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    ...and as far as calling names, in what context & just who were you referring to with the 'idiots' comment?



    That's the only name calling I saw. The original poster sounds angry and wants to hear comments that agree with his.

    SIUCC

    EDIT : It looks like somebody did call him a young chump. How disrespectful.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I have no doubt they are regular old Chuck Yeagers. I'm talking more about the CAPS and the F-22 avionics being attractive to people who would rather deploy a parachute than navigate or rather watch a blip on a TV screen than look outside. In reality I'm just a cynic that can't fly airplanes and lost my best friend to an idiot not looking where he was going. Nothing wrong with Cirrus airplanes, or mooneys, or bonanzas.



    I hear you. Don't really agree with the Chuck Yeagers comment though.

    Next week I have the pleasure of sharing a ferry (if that's the right word) flight of a friend's 1940's era Stearman from Kentucky to Florida for the winter. It's full of the latest bells and whistles but I am a low time pilot and intend to have a sectional on my lap to compare with what I am seeing on the ground, just for practice.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

  4. Phil Goetsch (D-65) helped Don Yahrling teach an AFF jumpmaster certification course I attended back in the early 90's. Nice Guy.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    The airframe itself is awesome. I would fly one myself.
    It's the target market that I have a quarrel with.



    Which would be??



    Underqualified muppets with enough money to buy a false sense of security.



    It used to be V-tail Bonanzas (the Doctor killer) that took this kind of heat. Now it's the Cirrus. Don't you think it's a little ridiculous to paint such a broad generalization? I know several Cirrus owners who are competent and conservative and handle their plane quite well. If they walked down the flightline and climbed into a Mooney or Piper would they be any more capable?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

  6. I'm thrilled to get to see a bunch of seamen.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    In Genesis Adam aquired life when God breathed into him his first breath.
    Human life , according to the Bible, begins with the first breath.
    Fundamentally yours,
    T.Fritz



    Well, there you have it. An unequivocal authority.

    I'm sure glad there's a book that spells all these details out for us.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    you seem to have a very strange definition of venom ... for me it's about quality of life ... mine is so much better than it was when I was commuting etc..



    Well, yeah, commuting is something to be avoided but I didn't know I was a good little company man who worked with droids because I work at the office instead of working from home.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Your loss mate .. if you want to be a good little company man ... waking to an alarm clock... having to dress.... shit, shave & shower and then fight your way through the other droids to get to an office ... slave a day and the retrace your steps....



    Wow, what venom. I didn't realize I turned into a good little company man and the people I work with are droids. If that was your experience don't assume everybody else is the same.

    I enjoy having to dress.... shit, shave & shower, but not in that order.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Well that was fun...glad you could join in steve.



    You just had to reply. I guess you're not done fucking around with this.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    The bottom line is ... that murder is murder, punishible by ... death



    Murder is punishable by .... murder?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I do. Been doing it for over 5 years. It is starting to get old. All in all, it's good.



    The socializing around the water fountain is kinda lame, isn't it?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I was told not long ago that it can be done with a college and they would get 1 credit hour if they make the first jump? I've asked a regional director they didn't know? I've email the USPA haven't got response yet so if anyone out here knows, or can put me into contact with someone who does let me know:P



    I hope no reputable college would do this.

    Would Harvard allow it? I don't think so.


    The university I attended allowed one freshman year physical education credit if you spent the semester bowling.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Sigh. Look, no matter what happens in aviation there is a failure mode. How precisely would this guy get out of one?



    Just for the sake of argument, what is the response required if a helicopter blade departed in flight? And it has happened. Some helicopter blades are composite design and delamination has sent at least one that I know of to the ground. That is no less catastrophic than the failure modes you can come up with for this guy and his invention.

    As far as metal propellers, there are tons of aircraft out there that are flying behind a wooden prop. And they are not falling to the earth with great regularity. We (skydivers) see metal propellers on our jump planes because the technology is available to machine complex airfoil shapes to them, but the biggest reason that our beloved Otters don't use wood propellers is because the Otters (and many other aircraft) use variable pitch propellers. It isn't easy to design a wooden propeller to work on a variable pitch mechanism.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    This isn't about "inventing" a better flying machine. It's about this guy clearly adapting a less safe for human flight one.



    Isn't there a guy who strapped a big fiberglas wing on his back with two jet engines and is flying it around, most recently in the Grand Canyon?

    You may think it is less safe for human flight, by your standards, but think of all the blue-haired grannies who think pond swooping is less safe for human flight.

    You have no idea what someone may come up with in 50 years, the genesis of which may be before us right now.

    For the guy who mentions how close those propellers are and what might happen when they break off, the next time you climb into a Twin Otter take a look at the plane of the propeller blades. There are several skydivers who will be missing body parts if that blade decided to come into the cabin. And don't think that wall you're leaning against will stop a projectile like that.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    We cheer for the underdogs. Everyone remembers ski jumper Eddie the Eagle from the 1988 Olympics. Does anyone remember a single other participant that year? Or the Jamaican bobsledders.B|

    Most skydivers and pilots dreamed of building stuff like that as kids. I think that contraption he made is kinda cool.



    I don't remember Eddie the Eagle at all, but I do remember that ski jumper from Slovenia (I think) who went down in history as "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" guy.

    Am I old, or what?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    This guy needs to be mocked until he can prove to us he knows what he's doing and
    hopefully before he kills somebody.



    Do you know how many times Igor Sikorsky crashed before he figured out how not only to build a helicopter but teach himself to fly it? Well, I don't either because the documentaries of him shown on the History Channel only showed successful test flights. But he is thought of as a really intelligent man who invented a safe and fun way of flying. Who's to say that the guy in this video won't be featured on a U.S. postage stamp when he is in his 70's? He's testing his idea. He built it and is trying to fly it. I don't think he is very interested in proving anything to anonymous internet surfers.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Just a question - Is it the claim that the neutrinos exceeded the vacuum speed of light, c? Or did they exceed the speed of light through air or some other medium that would have slowed "light" but would have had no effect on the speed of the neutrinos? I would think that the "precise" measurement of the distance between emitter and detector would have had to have used some process that involved radio or other "photon-based" devices, including GPS, etc. How about local gravitational fields that might have more interaction with light than it does with neutrinos? My point is that there are a lot of things to take into consideration, given the 730 km distance. Any mistake or omission in the distance measurement could account for the "observed" speed. This experiment definitely needs to be reproduced by an independent team at a different location.



    Maybe Pons and Fleischmann can verify the claim?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I am thinking the best options on a vehicle for next year... will be NO electrical gadgets on the vehicle at all.... with a very small easily bump started diesel motor:ph34r:




    ... that is capable of towing a really big boat.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    My first car was a 1964 Buick Special. Big ass light green monster, bench seats and a giant steering wheel. :D



    My first car was a '56 Chevy, and it had a giant steering wheel, too. The engine compartment was so devoid of extras that I could sit under the hood on the wheel well (not the fender) and remove the carburetor or heads.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    A/C
    Cruise Control
    Power doors and locks
    CD Player

    My Jeep is a 2003 model, so maybe I just have low standards.



    What's a power door?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."