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That's how it works , your getting off gets you a free jump , the team can afford to do that , and you go enjoy it . Two for the price of one , nice . Most people I have seen that happen to have been pretty cool about it , where I am , If manifest gets it wrong ( and that's rare ) we buy you a jump.when you have 3 aircraft flying , and you try to get on the wrong one , your fault , welcome to experience.😎

Guess it was his " Last Christmas "

If you went around Florida , most of the DZ's will have a record of you jumping , contact them . You could renew your USPA membership , that will have you licence numbers on it. Turning up at a DZ with a rig and a story , unless someone knows you , those days are gone. Did you ever jump at Zhills ? .

Didn't buy it,he was stupid enough to leave it with me to be "valued" . I have no option but to return it when he comes back. The container is not airworthy , have not looked at the canopies yet.

Yes sir, and any other source we could think of. Just a shot in the dark putting it up here.

The way it came into my possession, and the action of the person giving it to me.

Have a older style Javelin J4 Serial number 1217. All black, ROL . Probably stolen . If it is yours ( stolen a LONG time ago ) contact me. Thanks, Paul.

The price is a reflection of the amount of work that goes into putting it together, getting there (no one gets on the mountain for free) and the logistical problems they have to deal with to make it work. Every "unique" skydive has a price,and this one does get used.And like any price they can "Seriously" charge , I guess the market will decide if it is right or not . Looks like a great time,everyone I know who has been rave's about it ,how many people have it in there logbook I wonder ?

Would love to know the experience of both jumpers, and who thought this was a good idea .

Truly ten years, two such great people. Feels so much fresher in our minds. Gone yes,forgotten no.

July 4th , we are jumping as normal , and at the end of the day we have live music from Johnny Shelton (America's got talent) who has been great when playing here before and a huge firework display at 9 pm. Swoop display from some great swoopers prior to sunset. Ribs and Chicken available if your hungry , bar open until were done. Should be a great day.

Oregon State Beavers at USC Trojans Sat, Sep 27, 2014 NCAA Got to love some beaver against a trojan. :-)))))

If I felt the need to find a stolen bike ,first thing I would do is steal it and hide it somewhere I cannot forget :-) Sorry about your bike Nataly , they will get there Karma later. Be good. Paul

The solo guy for not staying away from the tandem. You have to explain that statement,the lower canopy (in to the wind or not) has to avoid the higher canopy ?

I would be very happy if people would STOP posting names of people who have been injured (extent unknown) until the family could be contacted and informed. With the social media we have now it is so easy to get this info out there (even if you don't know the extent of the injuries) and start the snowball that runs off. This is to help people do the right thing,get the info to the people who deserve to know first,and not let there son/daughter/wife/husband/mother/father find it on facebook/DZ.com/twitter ect. I know this would take a bit of self control , but as a group I think we have that. Not asking for a news hold,just time to get to the right people , and do what i ( and hopefully all of us) think is the right thing . And when you post a lot,fill in your profile, sick of Mr no name posting stuff and then not answering the PM sent. Yes it was a name. This bothers me a lot, Hope that someone agrees, if not flame away. Paul.

I wish him the best, one of the great drivers of the modern era, met him at Zhills, followed his racing since he started , nice ,humble guy.

*Open Letter From An American Airlines Pilot.* CANADIAN COMMENT APPEARS *AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE *AND IS MEANINGFUL. THERE IS ALSO SOME RECENTLY ADDED BRITISH COMMENT. *This pilot hit the nail right on the head in his open letter.* The paper stated that some Muslim doctor is saying we are profiling him because he has been checked three times while getting on an airplane.The following is a letter from a pilot.This well spoken man, who is a pilot with American Airlines, says what is in his heart, beautifully... If *you *truly believe in fair & reasonable objectivity - Read, absorb and pass this on. ............................................................... *YOU WORRY ME!* *By Captain John Maniscalco, American Airlines Pilot* I've been trying to say this since 911, but you worry me. I wish you didn't. I wish when I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your color and culture still blended with the beautiful human landscape we enjoy in this country. But you don't blend in anymore. I notice you, and it worries me. I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands, professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my fellow citizens and our friends for more than 20 years now. I don't fully understand their grievances and hate, but I know that nothing can justify the inhumanity of their attacks. On September 11, ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my country. They cut the throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to death others. They took control of those planes and crashed them into buildings, killing thousands of proud fathers, loving sons, wise grandparents, elegant daughters, best friends, favorite coaches, fearless public servants, and children's mothers. The Palestinians celebrated, the Iraqis were overjoyed as was most of the Arab world. So, I notice you now. I don't want to be worried. I don't want to be consumed by the same rage, hate and prejudice that has destroyed the soul of these terrorists. But I need your help. As a rational American, trying to protect my country and family in an irrational and unsafe world, I must know how to tell the difference between you, and the Arab/Muslim terrorist. How do I differentiate between the true Arab/Muslim Americans and the Arab/Muslim terrorists in our communities who are attending our schools, enjoying our parks, and living in OUR communities under the protection of OUR constitution, while they plot the next attack that will slaughter MORE of the same good neighbors and children? The events of September 11 changed the answer.. It is not MY responsibility to determine which of you embraces our great country, with ALL of its religions, with ALL of its different citizens, with all of its faults. It is time for every Arab/Muslim in this country to determine it for me. I want to know, I DEMAND to know and I have a right to know, whether or not you love America .... Do you pledge allegiance to its flag? Do you proudly display it in front of your house, or on your car? Do you pray in your many daily prayers that Allah will bless this nation; that He will protect it and let it prosper? Or do you pray that Allah with destroy it in one of your Jihads? Are you thankful for the freedom that this nation affords? A freedom that was paid for by the blood of hundreds of thousands of patriots who gave their lives for this country? Are you willing to preserve this freedom by also paying the ultimate sacrifice? Do you love America ? ? If this is your commitment, then I need YOU to start letting ME know about it. Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at this time with hard facts on your faith, and what hard actions YOU are taking as a community and as a religion to protect the United States of America .. Please, no more benign overtures of regret for the death of the innocent, because I worry about who you regard as innocent.... No more benign overtures of condemnation for the unprovoked attacks, because I worry about what is unprovoked to you. I am not interested in any more sympathy; I am interested only in action. What will you do for America - our great country - at this time of crisis, at this time of war? I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag in the streets. I want to hear you chanting 'Allah Bless America '. I want to see young Arab/Muslim men enlisting in the military. I want to see a commitment of money, time and emotion to the victims of this butchering and to this nation as a whole. The FBI has a list of over 400 people they want to talk to regarding the WTC attack. Many of these people live and socialize right now in Muslim communities. You know them. You know where they are. Hand them over to us, NOW! But I have seen little even approaching this sort of action. Instead I have seen an already closed and secretive community close even tighter. You have disappeared from the streets. You have posted armed security guards at your facilities. You have threatened lawsuits. You have screamed for protection from reprisals. The very few Arab/Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the media were defensive and equivocating. They seemed more concerned with making sure that the United States proves who was responsible before taking action. They seemed more concerned with protecting their fellow Muslims from violence directed towards them in the United States and abroad than they did with supporting our country and denouncing 'leaders' like Khadafi, Hussein, Farrakhan, and Arafat. IF the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love for all people, then I want chapter and verse from the Koran and statements from popular Muslim leaders to back it up. What good is it if the teachings in the Koran are good, pure, and true, when your 'leaders' ARE teaching fanatical interpretations, terrorism, and intolerance? It matters little how good Islam SHOULD BE if huge numbers of the world's Muslims interpret the teachings of Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative form of the religion. A form that has been demonstrated to us over and over again. A form whose structure is built upon a foundation of violence, death, and suicide. A form whose members are recruited from the prisons around the world. A form whose members (some as young as five years old) are seen day after day, week in and week out, year after year, marching in the streets around the world, burning effigies of our presidents, burning the American flag, shooting weapons into the air. A form whose members convert from a peaceful religion, only to take up arms against the great United States of America, the country of their birth. A form whose rules are so twisted, that their traveling members refuse to show their faces at airport security checkpoints, in the name of Islam. We will NEVER allow the attacks of September 11, or any others for that matter, to take away that which is so precious to us -- our rights under the greatest constitution in the world. I want to know where every Arab Muslim in this country stands and I think it is my right and the right of every true citizen of this country to DEMAND it. A right paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and sisters who died protecting the very constitution that is protecting you and your family. I am pleading with you to let me know. I want you here as my brother, my neighbor, my friend, as a fellow American...... But there can be no gray areas or ambivalence regarding your allegiance, *and it is up to YOU, to show ME, where YOU stand. Until then, "YOU WORRY ME!"* *CANADIAN COMMENTS: * *I totally agree with this sentiment. I hope you will forget all about the 'political correctness' mandate we've had rammed down our throats, and see if this doesn't ring true in your heart and mind. For Canada , with all the multiculturalism we've been told is so important.....why should we not, as Canadians, expect that the millions of new people immigrating to our country will show their love for our country, their allegiance to our country, their willingness to obey the laws of our country, and acceptance that we are a Christian country? Just because they are able to enjoy exercising their own religion, they should NOT expect us to be ashamed of ours. They knew Canada was a Christian country when they came here. Why are we erasing Christianity because immigrants who are unwilling to adopt our way of life expect us to? There is just too much insanity in the world, and we have to start taking a stand. * *I hope you will forward this, so that others will feel they are not alone if they are starting to feel the same.* *BRITISH COMMENTS: * At last a clear *non racist *example of the concerns that the vast majority of our Nations population probably share. The pilot's letter encapsulates all that is fair and just about national pride and protection of one's national culture. I fear it may be too late here in UK , BUT we too want our country back in the form that attracted all these different cultures to come here in the first place!! In all our conversations with a wide range of friends and acquaintances we have *not met one *that disagrees with our own views. If only we all had the courage of our convictions to pass this on, it is a statement that should be accepted as the heart-felt feelings of someone with honest commendable national pride. *THIS IS TOO GOOD TO JUST READ AND DELETE -- LET'S SATURATE NEW ZEALAND , AUSTRALIA , UK , EUROPE, USA , CANADA AND THE REST OF THE FREE WORLD WITH THIS ONE!* **** How true is this , wanted to pass it on.

I think I will look after that one , that should be here as long or longer than we all are . Miss him every day.

Thanks for the replies everyone , sorted it out. Paul.

Any ideas from anyone , was the 100 way skipped for a larger formation ( 144 was done in the eighties ) Thanks , Paul

Your mistaken about the pull out , it can be mounted so the pilot chute comes out upside down and may be held on to . I have several jumps on this system and 7000 + on a regular pull out , not the best way to use a pull out as a total is EASY to pack into it if you dont know what your doing :-)))

They should be raising the standard, not dropping it. There,s AFF Is out there now who couldn't dock on a twenty way and they want to put 33% of your freefall time in a tunnel ??? This is a bad idea, you have to have FREEFALL time, not replicator time. Not a great way to learn canopy skill to pass on to your students is it . USPA has over the last few years gone out of there way to promote better canopy control for new jumpers by better teaching from instructors. Great way to back that up. Truly one of the dumbest ideas I have heard from them ever.

some years ago a friend of mine (t/i) was getting his passenger up the steps of a twin otter, we always say mind your head. She on the top step looked at the video guy and smashed her head on the bar as she got on. He sat down and got her belted in, then asked her how her head was. She replied that no one had ever complained. Thats a relaxed student.

I would move his beer away from him and put his head gently on the bar so he would be ok to fly in the morning.

So each week I do a pool in town for the racing, 5 bucks, not won a thing in two years, but it's a bit of fun. Didn't check last weeks results, guess I won and got $100 for it,very nice. Went to the store to get my lottery ticket for tonight and thought what the hell, i will get a scratch off for fun. Came back to the DZ and scratched the first number off and won a $100. Nice. Then realized that you can scratch them all off, and won $100 NINE more times.. $1000 off the card and am hoping that this run of luck comes in three,s.