gearless_chris

"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I was surprised that the cafe is not expensive. Dinners normally run between $8 and $12 depending on what they're having. Lunch will run you around $6. You're own your own for the alcohol. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Here's a 15 way from Summerfest '08, in case I haven't posted it already. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Well actually they shut down in the winter time and so 205 tandems a day is a "low" estimate They only do 200 tandems a day during the weekend too, the week is much slower. There are a lot of us teams that jump at SDC that realy keep the plane flying. SDC Rhthym does 16 jumps a day, Standard (Rooks team) does 8 or more, we (The Flying Fish) try for 8 or more on Saturdays, and 6 on Sundays. SDC wasn't what I was expecting based on people that used to jump there, they are much better. They do treat every tandem as a training jump, even Grandma. The only complaint I can think of is that the pea pit is miles from the hangar, it would be nice if they picked people up that land there. We landed at the Mobil station by I 80 once and walked much less than landing at the peas. I haven't been to CSC yet, but we have a meet there this weekend. I hear the landing area is small, but I guess that depends on what you're used to. I've heard it's a little smaller than a football field. That should be fine as long as you fly a good pattern. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

They did! I jumped one of the new demos. That sucks, for me. Precision didn't have the black lines when I bought mine a few years ago. I'll get black lines if I have it relined though. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

When I was talking to Brian at SDC a few weeks ago he said he put considerable time into making the rears very effective. Some of the other things on the list were, fly like a 27 cell but still pack small, being able to let go of the controls for freestyle moves, and being sensitive to harness input (he really likes harness turns). He also said he is working on bigger sizes for fat guys like me ( 131 and 141), but he's having issues with the rib height. This was all after a few shots of tequilla, so you can't hold him to it. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I didn't ask Brian when he was showing us the "pen through the canopy" trick, but I imagine that if you cut or melt the fibers, they won't close back up. Puncturing the canopy just pushes stuff off to the side kind of like when you're fingertrapping. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I like my Coleman Quickbed. I have a separate rechargable compressor to inflate it. I've seen the ones with built in pumps that run on batteries have problems with battery leakage. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Going to a mud bog at a firends house Friday, jumping in Angola Saturday morning, watching another friend crash into burning cars Saturday night at a race track, maybe jump in Flora Sunday. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Any chance your DZO's name was AJ? He told me the same thing back in 2000 when the DZ was at Waterloo. Always wondered how accurate it was. I think tandems have killed it off. Tandems are very good $$ for DZs and it takes someone with a bit of training to do it, more so than a SLI. Someone with a tandem rating is likely to have/want AFF training or be more interested in the extra money made off that type of jumping. Real shame though. When it was just SL being offered a student would come to the DZ wanting to "make a skydive", you'd do the 6-8 hours ground, have him spend $180 and when it was over, he could keep on jumping for $40 a pop. It made it real easy to come back out to the DZ over and over. Now I take someone out and they want to do a tandem, still spend $180 and after if they want to jump again, it's another $180 for a 2nd tandem or $300 for AFF/ground school. Most people get that "oh, it was fun but not THAT fun" look in their face. Yep, as a matter of fact it is him. We're in Angola now. It has pretty much turned into a tandem dz. It's because a lot of the fun jumpers moved, he does still encourage fun jumpers, and IAD students. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

It sounds like Rhythm will be organizing as well, they like to help out. They've given us lots of help, and so have the Furies. That's too bad about the foam pit Andy, that was way more fun than I thought it would be. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Beezy also said that the Nitro has the spanwise reinforcements and the Nitron does not. There is extra reinforcing on the stabilizer as well. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I don't know what separates it, that's what they told us at work. They do use electricity to melt the aluminum ore, but I would assume that it's more like an heating element than current running through it. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I don't know about thermite, but the story I heard about aluminum is that if water gets trapped under the surface of the molten aluminum, it changes to steam, then separates into hydrogen and oxygen. You get a steam explosion followed by a hydrogen explosion. Supposedly a cup of water equals a hand grenade in strength. That's the story they used to explain why we aren't allowed to have aluminum cans at work anyway. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

0:9: 8 team jumps, 1 hop-n-pop from 12,700, Beer for my first canopy collapse at 50 feet. I thought it was just turbulence until I got back to the landing area. Biff said it folded in half like a taco, then reopened. Landed fine, just a little backwards, and got a little dirty. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I bought my filter wrenches from B&H. They don't cost much either. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Do you suppose he put his Vigil in student mode also? One of our newer jumpers fired a student Cypress with a 210 Sabre. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Didn't look like he was going very fast to me. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

It all comes back to Gearless_Chris. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Aww, you mean well!

I know who is Diamante Rodriguez. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

The 30 Otter is at Skydive Chicago, I'll probably be doing most of my jumps there. The 2 Skydive Fort Wayne 182's are in Angola Indiana, where I started jumping, and still will jump at when I'm not at SDC. The Flora 182 is at Air Indiana Skydiving Center in Flora Indiana. The Indiana Skydiving Academy 182 was in Goshen Indiana. They closed, Greensburg is stuck with it now, It was my least favorite 182. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Gorge Carlin says, "Fuck you, I'm getting in the plane, I hear it's a little breezy on on top." "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Hey Sandy, Are you jumping with the higher experienced jumpers this year? "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Better?!?!?! Or do I need to take a poll? I like it, even though it isn't skydivey. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.