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I don't care for CFL's -- I've had them fail much quicker than incans, I've got headaches from the color or maybe the flicker, and some of them have actually caused me grief with RFI when I'm trying to operate on 20 meters! I bought this particular LED light because it was cheap enough that I didn't cry, and I wanted to see how it was. It's installed in our hallway, where the fixture is very close to the ceiling, so the light being directed upward is reflected off the white ceiling and makes a fairly nice effect. My only concern, at the moment, is heat buildup inside the glass globe. I'm saving the receipt just in case it dies early. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I spent 20 years on a military flight line. We did hot refueling (hot pits) on fighters at various times, and always the SAME procedure -- Safety observer out front Ground the airplane and ground the refueling nozzle to the aircraft One man to connect the nozzle to the aircraft, and one man to assist, if necessary All personnel using headsets to talk to each other etc -- I'm sure I've forgotten a lot, since I retired in 1999. I DO remember that the Air Force does NOT allow refuelling with passengers on the plane (for cargo planes, C-141, C-5, etc), while the Marine Corps did in the late '70's, not sure about now. As for whether jet fuel is easier to ignite than avgas -- well, it depends. All jet fuel is NOT kerosene. (Yeah, I'm a little late for this, I was on the road.) JET-A and JET-A1 have a higher ignition point than avgas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel JP-4 is a 50-50 kerosene/gasoline blend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-4 JP-5 is kerosene based with a very high flashpoint. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-5 JP-8 is similar to JP-5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-8 I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I've always been a "gadget guy". I like gadgets. I could give you examples -- like the Sentinel I bought and jumped with along about 1979, or the Safety Flyer I bought and had installed at the same time. Or other parts of my life, where I use old Vibroplex "bugs" to operate Morse Code on ham radio. So -- after reading this thread, I went out and bought one, $12 LED "light bulb". Not a very good one, I'm sure, but enough to try out for a while. See at http://www.lowes.com/pd_338802-75774-LA19DM/LED_0__?productId=3341246&Ntt=led+light+bulb+40+watt&pl=1¤tURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dled%2Blight%2Bbulb%2B40%2Bwatt&facetInfo= Just for interest' sake... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I've noticed the same thing, and I wonder if I might get kicked off the DZ for a couple of weeks for opening at a nice, safe, 3500'... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

He doesn't NEED a job, he has a POSITION. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

What's really interesting to me, and something that I would bet the "World Court" would turn over, is that the guy being imprisoned has been sentenced for something he did in another country, not the one imprisoning him. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

98 Victor, following vectors are for controller amusement"! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

BTW, here's the English version -- http://www.ebay.com/itm/270869852048 Says "Southwest USA" -- I wonder if that means Eloy??? I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Have you ever issued "penalty vectors"? I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Last I heard, some folks wanted to rename the Mae West as a Dolly Parton. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Sounds like truck driving. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I watched up until the reserve and other jumpers main were a ball of crap, then I stopped. I figure that's pretty close to the last thing a good friend of mine saw some years ago. I couldn't watch any more. I can tell you this -- years ago I jumped with a Super 8 movie camera -- and I thought I was Superman. Thirty years later, I KNOW I'm fragile. Well, no more than anybody else, but a fall form anything over about 50 feet isn't something I'm sure I WANT to survive. And after a 30-year break from skydiving, I don't think I'll even think about taking a camera for a long, long time. Slow down, people -- too much "hurry" will get you problems in all kinds of things, not just skydiving. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

It refers to recovering from a stall by letting the toggles all the way up, then immediately bringing them about half way down. The canopy recovers from the stall, but by having the toggles half way down, it doesn't surge forward. It must be called something else today, but I don't know what it would be. I'm an OLD guy. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Your description sounds more like what is called a surge, not a stall. Letting up too quickly on the brakes causes a canopy to surge forward very quickly and it will feel like it suddenly drops very quickly. It is different than a stall, but either can kill you without sufficient altitude remaining. If you let up on the brakes a bit more slowly, the surge is not as severe, Assuming this WAS a surge -- Well -- is the old "double clutch" not taught any more??? I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

It's a tall tale. When's the last time you heard ANYTHING other than wind or an audible while at terminal? I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I think that, if I were under canopy and still in a cloud, I might make as much noise as I could, so others could hear me and deduce an area where I might be -- kind of like a fog horn on a ship. As for turns -- gee, that's a hard question, and everybody is going to have their own idea. I'd probably go straight ahead and end up calling the DZ on my cell phone to get somebody to come pick me up. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Thanks -- but it's the wrong time of the year! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

If it's only surface rust, then it might not need to be re-blued. See if you can find some Hoppe's #9 -- powder solvent, I think it's called -- and simply rub it on the rust with your fingers. Very often, this will remove the rust and salvage the blueing. Just be prepared to rub it a LOT -- it doesn't make the rust just fall off, you have to rub it, as if you're using your fingers as very mild sandpaper. Takes a while, but it works. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

If it's only surface rust, then it might not need to be re-blued. See if you can find some Hoppe's #9 -- powder solvent, I think it's called -- and simply rub it on the rust with your fingers. Very often, this will remove the rust and salvage the blueing. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Damn I miss THOSE DAYS! Somehow I always knew I'd TRY skydiving. When I was still pre-teen (along about 1963 or so), I went to an air show with jumpers performing, and I was mesmerized. I must have spent the entire day standing next to them, standing next to their area, or staring straight up as they were in freefall. I wish I had some way of finding out who they were. Perhaps 15 years later, I found myself in the Marine Corps, about 85 miles from a DZ -- Big Daddy's, near Goldsboro, NC. 85 miles was close enough! Thought I was just going to try a jump or two, but I really got sucked in. At perhaps 35 jumps, I bought a PC, then had to find something to put it in -- and a nice brand-new, really innovative rig came my way -- a Wonderhog. My rigger had a 24' flat reserve, and we managed to put it in the Wonderhog, and I became a more-or-less permanent skydiver. I don't jump a lot, but I still make the occasional jump, even today. Sure wish I had my Wonderhog rig back. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Yeah. I progressed too fast. But not with the size of my canopy, unless you count the fact that, back in the '70's, you needed 200+ jumps to transition to a square, and instead, I did it at about 50 jumps. This was along about 1979 or so. The REAL place where I progressed too fast was in the type of RW we were attempting. At the same 50 jumps or so, we were attempting 3- and 4-way RW, I was making approaches to other jumpers, and had NO idea just how hot my approaches were. I collided pretty hard with another jumper one day, fortunately we didn't get hurt -- but the potential was totally there. And packing, too -- in a rush? Just coil up the suspension lines underneath the deployment bag... Nope, that doesn't work all that well. Well, actually, it worked fine until it didn't and I ended up WAY low at terminal trying to fix something that wouldn't fix. Nope, THIS time around, I'm moving in a slow and deliberate manner, I already know how to ride reserves, and I already know what ground rush looks like, so I don't think I want to see them again. Best advice to remember, not just for skydiving, but for just about anything you do in life, is not to get into a big hurry. Usually things go sour when you do. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

And the max speed limit for TRUCKS in Oregon, Washington, California, and (I think) Ohio is 55! The 18-wheeler I drive will go a bit over 70, but in those states, the engine is almost lugging in high gear. But what I really wanted to post is this: Did you ever notice that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anybody driving faster than you is a maniac? I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

My first one was #202 in 1977. I was in Tech School at NAS Memphis at the time. As we marched to class that morning -- 10 November 1977 -- the cadence was: "TWO HUNDRED & TWO" "TWO HUNDRED & TWO" "Left, right, left, right" "TWO HUNDRED & TWO" Here's a toast that I've been told General Louis B. Wilson presented at the Marine Corps Ball at Camp LeJeune along about 1978 or so: The love of a beautiful woman The love of a staunch young man The love of a newborn baby Has been here since time began. But the greatest of loves The quintessence of love Even greater than the love of a mother Is the boisterous, exuberant love of one drunk Marine for another! Semper Fidelis and HAPPY 236th! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I had EXACTLY that happen on a Thunderbow/Crossbow many years ago. It was COLD -- 20 below at 7500 feet, and we got out somewhere about 10,000 -- and when it was time to pull, I couldn't move my fingers!@ The "thumb through the handle" works. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

GOOD! You done good! Now let's hope the perps get their just reward! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.