WTF???

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Parachutist Magazine, July 03 - page 14 - Top Picture entitled Oh, No! Would someone please explain that one to me? I was told that you can't hang on to someone during their deployment. So were they buckled together somehow like a tandem? Is the pic photoshoped? Or am I just missing something obvious?

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Parachutist Magazine, July 03 - page 14 - Top Picture entitled Oh, No! Would someone please explain that one to me? I was told that you can't hang on to someone during their deployment. So were they buckled together somehow like a tandem? Is the pic photoshoped? Or am I just missing something obvious?

Oh, that's just Andy and Luke playing around... they exit the plane in a Mr. Bill, Andy then climbs on Lukes shoulders and jumps at some set altitude, deploying his own main.

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Now I just need to know exactly what is a Mr. Bill? I guess I'm the only skydiver who doesn't know!

[sundevil777 93]

The reference is to the Mr. Bill and Sluggo cartoon from the old days of Saturday Night Live.

You exit with really good grips/leg locks and one person deploys right out the door with a big old main canopy that you don't mind blowing apart, then you get the thrill of a balloon jump without the expense.

Now that I think about it, maybe this is a better idea than a balloon jump...

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

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Now I just need to know exactly what is a Mr. Bill? I guess I'm the only skydiver who doesn't know!

do a search "Search Posts" and look for Mr Bill, many threads about how to do one....

[jumper596 0]

Thanks, I got it now! I feel much better!

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