tobi778

Yep, it would to most people, but there is something special about this little bird

The Whisky Echo Cessna 182 made in 1965, oh yeah! Since this picture was taken we have changed to a three blade prop. picture taken at my dropzone in Vaasa Finland

Thanks for your reply, and thank you also Kolla for the email I got! So this dealer just seems to be misinformed. I was hoping this would be the case! Rock on!

Yeah, I think it's very odd. I think the dealer has misunderstood something. Thats why I asked you guys that are closer to the source . I think I will send an email to PD and ask... I'll post the reply here later.

A friend of mine wanted to order a new Vengeance the other day and was told by the dealer that they dont make them any more and that it will be replaced by the Katana. Has anyone else heared about this? I think its a shame, I have nothing bad to say about my Vengeance 120.

Hell, last saturday we jumped night jumps from 600m (about 1900ft) from our Cessna when the clouds wouldn't allow us to go any higher... I was jumping my Vengeance 120 loaded 1.5ish and had no problems. I hope you bought beer!!

Just imagine sitting in traffic on your way to work and hearing this. Many Chicago folks DID hear this on the WBAM FM morning show in Chicago. The DJs play a game where they award winners great prizes. The game is called "Mate Match". The DJs call someone at work and ask if they are married or seriously involved with someone. If the contestant answers "yes", he or she is then asked 3 random yet highly personal questions. The person is also asked to divulge the name of their partner (with phone number) for verification. If their partner answers those same three questions correctly, they both win the prize. One particular game, however, several months ago, made the City of Big Shoulders drop to its knees with laughter and is possibly the funniest thing I've heard yet. Anyway, here's how it all went down: DJ: "Hey! This is Edgar on WBAM. Have you ever heard of 'Mate Match'?" Contestant: (laughing) "Yes, I have." DJ: "Great! Then you know we're giving away a trip to Orlando, Florida if you win. What is your name? First only please." Contestant: "Brian." DJ: "Brian, are you married or what?" Brian: "Yes." DJ: "Yes? Does that mean you're married or you're what?" Brian: (laughing nervously) "Yes, I am married." DJ: "Thank you. Now, what is your wife's name? First only please." Brian: "Sara." DJ: "Is Sara at work, Brian?" Brian: "She is gonna kill me." DJ: "Stay with me here, Brian! Is she at work?" Brian: (laughing) "Yes, she's at work." DJ: "Okay, first question - when was the last time you had sex?" Brian: "She is gonna kill me." DJ: "Brian! Stay with me here!" Brian: "About 8 o'clock this morning." DJ: "Atta boy, Brian." Brian: (laughing sheepishly) "Well..." DJ: "Question #2 - How long did it last?" Brian: "About 10 minutes." DJ: "Wow! You really want that trip, huh? No one would ever have said that if a trip wasn't at stake." Brian: "Yeah, that trip sure would be nice." DJ: "Okay. Final question. Where did you have sex at 8 o'clock this morning?" Brian: (laughing hard) "I, ummm, I, well..." DJ: "This sounds good, Brian. Where was it at?" Brian: "Not that it was all that great, but her mom is staying with us for a couple of weeks..." DJ: "Uh huh..." Brian: "...and the Mother-In-Law was in the shower at the time." DJ: "Atta boy, Brian." Brian: "On the kitchen table." DJ: "Not that great?? That is more adventure than the previous hundred times I've done it. Okay folks, I will put Brian on hold, get the wife's work number and call her up. You listen to this." 3 minutes of commercials follow. DJ: "Okay audience, let's call Sarah, shall we?" (touch tones.....ringing....) Clerk: "Kinkos." DJ: "Hey, is Sarah around there somewhere?" Clerk: "This is she." DJ: "Sarah, this is Edgar with WBAM. We are live on the air right now and I've been talking with Brian for a couple of hours now." Sarah: (laughing) "A couple of hours?" DJ: "Well, a while now. He is on the line with us. Brian knows not to give any answers away or you'll lose. Sooooooo... do you know the rules of 'MateMatch'?" Sarah: "No." DJ: "Good!" Brian: (laughing) Sarah: (laughing) "Brian, what the hell are you up to?" Brian (laughing) "Just answer his questions honestly, okay? Be completely honest." DJ: "Yeah yeah yeah. Sure. Now, I will ask you 3 questions, Sarah. If your answers match Brian's answers, then the both of you will be off to Orlando, Florida for 5 days on us. Disney World. Sea World. Tickets to the Magic's game. The whole deal. Get it Sarah?" Sarah: (laughing) "Yes." DJ: "Alright. When did you last have sex, Sarah?" Sarah: "Oh God, Brian....uh, this morning before Brian went to work." DJ: "What time?" Sarah: "Around 8 this morning." DJ: "Very good. Next question. How long did it last?" Sarah: "12, 15 minutes maybe." DJ: "Hmmmm. That's close enough. I am sure she is trying to protect his manhood. We've got one last question, Sarah. You are one question away from a trip to Florida. Are you ready?" Sarah: (laughing) "Yes." DJ: "Where did you have it?" Sarah: "OH MY GOD, BRIAN!! You didn't tell them that, did you?" Brian: "Just tell him, honey." DJ: "What is bothering you so much, Sarah?" Sarah: "Well, it's just that my mom is vacationing with us and..." DJ: Come on Sarah.....where did you have it? Sarah: "In the ass....." After a long pause, the DJ said, "Folks, we need to take a station break"

I heard this morning that someone had broke into my friends car. They took.... EMPTY CD casings!! nothing else! How stupid can a thief get? (the casings were not even original but those of computer CDs)

Last Wednesday (9/10) four jumpers from Vaasa in Finland beat the record by jumping 18 dropzones in one day! I'm sorry I dont remember the ICAO codes for the fields. #1 Kruunupyy #2 Kannus #3 Kalajoki #4 Ylivieska #5 Haapavesi #6 Kärsämäki #7 Kiuruvesi #8 Pyhäsalmi #9 Pihtipudas #10 Kivijärvi #11 Sulkaharju #12 Kauhava #13 Menkijärvi #14 Alavus #15 Seinäjoki #16 Nummijärvi #17 Kauhajoki #18 Vaasa (Home Dropzone) The jumpplane used was the Cessna 182 of our club OH-CWE. The flight time was 5h 43min and the jumpers spent over 6h packing! Quite an achievement IMHO Congratulations!

Carl Bear

Can't be as bad as our fuel prices. In Finland we pay around 4€ per gallon. (roughly the same in US$)

Swedish Finnish English and also a touch of.. Norwegian and German

I had a retractable closing pin on my previous container (Atom), and I liked it. You cannot forget to cock the pilot chute as you will have no pin to close the container with . I did hear some theory why a "normal" pin is better, but I seem to have forgotten it. Never had any problems with it.

Hey there, I'm glad things are working out for you! Sounds like you have done some pretty good work with your AFF training. Remember, every jump that you land safely is a good one as long as you had fun! Good luck to you! Be safe. /Toby

Got it on the first try

No offence taken :) I agree, but it is sometimes hard to tell exactly how afraid the student is on the ground. Even harder to anticipate how the student will react once the door opens. As this student had jumped twice before I did not anticipate this reaction. However when it did happen I acted as I did in order to avoid a potentially dangerous situation. It cost some euros, but no amount of money is high enough to put someone in excess danger. I'm sure these things will be easier to see at an earlier stage once I get more experience. But as this is my first summer as instructor, I could not see this one coming.

The Texas Instruments European dsp site isn't bad either

She really wanted to go, and who am I to say "sorry you look too scared". I mean almost everyone look terrified on their first jumps, but they choose to win their fears. In my short experience as an Instructor and a while before, I have found that the once that look really scared the first times often become darn good jumpers. I tried to explain to her in the plane and later on the ground that it was ok not to jump and that nobody thinks less of her. She is always welcome on my load should she choose to try again.

I agree with AggieDave

Well, I had quite an interesting plane ride yesterday. I'll call it a plane ride cause no one actually got to jump on this one. I had a static line student who was about to make her third jump, the first and second being a while back and successful. She came to the DZ about two weeks ago and we went through the exit procedures and trained the emergency procedures in harness to refresh her memory. She told me that she was very nervous so I tried to calm her down and told her that she was going to do just fine, as her training went well. Well, she showed up yesterday ready to jump and we went through the jump again so that everything would go well. She told me she was very scared but calmed down as I told her that that was perfectly normal after having only two jumps and a bit of a break in the student program. When we got to the plane ( C-182 ) and practised the exit once again, I noticed that she was terrified. Her heart was pounding and she was sweathing. I thought well, nothing new here, I remember I was exactly the same way for my first jumps. I asked the pilot to fly an extra long jumprun so that she would have more time to climb out on the strut. Just before jumprun I told her to put on her goggles, but she could not move. She told me she had no strenght in her arms and could not function. I asked her if she wanted to go down with the plane, but she did not answer so I told the pilot to make another run to give her some time to sort things out. I pep talked her for a while, and she said she wanted to try again. So as we start the second jump run I open the door and check the spot. Then i looked at her and she was all pale. I thought thats it, we are aborting this jump. She said that she could not do it, and down we went. A while later after I had taken the rest of the load up again and landed she came to see me and told me she is quitting the sport. I offered her a chance to come back at a later time to try again, but I seriously doubt that she will. Has any of you instructors had similar things or other out of the ordinary things happen on jumprun?

Yes I hope it was the last time too

5'8" 152 lbs

Oh, sorry if this has been posted before, I didn't notice that post . I was also very surprised when I heard that he got back the same pin that we discarded. I personally would request a new one but since the owner has the same rigging qualifications as myself I figured its up to him. I told him my opinion on this the other day.

Yep, he did it allright! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3112095.stm /Toby

Hi, Thought I should share a discovery of a unit conversion error that caused a pin that was OK to fail TEST1. In the Capewell bulletin the test procedure for TEST 1 reads as follows However 3/16" is more like 4.76 mm! As a result of not checking the math before testing the pin bent and was sent back to the dealer. The dealer straightened it out and did TEST 2 which the pin passed. After that he sent it back to the owner and pointed out the error in the bulletin. I guess I have to check the conversions in future bulletins better. Anyone else notice this? /Toby