jbrasher

It is unsafe to have hard openings for whatever reason, whether it's sloppy packing, not slowing down before deploying or whatever. I know of several people who have had dislocations/fractures from hard openings. I know of one person who is a quadraplegic from a probable hard opening (he doesn't quite remember, it was a night jump). I've put a pocket slider on my Sabre 150 after the occasional hard opening (one brusied rib) none of which were from deploying in a track. Be careful. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Pardon me for settling in here with you Son :-) Well, Robin, you know what I say: "Some day the whole world will walk like us". Just look around you there's someone new joining us everyday :-) I'll be happy to gimp with you, again. After the 2nd or 3rd fracture it just becomes a real pain in the ass; especially having to tell the dam story over and over again. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Well, were there's a will there's a way :-) Look in the Galleries under my name: JBrasher on top: 1st is one of the cops (my mind fails me) 2nd: T-Bird 3rd Cliff Chema 4th: ? 5th: ME 6th: Thundercloud 7th: Dave Scaradick on wing: another cop (pleasse forgive me guys) 2nd: Mike Wheeler 3rd: ? 4th: Tom Sanders in door: Sharon Chema In my position I could have read the Sunday funnies there was so little wind. The big guys in the front took the brunt. On the wing the first picture in the series had them at the pilot's window; after a few minutes or so they had been moved back to were you see them in this picture. Exits were a piece of cake except the horizontal stablizer went by kind a close. A fun time was had by all. Until I can figure out how to reduce the file size you can see it there. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

well I guess my file's too big :=) Mine's bigger than your's. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Here's mine :-) I'm third from the rear on the top. Spike's beech over Elsinore 12/16/1980. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Tony, Don Balch and I did AFF out of the mimi. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Bill :-) It's Don Swayze not John. Have another beer. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

What I remember about a fatality on a Wonderhog around that time (there were so many at C.G.) was that the reserve ripcord had been lost and replaced with a metal (regular) ripcord. A fray in the metal cable caught in the fabric channel preventing the handle from being pulled. :-( Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

It was with Don Balch and Skydiving Adventures, Inc. but it was when we were at Otay Mesa :-) They closed the DZ for the (week)day to be private. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

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Never give up, keep trying anything. It will at least keep you occupied. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Yep, that's the one he used when he jumped into the pool. Ben was upset and didn't want to ground him for life like he'd said he would because Larry was on staff. So he had to jump T10's for a month. I remember him landing next to me on one of those jumps and his peg stuck in a gopher hole and he just went BONG; I swear I could hear the vibrations

I've done a couple jumps on a double-keel and as I remember it was the one that could go into reverse. This was 25 years ago so there is a good chance I'm blowing smoke but that's what I remember. We were putting students out on double-keels and had several land in the lake (after the 1st or 2nd Elsinore flood) and at first we thought it was only women that had this happen (blondes?). They would steer away from the lake and land in it. Naturally we were wrong. My only jump on a single keel ended successfully after I promised God I would never jump another single-keel again. I was jumping a Parafoil 252 (too big for me then) and wanted to experience what was so good about the Paradactyl. Small toggle movements (seemed?) to cause very radical/violent canopy movements/folding. It was also a turbulent day and all in all I was glad to get it over with

Just what were they doing together in the back seat? Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

In 1975 Zeke was the JM who signed me off student status at Elsinore. So I;m some what biased. He had his opinions (as we all do). We had fun. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Have you ever had a flat tire? Usually a flat tire is an incovenience. A malfunction should be the same, if your prepared. Whether you have one or not isn't important, are you prepared to have one. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

OK Sparky, This is my 3rd try , the others were too large. Here's one from Murrietta (were Elsinore went after the 1st flood) in 1980, main canopy was a Sparrow. Photo Credit: Tom Sanders Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

About 20 years ago there was a fatality at Perris were a visiting jumper apparently had a main/reserve deployment (no one saw it). He cut through his reserve risers using a very large knife he had carried; ended up with nothing usable. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Then there was "Cunning Stunts" Another good team name. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

I was in the parking lot having a beer with Dirty Ed when Ugly went in. I was standing at the stairs if the Twin Otter, props turning, boarding an AFF student when the Cessna went over the Otter and tried to take out a 4 way dirt diving by the DC-3. Never saw it coming. My recollections was that it was a low time pilot who was landing downwind. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Comeon Nick your mind is going Lyle Cameron was jumping 16mm in the early 60's but my guess would be Bob Sinclair. But what do I know there was probably someone earlier. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

I'll agree with LTdiver. I've had a PRO rating and been an I or over 20 years and don't have binocular vision. You look around more but hell you should be doing that anyway Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Pcoket slider is the way to go. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

Dan Piynter can give you personal advice, he banged himself up VERY badly doing it. The loading that occurs on the canopy s it's being towed is different than when it's freeflying and causes the nose to tuck under and fold up. Not something you'd like or survive at low altitudes. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166

As an addendum to Bill Von's post: Take a pair of shorts and put them over your legs straps so your sitting on them. They will act as a skid plate if you go down on your butt. BE SURE THEY ARE SMALL AND DON'T INTERFERE WITH YOUR MAIN CONTAINER FLAPS AND HAND-DEPLOY. These are small shorts, fly toward your backside. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166