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    Wow!! We here skydive San Marcos is getting another Super Otter and taking delivery in early November and its here to stay. Phil says the King Air will be @ Houston Skydive Center and will offer $16.00 jumps all winter long and possibly even cheaper if the response is good. just think no sliping and sliding on take offs (paved runways) looking forward to this



    wOO! B|

  2. Hi. I was just wondering if anyone knows of apartment complexes near Eloy, AZ (Casa Grande, Arizona City, etc..) where high-speed Internet (cable or DSL) is available?

    Since I work as a programmer, I can work from anywhere there is a decent connection to the Internet. And I wanna move closer to the drop zone. :)

    Since moving back to Phoenix from Austin, I have been procrastinating way too much due to the 85 mile drive. The only comfort I need (other than running water and electricity) is a better-than-modem connection to the Internet.. Any tips or information would be most appreciated. Thanks! :)

  3. I was hoping to hear from other's who free-fly Racer and Racer Elite rigs.. I was thinking of getting new velcro on mine from Jump Shack soon and doing some free-flying with my Racer Elite.

    From what Jump Shack told me there are quite a few people in DeLand that free-fly them, and I've also seen people at Spaceland and Skydive Dallas that also free-fly them..

    I've attempted to "sit" with my Racer a handfull of times, and most have went ok. Except for once when I tumbled around a bit and my sides came open releasing my toggles (the reason I'm getting new velcro..), and when I deployed the main the toggles had twisted together in my burbble and it took me a couple of minutes to untwist them so I could steer.. That was the first time I thought I was gonna have to cut away, d'oh..

    I had also thought that maybe I could have some small tuck tabs installed on either side to help with this after I get the new velcro, just in case. Has anyone had a modification like this done? I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows.

    I plan to, in the future, move up to a Javelin rig. But for now I'd like to get some more time out of the Racer before I blow even more ca$h on equipment. This past 13 months has amounted to quite a few bucks so far.. :)

    Thanks in advance for any constructive input!

    --TIM
    http://www.rocketry.org/~tim/skydiving/