stratostar

The Mexican cartels & Canada's exporters and so called biker gangs as well as your local greenhouse grower who sells an ounce of 180.00 dollar shit for 400.00 and ounce, near as I can tell. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

While I'm sure you won't agree with anything I say on this matter, I'm going to go ahead and say it..... I think your wrong about most people here in the US that don't see the big picture as to the gangs and border wars. First of all if you take the "illegal money" out of the loop and stop taking peoples property because they home grow a few for personal use and then throw them in prison for it too. Would that stop the Mex & bikers, nope they'll move on with all the other shit their moving already like meth. But all these farmers out here in fly over country who can't afford to keep the family farms, could make good money growing feral hemp and even THC strains for a number of uses, hell I could take you down the road here for mile after mile and show you fields of feral weed that comes back year after year, the county will be happy to come out and spray some nasty shit on it for you, so that when it rains next the shit can run off into the ditch and then find it's way to the river...... Funny thing about the river, if you go down there today there is a big sign posted there saying not to eat fish out of the river due all the shit now in the river that "we" put there. But if you go back the next season to the same spot the county just sprayed last season, the "ditch weed" will still be there for the county to spray again and the runoff cycle starts all over again. (The current DZ I jump at has a LZ that is surrounded by feral hemp.) That same ditch weed out here that is everywhere acres and acres of it, well you can't farm it for hemp like the pioneers did because if you even so much as touch the plant and a cop sees you do it they will bust you for growing or harvesting, it happens every summer here to some young kids who come from places in this country where wild hemp don't grow, stops to pick it, it looks real good, smells real good too but is not smoke friendly and the locals all know that. Our great grandfathers and grandpa's are the one who grew the shit we needed it grow the country and to fight WW2. And what about bio diesel from the hemp seed oil? Oh that's right if I try to pick some to find out I could be locked up for doing so. Now I've seen and heard news reports here generated by the DEA and state cops who try to say the "cartels" come here to harvest "ditch weed" so they can mix in with the good pot, that is the biggest line of bullshit! No one has ever harvested large amounts of bunk "ditch weed" to thin out their good weed, because any good dope dealer wants return customers not people pissed off with a major head headache talking shit about them around town, good way to have someone tip off the narco cops to kick in your doors. Now if I didn't have to worry about you and your cop buddies kick'in my door and taking every thing I own and worked my ass off for, along with taking my kids and bank funds, I would have no problem growing a small garden for my personal use. By doing so I would not be part of the cycle of "illegal dope trade", so my money would not be funding mexican cartels and biker gangs, that money could be spent in my local community instead of "going to mexico" as the Government and cops claim. I've never scored from anyone at my local grade or middle school, and if fact I'm sure if you took the "legal" factor out of play a large number of "normally" law abiding citizens wouldn't have to live in fear of the police state and would remain productive members of the community. Here in my state (a non medical state) there is a huge lack of funding, and a large number of pot users in prison at ABOUT 50K a year or more to store them, it seems to me that that money would be better spent going to our schools, the same schools the state just took 3.5 million dollars of funding from in my local community, that don't count the school funding cut state wide. In fact I'm pretty sure that if legal taxed pot were to be allowed in my state the tax money generated could be directed towards the schools and other social services and state funding needs and we could stop housing non violent pot users and save that space for the real people who need to locked up. There would a hell of a lot less money (at least the pot money) going to Mexico & Canada or gangs. The other funny part of all this, is let look at how many billions of dollars we've spent after Nancy & Ronnie started "just say no", did it stop shit from coming in this country? NO! And now we have a much bigger problem to worry about coming across the border then weed, it's called towel heads who want to kill as many of us at they can, and you want me to believe that this cycle of dumping tons of money to fight weed/drugs is working, hell you law enforcement guys have not and can not stop the flow of drugs and people coming across the border and I'm to think the really bad towel head guys are not coming in the same way to blow us up..... Yea right! It's way past time we start to be honest about where our tax dollars are going and being used for and IMHO it's time for many of the law enforcement community to look outside their "immediate bubble", while I understand those national guard guys who are racking up hours and hours of flight time searching the county for bubba billy's garden don't want to lose all that flight time and good pay, well maybe they should be redirected to work on keeping out the Mexicans or go look for Osama and stop the madness and waste of money. Oh and for the record I don't smoke pot, can't afford the over inflated high prices now in the streets and I can't afford to risk my property or prison time to grow my own, just like many, many , many other law abiding citizens of this country. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

No Pop's your wrong, the main problem is a few AFF I/E course directors have a lack of integrity and choose to bend the rules as they see fit or for that matter make up a new class of rating on the spot and issue a "conditional rating". (must have been one great blow job) You can't expect instructors to "fly right" or act with integrity if the people who are training them is a Low rent classless asshole who has proven no matter how high of a ranking with in the USPA instructional program or even as a regional director, they get they pick and choose the rules that apply to them only, all the while going around bitching loudly about how people need to follow the rules, they seem fit to disregard. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Now that is some funny shit right there! you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Maybe on exit only Maybe if your high Duck Tape you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

It's not a real beech load if you don't have at least 2 or 3 standing plus one in the co pilot seat. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

I have no problem with that, I'm pretty sure he is one of the few I trust to spot a round load, I have no fear.....yet you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

No problem you old worn out bald headed deaf fat ass nut case, from back in the day! We'll make note of that..... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Big Wednesday was a good flick. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

There was reading, I keep gett'n distracted. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Wow, holly crap this will take a while to to over. Very nice! you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

That's good to know, thanks for posting on your findings. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

And if you left any of your gear, money, dope, beer or you ol lady out in the open it would all still be there in the morning......well maybe just as few roaches and empty cans left and they would towel off the ol lady. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

wow, we all know how shitty most manuals have been over the years with crappy photos and drawings to go by, and if you've never seen a new XYZ whatever or how it is done, sometimes it can be pretty hard to understand what the factory is trying to say. Now in the more recent years the images and manuals have gotten better a lot better, however with a few going to cd now, I always thought it would be way better of the companies to produce a video step by step deal and pack it with factory tips, after all not every one can go PIA or the factory and it would help out a lot of people around the world when a company like UPT starts to send out something so new like the skyhook, even if someone didn't read or understand english they more then likely could still follow the "recorded live" packing video. This would be cheap and easy to do and like a VASST'ly wise video company dose these other guys could release tid bits or updates on youtube. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

I missed the #63 thing. Phree, your right not where I had in mind, and after see some of the folks on staff, I'm even more surprised if some of the implied players is true. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

I doubt that it would break the thread if it took 50lbs to break the thread, there was a reason we used 6lbs break cord for SL back when and not 50 lbs break cord. Anyone care to live test it, I'll video for free. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

It's my understanding that this DZ is a club and has a BOD not a DZO, so that would be a number of DZO's who stood by and watched for a period of time. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

I just can't believe not only it went on so long, but that a DZ would let ANY one video of docks like that leave the property.....Let alone more then one. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Who says LSD is useful. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

A one 182 dz with students and jumpers to handle, ya snooze you loose! you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

You can say that again! I voted 60's & 70's, that was "back in the day". But I also agree into the early 80's for pups. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

RTFM dude you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

Well kind of like a reserve parachute, better to have and not need, then to need and not have. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

In a recent phone call from a FSDO inspector who is conducting a safety study on a part 13 case, asked me about on airport landing areas for parachutes. My reply was based on the fact that that airport sponsor claimed there was no safe useable space for parachute landings on the airport. I pulled out the Skydive Paris TN vs Henry county case (quoted in earlier post by me) and in fact I had sent it to the inspector about two weeks earlier in ref to the claims made by the city for his reading of general counsel (from wash dc offices) findings. While discussing the "there is no safe useable space for parachutes" claims I said "all the land between the runways and taxiways are safe & fair and legal according to the office of general counsel and if the airport sponsor wants to refuse to allow use of other more suitable locations on the airport, then I will use the OFA area!" His reply was: "I see nothing in the regulations that says you can't use the runway for landings" I think it is very clear from a number of FAA findings and case law the stance on this issue by the FAA, your mileage may vary from FSDO to FSDO and inspector to inspector. IMHO the reason you will not see the FAA seek a rule change to make more clear as to the "right of way" in regards to parachutes is because they have already made it clear and it has been their view for over 40 years and I don't expect to see that change in the near future. That quote is right from the office of general counsel of the FAA in Washington DC. (you know the lawyers who make up the laws for the nation airspace system) you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

It's easy dude, for one thing that is a cargo door C-206, from the looks of the age of photo this may not have had a in flight door, yea in the day we didn't need no stinking door, so a dislodged pin on a bellywart reserve (or main) of someone sitting just inside the door facing the tail and out pops the pilot chute and it gets out the open door....... Now if your not one fast som bitch to get off your fat ass and out the door in like 1.5 seconds or less, guess where you heading, like it or not. For those of you PUPS, who have never worn vintage gear, test it out sometime, get you a full kit with bellywart and go up and drop you three SL students, leave the door open for the go arounds.......watch those handles! (hint: top pull handles are your friend) you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo