adamtippie

Well take my advise for what it is worth. Its understood around the skydiving industry that lead times for alot of manufactures are getting rediculous. The way I look at it, the wait is WELL worth it. Their are manufactures that do get alot more business than there competitors, and cant keep up with the demand of their superior product. Thus the competiton being able to offer a quicker lead time. Alot of new jumpers now are wanting CUSTOM everything, instead of stock products this can also be slowing production times as well. If it is a product in which you know you are going to enjoy and love, why settle and break down going for the quicker lead time? So a couple of weeks go by and you have your product in hand flying it around. Thats great, but when you think about it, is it something in which you are TRUELY satisfied with? Or are you bummed because you couldn't wait, and settled for less. Just my two cents.....

Skydive San Diego is putting on a Cinco de Mayo boogie. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/calendar/page.cgi?g=Detailed/1740.html;d=1

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I would have to agree with this statement, that is great that you want to invest your money into some "tracking pants" but you should really learn to FLY YOUR BODY not a "suit"

So if the goverment claims that the U.S. has enough oil reserves to supply the states for 100 years. Why not open the oil reserves now and lower the prices? I am sure in 100 years we will be driving other devices that dont run off of oil. Plus the technology that is in the workings right now we should be using water for our fuel source. The technology is called HHO. look at the link.[url]http://www.enlightenedbeings.com/water-fueled-cars.html

So why is it that on the old school poloroid cameras everyone shakes the picture?

Well, Congrats on quitting your job! I once quit my job at Best Buy, whats the reasoning for quitting?? b/c they wouldnt let me leave early, so I could make my buddys 500th jump! Hows that for quitting!

I am stationed here in Miramar, south of Pendelton. The officers that are in charge of me are pilots with billets as an Airframes officer/Ordanace officer....ect. So they dont do any rigging at all. As far as me an getting out. I am going to try the whole college thing for a while to see if I can deal with the B.S. they teach in colleges now days. But I am actually thinking about joining the Army to become a Warrant Officer and fly Helos. The only way I can see you as an officer in the UMSC and rigging would potentially be as a recon dude what packs whatever they jump. But I dont know for sure....Maybe if there is a recon guy on dropzone that could help you in that area.

I am currently on my 4th year in the Marine Corps, as a rigger. There are two sides of the house with our MOS in the USMC. You have what everyone else is use to seeing the long tables for packing parachutes ( I level ). With that you are also intailed in packing life rafts/preservers/ and dealing with oxygen systems. Then you have the other side, which I am working right now ( O level ). It deals with more of the pilot/aircrew directly. I build up harness' just like our rigs for skydiving. So if the pilot ejects he/she is attached to something. You also deal with helemets, surivial gear, NVG's, g-suits, and a longer list of items. The difference between these two is there is " I " level and " O " level. To put it into terms, O level is the guy you take your car to see whats wrong with it. I level is the guy who is told whats wrong with it and fixes it. I myself am getting out next year, but the time I had was a blast. I enjoy the high paced tempo and deployments. But I am also going to the officer side of the military. So I dont know if this helps or not. But any questions let me know.