JerryBaumchen

i dks, When the ParaCommander came on the market in the Spring of '64 they were $225 for canopy, sleeve, and pilot chute. The CrossBow was $224.50. JerryBaumchen

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Hi Dave, Story from a Kansas State Highway Patrol officer: I made a traffic stop on an elderly lady the other day for speeding on U.S. 166, eastbound at Mile Marker 73, just East of Sedan, KS. I asked for her driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. The lady took out the required information and handed it to me. In with the cards I was somewhat surprised (due to her advanced age) to see she had a conceal carry permit. I looked at her and asked if she had a weapon in her possession at this time. She responded that she indeed had a .45 automatic in her glove box. Something---body language, or the way she said it---made me want to ask if she had any other firearms. She did admit to also having a 9mm Glock in her center console. Now I had to ask one more time if that was all. She responded once again that she did have just one more, a .38 special in her purse. I then asked her what was she so afraid of. She looked me right in the eye and said, "Not a f***** thing!" JerryBaumchen

Hi Deisel, Before I met my now ex-wife, she had an aunt who walked into one. The husband & both sons were watching. Back in the '70's Bill Hardman, who was the DZO of Abbotsford, BC, was hand-propping a Cessna when his foot slipped & the prop hit him in the head. Fortunately, his injuries were not fatal. JerryBaumchen

Hi Ted, I am thinking that #11 would be Tom Classen. I was rather good friends with him & knew Bushy quite well as he was an outgoing kind of guy. The first load that ever went up when Gary Lewis & Jim Lowe took over Issaquah ( ~'73 or so ) was a C-170 that crashed just at it lifted off and I was there watching it scruntch in. Bushy was on it & when he got out you could shut him up. NO one really got hurt, just a lot of bruises, etc; and one non-repairable airplane. Lewis & Lowe owned that Cessna together and Lewis owned another one that was in Texas at the time. After the crash we were standing around talking and I said 'So which one of you is going to Texas?' Lewis did not think that was funny. JerryBaumchen

Hi degen, That would be Gehring Textiles; and having dealt with them, IMO they are a strange company. I think that they would much prefer to sell in 10,000 yard quantities only; not going to happen in this industry. JerryBaumchen

Hi Kris, Truer words have never been spoken. As for SkyMoms & Normiss: I don't think that they have ever gotten to the 'for better or worse thingy' so either one can go do what they want. JerryBaumchen

Hi John, Not all MARDS do this. I think it should read: There some MARDs that allow the reserve pilot chute to escape without any additional effort or having to break any tacking. Look at the ground launch of the reserve pilot chute here and you will see that it goes to full bridle extension without any hesitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxjHOSKTT0 JerryBaumchen PS) Am I somewhat biased: Yes

Hi Dave, A State Trooper was patrolling late at night off the main highway. He sees a couple in a car, with the interior light brightly glowing. He carefully approaches the car to get a closer look. Then he sees a young man behind the wheel, reading a computer magazine. He immediately notices a young woman in the rear seat, filing her fingernails. Puzzled by this surprising situation, the trooper walks to the car and gently raps on the driver's window. The young man lowers his window. 'Uh, yes, Officer?' The trooper asks: 'What are you doing?' The young man says: 'Well, Officer, I'm reading a magazine.' Pointing towards the young woman in the back seat the trooper says: 'And her, what is she doing?' The young man shrugs: 'Sir, I believe she's filing her fingernails.' Now, the trooper is totally confused. A young couple, alone, in a car, at night in a lover's lane... And nothing obscene is happening! The trooper asks: 'What's your age, young man?' The young man says: 'I'm 22, sir.' The trooper asks: 'And her.... what's her age?' The young man looks at his watch and replies: 'She'll be 18 in 11 minutes...' JerryBaumchen

Hi John, You old Pot Stirrer you. Two things come to mind: 1. The SST was TSO'd under C23b ( and still is, I think ); so when you added your RSL much later, did you submit it to the FAA? 2. Geo. W. Bush once said, 'I am the decider.' In this case, IMO the only decider is the guys/gals employed by the FAA. Just a thought or two; but should be interesting to see what you get . . . JerryBaumchen

Hi chuck, I doubt that anyone is. But then again, who knows what is going in someone's Skunk Works. I used to have a disc with a lot of videos of the Catapult testing. It would pull the reserve out but it just took too much time ( IMO ) to be of much use due to the time it took to do so. I cannot find the disc ( yea, it's somewhere in this house ) or I would spend a little time trying to do some timing on just how long it took to get things going. I am not against the concept of the Catapult but it is not the be all for this problem. That is not to say that it is a bad idea because I think it has some merit; and in some cases it would save a jumper. Maybe riggermick ( Mick Cottle ), the designer of the Catapult, could chime in with some elapsed time data from his testing. JerryBaumchen

Hi Abedy, His original post would make one think he wants to build a base pilot chute; and IMO color means nothing in doing that. Now, as for female lingerie; well, color is a whole 'nother ball game. JerryBaumchen

Hi juan, Here is white @ ParaGear, Item #W9155: http://www.paragear.com/templates/parachutes.asp?group=30&level=2&parent=193 And here is black @ Busch & Associates, Item # P1967 http://buschassociates.com/viewproduct.php?item=35&itemname=P1967 - 100% Polyester Mesh I hope that helps, JerryBaumchen PS) ParaGear will sell you as little as one yard whereas Busch has a 10 yard minimum, but they are very good to work with; as is ParaGear.

Hi Ion, It's called Super Tack Cord, Item # T1050. http://www.paragear.com/templates/base_template.asp?group=33#T1050 JerryBaumchen

Hi out there, Once again, the World's Most Liveable Cities: 1. Melbourne, Australia 2. Vienna, Austria 3. Vancouver, Canada 4. Toronto, Canada 5. Calgary, Canada 6. Sydney, Australia 7. Helsinki, Finland 8. Perth, Australia 9. Adelaide, Australia 10. Auckland, New Zealand Squeak, is it the water or what????? JerryBaumchen

Hi out there, This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinners. It won first prize: As a joke, my brother Jay used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay's kids' stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty. One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in an X-rated store, don't go, you'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, 'What does this do?' 'You're kidding me!' 'Who would buy that?' Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. 'Love Dolls' come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for 'Lovable Louise.' She was at the bottom of the price scale. To call Louise a 'doll' took a huge leap of imagination. On Christmas Eve and with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life. My sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours. Long after Santa had come and gone, I filled the dangling pantyhose with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. I went home, and giggled for a couple of hours. The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him VERY happy, but had left the dog confused. She would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. We all agreed that Louise should remain in her pantyhose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional Christmas dinner. My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. 'What the hell is that?' she asked. My brother quickly explained, 'It's a doll.' 'Who would play with something like that?' Granny snapped. I kept my mouth shut. 'Where are her clothes?' Granny continued. 'Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran,' Jay said, to steer her into the dining room. But Granny was relentless. 'Why doesn't she have any teeth?' Again, I could have answered, but why would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, 'Hang on Granny, hang on!' My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, 'Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace?' I told him she was Jay's friend. A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting. It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at home. The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died, who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a noise like my father in the bathroom in the morning. Then she lurched from the mantel, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. The cat screamed. I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and Grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. My brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants. Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car. It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember. Later in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her to perfect health.. I can't wait until next Christmas. JerryBaumchen

Hi chemfx, He posts on here as masterrigger1 and you can reach him at: Mark Lancaster 2222 Buffalo-West Springs HiWay Buffalo, SC 29321 [email protected] 864-429-8428 I am quite sure he will build you what you want. JerryBaumchen

Hi chuck, I can only offer my thoughts; and that would be that there is nothing going on at this time. But everyone has the secret stuff that they always work on. IMO the 2" bridle ( nor the 3" bridle @ JumpShack ) will not really get your reserve out in time to save you. Somewhere around here I have some video of the testing of the Reflex/Catapult and even that takes a fair amount of time to actually get the reserve out. If you had a Catapult and you pulled at 2500 ft it might make it but IMO that would be a stretch. Again, just my thoughts . . . JerryBaumchen

Hi Hughes, Make the '~6 months' to begin in April and you might make those '3 days a week.' Otherwise, go south young man, go south. JerryBaumchen

Hi pops, I can. I've been in a cloud where I could only see white. It was an accuracy jump & I just 'knew' when to turn to be on final when I came out of it. And on final I was. And IMO that is the problem with any turning. Who's on first. JerryBaumchen

Hi dvr, It was '64. The world meet was held in West Germany and Taylor & Fortenberry of the USA were the, respectively, women's & men's world champs. TIME magazine also did a story on them that year & the, then new, ParaCommander canopy. JerryBaumchen

Hi pops, We do not differ. You say: 'They are less likely to collide if they don't move' When I say to go into deep brakes and stay there I ( the specific jumper ) am trying to do the same thing as ' . . . don't move . . . ' I also differ with billvon on his go straight ahead unless that is also with going straight ahead but in deep brakes. That is the very best way to create the smallest target as possible. IMO since no one knows what the other people will do, you should create the smallest target as possible. If you actually knew that they would ALL maintain their heading(s) then going into deep brakes would not be the best thing to do. JerryBaumchen

Hi PiLFy, I do not think that is a Wonderhog; it looks like a Strong rig. JerryBaumchen

Hi pops, No 'ifs' about it; you create a smaller target by staying in place ( or as close to in place as possible ) under all conditions. As I said, simple geometry. Remember, you are not dealing with a snapshot in time; you are dealing with some timeframe. JerryBaumchen

Hi Matt, As a retired military-type you should be interested in knowing that the cheapskate buyer was a USAFA cadet. JerryBaumchen