kevin922

Are you the girl with big boobies that did one with PDS?

Washington DC, because i'm here of course! Plus during the summer there are so many things to do around here.. (btw what do you do?)

This is HORRIBLE. I hope these people win their lawsuit. More info also found here COOKEVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- Police video released Wednesday showed a North Carolina family kneeling and handcuffed, who shrieked as officers killed their dog -- which appeared to be playfully wagging its tail -- with a shotgun during a traffic stop. The Smoak family was pulled over the evening of January 1 on Interstate 40 in eastern Tennessee by officers who mistakenly suspected them of a carjacking. An investigation showed James Smoak had simply left his wallet on the roof of his car at a gas station, and motorists who saw his money fly off the car as he drove away called police. The family was driving through eastern Tennessee on their way home from a New Year trip to Nashville. They told CNN they are in the process of retaining a lawyer and considering legal action against the Cookeville, Tennessee, Police Department and the Tennessee Highway Patrol for what happened to them and their dog. In the video, released by the highway patrol, officers are heard ordering the family, one by one, to get out of their car with their hands up. James Smoak and his wife, Pamela, and 17-year-old son Brandon are ordered onto their knees and handcuffed. "What did I do?" James Smoak asks the officers. "Sir, inside information is that you was involved in some type of robbery in Davidson County," the unidentified officer says. Smoak and his wife protest incredulously, telling the officers that they are from South Carolina and that their mother and father-in-law are traveling in another car near them. The Smoaks told CNN that as they knelt, handcuffed, they pleaded with officers to close the doors of their car so their two dogs would not escape, but the officers did not heed them. Pamela Smoak is seen on the tape looking up at an officer, telling him slowly, "That dog is not mean. He won't hurt you." Her husband says, "I got a dog in the car. I don't want him to jump out." The tape then shows the Smoaks' medium-size brown dog romping on the shoulder of the Interstate, its tail wagging. As the family yells, the dog, named Patton, first heads away from the road, then quickly circles back toward the family. An officer in a blue uniform aims his shotgun at the dog and fires at its head, killing it immediately. For several moments, all that is audible are shrieks as the family reacts to the shooting. James Smoak even stands up, but officers pull him back down. "Y'all shot my dog! Y'all shot my dog!" James Smoak cries. "Oh my God! God Almighty!" "You shot my dog!" screams his wife, distraught and still handcuffed. "Why'd you kill our dog?" "Jesus, tell me, why did y'all shoot my dog?" James Smoak says. The officers bring him to the patrol car, and the family calms down, but still they ask the officers for an explanation. One of them says Patton was "going after" the officer. "No he wasn't, man," James Smoak says. "Y'all didn't have to kill the dog like that." Brandon told CNN that Patton, was playful and gentle -- "like Scooby-Doo" -- and may have simply gone after the beam of the flashlight as he often did at home, when Brandon and the dog would play. The Tennessee Department of Safety, which oversees the Highway Patrol, has said an investigation is underway. 'Could have been avoided' Cookeville Police Chief Robert Terry released a statement on the department's Web site Wednesday night describing the department's regret over the incident. The Cookeville Police Department site was not responding Thursday morning. "I know the officer wishes that circumstances could have been different so he could have prevented shooting the dog," Terry wrote. "It is never gratifying to have to put an animal down, especially a family pet, and the officer assures me that he never displayed any satisfaction in doing so." Terry said he and the vice-mayor of Cookeville met with the family before they left "to convey our deepest sympathies" for the loss of their dog. "No one wants to experience this kind of thing, and it's very unfortunate that it occurred," he wrote. "If we had the benefit of hindsight, I'm sure some -- if not all of this -- could have been avoided. I believe the Tennessee Highway Patrol feels the same way." The department is conducting an investigation to determine what, if anything, could have been done differently, he said. Police also plan to be in contact with the Smoak family, Terry said. The Smoaks buried their pet at home. A white cross marks the grave.

Saw this on CNN: The agency also said it put out a Beech 1900D maintenance alert in August, telling airlines that a mechanic had found a vertical stabilizer bolt that was loose in one of the aircraft. The alert advised airlines to check the stabilizers on all such aircraft. For those in the know, could that have caused the symptoms seen during this crash? (nose went up, plane stalled & crashed)

Well this raises my next question, I know starting this month they require you to xray your checked baggage.. are they gonna take your screwdrivers from your checked baggage as well??

Well considering they didn't even check my tickets they had no idea who I was .. i'm guessing it just went in the pile of "media props" to show the tv stations "wow here is all the weapons we've taken off passengers"

Would she be giving or rcving?

Those are the only pictures i'm interested in.. where might they be? :)

Did deland ever fly the skyvan when you were there?

Does anyone know what the rules are about taking stuff off passengers at the security checkpoints? If forinstance you forgot you had a pocket knife, screw driver or hook knife in your carry on luggage do they just take it and not give it back to you or do you have the option to check it? I remember going through an airport and they took a screwdriver out of my gear bag (a small one) that i forgot was in there - zipped up the bag and sent me on my way.. never to see the screwdriver again, which was no big deal to me because it was a cheap little screwdriver. But if I were to forget about my 50.00 hook knife that would be a different story. Anyone know? Kevin

See you there!! Kevin

You definitly want to have mastered a still air exit. Think about this you go off wildly unstable and just as you get control and start the wing suit flying you are heading toward the cliff and boom... I actually have seen video of this almost happening. But the said person had 800 BASE jumps and that is likely why it didn't... Considering you want the most predictable gear possible why wouldn't you take a base rig? Do you want to snivel to impact with a sail slider considering the lower airspeeds of a birdman deployment? Is a helio and a balloon the only "safe" ways to practice still air exits? I know there is some debate over if you can really practice effectively with a heli because of the rotor wind.

I love the way you put that Mama :)

Yeah I saw on realtv that the roof of the mirage is evidentally a good place to base :) (just don't land on the strip and get caught like the guys in the tape did)

While you're planning - put mardi gras boogie on your list (gold coast skydivers -- moss point, Mississippi) that shouldn't be that far of a drive for you.

Question for some of your birdy-base people... what was your progression to doing base birdman? Did you start out doing base first if so how many jumps, etc. Also, if you're doing a birdman base from 4K feet, do you need a base rig? kevin

When it warms up, make a trip to Orange :) We're less than 12 hours from you!

Dude, you're in Deland? Where the hell were you when *I* was in deland? I swear! Phil, read my review of the fla dzs from my recent trip down there.

Oh that sucks! I had no idea that was your home! Oh well...maybe I'll catch ya around at Mardi Gras! (You better go again this year!) Nope, we were there for that day! We were there on a Saturday, they weren't extremely busy, but I guess too busy to talk to us. Hey! What are you saying about my skills? Vallerina - you going to gold coast for mardi?? Kevin

Awesome Videos!

need to move it to a different server, bandwith restrictions suck!

Yeah they got a notice to customers about all that -- just wanted to let all the customers know that their video was still for sale even though they went through all of that :)

Bumfights don't ask me how i find this crap... There is a chick with some nice ta tas in it..

You got your rig with "Loser" on it?? hum.

Rob? Does rob have a beard? You can see him in the skymama heli video ... here