kawisixer01

Tandem vid flyers use the wings to vary fall rate ( think 100 pound customer on one load going on to a 200 pounder on the next load) and also to make you more head high which allows you to have more range out of your neck and the head high makes the camera angle better to catch the customers face instead of looking at the top of their head. To kinda get under the tandem pair and look up a little. Personally it allows me to quickly vary my fall rate to start above them post exit and catch a good view of them above the ground "hanging" from the drogue, collapse and quickly get down level, drop under and get them from below a bit for some good face time, the pop back up a bit and orbit quick, drop back down and get level again for a few seconds and catch the deployment nice and clear where I then go to my knees or sit to get the entire deployment until they are nearly out of sight and I need to flip over and pull.

It appears he was none other than a govt trained former psych ops guy who also happened to be a white supremacist. http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-news/2012/aug/06/officials-sikh-temple-shooter-white-supremacist/

And if after the first individual opens fire another individual begins to open fire behind you will you be able to decide whether that person is with the first person? Is this second shooter also wearing a gas mask, tactical helmet, and body armor while carrying an AR-15, a pump action shotty, and two pistols?

How long of a run is this? It's common if it's a short run to rip out hard piping and replace with nice flexible, cheap, vinyl hose attached with a barb fitting.

I can sorta maybe agree to organized labor IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. After all, management is there to bargain in protection of the company and it's share holders. When we look at public sectors often times the guys on the other side of the table from the union folks are the ones who they voted in. The only winner here is the unions and nobody is there to protect the tax payer. Also I have a choice on whether I want to purchase a union made good and support them. In the public sector I have no choice. I once belonged to the UAW, and drank the cool aid for awhile. I was even an alternate committee man for awhile. The I woke up, went to school, and figured out I don't want to work in an environment that's "us vs. them". It's wasteful and unpleasant. I feel if you don't agree to your working conditions, don't like your hours, don't like your pay? LEAVE! nobody forces you to go to work there. If the place is bad enough they won't be able to retain talent and will have to offer better packages. I just don't get this shit of trying extort your employer, and in the case of public sector you're trying to extort the tax payers. It's a free market, you don't like your condition it should be up to you to improve it.

I'm a CC permit holder that often carries, but admittedly not ALWAYS. I tend to have good manners and good etiquette as well (grandma beat it into me!). When I see slobs in action or people do inconsiderate things I often call them on it publicly. I believe that one of the reasons people continue rude behavior is because they have never been called on it or taught any better. It's something that seems to be getting worse and worse. I don't thin I'm some kind of tough guy, I just appreciate a little consideration for other people. Now I typically will point things out tactfully in a non-confrontational manner. To the point. The other day there is these two local college kids in a restaurant making a big ass mess, being slobs, and then get up to leave. I was between them and the exit and just caught eyes with them and stated something to the effect of "are you going to clean up after yourselves or do you expect someone else to do it for you who isn't paid nearly enough to have to do it?" Now they both looked shocked and sheepishly went back and grabbed their crap, wiped up their spillage, and threw everything away. Now that interaction could have went very differently. Those two could have pounced on me and beat me to oblivion as has been shown in previous bystander videos taken from Mcdonalds for daring to point out that they were clods. Since I "started a confrontation" am I now not entitled to protect myself with my concealed arm should these fellas have decided to pummel me? I didn't act a bit different than I would if I were not armed. But because I happened to be armed am I now guilty of some premeditated murder because I "started a conflict"?

I religiously check my gear three times before a jump. Before I put it on, while walking to the plane, and when getting ready on jump run. I do the typical 3 checks of 3 things. As others say, I am always moving my eyes around looking at other people's gear and bring up anything of concern, and being a coach that is a necessity for handling students. I think "requiring" gear checks with a "sign off" is a bit absurd and over bearing. Is it something people should be doing for each other? absolutely. But I can throw out one example of someone "fixing" a riser cover and tucking it in the wrong spot on someones gear for them that directly resulted in a cut away. Unless you are familiar with all models of gear you best leave your hands off of it.

Interesting to see the interview of her by the news station. It sorta verifies what I and a few other theorized earlier. That she wasn't backing out due to fear and not wanting to jump, just that the exit position was hurting her and her knees were in pain. I'm sure a little of what she was doing was fear based, but by her own statement she wanted to jump and her knees gave out at the door. Funny how a grown man with a tandem rig trying to cram himself over the top of an 80 year old lady like that could result in her knees giving out.

My most recent addition is a Walther PPS 9. It's a single stack, LOVE IT! Very slim package. I'm still on the fence about the trigger guard mag release though. Although it does make the pistol slimmer. I love my sig p250 sub though too, and it's a double stack. It is noticeably fatter feeling than the walther when carrying though. The heaviest and fattest feeling one I've carried is my springfield xd-40....that's a hog. lol

I'm no TM and jump vidiot at a 182 dz mostly, so not familiar with turbine exits. But looking at the exit why is he even trying to exit that way? Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier, logistically, to sit back and have the students body on top of his and then they could put their legs out first and roll out off of their butts? Half the problem looks like her legs are pinned under her and he's trying to force this big mass of her/him/rig to pivot over the top of her legs. All the while dragging his pin covers across the top of the door frame. She might not be fighting because she doesn't want to jump, but rather because he's hurting her legs/knees/hips and she's scared something is gonna snap if he pushes more. All I know is that it scares the shit out of me watching it on video, I can't imagine living it.

Scary shit. Anyone else notice that you catch another clip at the end of what looks like people lining up to exit, the guys drogue is about half way out?

our education system is so screwed up. We wonder why this country doesn't have the innovation and free thinking that it used to. A teacher should never use their position of power and influence to coerce young vulnerable minds to their own personal views. A professional educator, in my opinion, should present ALL sides of an argument or issue. They should then teach the students to research and use their own thinking to come to their own individual point of view, and defend it with facts and why they came to the conclusion they did. Teach students to seek out information, be inquisitive, and QUESTION EVERYTHING! We're doing nothing but creating armies of lockstep drones who regurgitate the same old shit. In WI some of the stories I've heard from kids in school makes me sick. The teachers in their little union loving tantrums have done all they can to brainwash their students of the evils of anyone who doesn't support their little entitlement system. Colleges and high school instructors forced their students to "join" them on "field trips" in Madison to march on the capital, or have to option to not go and write a five page paper that day or other shitty task to that would guarantee the students participation to make the protester numbers look bigger, and like the youth was supporting them.

So watching Travel channel I see this clip on the ritz in Miami. Apparently guys are paid to walk around and apply sunscreen to guests. Like OB/GYN this could go either way. You have the beautiful beach babes....and the fat hairy yuck mouthed type. So best or worst job in the world? http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/worlds-best-job-beach-tanning-butler/story?id=10173102#.T7qG-8VXm00

lol maybe the ones who actually get news play from the anti 2a media. Considering the fair share of firearm related homicides take place in urban areas occupied by folks who I'm sure voted for, or would have if not for their previous felony convictions, Obama. I would say the majority of people using firearms for violence would tend to vote dem, after all they spend their cash on guns, and their "Obama money" on food.

No. There is, however, audio of him telling the 911 operator that he was following him. Whether the gun was in hand or not is irrelevant, who initiated the conflict is clear. Then you also heard him tell the 911 operator that he "didn't know where this kid is", which negates your theory. Hard to initiate a conflict when one of the parties isn't even there, wouldn't you say? All this is immaterial to your attempted point, as following someone is not 'initiating a conflict'. What if the unarmed individual encourages conflict with someone he doesn't know to be armed? He is still the aggressor. Then you agree that, given what we currently know, Martin was the aggressor? And completely justified, if the aggressor escalated to deadly force like smashing the defender's head into a concrete sidewalk. I would consider much less than slamming a head into a sidewalk as a deadly threat. There are MANY documented cases of death by a single blow, especially to the head. Hell Houdini died from a single blow to the stomach. Recently a documentary was released on the very subject http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/147934155.html Any blow above the shoulders is potentially lethal. The very first time a Texas CHL holder fired in self-defense, it was because he was being punched in the head and was losing consciousness (and he permanently lost partial vision in one eye). The attacker was DRT. He was arrested and charged, but the grand jury no-billed him. The case law was clear that striking someone in the head constitutes deadly force, and that justified deadly force in response under Texas law. So who's definition of "deadly force" should be used before I feel I have the right to protect my own life? How many online videos is there of guys getting knocked out cold with one punch, then extremely vulnerable themselves due to being unconscious? In addition I have seen very much ado made about the difference in body weight and stature of the two men. Those in the real world know this means nothing. We've all seen or heard of some very small guys taking down some very big fellows. It's about luck, speed, and if they connect in the right spot. I knew a couple of small girls back in the days when I was into martial arts who could whoop most of the class including me.

typically the only time you'll see me without a discipline specific suit is if I'm hop and popping (plane, chopper, or balloon)or doing a high pull to have a nice long canopy ride. Oh and the "no jump suit BFR" that always works out so well.

Don't feel bad. We've got the joy of one of their "real" drop zones opening up right down the road from two great and long established drop zones in the area. http://www.greatlakesskydiving.com// They claimed they were opening a month ago but never did. I guess they finally coughed up a 182 to jump from and claim to be getting a king air or caravan soon. The disappointing part is the jumpers that are aware that this is a slyride DZ, have explained to them the crap that slyride has done, and are still more than happy to anticipate going and giving this sh*thole their money and referrals for tandems. Should be interesting, apparently they will also be running hang glider ops from this same airport. NO conflict of airspace there.

That and ruin our economy, make us broke, ruin the value of our currency, and cost us billions in spending on a war in a far away land. The funny part is we fell hook line and sinker for that as well. These guys are fighting us with bombs that cost them pennies to make and we're dropping millions of dollars in bombs on them every day from planes that cost tens of millions of dollars, based on ships that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. I suppose it isn't so bad to be the guy sending all this money to defense contractors if you have a lot of stock in them (Bush/Chaney). Kinda like the other former TSA director. He made the decision to push body scanners, then went to work in a nice golden job at the body scanner manufacturer after leaving the TSA.

I dunno, it makes no since to me neither.

yes...pretty much any time someone unexpectedly knocks. Most people who know me know enough that they should call or text before coming over. I've gotten so that I don't even answer unless i'm expecting someone. i'll take a peak and if I don't recognize them they can f-off. Which the last guy apparently couldn't understand. I had my garage door open so he kept knocking and knocking even though I wasn't answering. Eventually after ten minutes straight of this I grew tired of him not getting the hint. When I opened the door with my xd-40 raised in a half drawn position and asked "what the fuck do you want, can you not take a hint, I didn't answer the door because I'm not interested in whatever you are selling". He quickly left saying some shit about just selling a paper.

Odd that a company that just got a sizable contract would decide to close operations at a couple of plants. http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-news/2012/mar/29/ammunition-company-closing-wisconsin-plant/

I've got a rugar mkIII in my collection. Out of all the guns I have my girlfriend always goes back to shooting this one. She simply loves it. Mine is the "22/45" version. These guns have the same ergonomics as a 1911 I believe and make for some very affordable shooting.

Probably one of those engineers that couldn't hack the math and hard stuff due to partying too much in school...you know an industrial engineer.

lol funny enough when I first started jumping I asked my rigger if we wax our lines. I've bow hunted since I was a kid and it's imperative to wax the string on a compound bow, so to me just made sense to do it on our rigs to stop fray and cut drag.

Well how can you self promote without giving out the info on where to get it? lol