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  1. jimjumper
    The Air Force used to use Cal City's Otter for test jumps during the '85 to '95 timeframe. It was tough to get on load with them. I couldn't get on even with an Active Duty card at the time. Norm Krackk was a jumper with them and told me he landed an 18' experimental round around that time. It wasn't put into production. A lot of the jumps on the video were deliberately deployed the way they were to simulate emergency bailouts.
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    I agree with Stratostar on this one. Me and my wife own 20 acres in the desert and after about a year of the neighbors horse riders (from their boarding facility) and the other neighbors ATV's riding on our property we put up a fence, and yes its barb wire. We talked, asked, threatened, but in the end the fence was the most effective. You don't have the right to encroach on other peoples property even if it is only occasionally and not intentional.
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    I got a decent reserve because they were grounded. I was jumping a 24' T-10 as a reserve and at 235 pounds thought it wasn't a good idea. A guy sent his Green Star from Florida to New Jersey trying to sell it and I made an offer on the 26" Strong Lopo that was in it 2 weeks before I had my first cutaway. I put 3 jumps on that reserve and then loaned the rig to a novice who deployed it unstable and it lineovered. She landed a little hard but nothing too serious. The reserve had line burns all over the apex area and couldn't be repaired
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    I think I'll just jump a canopy that opens reliably without line twists, lands nicely, and if it ever does have line twists I'll use the reserve that I packed myself.
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    When I did my rigger training at RI Sandy was still using that original rig for rigging training and it had a Swift+ with an Xxxx ser number. I was told it was used for the TSO for both the container and the reserve to save costs.
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    Spanwise construction, no packing tabs (Elek Puskas thought they affected airflow), blue (most swifts I v'e seen were yellow), 5 cells (a paraflite staple), I would have say a Cirrus reserve?
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    I don't post here often but I just wanted to second the comment about Darryld, Mark, and Bob doing their best as load organizers. I always refer my students to them to keep them enthused and wanting to keep jumping.
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    My first 7 were on T-10's at 240 lbs. I think I lost a couple of fillings but never broke anything.
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    Friend of mine took his CO on a tandem and did it under canopy!
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    Outstanding! Ask him about his first (unofficial) AFF jump. He and Dick Spates dragged me out in a 3 way at Lakewood Skydiving back in 1983. I was having problems with 10 second delays and he decided to try it as solution. It must have worked!!
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    Cathy say's early Perris!
  12. jimjumper
    To quote Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live, "Never Mind".
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    It is a waiverable item. I only have 20/40 in the left eye and no depth perception but still am able to hold a class 3. I also know a person with only one eye who holds a class 1. The physical is used in combination with the flight check and any limitations are noted on the physical card and airmans license.
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    I jumped Larry Fatino's rig for a few years after the Perris crash. He was doing a tandem on the load so he wasn't wearing it. I bought it from his son who needed the money at the time. Never really thought about it while jumping it. Larry was a good guy!
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    Try Lew Monst at Perris. Excellent tandem instructor, videographer, and a nice person.
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    wouldn't damage to the harness webbing be considered a defect to the individual container and therefore required to be noted on the data card? I agree that according to the wording the repair doesn't need to be noted but it should be noted as a defect during the inspection/repack. I still would want to know who did the repair and by what authority before I would repack the rig.
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    Is the repair noted on the packing data card? In the U.S. harness repair or alteration would be considered a major repair and could only be performed by a Master rigger. The data card may give you a source as who did the repair and whether they were allowed to do the repair. If it isn't noted on the card I would be very suspect.
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    In Okinawa because we were a MWR sponsored club the military provided us with either a CH-53 or CH-47 helicopter to jump from. That was in '95-'96. There weren't any civilian aircraft on the island at the time to jump from. We only got them once a month and only 4 hours of flight time but I usually got 4 jumps every time.
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    The caption of the picture in the book "Skydiving" says that it is an Australian Victa Airtourer. It also says it can accommodate 3 jumpers.
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    I still have my card. It is dated 12-19-87 so i probably got it just before it went back to a regular dropzone. According to the logbook we made 2 jumps from a QueenAir there. I was a regular jumper at Cal City then and we appreciated the business from Perris at the time.
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    Don't forget the altimeters you've done! You did this one in late '83 while living in a van at Lakewood. The picture isn't the best but you can still see the skull in the clouds at about 11 o'clock.
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    That same plane was a dog to altitutde. It was also famous for taking the meat off your shins if you were first out the door because of the 3-4 inch high door lip. You had to be careful to launch forcefully out the doorand not drag your legs!
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    2 Original (80's) racer containers with handles 1 Warp 3 container 1 28" Phantom recalled for acid mesh 1 ea. cruiselite xl, heavyweight xl cloud, nimbus xl, PD-260 all ragged out mains Assorted ripcords and cutaway handles 6-7 jumpsuits that were given to me that don't fit 1 old singer sewing machine that wasn't suitable for rigging work A full bag of rigging tools and weights for gear no longer jumped 6 sets spare risers I fortunately have a large storage shed!
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    If you ever want a complete history of canopy releases contact Sandy Reid at Rigging Innovations. He has examples of everything from 2-shots to mini-3 rings and does a great job presenting it as a lecture. He showed me when I took his rigging course years ago and IMHO would make an excellent PIA presentation.
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    We've been using motion sickness bands for about 2 years now with great results. Check at your local drugstore for them. Also don't spin under canopy even if your passenger asks you to.