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You also should consider what will happen if riding your reserve in high wind conditions. That 330 isn't going to be there four you anymore....

Using the Session 5, and I have the 2 session tower if the DZ doesn't have an app for creating photos. And the single session for places that do. Really is nice to fly with the single session as it is a zero snag item...

Spent a small fortune for 2 Session 5's and the Vertical Stacking arrangement at Chutingstar.com Really nice snag free arrangement. Have the video on top and stills on the bottom. Have to hold the bottom button for 4 seconds to get it to do stills.... Sessions 5's are really sharp pictures.

When a student decides to hang on longer than is reasonable I would pull the nose up, and so far, everyone has left the strut... Makes an interesting sound when the fingertips "strum" the strut on departure.

53 and there is no stopping me... Over 30 years in the sport and happy to make tandems all day! The one significant change over the years is my lack of interest in jumping when conditions are marginal. I only like to fly on days when the winds can't slap your ass to the ground.

See attachment... I have the passengers forearms under the knees. Help them get them up if needed.

I've been having passengers put there forearms under the knee. There is way more leverage and it is easier for them to hold. Get the knees up, forearms in and make fists. If they cant get them up I give a boost with my feet under theirs or reach down and pull them up. Everyone has been able to get the legs up, feet together and have feet level with their bottom......

Your funny! And missed the point! I beg to differ... I've yet to pound in on a turning approach to landing. 90, 180.... But the brake and surge approach has put me on the ground way harder than I could ever screw up a turn to final. When you slow the parachute down and then dive it--your taking away flare energy and if your timing is off you'll be hitting the ground hard with no way to fix it. Certainly when the winds are bumpy. If you initiate a canopy flight cycle by any means (surge or turn recovery) you can end up with reduced flare power if you time it wrong. I think your argument is a case of "I can't do it, therefore it can't be done". [Bolded for your convenience]

I beg to differ... I've yet to pound in on a turning approach to landing. 90, 180.... But the brake and surge approach has put me on the ground way harder than I could ever screw up a turn to final. When you slow the parachute down and then dive it--your taking away flare energy and if your timing is off you'll be hitting the ground hard with no way to fix it. Certainly when the winds are bumpy. Flying the canopy at full flight and making a turn to final gives you more speed/energy to work with for a much softer arrival. Also you have more options, stop the turn sooner or continue a bit longer to get the best possible flare. For me this beats the stall surge method. FWIW I could care less about standing every landing up. If its there great, if it isn't great. Some landing areas make it easy to ski on in and stand up. Others not so forgiving... Safe landings.....

Burningsky.org get on the forum there and see what you can sort out

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Or just fly over the base at 3k and dump out whatever you have... 1.1 jumpers/year of operation landed inside the fence-last 2 right near the main gate in the recreation area. None inside P-50. If the rental police are overwhelmed by the obvious arrival of wayward parachutes we should be worried about base security... A few high ranking folks made money when that base was put in St. Marys and no doubt there will be more cleaning up on the debacle that is the airport and its board members.

It's been awake since the Sub base was created. Just bounced around over the years... Now it's front and center again. I can see the security risk--a business jet departing runway 4 having an issue and crashing into the supermax bunker complex... Would be a mess. Skydiver on the soccer field. No so much.... Move the airport. Great!!

The prolific posters are somewhat paranoid here....

[/url]http://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/publications/orders/compliance_5190_6/media/5190_6b_chap14.pdf[/url] Good reading if you want to see the "rules...." St. Mary's is a "sleepy" airport without the skydiving aircraft operations it may see a few transient flights per day and a couple of rag wing flights doing touch and goes... I can count on one had the # of business jets that have landed this year. The city has zero basis to completely exclude Skydiving under FAA rules. It's clear. So when the AAB decides to promote their agenda by fabricating issues, creating problems, attempting to overcharge for permits, and just plain lying. It tends to piss people off. AAB has truly bullied TJP with out cause. They started out by walking in the door and sucker punching us! Some of you may thing our civil disobedience will hurt the sport. I suspect that the more press this gets the more likely the FAA will act as it should and follow the rules in chapter 14. Tell the AAB that what they have done will cost them the federal funding and St. Mary's will be repaying that cash.

Time will tell if this have been detrimental to Airport Access. Sure there are plenty of ways to spend lots of money to end up still ousted from your DZ. TJP has worked with the FAA, USPA, $400/hr recommended by the USPA attorney and others. Last legal advise was to continue business as usual.

Thanks for clarifying this! As some folks have little to do but tell people what they should think, do and act on so many levels in this forum, it's nice to see posts that mitigate the noise.

6 year building the business there. Customer base. Cost, risk, lost business. why do I waste my time....

Might wanna talk to the guys at The Farm... Seems to work out pretty damn well for them. The 2 acre landing area....

Sublease from a City Counsel person who has a 25 year lease on 8? hangers. FBO has fuel $2 higher than reasonable. So no. AND the FBO owner's son is the chairman of the Airport Authority Board. Rumor has it that Dad is looking for a buy out from the Government/NAVY for all the loss of business due to P-50.... I think his loss of income is overcharging for fuel--when he has it--and shoddy work/customer service. So the NAVY wanting the airport relocated is a windfall for the FBO. The landing area off airport isn't going to work with students or 95% of the fun jumpers....

Served..... You?

Do you really think a military security detail would be charged with anything if they put a bullet into an unauthorised, unannounced trespasser, using the "I thought he was a terrorist" defence?. I doubt if the military would pay any penalty, at all. Yes I do think they would pay a price for killing anyone who does not pose a threat. As they should!

You know this for fact....or is it SWAG? Sparky I have a criminal trespass ticket and some interesting video of the days events...

Actually 2 weeks ago all was well! We had 2 civilian jumpers land on the EDGE of the base, as far as you could get from P-50 prohibited area and still be on the base... When the military that jump here screw up and land on the base you don't see it making the papers! For all the onlookers that have never been front row at the DZ when they decide that all the time, efforts and money that you've invested in your nearly 7 year business is now a waste, should save their opinions on how Cathy is proceeding. Clear rational decision making isn't what is coming from the Airport Authority Board... Safety isn't the issue, nor is collecting money from the DZ. They want to eliminate all the business from the airport. Except for the FBO who's son is the chairman of the Airport Authority Board! The city attorney was collecting his hourly rate all day last saturday. $300 or so an hour to stand around and put up no trespass signs. The city of St. Mary's has spent more than they will ever collect from The jumping Place... And will be spending more when they will be repaying the grant money.

The first thing I have the students do is get on their knees and demonstrate their ability to arch. I tell them its required for "our" safety and is mandatory. I keep them kneeling for a few minutes as I explain the finner points of the body position and let them know they will spend 4 or 5 minutes kneeling in the airplane.....