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Dan admit you just wanted the front row and this was the only way to clear out the rif raf. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

I put mustard on a chillie dog for a "splash" of color. It is also about presentation! Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Ah the good ole' days. Doing Round CRW before I even went to a Skydiving FJC. Having been in the air with 2500~ canopies at once a 16 way isn't to scary, well it didn't used to be. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

If a person has a plan and a regimen for a team, AAC will be great. It is closer and every bit as capable for a skydiver to use a a tool for training. Once Raeford is up, no question that it will be the tunnel for the NC/SC/GA and VA crowd (as well as many other s I am sure). An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

A cut copy and paste of the other bit of news on Max last week. April 9, 2007 Section: NEWS Page: 1A Paratrooper still soaring after bomb took his leg CHANTAL ESCOTO Staff By CHANTAL ESCOTO The Leaf-Chronicle Spc. Max Ramsey has a zest for life and isn't going to let something like a missing limb keep him down. Ramsey lost his left leg in Iraq to a roadside bomb on March 1, 2006, but he continues to fly high with the 101st Airborne Division Parachute Demonstration Team. He has made 403 jumps — 40 of those since February while wearing his prosthetic leg. The decision to let him stay on the team didn't depend on if he could jump, but if he could keep up with the strenuous rigors of parachuting. "He had to make some minor changes, but his flying ability is fine," said team leader Staff Sgt. Dewey Vinaya. "One of the biggest things he wanted to do was come back. "He had joined the team right before we deployed. The Army has always talked about families are first and soldiers are family. He's a great recruiter and narrator." Ramsey, 37, says he has the best job in the world. "Where else can you go where they pay you to jump out of an (aircraft)," he said. Although his life will never be quite the same, he knows he still has lots of life left in him. Attack changes life "When I got hit, I was conscious the whole time. I remember everything," said Ramsey, recalling when the up-armored humvee lifted off the ground and slammed down while he was in the gun turret. "When I fell back I felt an impact on my knee. It was at night, and I couldn't feel my lower leg." When he finally saw the silhouette of his lower limb, he knew it was gone. He already was making plans. "I was preparing mentally for that," said Ramsey, then with the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment. For the next 10 months, Ramsey worked twice as hard to get back to a normal life and to his wife of two years, Ayako. He joined the Army in 2004 and already had many jumps under his belt and had traveled throughout the country. The Army was just part of his master plan of what he wanted to do. His advice for anyone facing major challenges is not to focus on what you can't do, but what you can do. "You really have to take the initiative and not succumb to the tragedy," Ramsey said. The treatment he received at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was excellent and the camaraderie was the key to his quick recovery, he added. It wasn't easy, though. "Everything's harder for me. It takes me twice as long to get things done," he said. So, what's next for Spc. Ramsey? "I'll stay on the team as long as they'll let me," he said. Although Ramsey can retire medically anytime, he assures everyone that won't be the end. "I'll probably return to the private sector and run a business that helps the community, and then I'll run for public office." Chantal Escoto covers the military and can be reached by telephone at 245-0742 or by e-mail at [email protected]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Damn I gave away my age!?! I am running a Mil Tandem Course and showed my license card and a newer fellow asked what the hell it was. But I can only remember Presidents back to Carter. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Mine actually says "Master" on it. Since the "C" has been updated there is no need for a "D" for those who won't/don't do night jumps. There the issue is mute. If one would want to be "PRO" rated meet the standards and get a FULL "D" license. Other wise they can do Demo's in the open fields and Lvl 1 sights. USPA should just lets the wings and things page requirement be Membership, maybe then they will see more membership request the wings and things. Just My Opinion. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

You'll fine you'll be treated fairly and as promptly as possible. At least that is how I was treated. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

True I have not jumped that particular Fury. I have jumped many others though and they all had the "flap" he talked about as it is part of the design. I would even venture a guess it is only noticeable at full flight and in the brakes goes away. As it is designed to work. I went back and was counting jumps in my 9+ log books of a particular canopy (for a work accounting issue) and decided to look up other canopies as well. 183 Fury jumps, 2 on the Furry 220-R, that experience is where I made my ASSUMPTION from (and yes I know ASS-U-ME) Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

When I do buy a Energy Drink it is Red Bull. But any one offered to me for free works well too. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Off the top of my head so don't take it as the law, Serve as an Evaluator in 2 courses, after being rated of course, and then get a letter of recommendation from a Course Director and send it all to USPA Safety and Training. They look at it as well a a few of the BOD I think. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

The Fury has a design just as Terry pointed out. The Stabilizers are "loose" to help the canopy maintain its deep brake approached stability. Yes measure them, but i think the OP will find them in compliance. Having jumped a Furry a few times and even one a rigger "fixed", tightening the fabric only caused the fabric to fail and did not "fix" any thing. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

The frist page of the SIMs states it is a USPA Document. On page III it says send recomendations to the 1440 Duke Street Alexandria VA, Office. Not exacly what you wanted but as close as I find in the hard copy I have and the printed from the web copy. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

While your text book definition may be correct, the leap to apply it to today is purely the ignorance of those flying the flag. I quote "It looks cooler than the other one thats why". When I asked a Bailif why he had the frindged flag displayed. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Like you really want to have a choice? I may be down that way Saturday too (but I get to choose). Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Just FOLLOWING your lead! Matt Any one else getting the hint yet? An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

I treat a boogie like I treat a Demo and land as such. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

My entire main (a 107ft cross brace) is international orange, very visable I think, yet people still say they can't see it. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

For some reason the great porno rif came to mind when I read that! "mow chick a mow mow" Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

In the morning openning my eyes and seeing my wife next to me! Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Amen! Stop the Spam and teach the kids, it s called Parenting and it doesn't take a village to do it! Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

http://www.fortcampbellcourier.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=13&gallery_page=0&album_page=0&albumid=88&mediaid=1690 and http://www.fortcampbellcourier.com/articles/2007/03/16/news/news1.txt Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

I was thinking with Vern jumping with us it would raise the point average greatly! Even more so when I run dirt! Did the suits come in yesterday? This moving thing is ruff on the lower back and stamina. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

And I have $100 check for the beer 9and soda) friday. We just need to get you into a BLACK suit (I do like blue, but it aint the Teams colors). Next week we turn oodles of points! matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!

Maybe becuase the names are unknown till the bar opens and the beer starts a flowing with creativity! Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!!