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ANYWAY! The question asked was is it illegal to jump from your buddies plane, off DZ and the answer is no, so long as you notify the proper authorities and have all your documents in order. Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Wrong.... He told me that the flight time COULD be considered as compensation. As it was he let me do it since we had a very good relationship with them. It's all about the word "COULD"... why is it COULD and not IS??? Because there are more than one possible situation. Dude, read my previous posts. The parts about taking passengers on training flights. Say you need another X number of hours of solo x-country time to qualify for your commercial. You cannot have a passenger with you for any of those hours... does that mean you can't do a cross-country with a pal? No. It means that if you do, you cannot log that cross-country against the X hours needed for commercial. Now if you took a passenger who paid for the whole flight with you AND counted those hours against your commercial requirements (you'd already be in violation but) those hours ARE compensation above and beyond the cost of the flight. Let's look at the private pilot... the one who is not interested in getting his/her commercial. If he/she flys a pal around and said pal pays for it all, then those hours are NOT, i repeat NOT a form of compensation. So once again, if you are not counting the flight time as training towards your commercial license, then the hours are not a benefit to you and thusly not any form of compensation. Well yeah! 'cause then you'd truly be flying for commercial purposes. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Problematic only if your buddys balcony is on the side of someone else's building. My buddy owns a condo unit, it's his balcony... but I bet it's still a liability issue for the complex/building owner somehow. I don't buy this "aerial delivery" stuff either. Once you tresspass on foot, the crime is tresspass... climb up the tower, jump off it, you are not being aerially 'delivered' to the property. You're goofing around on the property... leaving that tower would not constitute leaving the property.. unless it was a VERY VERY large tower.. what is the height of private property? ... Anyone? My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Dude, as a private pilot you can so be compensated entirely for the cost of the flight... The only thing you can't do is accept any sort of profit. Listen to this "Sharing the cost"... Who cares who's flipping the bill for rental and gas? The government canot restrict anyone in terms of that. What if I have my private, and I come from money so my dear ol' daddy decides he's gonna pay for all my commercial training? What if I have the private and I want to make an x-country and the same ol' rich daddy flips the bill? There is nothing that says the pilot in command must be the one who pays for the cost of the flight. There is nothing that says the pilot in command must pay even part of it. Again, I am 110% positive that if you may, while holding a private license, fly a friend around and let him/her pay for the entire thing. Wrong man. You are not doing anything "for hire" if you are not accepting any funds for it. As long as you were going flying anyway??? That's just silly! Where does it say that? Where is that from? So when my friend that called me last week and said: "Nick, let's go flying! Can we please!".... I should have said: "Sorry, I wasn't planning on flying today, now I can't take you because I wasn't going flying before you asked."??? And the purpose of the flight is not rellavant (other than that which states that you can't take passengers on 'trainning flights' which I described earlier.) There is no violation. My sister Drove home to Toronto from Ottoawa to go on a trip to Florida with my mother a few months ago. It wasn't until she got here that she realised she had left her passport. Realising there was no time to drive back and get it before her flight the next morning, I booked a Bonanza, and flew her there and back... No pre-plan to fly that day. She didn't pay for it but you think if when the bill came up, and my sis pulled out her credit card, that dispatch would say:"Uhm, excuse me ma'm, but he has to pay... you cannot." ? These are not loopholes!!! A drivers licence lets you drive passengers anywhere you want to take them and they can pay for your gas, your maintenance and even a portion of you insurance if it comes down to it but you cannot carry passengers for hire unless you get the proper certification... buddy it's the exact same in the air I guarantee. Come on now! Please! My training may not be complete, but it doesn't take a commercial licence to read! My training up until Private was done a Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, ON... This was the topic a great discussion... Dude, it's been covered and confirmed, you can fly a friend and be %100 compensated. It's when that compensation becomes %101 or greater that you are in violation. Edited to remove Toms sig tag from my post ;-) My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Sounds more like the Wicked Witch of the West to me. It was The Simpsons doing a parody of The Wizzard... I remember! hahaha. Jokes. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Here in Canada (and I'm sure it's the same in the states) our air regulations state that in uncontroled airspace, a pilot need only file NOTAMs (Notice to all airmen) with flight service indicating parachute activity along with the location and estimated time, in order to drop jumpers. The CSPA says you need your EJR to jump anywhere that is not a DZ but that is the jumpers responsibility, not the pilots. Actually, Flight Service here in Canada does have a form to fill to ease the process. It does ask for the jumpers EJR number but I know for a fact that it is not checked out... got no EJR? Dummy that number and go (I didn't say that). Remember too that the USPA and CSPA regulations are not federal Law wheras FAA and AIP ones are. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Technically, a private pilot cannot take a passenger on any sort of training flight. That is to say that I can take a friend with me on a x-country but I cannot log those hours towards my commercial licence training. In this situation, I can accept all moneys from this friend of mine up to and including the costs of the flight. So as a poor private pilot, I can say yes to my buddy saying "Hey man, I need to get to Sudbury tomorow, can you fly me there if I pay for everything?" Now, you've got to log a ton of solo hours to get to your commercial... I don't know a single pilot today that didn't take passengers for fun while making those hours up. It's not the type of regulation that is stickly enforced. Really, all you have to worry about as a private pilot, is that you do not pocket any funds from flying a plane. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

If you hold a private pilots license, you can accept compensation up to and including all costs associated witht the flight. The only thing you can't do is make a profit. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Damn Hot! Wings would have to be a lot longer just to distance the engines from him. Saw a documentery on a dude that was making similar small engines. He had to stand about 5-6 feet away to ignite them and once they really got going, he had to back up further.... Likely burn up the legs a bit judging by the location on the wings in the pics.... and I don't think I'd like both my canopies that close to 'em either. Well, thing about those little jets: There awful difficult to start up (dude from the documentary had to use a leaf blower to get his going). However, they are consiquently sh*t-simple to shut down so who knows? My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Damn that cordura BOC!!! Honestly, (please don't flame) I really don't trust it... I haven't since I saw the option. Cordura has no give! If your pilot chute 'bunches up' enough to not get out... Hard pull. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Oh yeah, that would be great! Thanks man.

Shouldn't that read "Way off B.A.S.E dood - way off B.A.S.E." ? Oh wait, I get it. lol My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Bwahahaa! You kill me Euguene! I would never had thought a toungue peircing would attract lightning!... Never heard of someone being struck by lightning in the earrings... Hmmmm. Poor girl. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Stop man! These people are clearly not blaming, flaming or bad-mouthing cops in any way! Just tryin to figure out if they can keep their sh*t or not! SO bolt cutters were used in the criminal action of a tresspass as they were the item used to cut the bolt (break n' enter/tresspass) The base rig was used in what criminal action?... it was not used to help you get into the private property, it was not used to do anything illigal (because the jump itself is not illegal, most times, all they get charged with is the tresspass) Now I can see the cops taking it away from you when they arrest you 1) because they are arresting you thusly, they take all your sh*t... yes, they would take a knapsac full of picnic too if you were arrested for tresspassing and 2) to prove that you indeed were there "May I present to the court, item A, one base rig, which we beleive the defendant was going to use to make a BASE jump on said private property." Makes sense to me. BUT! When it's all said and done, that's YOUR rig man! It's not illegal to own, it's not illegal to use. It was just taken away from you when you went into custody, it should be returned with your watch, wallet and shoestrings! End of story IMHO I'm not a BASE jumper but I can feel the agravation of those who have lost gear like this. Get up, Stand up.... Stand up fo ya rights! Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Hmmmm I am reminded of a phrase uttered by nearly every skydiver I have ever known. It goes a little something like this: "If there isn't video, it didn't happen." WTF With a 'record' attempt like this, who wouldn't get vid? Hmmmm. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

I've heard of those cards! Where can I get one? (bought my gear used with cypress) My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

I'm afraid I just retired from the Posse last night The Spectre is sold! Long live the Samurai!!!

Hmf! I thought this thread was going to be about hot-boxing the jumpship or something Congrats on the bite and welcome to the sky! It really does get better and better. There is always something new to learn, always new people to jump with and one day, when you think you kow it all, somebody goes and invents some new bad-ass stuff to do! Great job going the two of you... It's so nice to have someone in the progression with you, someone to discuss your experiences and progress with. Anyway, say goodbye to what the wuffos call "Spending cash"... or money for "rainy day"?? And welcome to skydiving! Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Oh yeah guy! Those look pretty knarly! Good job

Having said that, Snappy ideas? You could tape the risers -properly orientated- to the side of the d-bag. This way, they cannot move about and will be properly oriented when re-connecting them. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

I was showing off my gear to a whuffo friend. She had a bit of a hard time understanding the 3 ring release so I chopped it to display. The D-bag was already out of the container (I had already gone through the deployement explanation) and I reattached it but 20-30 seconds later. The bag never spun about, it was laying on my couch, the risers neverleft my hands. I wasn't worried in the slightest that I had not hooked them up right. I even released one line stow thinking to myself "If I did twist up one of the risers, the twist could not have possibly passed this first stow." All that resulted was one twis in one side but it was enough to make me realize how hard it is to tell that the twist was present... had there been more, I'd of possibly been looking at stuck toggles or a hesitant slider?... Meh, attach it while still in the bag and then take it out and repack, just for shits and giggles. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Look for a fabric called Supplex Nylon. It's made by Dupont (perhaps if you check the Dupont website for local dealers?) Supplex is IMO the best fabric for jumpsuits and whatnot. It has all the stregth and durability of Nylon but feels and flaps about just like cotton. The coefficient of drag for this fabric is somewhat less than poly-cotton. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

"That Low" refers to Jimbos post... "You are in the pattern and...." To me, "In the pattern" typically means I'm too low to cutaway... Unless it's an awful LARGE pattern. What about a one sided release? Failure of a riser (murphys law states if a riser will fail, it will be the one to which the RSL is attached) Just thought I'd throw that one out. I don't jump with an RSL My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Thanks Derek, No, I can do it. I just didn't know If I was supposed to or not. Got to have him look at the new main anyway, I'll have him help me out. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!