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  1. stratostar
    I'm not twisting anything, you said what you said and she is the owner and operator of that beech 99 that was leased to Paul. I don't live there or jump there nor do I have a cat in your fight, I have jumped that 99 else where a number of times at a number of DZs! It's an honest question to some one who seems to know so much about the AC condition and how it was maintained, and you also clearly don't like people talking shit about Tom Dolphin or Chris Hall, yet you have no problem talking shit about another area (former) DZO....... and maybe an AC owner (for the record I don't know Paul, never met him, never been to his dz, but I can read both sides, I have been to MRVS and I know Tom or I have met him) you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    So are you now not trying to imply that Sue Ireland (jumper85) dosen't maintain or take care for her leased aircraft? you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Glad to hear you had fun.... One of these days you'll do something else we can give you shit about but till then.... We'll still call you Dekalb. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    I didn't they had corn fields in Fitzgerald this time of year...... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Strong lopo in a style master or super pro, pop tops are nice too, free if find the right old timer or any where from 50 to 200 bucks, look around and ask around. Most of mine I got free or for 50 bucks. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Then get your riggers ticket and you can charge less. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    I love my 99 10 meter & 11 you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    That is because your not running a "big radio" I bet you can't even get across the median with that thing and that is why you end up in traffic jams & not going around them...... You need a big radio if you want get out. Get you a peeked & tuned early 80's cobra 29 LTD classic and run two antennas and pass each one through a Texas star DX 500 liner amp (one amp each side) and see how well you get out then, you'll be talking to the space station.... FYI- Resaca Ga. is where you'll find one of the best radio men around, across the street from the flying J is his CB shop and you too can get a big radio. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Dude, that is so 1960's...... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    If you put the helmet on and have another person place the mount on top and mark it while your sitting stright and holding your head in line with your spine. Then once you have it mounted and add a sight you should have no problem getting it sighted in. You want the mount and camera centered on top of your head, it's not hard to do. Or you could just buy a real camera helmet..... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    I've seen it happen live, a few of us were watching a guy go in one day,most had turned away aready and just before he was dead like at 200 or 300 ft he got open with a dipered phantom and it was a "wham" type opening and a hell of one at that, you could see clearly the rebound and invert of the canopy, it burned the shit out of it and even blew a few big holes in it and snapped a couple lines, but this guy lived and the dumbass had no clue how close he was to being dead. This was a free fall from 13K to opening of reserve. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Appx. 90 bucks you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    P.M. & the aerial circus? you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Banned for life in the GM program, Yes, along with a pile other FAR's violations using AC. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Just because something is old don't mean it's not airworthy! I know a number of warbird pilots who have navy chest packs just like the one in your photo and yes I also know the master rigger / DPRE who dose their repacks. are they 50 yrs old, I would guess not, but I'm sure more then 20. Having a number of older warts in my collection as well as mains that are well past 20yrs. from the 60's & 70's I have no problem signing and sealing them and jumping them. But I wouldn't buy the crap your talking about on ebay. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Not lost anymore bigfoot had a GPS. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    So you don't land in shallow-er water on the reef and get pounded in heavy surf with your big ass fish net still attached to you.......... fly back out to sea and clear the reef and back to deep water and swim with the sharks. That is if you know your really screwed and won't make land or past the breakers. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    I never said your being stupid, you asked how different can it be, the answer is, can you tread water long enough to make it to Kauai while fighting off sharks in the dark also with big waves it's winter, swells could be 15 to 30 ft, that is how different it could be. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    How long can you tread water? you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
  21. stratostar
    This website list's 264 Dropzone's in the USA, I find it hard to believe that there are only 10 active dz's in the USA with life flight operations on the field. (10 because two on the list have moved to new locations or closed, but were there for a longtime) 1. Skydive Alabama, Cullman AL. 2. Start Skydiving, Lebanon Oh. 3. The Parachute Center, Lodi, CA 4. Kutztown PA. 5. Tennessee Skydiving, Tullahoma TN 6. Oklahoma Skydive Center, Cushing Ok. 7. Skydive the Point, West Point VA. 8. Eagle Flight Granbury Tx. 9. Skydive Aggieland Bryan, TX 10. Skydive Kansas, Osage City KS. 11. Skydive Pennsylvania, Grove City, PA 12. Adrenaline Air, Santa Rosa, CA Anyone have active dz's to add to the list? Thanks you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    Celina is St.marys, not two different dz's and yes Bob T. closed it quite some time ago, last time I saw him he was on one of the all round loads with us in Richmond in 2001 and his place was closed then. BG had a student only op there for a few years, it was still there in the late 90's, not sure when it closed, it was a GM Dz. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    A six is easy to make into an 8, problem solved.... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
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    To bad you didn't just start a new thread so people would have to wade through 2 pages of bullshit to find the real news. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
  25. stratostar
    Yes a student operation only, years ago and now closed. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo