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  1. I started playing this game today. See if you can beat my score of 15,565 (see file). Game: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/squares.swf Very addicting... But there's sure to be some bitching about laptop mouse pads.
  2. -Shooting as a hobby at 8 -Started Scuba at 11 -Flew my first aircraft solo at 14 -Jumped out of my first aircraft at 14 (tandem) -Serious car accident at 16 (not my fault) -First bungee at 16 -Aerobatic competitions 17 -Dropped out of college to pursue Wakeboarding at 18(while living in a state where it snows half the year) -Competed pro for 4 years... Succeeded -Broke up with my perfect GF and moved to Florida -Moved back to Colorado -Motorcycle racing and accidents (my fault) -Went back to college -AFF, 4-way, FF... everything skydiving 22 -Got married at 23 (same GF, best part of my life) -Invested and organized to build a wind-tunnel -Dropped out of college (again) to work for a great company (and moved to Florida) -Resigned from the perfect job to become a Pro Golfer at 25 -More serious car accident at 25 (also not my fault) -Hitting balls until my hands bleed. Basically... I think risk determines success. Adventurous is taking that risk for the sake of the experience. No decision made of fear can be a good decision. Rationality or risk v. benefit is acceptable, but fear is totally perceived. My 2cents.
  3. Yup... found the same. Thx. Here's the scoop --> http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/fa-37.htm http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/fa37talon.html http://www.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=48;t=000397;p=1 Damn nice looking anyway...
  4. Mystery jet... The attached photos were passed onto me by a friend. Can you name the aircraft? I was told what it was, but I'm not sure I believe it. Hoax? Sorry if this is a repost.
  5. Here is a post card image I doctored up earlier today. See attached. We moved down from Denver to Orlando this last year and have been amazed by the recent hurricanes. Still better than snow...
  6. Is he in is own office? Does he have his own fax machine? I may be able to help...
  7. Damnit! Damnit! I knew I would miss and repost. I am such a loser. jk. Bush, Kerry, and JibJab... but atom films would not have been a bad idea in hindsight. But seriously, thanks for the heads up. I think there'll be enough infrequent visitors to hopefully enjoy it a 2nd time around. This is only the 2nd time, right???
  8. I thought this was great and just had to share with all of you. Click here --> http://www.jibjab.com I did a quick search and did not find it in the forums. If I was wrong then I'm really sorry. Hear the sarcasm? So who do you think it's "pushing"? This song is worse than It's a Small World. Hehe. Enjoy. Brannan
  9. Your eyes are turning brown. You know what I've learned from lots of time around pals. The ones that spend time with girls on their arm get the girls in bed, and the girls come back for more. The ones that spend their time telling about how hot this girl was they "did yesterday" or "how big they are" usually did not get the girl and are the ones trying to find out where to get Levitra. It's like having a an email [email protected] and planning your 4th AFF while on the 2 year DZ plan. Unbelievable.. literally. Three words... BLOW UP DOLL.
  10. I probably already had 20 hours in the tunnel (mostly belly), and then spent about 45 minutes in three 15 minute sessions with Joe and Rusty. Around that time I started to "bounce" off the net on my head but could not fly. I then tried daffy and after about 3 tries was up and stable. Transitions (front and back) to HD came quickly thereafter. I never jumped HD until after learning in the tunnel and found myself doing 5 way HD on my third jump. I would say overall though that HD takes about 4-5 times as long to learn as sit in the tunnel and requires much better spotting and "bailing" technique to avoid tracking into a wall. Attached picture is right after I got it. Definately the best feeling in the tunnel!
  11. Hello all! The 2004 Tunnelcamp.com Bodyflight Challenge at SkyVenture Orlando has come to an end and the challengers are now champions. Last night 21 competitors competed in four divisions for four unique sets of titles. There was over $2,600 in prizes awarded to the top three competitors in each division. $1,500 of this was cold hard cash. These body flyers were turning it up and pushing the limits. The observation room and tunnel staging area were full of spectators clapping and cheering. After all was said and done the rankings and prizes were as follows: Intermediate 1st Michael Kirkland - $200 cash 2nd Tara Adams - 15 minutes of flight time at a tunnelcamp.com camp 3rd Chris Ash - Tunnelcamp.com merchandise and DVD 4th Philip Wheeler II 5th Antonio Macedo 6th Rosalyn Trach Advanced 1st Roberta Mancino - $100 cash 2nd Nancy Tremblay - 10 minutes free tunnel time at SkyVenture Orlando 3rd Ari Perelman - Tunnelcamp.com nad Performance Designs merchandise 4th Martin Skrzypczak Open 1st Carlos Euribe - $500 cash 2nd Brett Adams - 10 minutes free tunnel time at SkyVenture Orlando 3rd Joe Winters - Discounts at Ouragan Suits and Performance Designs 4th Fabian Raidel 5th Joao Tambor 6th Juliana Se Raidel 7th Michael Biederman 8th Sean Maccormac 9th Sergey Kuznetsov 10th Steven Blincoe 11th Jay Kaplan 2-Way 1st Winters/Euribe - $600 cash 2nd Raidel/Raidel -20 minutes free tunnel time at SkyVenture Orlando 3rd Biederman/Kuznetsov - $100 cash, Tunnelcamp.com and Performance Designs merchandise 4th Blincoe/Maccormac 5th Tremblay/Perelman I am so happy to have seen this event first hand. We had so many competitors from so many countries and regions showing off the various tunnel and bodyflight skills. The Bodyflight Challenge DVD will be available soon. Check it out to see the event as it was meant to be seen! Any of you that competed or saw the event first hand; please post your impressions. Photos can be viewed at http://www.tunnelcamp.com Thanks again to all that participated and we’ll see you again soon! Regards, Brannan
  12. Haha. I'm impressed that you caught that. Damn nice picture of the KingAir.
  13. Thomas Hughes caught this right before Pete Allum, Alex Jordaan and myself let go.
  14. Just wanted to let you know that there are some videos on tunnelcamp.com that show good body position for RW and Freefly. click to http://www.tunnelcamp.com/videos.asp
  15. I also have done this on J3 (float planes)... but tell me, why is the prop not wind-milling already?