matthewcline

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It probably doesn't make sense to you because you're a man. J/K Trust me, a woman can love her husband and care about him, and not respect what he does or respect his behavior. Make sense?

To me, it does not make sense, but I have heard it for 15 years.

I also am one, who does not understand, NOT showing a person you love them.

Matt

Retired Army after 21 years.
Currently the Military Advisor to Film House Inc.
I also Demo/Instruct for Team Fastrax.

Matt

Controlable drag will help slow one down and Botties as well as Grippers are controlable drag.

If you are looking to fall faster you may need to add weight. But find an RW person at the DZ who can talk to your specifics, we can offer a bunch of advice but none of it may work from the www.

Matt

The booties can help you in a few areas,
slow your fall rate down by the added drag
aide in making faster turns
aide in moving forward
aide in tracking
aide in falling down on landing since running in them is not always easy.

Getting a little coaching (does not need to be any "Official" coach just some one with a little experience who is at the DZ) will help you master the many uses of booties.

Matt

But not like they are trying to use him to score a point, but to actually have him get stuck on the opponets side of the net.

Matt

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If a well known person who was skydiving had a hard landing, hit their head, and died later, do you think there would be a similar reaction?

I think the answer is, Yes.

Matt

Will I be the only Student?
Probably not, but the class is taylored to each.

Are people generally friendly or Cliquey?
Both some times, you can gravitate to what you like.

Will I feel welcomed or be treated as an outsider?
You will be welcomed.

How is the learning environment? Fast paced and rigorous or laid back but thorough?
The environement depends a lot on you, the Instructors can only go as fast as you can go.

High possibility of having to repeat jumps?
Unless your a perfect person in all things you do think to repeat about two jumps in the catergories.

Matt

The promo photo, it worked.

Matt

A couple of the ladies who are attending are posting in the Bonfire's "Men in Uniform" thread, use the intel and use it to your full advantage.

Matt

I tend to recoginze the ENEMY on sight.

How the hell is a married man, or any man, supposed to compete with "eight thousand RPMs, dual twisting motion and disco lights"?

Matt

Oh stop being shy it s BOB's battery cap.

Begs a better question now, if the battery cap is off how did BOB do?

Did he get replaced?

Matt

Oak Ridge TN?

For those that asked in the photo it is the 101st ABN DIV (AASLT) Parachute Demo Team training with the USAPT "Golden Knights" in NC.

Left to right;

SPC Justin Denton, Me, SSG Dewey Vinaya, SSG Matt Acord on video it is WO1 Chad Conner.

Moments after this pic Chad met me at 120~mph and took a chunk out of the back of my Factory Diver with the hard ware on his right leg strap, I do not remember most of the jump, but did land fine.

The video is funny, now.

Matt

University?

Hmm, I heard it was a High School.

Matt

I know all 4 of those dudes.
It is over a Military Field in NC.

Who did the briefing? Just curious where they got the pic, it is public domain and all, so I am just wondering how it got around the www.

Matt

As for Skydiving I was packing before my FJC.

Matt

Military FreeFall

Matt

I found your 30 lbs! Got an address so I can mail it back?

Congrats on the weight loss, it will only allow you to do more with less effort and be healthier too. I bet your knees will thank you for the less stress every time you climb a flight of stairs as well.

Matt

It has been good to me.

But over all "Networking", no matter how trivial it may seem is a good thing. My "networking" is how I got my current job.

Matt

http://www.wcnc.com/traveler/stories/wcnc-031309-mw-indoor_skydiving.2f68403e.html

This ran today and is making the net rounds.

Matt

Uh huh.
But the Laser 7 is a seven cell.

APS made all sorts of variations to the canopies they produced.

The Laser is a 7 cell as far as I know.
We had several Laser's at Benning on the Silver Wings a ways back.

The red lines are for CRW and it even looks like a little red smoke stain is in the rest of the lines.

The Laser as we used them was for Demo Jumps.

Matt

It depends on the brand of beer and the first ladies hottness factor.

Matt

It is a good movie.
Shows that the people of this country still care.
The TSA guy, well I will let that slide as a "long rough day", we have all had them.

Matt

youtube has 1000's of hours of Tandem "How too" and "How not too" video.

Matt

Yes and Yes to the Video.

Matt