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  2. I just finished this book. Good read.
    Looking forward to seeing Zero Days

    Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
    by Fred Kaplan (Author)
    ISBN-13: 978-1476763255
    ISBN-10: 1476763259

  5. I remember sitting in the back of Lucaya Air next to Bird. It was a boogie in Palatka and the winds were HOWLING. As we broke ground I mentioned that it might be too breezy for some reserves (many still had round reserves then). Bird looks me in the eye and says, "Hell, it's too windy for our mains."
    I was jumping borrowed gear and a camera. You could see my shadow backing up as I landed on the taxiway. The sound of my flip-flops trying to keep up as I ran with the canopy got faster and faster. Finally, on the video you can hear me say "Sorry dude." as I chopped the main.
    St Pat's Boogie if I recall.

  7. Excellent Quasi-eulogy.
    I only met Frenchy a few times at Z-Hills in the 80s. My favorite memory:
    During climb in one of the DC-3s at Turkey Meet (maybe 89?) some jumper was looking out the door and his gold necklace was ripped off his neck by the wind and gone. Frenchy, sitting by the door quickly looked out, down first then at the horizon, then foreward and aft. He did his normal solo exit around 6 or 7 grand and i didn't see him until around the fire that night. He walked up to the jumper who'd lost the necklace and reached out his hand with a gold chain. D'is yourze? He asked. The jumper was elated to be reunited with his jewelry. Frency just mumbled something like "Don weer diz sheet to jump".
    Wow! A frigging necklace from 5 or 6 grand. Wow!
    BSBD Frenchy

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    flying a plane is easy peasy. remembering all the FAA rules, standards, regulations, how to give FAA blowjobs, etc.... is the hard part.



    We get those??? For free???
    I love my job even more, now!

    Thanks for posting that Nick. Everyone involved did a commendable job. I too, loved the "me and the good lord" line.

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    How come we didn't think of this before .... a couple of smoke stacks and we are set ! We could even tell the wind direction !

    Prototype attached !



    We had that at Palatka for years. The Georgia Pacific paper mill. Too bad it smelled like ASS!

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    If you would like to get into detail, for a PT6 engine, that the average person will just go HUH!! at then ...

    ...After all that it was much easier to just say what I said.



    Thanks for the refresher. I've got lots of time working PT-6 engines, but it's been a looooong time. Nice to get a recurrency lesson occasionally.

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    >>What we need is caring inspectors, and by that I mean FAA Inspectors who care about the sport of skydiving.

    NickD :)



    You rang???
    I am attempting to make myself available to the folks in DC who will have to answer the NTSB recommendations. Don't know if I'll have any luck, but I feel that we should have ASI's who know the sport involved in the regulatory and surveillance process.
    Anyone should feel free to PM me with input/ comments/ concerns. If it's too long to type just give me a phone number and I'll call you.
    I'm with the FAA and I'm here to help :)DISCLAIMER: The above is my own opinion and not that of the FAA or any other US Government agency.

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    Last time it happened to me, I turned and pulled simultaneously. Wound up facing away as my parachute was opening watching 2 other people actually try to track.


    Agreed. Turning and trying to get to clear air is/ should be instinctive. Had the same experience many years ago. Saw my opposite in the 4 way pull in place, knew from his expression we were screwed. But still instinctively turned 180 degrees right. Pulled in place once I saw my proximity to the planet. Saddled out at 700ish and watched a team mate tracking below me. He had a very short ride. We all opened between 1000 and 500, all on our mains. Good thing we were jumping F-111, "low performance" stuff.

  • My favorite was during the women's indoor volleyball. One of the players had just taken a pretty hard spike to the head. The commentators were explaining that in recent years the air pressure in the ball has been lowered in an effort to reduce injuries.
    One of the announcers says "She should be happy that she's not playing with some of the balls I've played with".
    Indeed.