cirrus1ag

I am 230 lbs geared up and have jumped several sizes of the Firebolt. The 164 for me was a fast but controlled hotrod yet it opened on heading, reliably and softly. I purchased a 182 because I am old and on hot, no wind days I still want a soft landing. I have that with the 182. It is an amazing canopy and Nancy,John, Suzie, Tim and everyone else at the Jump Shack are the best. Nancy is a person of high integrity and always a joy to work with. She also happens to be an outstanding skydiver (in all disciplines), rigger and pilot. She'll give you the straight answer and really try to help you. I have no financial or other interest in the Jump Shack but I have known them and others in the industry for many years. There are plenty of great people in the industry, Nancy and the rest are top notch. Give them a try I'll bet you be glad you did.

I am coming very late to the party. I was there when Chris & Todd took the downplane in. Two emergency rm docs and 3 0r 4 SF Medics were on them in seconds. It sounded like two shotgun blasts. Todd Cudnhowsky had no injuries at all and din't remember "going in". Chris was different after that, not quite the sam as before. As for the Silver Lady, it was owned by Bill Arnot a TX oilman who was B-25 crew chief in WWII. I was prowling the flight line w/ the 82nd TM in 1984 and struck up a conversation with Bill who offered to let us jump which we, of course, did. I have agreat photo with the Silver Lady in the background. I'm surprised the Navy had us back, the 'host' a LCDR wanted to billet myself and Jim Wooden separately from the enlisted members of the Team. I told him wherever we stayed it would be together and then I explained what TEAM meant in the Army. He grunginly let us all stay in the BOQ. It was all very humorous. Chris was agood lad, I was sorry to hear of his passing. We sky dived togther quite often when he was at Bragg.