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  1. Skydive Atlanta's Fall Festival of the Sky- First weekend of November... CASA, Otter and a balloon that can chunk an 8 way. Roger Ponce doing the RW. Monkey Claw and Rook Nelson doing the freefly. Food, booze and our infamous party Saturday night. www.SkydiveAtlanta.com
  2. Here's what we have so far for our fall boogie the first weekend of November.... Casa, Otter, Biplane, Balloon, Roger Ponce and Monkey Claw. Oh my. -Tim www.SkydiveAtlanta.com
  3. cutaway vid here- www.4way.org/files/cutaway.wmv from www.4way.org TIM www.skydiveatlanta.com
  4. Here are the repeats... Friday night at midnight Saturday night at 11 Lots of babes and we throw one of them out of the plane! Clay is even in the piece -TIM www.skydiveatlanta.com ps, you wanna watch another cool clip, click on 'freeflying' here- http://www.abercrombie.com/anf/aftv/html/pastshows1.html
  5. Have any of you caught E TV's Wild On series this week?? Shameless self promotion here, but, one of the chicks that is trying out to host the show made a tandem at Skydive Atlanta and it is on E TV. The piece runs about 6 minutes in the show. -TIM skydiveAtlanta.com
  6. Take a listen to this morning's radio broadcast of a bunch of people in a radio contest going skydiving at Skydive Atlanta yesterday-> the link.... http://www.freeflytim.com/Star94.mp3 tim http://www.skydiveAtlanta.com
  7. Not to a student, but to one naive young packer on a cloudy day... Sent him all over the airport looking for a bucket of prop wash. Winter weight, summer weight, teflon coated, etc. heh heh heh TIM www.skydiveatlanta.com
  8. I feel your pain, I sell my motorcycle two weeks ago and then find out last week that my truck needs a transmission. damn. Must be all the drag racing on the runway. TIM
  9. Check out the attached pix of the Antonov some Army Rangers are jumping today, and tonight at Skydive Atlanta. Im still trying to sneak on the thing. and its NOT a camera trick, the engines are about the size of a whole Twin Otter! TIM www.SkydiveAtlanta.com
  10. Just got word 3 members of the latest Survivor series will be in tomorrow morning at Skydive Atlanta in Thomaston to make some tandems! -TIM http://www.skydiveatlanta.com
  11. Not much the pilots could do.. WITHOUT WINGS!
  12. HOLY SHIT!!!!! www.freeflytim.com/movies/wingsoff.wmv Tim www.SkydiveAtlanta.com
  13. Here's the video! The play by play- 'Coach Candidate' Clay on the right. 'Coach Evaluator' on the left. Watch Clay get taken by the fake.... big file- http://www.freeflytim.com/movies/HahHahClay(big).mpg small file http://www.freeflytim.com/movies/HahHahClay(sm).AVI
  14. Hey Clay- way to go on the Coach rating!!!! Now come clean to everyone with the details, Im sure everyone will want to know!
  15. Shameless self promotion here. Balloon jumps at Skydive Atlanta Saturday. Call 800 276 DIVE for slots!! check out the website... www.SkydiveAtlanta.com
  16. Ahh, nothing better than a couple of Reb Bulls and vodka and looking at your watching and thinking "gee, its FOUR FUCKING AM!" Tim www.skydiveatlanta.com
  17. Clay- You can blame Jen on getting hosed on the balloon jump!- it seems that everyone in the basket on load 1 had her wigged out and it took a while before someone pushed her out! Then the damn balloon pilots didn't want to take load 3 because they didn't want to land the thing in the dark- I offered a flashlight! Wimps! heh heh heh.
  18. Hello from Skydive Atlanta! Hope everyone is adjusted back to work after the long weekend. But, hey, the weekend is just around the corner. If you have not seen it yet, check out the new website- http://SkydiveAtlanta.com We had a most excellent weekend at SA. Nemesis was training all weekend and we had a great student load. This weekend we will be doing some canopy clinics for newer jumpers. This will involve some Super Cheap Hop n Pops and demonstrations. It will include basics as well as more advanced techniques. If you want to improve your basic knowledge, this will help. We'll hold one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Email us if you are interested. By the way, from now on you can go to - http://www.skydiveatlanta.com/html/exp_jumpers_main.php -to get up to date info on this weekend and other weekend happenings. We will be regularly updating our event calendar and special items will be included in the news ticker at the top of the page. CASA BOOGIE- June 7-9 Don't forget about the Anniversary Festival next weekend June 7,8,9! We will have a CASA here on Friday the 7th at noon. There will be food and a party with DJ's on Saturday night. There will be free freefly and bellyfly organizing all weekend. Check the news ticker on our web site for updates on the HOT AIR Balloon schedule. Most of the morning slots are full but the afternoon will be first come first serve. Safety tip of the week------------------------------------------------------- Always be mindful of the condition of the gear you are jumping. We had a cutaway this weekend due to poor Velcro condition. Ask these questions: Is the Velcro on my toggles sticky or do they fall off? Are the Keepers for my vecroless toggles torn or frayed? Is my closing loop worn out or frayed? Are my 3 rings in good condition? When released from the cable do they come apart easily with minimal pressure? What kind of condition are my lines in? It is important to use the time while packing to also inspect your gear. Although today's gear is made to last several thousand jumps, it still needs maintenance and attention. Brake lines should be checked for twists regularly. Twists will distort the flight characteristics of your canopy and increase the chance for line twists and malfunctions. Look for fraying or damage as you "run" the lines up during a pack. Replace your closing loop when it gets old and worn. Replace old rubber bands. Check the grommets on your bag and your container for nicks that could cut lines. Check for loose grommets that could snag lines. It takes very little time to look at these items. For that matter, if you see someone with these issues, let them know. You might be bringing their attention to something they've overlooked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See you this weekend! Skydive Atlanta - Thomaston, Georgia [email protected]
  19. Here ya go.... http://freeflytim.com/movies/Dustdevil.rm watch the tumbleweed on the right when I get lifted.
  20. Oops, I thought you meant something like this.... http://www.cameronballoons.co.uk/news/pr/arch/08aug01.html ..."Mike and Steve were each harnessed into 'swing-seats' under the stack of 'toy' balloons. 100lb of tap water was used as ballast, which was trickled through a tap to reduce weight allowing the balloons and the pilots to rise. They also had an air-pistol which, was used to shoot the balloons, to reduce the lift as required. " .... "Facts The stunt was filmed for "Ripley's Believe It or Not" which will be shown on Sky TV in November 2001. They reached a height of 18,235 feet. They flew for about 2 hours and for approximately three miles. They used about 700 balloons for the challenge."
  21. http://www.redbullbladeraid.com/posteventrelease.pdf.doc and Go Raymond.... http://www.sltrib.com/2002/mar/03242002/utah/722172.htm
  22. Super Freak Raymond's number is 9092139455
  23. Well, you know what Scuba divers and Skydivers say... Ground Level SUCKS!
  24. I *REALLY* wish that you had READ my post... And its ‘tone...’ ""So, DZ dot com, help Clay help us all by coming up with the acceptable beer list, disclaimers and all."" Im NOT a snob. Im NOT a yuppie. Im a SKYDIVER. If YOU had a choice, would you drink Old Milwaukee?? I didn't think so. I did not want to come off with an attitude. Because I don’t have one. I wanted to start a fun, lively discussion about ‘owing’ beer. And what happens??? I get the shit flamed out of me.
  25. I nominate Clay for making a list of the acceptable beers to make good on the ‘YOU owe BEER’ rules. Things to consider... no ‘cans’ is an easy rule, but, it is not necessarily an ‘all encompassing’ thing. A case of Boddingtons- (in the cans with the co2 cartridge) will do quite nicely... BUT, a case of Bud will not. But, Bud will honestly work....IF, and only IF, the person owing case LIKES Bud in a can, AND will drink it... But this person must also bring a 12 of an ‘acceptable’ beer. Whatever the ‘acceptable’ beers are. You get the idea. So, DZ dot com, help Clay help us all by coming up with the acceptable beer list, disclaimers and all. -TIM and, after this, we can come up with 2002 Beer Rules.