Marion 0 #301 April 14, 2005 QuoteDid David finally shut his whining and enjoy himself? If not, can we just ship him back to FL??? He's on his way down there right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkwon 0 #302 April 14, 2005 Thanks to all you guys for coming to my show last night. It is always great to see skydivers in the crowd. Thanks for all your support. Oh and sorry I didn't give you a shout out. :) I was a bit out of it last night with my coughing fits and lack of sleep. I received word today that the CD is officially 10 days away from being finished. I heard the mastered copy and I'm very proud of that end product. Some of you made it to the inside CD cover...actually only two of you did and I had nothing to do with that. Anyways I'll make sure and bring a handful to CSS when they're ready to go.--joe HISPA #69 The Best Band in the WORLD!!! The new full length album "See What You Can Find" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base698 1 #303 April 15, 2005 Hey I turned you down damn it. No means no. Don't make me swap your hand away again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caseflyer 0 #304 April 15, 2005 huh, missed the nibbling thing but the show was great. Missed all of you who weren't there last night,(dawn, marion, eric etc ) it was alot of fun. marion-- What time is does the course start on Friday. I might have to come out and watch a little of the course since I will be taking the Saturday session. Looking forward to it. And the weather is BEautiFUl this weekend. --------------TaiL FocKeR OuT----------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guido 0 #305 April 15, 2005 QuoteHey I turned you down damn it. No means no. That wasn't you... darn cheap beers! No Casey you didn't miss anything, just joshin'. ~How do you know where the line is if you never crossed it?~ unk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base698 1 #306 April 15, 2005 It would have been the most action in a while. At least I have some interest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eUrNiCc 0 #307 April 15, 2005 Hola from the Canopy Course. It's 11 and so far we haven't done any jumps yet as it's damn windy. So far the instruction has been very in depth. Yeehaw!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #308 April 15, 2005 Try to steal Scott's sunglasses. Bet he can't teach canopy dynamics without them. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guido 0 #309 April 15, 2005 Quotehaven't done any jumps yet as it's damn windy Yeah the sun FINALLY came out here too, but same in the winds department. ~How do you know where the line is if you never crossed it?~ unk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marion 0 #310 April 15, 2005 Hola from work! Casey- I'm taking the class tomorrow too! My nose is getting less congested by the minute, so I should be in good shape by tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crashintou 0 #311 April 15, 2005 QuoteHola from work! Casey- I'm taking the class tomorrow too! My nose is getting less congested by the minute, so I should be in good shape by tomorrow. that rocks!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites caseflyer 0 #312 April 15, 2005 cool Yeah the winds are crazy today I'm glad I'm on for tomorrow. Glad you're feeling better Casey--------------TaiL FocKeR OuT----------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eUrNiCc 0 #313 April 18, 2005 Woohoo! Sunday was super! I got to break in the new D-rebel & do some cool jumps & canopy exercises with the rest of the Canopy Control students. We've got to get Scott to come around more often, I think we all got alot out of his course. I'll try to upload some of the pictures to shutterfly as soon as i can find a card reader here at school.Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Marion 0 #314 April 18, 2005 The weekend was awesome. I did my FIRST double fronts approaches. I learned that my Sabre 2 glides waaaay more than my Triathlon on no wind days. I did 10 jumps with no freefall time, then did a sunset freefly jump with Eric yesterday and had no clue what to do - "Oh. You want me to grab that foot you're sticking out at me? But there aren't dive loops on your shoes." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eUrNiCc 0 #315 April 18, 2005 Heeehehe... I wish i had a picture of that. Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Marion 0 #316 April 18, 2005 Or video. Next time, get a bite switch that works and remember to turn your video camera on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eUrNiCc 0 #317 April 19, 2005 ^Hey, it'll happen to you sooner or later when you strap your camera on Anyhow, here are the latest batch of pictures from the weekend. I have a bunch more of jumps with Casey and Yhevgeniy, as well as a really nice swoop pic of Lyman on Steve's laptop. Lots of you are featured, so look through them all. CLICKY!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Mak 0 #318 April 19, 2005 Hey CSS'ers, As much as I try to deny it, my vacation from the real world is rapidly coming to an end. I'm going to be moving to New York in a couple of months to rejoin the rat race. Thanks for showing me such a good time. I couldn't have asked for a better group of skydiving friends or a better DZ to call home. I will really miss you all. I'm going to be traveling and jumping as much as I can over the next two months, one last blast before I head out. See you at the DZ! Much love, blue skies, calm winds and all that other sentimental stuff Mak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hajnalka 0 #319 April 19, 2005 MAK - goodbye, I miss you already! I read your post with some confusion and trepidation, then realized you had told me almost all of this the first time I met you, in the rigging loft. Somehow I thought you'd end up in Arizona or SoCal, not NY. I'll miss you; your quiet ways, your continuous optimism and your beautiful accent. I'm glad we have Karen's excellent exit picture of you on the packing room wall to remind us. Best of luck to you, Mak! Take care + be well. Please come back and see us sometime. -Dawn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eUrNiCc 0 #320 April 21, 2005 We're gonna miss you Mak! I hope NY treats you well and all that (beats the hell out of Durham ) Come down and see us for the big boogies. Maybe if i'm lucky i'll get to watch you walk the plank into the swoop pond next yeAARRRRRRRR! I'll be out at the DZ this afternoon packing my stuff for southport and hopefully getting a jump in. See ya!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guido 0 #321 April 23, 2005 Bummer you are leaving, have fun in the big Apple! Now I have a place to crash if I head up there. Speaking of which, anyone heading up to Xkeys for their boogie next weekend? I was HOPING to have the end of the week through the weekend off, but now it looks like I'll have to go in for an HOUR on Fri, how gay!! So guess I'll be on the road right after that, and coming home Sunday. ~How do you know where the line is if you never crossed it?~ unk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pepe 0 #322 April 23, 2005 You made it cloudy and windy so that you didn't have to head "South of the Border". Pepe "My backyard is my compost bin" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MWGemini 0 #323 April 25, 2005 With the recent incident at Deland, I've been thinking about what measures can be taken (both at CSS and elsewhere) to prevent that happening here. Does anyone have any suggestions? Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eUrNiCc 0 #324 April 25, 2005 ^I'm sure that there will be alot to learn from the Gus Wing incident. My uncle in DeLand had known both Gus and the Pilot for over a decade, and he was on the scene as it happened. I've only started leafing through the threads on the incident, so i don't know who was in the wrong or exactly what the situation was. Either way the community has lost one hell of a skydiver/BASE jumper. BSBD I'm glad that the weekend at CSS went smoothly. Those were some pretty scary tandem landings. Lets all hope for better weather this coming weekend for the Rape Awareness tandemonium. Here are some pics of Peter and Akos in action The weather was really nice yesterday above the clouds. CLICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MWGemini 0 #325 April 25, 2005 Well, the reason why I ask is that during my student training not so long ago, I was taught that a good place to start my pattern when the winds were from the west is right over the patch of tree at the end of the runway, fly down the length of the runway, then turn to base. That means for about 400 feet of altitude and half the length of the runway, I'm pretty much directly over it. Shouldn't be an issue, because the aircraft should be much lower than 600ft when landing on the runway, or taking off from the runway, but now I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I shouldn't change that pattern so as not to fly over the runway. Another thing that I started thinking about is that I don't know the aircraft approach pattern. I haven't been watching their landings enough to know which direction they usually come from in certain wind conditions, and how they make their approach (what altitudes do they turn at and where). I don't know if every pilot has their own method or if the DZ mandates a particular pattern. Maybe these are things we SHOULD know? Nice pictures, by the way. Have you figured out how to burn them to DVD yet? Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next Page 13 of 87 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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crashintou 0 #311 April 15, 2005 QuoteHola from work! Casey- I'm taking the class tomorrow too! My nose is getting less congested by the minute, so I should be in good shape by tomorrow. that rocks!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caseflyer 0 #312 April 15, 2005 cool Yeah the winds are crazy today I'm glad I'm on for tomorrow. Glad you're feeling better Casey--------------TaiL FocKeR OuT----------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eUrNiCc 0 #313 April 18, 2005 Woohoo! Sunday was super! I got to break in the new D-rebel & do some cool jumps & canopy exercises with the rest of the Canopy Control students. We've got to get Scott to come around more often, I think we all got alot out of his course. I'll try to upload some of the pictures to shutterfly as soon as i can find a card reader here at school.Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marion 0 #314 April 18, 2005 The weekend was awesome. I did my FIRST double fronts approaches. I learned that my Sabre 2 glides waaaay more than my Triathlon on no wind days. I did 10 jumps with no freefall time, then did a sunset freefly jump with Eric yesterday and had no clue what to do - "Oh. You want me to grab that foot you're sticking out at me? But there aren't dive loops on your shoes." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eUrNiCc 0 #315 April 18, 2005 Heeehehe... I wish i had a picture of that. Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marion 0 #316 April 18, 2005 Or video. Next time, get a bite switch that works and remember to turn your video camera on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eUrNiCc 0 #317 April 19, 2005 ^Hey, it'll happen to you sooner or later when you strap your camera on Anyhow, here are the latest batch of pictures from the weekend. I have a bunch more of jumps with Casey and Yhevgeniy, as well as a really nice swoop pic of Lyman on Steve's laptop. Lots of you are featured, so look through them all. CLICKY!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mak 0 #318 April 19, 2005 Hey CSS'ers, As much as I try to deny it, my vacation from the real world is rapidly coming to an end. I'm going to be moving to New York in a couple of months to rejoin the rat race. Thanks for showing me such a good time. I couldn't have asked for a better group of skydiving friends or a better DZ to call home. I will really miss you all. I'm going to be traveling and jumping as much as I can over the next two months, one last blast before I head out. See you at the DZ! Much love, blue skies, calm winds and all that other sentimental stuff Mak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hajnalka 0 #319 April 19, 2005 MAK - goodbye, I miss you already! I read your post with some confusion and trepidation, then realized you had told me almost all of this the first time I met you, in the rigging loft. Somehow I thought you'd end up in Arizona or SoCal, not NY. I'll miss you; your quiet ways, your continuous optimism and your beautiful accent. I'm glad we have Karen's excellent exit picture of you on the packing room wall to remind us. Best of luck to you, Mak! Take care + be well. Please come back and see us sometime. -Dawn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eUrNiCc 0 #320 April 21, 2005 We're gonna miss you Mak! I hope NY treats you well and all that (beats the hell out of Durham ) Come down and see us for the big boogies. Maybe if i'm lucky i'll get to watch you walk the plank into the swoop pond next yeAARRRRRRRR! I'll be out at the DZ this afternoon packing my stuff for southport and hopefully getting a jump in. See ya!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guido 0 #321 April 23, 2005 Bummer you are leaving, have fun in the big Apple! Now I have a place to crash if I head up there. Speaking of which, anyone heading up to Xkeys for their boogie next weekend? I was HOPING to have the end of the week through the weekend off, but now it looks like I'll have to go in for an HOUR on Fri, how gay!! So guess I'll be on the road right after that, and coming home Sunday. ~How do you know where the line is if you never crossed it?~ unk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pepe 0 #322 April 23, 2005 You made it cloudy and windy so that you didn't have to head "South of the Border". Pepe "My backyard is my compost bin" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MWGemini 0 #323 April 25, 2005 With the recent incident at Deland, I've been thinking about what measures can be taken (both at CSS and elsewhere) to prevent that happening here. Does anyone have any suggestions? Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eUrNiCc 0 #324 April 25, 2005 ^I'm sure that there will be alot to learn from the Gus Wing incident. My uncle in DeLand had known both Gus and the Pilot for over a decade, and he was on the scene as it happened. I've only started leafing through the threads on the incident, so i don't know who was in the wrong or exactly what the situation was. Either way the community has lost one hell of a skydiver/BASE jumper. BSBD I'm glad that the weekend at CSS went smoothly. Those were some pretty scary tandem landings. Lets all hope for better weather this coming weekend for the Rape Awareness tandemonium. Here are some pics of Peter and Akos in action The weather was really nice yesterday above the clouds. CLICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!Egad, A BASE life defiles a bad age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MWGemini 0 #325 April 25, 2005 Well, the reason why I ask is that during my student training not so long ago, I was taught that a good place to start my pattern when the winds were from the west is right over the patch of tree at the end of the runway, fly down the length of the runway, then turn to base. That means for about 400 feet of altitude and half the length of the runway, I'm pretty much directly over it. Shouldn't be an issue, because the aircraft should be much lower than 600ft when landing on the runway, or taking off from the runway, but now I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I shouldn't change that pattern so as not to fly over the runway. Another thing that I started thinking about is that I don't know the aircraft approach pattern. I haven't been watching their landings enough to know which direction they usually come from in certain wind conditions, and how they make their approach (what altitudes do they turn at and where). I don't know if every pilot has their own method or if the DZ mandates a particular pattern. Maybe these are things we SHOULD know? Nice pictures, by the way. Have you figured out how to burn them to DVD yet? Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
