SkydiveJack

I saw and tried some of this last summer at the Michigan Beer Fest in Ypsilanti. Good stuff! I haven't seen it for sale on the east side of the state yet. Good job working with Arcadia Brewing to get this done!

Gee Howard, sounds like among your other talents you are also a Gynecologist as well!

Howard, I do beleive that's an Otter, not a Beaver as your photos are labled. Either that or an AN-2.

Welcome to Earth, I see you haven't been here long! I think most people are honest. Good news just doesn't sell papers and raise the ratings. The media overwhelms us with the bad side of people in order to make more money. But this thread is about lost & found cell phones. Maybe we should take this discussion to SC.

It’s funny that this thread just appeared. Last Saturday my phone rings and I see from caller ID that it’s my father-in-law. He and his wife winter down in Florida. I answer and it turns out that it is some other guy who just found the phone in the middle of a street. I’m not sure how he ended up calling me but I think it was probably because I was the last outgoing call from that phone. Anyway, the man gives me his name and personal phone number. I call my mother-in-law right away and explain to her the story and give her this mans information. My father-in-law gets home from his bike ride shortly after I call. He contacts the man and this guy came right over to their house and gave back the phone! He refuses the cash reward that is offered, hands my father-in-law his business card and rides off into the sunset. I know that most people are honest. We were very lucky that the guy who found the phone was one of them. It’s one of those warm and fuzzy, feel good stories.

Carl Boenish was filming.

Sounds like Octamom . What else would you expect from a 450 horsepower Beaver?

I think your right about it being a Hognose. I’ve seen a few of them when I used to live in Z-hills. My funniest snake story about Z-hills was when I was coming in to land one day and saw a huge Black Indigo snake running away from me just as I landed. It later turned out to be one of the biggest I had ever seen, a good 5 ft. long. It was light winds and my canopy fell forward of the snake as I touched down. It slithered into one of the cells of my canopy. I picked up the canopy with the snake in it and walked back to the packing area. As I stretched out my parachute I let the snake out. It was bedlam as all these European friends of mine saw it. They weren’t used to snakes. I then courageously (re)captured it. Guys, if you have ever seen the reaction of ladies to a cute puppy then wait till you see their reaction to a captured snake! They were all driven to this firm, smooth, slithering mass of muscle; even if they were afraid of snakes. Ladies, do you agree?

What planet have you been hiding on? Don't you know that Skydiving Magazine just mysteriously, suddenly, shut down? This has effectively cut off Truffer’s and Robin Heid’s ability to communicate with the masses. It’s clear now that, like us, they were some of the last humanoids left. It is obvious that this is a government conspiracy! To Arms! To Arms! Let’s quickly agree to the location of a National Redoubt DZ before our aluminum foil fails and our communications are cut off!!!

Normally it is just optional. Sometimes, the previous owner of an aircraft wants’ to keep an N number because it has some history or meaning to them. A company I once worked for sold an older business jet, kept the N number, and put it on the new replacement jet. In fact, they have carried the same N numbers for decades. They can also pay to keep numbers reserved only for them, even if they aren't currently using them. In situations like this the purchaser of the old aircraft has to get a new N number. They can get a random one or request a specific one if it is available. Sometimes the owner of an aircraft wants to change the N number to something that means something to them. It's much like a vanity plate for your car. Often the letters will be someone’s initials or a company's initials. I have seen it where the numbers were actually the birth date of an owner’s child or grandchild. For the last year my wife has been involved with a group restoring an antique aircraft. She did some research and found out what the aircrafts original N number was. Over the years it had changed. The group wanted to try and get the original N number for historical accuracy. It turned out that this N number had been assigned to another aircraft. My wife contacted the owner and he agreed to transfer the N number to the restoration group. In this case they were lucky. The aircraft with the number they wanted had been damaged beyond repair so the group simply had to pay some small fees to the FAA in order to transfer the N number. If the aircraft with the number they wanted was airworthy, they probably would have had to pay for some repainting to put the replacement number on the donor aircraft. That is of course, only if the owner of that N number was willing to do it. Hope this makes sense.

My wife used to fly that Beaver. Thanks for the photo!

In the early 1980's I was at a DZ in France where new military jumpers were doing their initial jumps. Later in the day there was one load where every jumper deployed their reserve after the main opened. My understanding is that it was a required jump to pass the course. It was to serve as a confidence builder by having the new jumpers actually prove to themselves that they could open their reserve. Maybe the Russians were doing the same thing.

I agree that since nobody else is reporting this the problem is probably on my end and it is causing the loss of ads when I view DZ.com. But it only happens on this site. No panic or rush. But I will appreciact it if the web experts can give me an idea on what my problem is. Thanks! And enjoy your day off!!!!!

Hi Jerry~ Yup....that's why I had to check. I remember when I was doing style, it was 6600' or 2000mm ...but then internation went up to 7200' or 2200m. That link was the 'newest' I could find, so who knows these dayZ ! These dayZ ....... Style means looking good as you walk to the airplane. Accuracy means getting into the right airplane.

Thanks for the info, but I think I'll wait for the movie.

You’re basically right. But it's not that I WANT the ads. The point is that since they are missing and the error message (copied in the subject line of this thread) is displayed, I want to know if there is a problem with my computer. Believe me; I have been trying to figure this out. Any help or ideas will be appreciated.

I’ll take “USPA out of Court Settlements” for $100,000 Alex.

Hi Jay, Anything to report from your guys? The problem persists. Ocassionally I do get a normal ad in the top area but always the same error message in the ad bar to the left. No problem with any other web sites. Thanks, Jack

Here ya go! I did two so you could see both top and side. Thanks!

Hi Jay, I am still seeing it, only on DZ.com. I will send you a screen shot if you tell me how. I can't seem to figure it out. Strangely enough there was a small "Ads by Google" displaying a message basically saying- How to clear 500 Internal Server Error. Here is their link- http://www.freeerrorscan.net/landing/error/error.php?t202kw=http%20500%20internal%20server%20error&m=e&c=3&lpip=538&gclid=CIa9p62YyJgCFQlrgwodsHnu1A Any idea about this product? Thanks, Jack Edit to add- After searching around I am starting to think the problem is on my end. Probably a registry problem. Maybe time for a clean up?

About a week ago I noticed that the advertisements on the top and sides of each page I am viewing have the following words and no ads- In standard sized font- “Status: 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/html” In large bold font- “500 Internal Server Error Content” I don’t really care about the ads but I am wondering if there is something I picked up on the site that is screwing with my computer. I am using IE7 and have Norton AV. Any ideas on what is happening? I appreciate anyone’s help.

Don't ever try to get your "Cardinal Rating" from Hoop. He almost killed me a few times back in the day. It was all his fault. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!! Jack, was it the shotgun or the red-hot poker that kept you trying? You had no choice, did you? Hang it! Forgive me your Holiness. I meant no blasphemy. I was merely implying that you are a demanding Pope and taskmaster. Thank you Sir, may I have another!

Don't ever try to get your "Cardinal Rating" from Hoop. He almost killed me a few times back in the day. It was all his fault. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!

I e-mailed a friend who used to team jump with Steve Anderson back in the day. I asked him if this was Steve's personal rig. This is his reply and he gave me permission to post it here. It looks like one of Steve's creations. Note the padded leg straps. Stitching is the same on the harness. As for being his personal rig, Steve didn't stay with the same rig for jumping for long, but built himself new ones right along. He sold quite a few to Scandinavian jumpers. I don't know how many he built and sold. I just noticed the exposed pop top. That would have to be an earlier model, prior to complaints from Jump Shack, over the pilotchute copy right. Steve there after covered the pilot chute with an additional flap to avoid copy right infringements. It has been a long time, but this is what I remember. Hopefully it is accurate enough. Steve was killed 2-3 years ago, while working under his race car, which fell on him. He grew up in Minneapolis and after leaving Florida, bought and lived on wooded land near a large lake, several hours north of Minneapolis. He enjoyed hunting, racing stock cars, living a quiet life, glad to be alive after having survived cancer from Vietnam's Agent Orange. He made numerous trips to my farm to hunt whitetail deer, and was amazed at their numbers and size. He commented on the wonderful flavor of the grain fed meat. Realizing that he'd survived the cancer, he was determined to enjoy each and every day.

It's an old Anderson Rig, built by Steve Anderson. That's his name on the card. Steve was from Montana I believe. He jumped in Z-hills in the late 70's and early 80's. I was told he was killed in a non-skydiving accident many years ago. As far as I know, the rigs were not TSO'ed so he only made them for friends in the USA and a few people overseas when the TSO wasn't a concern at the time. This rig looks familiar. What's the story on it besides "found in a Swedish forest"?