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I was at Six Flags Over Mid America in St. Louis 3 weeks ago and while in line for one of the rides a lady was breast feeding her child. I didn't see it at first, my friends I was with said she was and when i looked her back was to me. I didn't believe them but sure enough she was. With hundreds of people around waiting in line, didn't expect to see that at an amusementpark. Beau

I called the USPA and got these numbers for the end of 2002. The total number of jumps by USPA members since they started jumping was at 26,850,923. The total for the previous year was 2,151,228. Beau

I realize that there are many dz's outside of the US, but what i was needing was a fact. Its for my speech class in college and I'm doing my Informative speech on skydiving. For the opening the teacher wants a fact. I figured that the total number of sport skydives in a year would be a great fact to tell everyone since i'm informing them on our sport and i would like to get someone that has wanted to skydive to go out and actually do it. I didn't mean to offend anyone. Beau

So what's a rough estimate???? 34,000 + USPA members right??? if they each made 100 jumps that would be 3.4 million right but of course some make less some make more and then if you add in all the students jumps, anyone have an educated guess? Beau

Hey everyone, i'm trying find out about the total number of jumps made in a year would be. By total I mean students that make only one jump all the way to licensed skydivers that make hundreds. I can almost swear that this data use to be on the USPA website but i cant find it anymore. It also told things like job professions, age groups, malfunction numbers etc. I can find part of that data on their website still but not the Jump number totals. The number i was thinking was something like 3 million but i'm not sure. Thanks Beau

Congratulations Beau

These are photos of a 50ft X 30ft flag made my Stan Hubbard and Dee Barger that was jumped at a Memorial Day Demo. Its not quite finished yet but they have both spent over 60hrs working on it. The flag weighs around 15lbs and has a 25lb weight on it. There is a 3 ring release set up on it and its cutaway about 15ft above the ground. Stan uses his tandem rig and he exits at 5500ft and takes 6 1/2 minutes till he's on the ground. Beau

I got this today in an e-mail and thought they were pretty neat. Heres what the e-mail said: Photos of an Air Force C-130 releasing flares to repel heat seeking missiles. The pattern formed by these "decoys" are how they got their name... It's truly awesome! Because these maneuvers are usually in remote areas and over water, the general public does not get to see these exercises. Beau

Sorry, Thats what the website has, but I just saw the commercials this week so i'm almost positive its tomorrow nite. Beau

I've seen the commercial for wednesdays episode of Ripley's and they keep showing video of the 300-way and of the rubberband ball. Here's what their website says: World's Largest Rubberband Ball - Tony Evans has created the world's largest rubberband ball weighing 2600 pounds and made up of six million rubberbands. In a Ripley's exclusive, the ball will be dropped 6,000 feet out of an airplane over the Kingman Arizona desert to see how high it will bounce! Skydive World Record - Three hundred skydivers from around the world will try to jump from five different airplanes at an altitude of 20,000 feet at the same time to create the world's largest group skydive. Helicopter Survivors - During the filming of the world's largest rubberband ball drop, a Ripley's helicopter crew crashed into a pair of power lines and miraculously survived. http://tbssuperstation.com/series/Episode/0,,3102,00.html Beau

Horny Gorilla Beau

The aircraft my uncle was in is an F-15E eagle, made by McDonnell Douglas which was the dark grey aircraft, the light grey is an F-18 Hornet, other dark grey is AV-8B harrier, and white and orange is T-45 Goshawk pilot trainer for the Navy. The F-14 is a navy aircrft. Beau

My uncle worked for McDonnell Douglas Corp.St. Louis. Here are some pictures of him getting a ride before he retired a few years ago. Beau

1C205, C206 and Pilatus Piston Porter(Second Oldest flying Porter in the world!) Beau

These are just some military pictures my uncle sent me. Beau