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    Parachutist

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    A silver medal at a Carolina Council Style & Accuracy meet back in the late 80's. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Lots of good answers here but the key point everyone has missed is that more or less, round, non-steerable parachutes will all drift with the wind at the same speed, direction and decent rate. Yes there will be some differences because of weight but generally they're all wind dummies. If they had steerable canopies it would be a total goat fuck with lots of injuries. 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division 1986-1990 Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Thar be skydiving/wingsuits (sorta) in the new TRON movie coming out Dec 17th!!! http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/tron-legacy-trailer-3/17wotarus Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Oh believe me I understand where you're coming from, I use to do tandems for the same reason...but finally decided that the money I was making 'part-time' wasn't worth the commitment it required from me...and my circumstance didn't lend to doing it full-time...also that the guys doing it full-time were probably better than me, and didn't need some hack like me skimming what money was available. Oh yeah, I've thought about that too. I'm sure the guys who are working full time at it wouldn't appreciate a freelancer coming in and "taking their business". Ah well, I'm sure I'll have a better perspective once becoming a TI is more of a reality for me. Interesting thread though! Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Hours are long, the money is not great and you always have the chance to getting busted up and losing what income you were pulling in...that being said, there are a whole lotta guys out there making a go of it because thankfully...money isn't their primary motivation. Just being honest and practical. If I was just going to jump for fun, I'd stick with wingsuiting and that would be that. But tandem jumping seems more like a business to me. And like I said, It would be a way to keep the cost of the sport down. I'm not thinking of it being a full time job. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    I'm thinking a bit further down the road than I should as I won't be jumping again for a couple years. But I figured if I had a tandem rating, it would help me pay for my fun jumps. However tandem rigs appear to cost well over 10K so it's definitely a business investment. Now I really have no idea what tandem masters make per jump but I would think it would depend on who owns the gear being jumped. I know if I dished out money for a new tandem rig, I'd want the bulk of that $200 charged to students to pay for my investment. However it sounds like the money I was thinking of is no where near what folks make. I'm not sure what my point is. I'm just sayin'. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Hell yeah... Sons is awesome. But I'm thinking more along the lines of maybe a dramatic/comedy like Weeds. The story of a semi-dysfunctional skydiving team and their merry band of adrenaline junky friends as they train for this meet and the other meet and so on and so forth... Coming up with novel ways to make money to pay for their jumps, find sponsors, whatever. And put it on Showtime so it can include adult language and situations. THAT would rock. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Congrats to you. And good luck! Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    I'm thankful the semester is almost over which means I'm one semester closer to graduating, finding a decent job and skydiving again!! It's been 20 years since I jumped regularly. I walk around everywhere with my eyes fixed on the skies.... and looking at towers and buildings thinking, "hey that's a base jump!" I can't wait to start jumping again. I've been away too long. Happy Thanksgiving to all here.
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    Back at ya! Happy Thankgiving. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Speechless. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    So glad I left and moved to Texas. Funny how in San Francisco, it's OK to give junkies free syringes to shoot up with, but giving toys to children with their McDonald's happy meals would just give the wrong message. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Bitchin! Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    The same can be said for electric cars and such. But it's only a matter of time and advancing technology before water cracking can be done cheaply and easily. At that point we'll have the cleanest and most plentiful fuel source in the universe... make it from water, and the exhaust is water. It's really a no-brainer. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Here's a page with a bit more info and a video. http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/hydrogen-powered-personal-helicopter/ Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    H Y D R O G E N The most common element in the universe. And it's emissions are clean... just H2O. Scroll a short bit down the page and see the hydrogen powered helicopter. http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/hydrogen-fuel/ Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    GREAT IDEA! Then stock it with bass & catfish! Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    I saw a 16 way tube roll off the ramp of a CH47 Chinook helicopter at Fort Bragg, NC. That was April or May of '87. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    I wouldn't know. I haven't received my issue yet! Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Caprica/153445464694130 Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Is Raeford still running those Twin-bos they had in the late 80's? Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    Ya know, I'd been wanting to add one of those to my list for years. Then V and I are in Thailand jumping the tailgate Hercs, and we made a couple of demo loads out of the turbine DC-3. Very cool, but the Hercs were a hard act to follow.
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    OK, I remember the first pie in the face usually happens at 1000 jumps. But these days I'm seeing people getting pied at 100. I've got over 500 and never saw a pie. What's up with that? Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front
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    1. C-130 off the ramp 2. CH-47 Chinook off the ramp 3. Anything with a ramp 4. UH-60 Blackhawk 5. Otter Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front