SkydiveJack

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  1. It's perfectly fine if they both have warts, but what if only one of them had a wart? I'm guessing the other jumper would get upset if they got a wart and didn't want it! Remember when sex was safe and skydiving was dangerous?
  2. As someone who flies business jets, I can tell you that very few jet owner/operators will ever take their aircraft into a 4300 ft runway. Very few biz jets even have the performance numbers to operate in and out of that short of a runway. And if the aircraft is operated under FAR Part 135 the additional runway length requirements will almost certainly prevent them from going in and out of there. And that's even in clear, dry conditions! If it's wet and/or the visibility goes down you will never get in there. Sounds stupid to me.
  3. I'm not a vet, but you should have him tested just to be sure. Our dogs get their heartworm pills once a month. If your dogs medication is on the same monthly cycle, and he last got one on an unnamed day in August, then he is just over two or just over three months late. Call your vet! The pills you give your dog to prevent heartworms could kill him if he has heartworms.
  4. No, we don't want it in Speaker's Corner, either Maybe in Skydivers with Disabilities?
  5. Yeah, but look at the 17,449 that voted yes. And that's just with 43% of the vote in at the time you copied that info.
  6. My wife used to be co-owner of one. How many guys can say that their wife has a 450 horsepower Beaver?
  7. Skydiving is one sport that I don;t think it would matter, women can fly just as good as men! You could have scored a lot more points if you had said- Men can fly just as good as women!
  8. This isn't the first time witches have protested alcohol. They're pretty scary!
  9. http://www.youtube.com/user/liannkaye#p/u/5/z9eQDkI87Zw This girl is a student at the University of Michigan who I recently met. What is cool is how she builds each track, one after the other.
  10. This smells a lot like a fishing expedition by the injured tandem student’s lawyer.
  11. SkydiveJack

    Ban Bingo

    I thought I was when I reopened the Lodi v. FAA fine thread here in Bonfire, after it got locked in General Skydiving. But I guess it was OK since I was following a moderators directions.
  12. I’m not sure who all supposedly works on the aircraft there but William C. Dause Jr. has an A&P license. He is also an IA which means Inspection Authorization. This means that he can sign off all maintenance and required inspections on his aircraft. Or not.
  13. Per Moderator Billvon- If anyone wants to post personal attacks on Dause (or wants to defend his virtue) please do so in SC or Bonfire. So...... where were we? News Story- The Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to fine William Dause, doing business as The Parachute Center of Acampo, $664,000 for allegedly failing to perform required aircraft parts replacements and failing to comply with safety directives. “Putting parachutists at risk by neglecting to follow safety procedures is unacceptable,” says U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood. “We expect aircraft operators to comply with our safety rules and will take enforcement action when they do not.” “I don’t have any comment,” Mr. Dause tells CVBT. The company has been in business since 1964 and “is one of the largest and oldest in the United States,” its website says. The FAA alleges that The Parachute Center operated a DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter when critical parts were well past their life limits and without inspecting portions of the wings for corrosion. The government alleges that The Parachute Center operated the aircraft on approximately 2,121 flights between March 21, 2008 and Nov. 4, 2009 with elevator control cables that were overdue for replacement and when the plane was not in compliance with airworthiness directives requiring visual inspections of the wing main spar, lower spar cap extensions and wing support strut for possible corrosion. The FAA also alleges that the company operated the aircraft on at least 500 flights between April 16, 2009 and Nov. 4, 2009 with aileron control cables that were overdue for replacement. “Passengers and crew have to be able to trust that an operator has done the right thing and has complied with all the rules,” says FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. “Safety and compliance are the right choices, every time.” The Parachute Center has 30 days from receipt of the FAA’s enforcement letter to respond to the agency.
  14. They were made out of a material called Taffeta. The French had to be different!
  15. You got a story to go with that photo? You know, stuff like who, where, when, total medical bill?
  16. First of all, the Perris crash was due to fuel contamination and pilot error when an engine failed on takeoff. I don’t recall any maintenance issues arising from the investigation. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Now, as also mentioned by a few earlier posters, the issue of Bill Dause flying on his aircraft all the time- If someone thinks that this means the aircraft are safe, they really need a reality check. Just because he is being stupid doesn’t mean they should be stupid. (The analogy about your Mom saying “If Billy jumped off a cliff would you?” is kind of lost on this group.) And I agree that it would be nice to hear from Bill or a DZ representative. But we all know that’s not going to happen. If Bill was playing roulette then it was not just with his life but with every person’s life that went up on every one of those 2000+ loads. In my opinion, every time you get on one of his aircraft you are becoming a test pilot. Over reacting to the FAA fine? I don’t think so. Just because nobody died and the aircraft was allegedly brought back to airworthy condition doesn’t make it OK.
  17. Exactly. They just keep you from flying into the back of the cockpit wall and whoever's sitting back there. The Perris Otter crash in the early 90's is a prime example. I am going from memory here (a dangerous thing for me sometimes). I believe that in the Perris Twin Otter crash, no one was wearing a seat belt. The only people who survived were the ones at the back of the aircraft who ended up on top of the pile and they had some really bad injuries. In fact that was the crash that caused the big push in the USA for jumpers to wear seatbelts. The opinion of the investigators at the time was that seatbelt use would have saved more lives. And the NTSB report from the Missouri Twin Otter crash (see Jan's earlier post with attachments) mentions seatbelts, which were in use, with aiding in the survival of two of the jumpers. The bottom line is that we as individual jumpers need to make smart decisions about our safety. And jump plane owners need to maintain their aircraft in a safe, airworthy condition. There are no guarantees in life but we can sure reduce the chances of an accident; and injuries during one, by following these steps.
  18. He probably got lucky and splashed into the Hook Pond that all progressive DZ's had back then.
  19. Pulling up a quote from a fictional guy who is mentaly retarded.... genius!! Yes. That's exactly what I did. And BTW, thank you for everything you are doing to help explain and valadate my comments!
  20. So is your point that people will still buy cheap jump tickets on Lodi's airplanes?(knowingly flying jump planes with expired parts and undone inspections) I guess what your saying is what Forrest Gump always says- "Stupid is as stupid does."
  21. I was at the stadium and saw the jump. His landing area was set up by the south endzone and the band was lined up at the south 30 yard line all the way up to the north endzone. The wind was light but it was comming from the south, over the lip of the stadium. 3/4ths of the stadium is below ground level and there is no flow of air throught the stands. Basically it is a downward rotor machine. He did a great job with what he was given. The local TV news showed the video of the jump today. They were raving at how wonderful it was. We jumpers need to remember that a demo is for the public, not for us.