an event and and leave out important details people need to know, like where it's at. 2. Dropzone owners who place wanted ad's for seasonal staff and don't or won't give the dropzone name or location, like it's some big f'ing classified info as to what state or city their in. Midwest DZ needs staff, pretty big fucking area the midwest is...... Peeves in general, stupid people. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Because the way your posting sucks ass and seems misleading to people. Yes you said: The you go on to say: Most people would be lead to believe, with wording like " you will be in the heart of spring break!" & beach jumps, that your are in panama city beach doing beech jumps, that and most people would not consider 50 to 70 miles inland in hickville FL being in the heart of spring break. Maybe if you would slow the fuck down and write an informative post with all the details in one post that names the location of the DZ and that you plan on having other aircraft for beach jumps @ another location on the beach, and the rest of the groovy shit people need to know with a hyperlink to your website then maybe you could have avoided all this bullshit. Sorry dude your lack of forth coming information makes you look sketchy, so for the future you might want to work on your advertising or contact those who have a lot of experience in running boogies and how to advertise them to the masses because in the long run it will make you more successful. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

If it's not longer required by 105 like in the experimental days, then it should be dropped by USPA as a requirement and MFG's too. The whole thing is a PITA and cost more money for the joy of a having a rating. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Tried to tell you marketing was not your strong point, maybe if you had your shit together in that dept. it wouldn't seem to you people are giving you shit. When you don't inform people or leave out key info you come across a little "skyride'ish" or full of shit, I mean for christ sake you can't even make your own links clicky or name the location of the place until asked, but yet you want people to plan to come to your boogie based on sketchy posts and bad marketing. All that kind of shit dose is make people think 1. you don't have your shit together 2, if you don't have your shit together here, most likely you don't have your shit together in the aircraft you promise to have and other stuff like that. Good luck in your new venture and your boogie. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

You said it, not me Not really, how would you know if no one told you? Your welcome..... Just wanted to keep you posted, ya know! you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UeK4oKQCg URL button place link, click URL button again.... you get clicky link! (yea those buttons just below your posting window that say code, reply, quote, b, U, i, email, & URL you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

your right with only one jump I'm still learning..... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Thanks, I assume in the Ohio TDM your talking about the racer rig. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

How about you just answer the goddamn question then, Were you told at anytime to make those movements in the plane on jump run by the controlling instructor, yes or no? Well I just thank God you are not an instructor. *** Thank god your not my student! (here is the directions to the dz down the road) AFF-I Tandem -I Static line-I Coach Pro Sr. Rigger you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Please give more details, thanks you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

What I get out of her comments is that she made movements in the AC during the time to be ready to move to the door and was swapping seats, all of this was on her own accord and not at the direction of the inside instructor. (take all your instructions from, Bob) By deciding on her own (based on earlier jumps) to take action and move around, it would be the job and duty of the controlling instructor to correct the action.... most inside I's have a grip on the leg strap and it would be very easy to "man handle" one back in place, where they should be! Anyone who has been there would be thinking WTF if your student started acting all fucked up and trying to swap seats while moving towards the door in exit order. Many people wear full face's and most students don't clear their ears @ alti. make the combo a set up for not hearing, meaning hand signals and in some cases man handling a needed tool to control your student, after all that is your job and why we get paid the big bucks! It's clear by the OP's posts she was never commanded to make those movements at that time. Despite getting good feed back and real life "could of been this reasons" she keeps on bitching about it. And instead of seeking the reasons she is going to go to another dz for the better vibe and the cute guy she likes better, that is all fine and dandy, but after reading all her post, she sounds like a problem child with thin skin who likes to whine a lot, you know the kind of student we end up giving the directions to the other dz down the road so they can deal with them. Just saying. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

That kind of crap speaks volumes to the amount of fucking stupid ass people we now have in the sport these days. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo