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I have an FT-50 and an old style Alti III. I'd agree that the FT is WAAAY easier to read and lighter but it is finicky to set (needle floats a bit). I use the FT for freestyle and the Alti III for canopy stuff. The first one that's bought locally will help finance a dytter- something I SHOULD have. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...Do not go Gently into that Good Night... ... ... ... ... and ta hell with being 'gentle' while you're still here. 90?!? Pilot, race car driver, international traveller, skydiver? Damnn. Now who among you fit a similar desription (and are about 60 years younger) Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Is the BLUE SKIES MOTEL just off the Trans Canada Hwy near Moosomin Sask? Somehow it looks familliar... and that scares me. http://homepage.mac.com/murrays/PhotoAlbum13.html Dave from Winnipeg Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum at Brandon MB has a nekked Beech 18 as an example of 'VIP carrier circa Korea and Vietnam'. Really cool looking plane when I saw it 2 weeks ago (we were weathered out of winter jumps at Brandon so I went sightseeing). Funny, my first thought was whether it was ever used as a jump plane and where I'd have to go to get high in one and then jump out Dave PS anybody know? Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

....just don;t have any. My 'habits' go back to the 80's and the trend was the bop era. Hell Weather Report's 'Birdland' was the NEW piece we did . Good reminder Dave. Next stop, a bari to do ANY Gerry Mulligan (love his Take 5 with Brubeck) and a bass clarinet for Miles Davis' Bitches Brew . PM for the mp3's Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

... you mean the 'bounce' part? Makes sense. would sorta be like another opening shock would it not? Dvae Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

MIND BOMB'n ya! (college memories) I make my own music. Crank the MP3 playlist ... crack out the tenor sax ... 'copulate' with computer playlist 'till something clicks... Police 'too much information' or talking heads' 'And She Was' (bass line...easy warm up) Anything by Dave Brubeck or Cannonball Adderley (when the Alto's out), or attempting to Do any of Ray Mazarek's synth riffs when I'm 'out there somewhere'. 'Trane and Rollins (Sonny, not Henry [:P)' reserved for creative rather than sombre moods. Most Faith No More (especially Angel Dust) qualifies for bad mood grooves. Music is so freeform that I never know where it will take me - like the sport of skydiving. I may "plan" each dive, but some work better than others. Music just 'happens'. When I hack into a cord progression (and it just floooows) it feels the same as when a dive goes right from exit to touchdown with some new 'first' on a 'good' dive. There's 'ZONE' out there ... no matter what I've done on an intense level, EVERY coach says the same thing ... "we'll tell you 'you pass' but in your own mind you will KNOW when it clicks for you, the experience never to be forgotten" I bet there's more musicians (and artists, and other 'creative' types) than normal among skydivers. the Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...10 years of building and racing sports cars. Our sports car road course is on the same airbase as our dropzone. Ten years a Whuffo is a long time but one day I said WTF? and did my FJC. I still teach competition and performance driving for the guys - and will for as long as they continue to put up with my 'skydiving rocks so much harder than racing' Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Blue ones Michele! I chopped on jump #20 (student, 6 month layoff from IAD (s/l style progresion) opening weekend jump #5 this spring) and since then I NEVER ignore the little naggy voice... Twice I've scrubbed from a load only to have my replacement go on to have a mal... that just wierded me out completely ... a similar feeling to having chopped to a 24 ' round at terminal on a bad spot. with no steering or directional control to speak of I was 'dropped' onto a demo-style landing area with trees power lines and ditches 75 ft on either side of me and a half-demilished barracks 75 ft behind me. I couldn't duplicate that landing if I TRIED. More to the point though, I had a HORRIBLE jump on an accuracy competition where that feeling started once I was onboard. The plane wasn't running 'right', it was turbulent below 500 ft on the climb, I missed the windsock, was on a rushed load. I did my best to shake the feeling but it lasted. Pulled fine but the spot (2nd out on an accuracy pass at 3k) was long and I had to fly straight back and just get onto the ground. That jump was (is) the one and only time I can still think of where I should have listened to myself and NOT jumped. I try not to think of it too much but rather remember the really GOOD jumps. Dave Todaay will be a Grreat day for Sciience -"Dexter"

...MY bottle of Dave's Ultimate Insanity only goes back 3 years. Agreed, I'll likely lose it before I use it all up... *** We get Scotch Bonnet (aka Habanero, look like tiny pumpkin shaped peppers) peppers in town on occasion. Carefully I gut them of their seeds and white membrane (the really hot bits) and use the flesh to flavor chili and other 'hot' dishes like a thai style roasted chicken I do. All the FLAVOUR without the tongue-numbing heat (after all, what's heat without flave?) Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...standard jump height for anyone raised on a C-182 !! Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

..any bets that it was a 'sole proprietor/rigger' who had heard - from one too many firends and relatives - "ya, you'll make your own gear when Pigs can fly ..." Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

In Canada you can get your packing endorsement before you have a CoP. A MINIMUM of 10 'supervised and approved ' pack jobs on student gear and you're in. Perhaps the BPA is the same? Of course you need the DZO to WANT you to work there ... the best bet is to ask - and to promise to spend all your earnings on more jumps (Like I have to tell you THAT) Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...sounds like IAD (Instructor Assisted Deployment) - a CSPA alternative to static line progression (never seen a SL rig!). Certainly sounds like a program using a small piston engined craft for those 3-4k passes ... that's the other thing... you learn SMALL planes and hop'n'pops are your 'basic' jump skill. Stability during short delays with no assistance makes for faster progression later on. With repeated radio-assisted langing and an altimeter (even for 3k jumps) you can also learn accuracy techniques very early on since the only 'freefall' task is being stable and, once you're stable and gaining altitude on each jump, your canopy skills are alredy reasonable and you may have learned to pack. When I started late in '01 I'd advanced to 15 second delays. Winter layoff for 6 months and within 5 jumps I was cleared for full altitude (a whopping 9 grand in a C-182). Jump #5 was a cutaway / round reserve ride successfully PLF'd in the middle of the Ex-Air Force Base a la Demo. Did all those 'extra' jumps help me feel in control under canopy? Absolutely! Did it wind up costing more? No, actually cheaper. Would I do the same thing if I had a turbine and 13.5k to fall? Probably. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...The Northern Lights can be almost that bright at Gimli but unlike for the lunar cycle we can't tell when to file the NOTAM to jump them. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Because many of the f&*k'n places in Canada were named either by or in respect for the Aboriginal words describing them. "Winnipeg", for example, comes from win-ni-pea (or something similar) that literally means 'muddy water' (hey, they can't ALL be glacial streams) My DZ is located at Gimli (Icelandic for 'home of the Gods') and is the largest such settlement outside of Iceland. By the same logic, who named "Los Angeles" and "San Fransisco" ... perhaps the Spanish explorers, or might it have been the influence of the Mexican aboriginals? New Mexico? How'd THAT one slip by? Most of the towns of your original colonies seem to be named after places in Great Britain and the Netherlands. From whence came your 'invaders' in the 1700's? Therein lies the origin of your local names. Names reflect culture and history. But, with an ignorance of the history and culture of a region, why would ANY name make sense? And whassup with Washington State and Washington DC? Run out of ideas? Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

I jump a 'tired' Raven 2 as a main loaded near 1:1. You jump a Triathalon 190 right? That's a ZP 7 cell. If you want the Raven as a main you'll HATE it because as F-111 it will seem to sink like a stone and have no flare compared to the Tri. Ravens generally open with a BANG! as well. As a reserve, I'd jump FRESH Raven anyday. ROCK SOLID flight characteristics even with 500 + jumps OK, slow and boring to me now but at 25 jumps it was faster than the Cruiselite student gear ...). These suckers are strong too. Find one that has NOT been used as a main and know that it will get you down safely. If this thing is THAT cheap buy a set of risers and jump it 'just for fun' PM me if you want to buy mine (new slider, new risers). Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

just tuned in and the broadcast opened with a tune I know and love by Extended Spirit - thanx for the link Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...my guitar gently weeps for the fact that I am not, indeed, the same Dave. I am a Dave 'T' not the Dave 'F' you suspect . ... but perhaps you have my pen? my pen? you have my pen!! STOP HER she has my PEN - yet another Dave, but the only one on my DZ! Would you like MY autograph?!?

Answer: "hoo, des smurk, hor de hummmm de mork de mork, umm deet de ummm dee de mmmmm mork mork mork.... vell today we makkka de shish-ka...___!!! Riigght Stop the sketch, this is getting too Silly" And Carnac the Great says.... "what do you get when you mix DZ.com, the Sweedish Chef, and Monte Python..." ...says one of the Daves (sorry, been a silly day here too) Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...it does to me. then again it's been months since I've watched the 'Cutaway' video circulating at our DZ. Having chopped and landed a 24' round on a windy day (safely) off DZ yet seen others with less good Karma than I (must have) had not so fortunate, it DOES make me wonder if I know this stuff 'COLD' as in - no hesitation this is what I MUST do with the gear I own- I don't jump an AAD (yet) so a 2 out is not an issue (welllll, much less so) unless I forget the Mantra of "look Red grab red, look silver grab silver, do what's RIGHT and then what's LEFT over". Still, I've seen FXC fires but never with 2 squares - methinks that is one of the main reasons our DZO has maintained round reserves and a TAS on student gear - if you get caught out with a burbled p/c at low alt (as I did but not low enough) and don't clear the main before an FXC fire then you have 'extra' lift rather than 'extra, but unpredictable, drive'. Yes, we were taught to PLF. Yes, I did, sucessfully on jump #20. No, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything - in fact it strengthened my resolve as a 'knowledgable' skydiver at that point where I could only wonder if I would 'do the right thing' when That jump eventually came for me. Don't fear your first Cutaway. Embrace it, but never chase it - your time will come in due course and you WILL know when it is time. Trust your insructors. Read and UNDERSTAND your PIM's (SIM's) and why the authors wrote them as they did. Trust yourself to know that you KNOW as long as you have given your ALL to learning how to save YOURSELF in EVERY lesson you've taken. Then, and most important, never forget that attitude. ...and with credit to dropzone.com for keeping safety and training in the forefront of my mind even in the non-jumping months of the Great White North. -one of the 'Daves' '...do you know me?' ask the Kids in the Hall

...in about 10 minutes on The Comedy Network if you get it. ... a dark object just fell from the plane... perhaps a skydiver plummeting toward the earth ... still no sign of a parachute... _Les Nessman, 5 time winner of the Buckeye News Hawk award Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...been white in Winnipeg for over a week. I'm de-frustrating in the garage restoring a 1965 Triumph TR4a. Next opportunity to jump will be Nov 30/Dec 1 weekend when we winter jump at Brandon out of a C-172 . Gotta have my reserve repacked before then so I'll even get to see what it looks like Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Blue?!? That's CanEHdian beer ... and not a premium beer at that. Of course, that also means I've had more than my fair share over the years. If you like that, try John Labat Classic (National) or anyting by Big Rock (Alberta) or Upper Canada Brewing (Ontario). Dave ...working on a Kokanee as we speak. Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

...not for tandems, but a a packer for the DZ (we all pack on a small Cessna DZ)... 3 'big boyz' - one of them bragging about getting rig "#69 - his favorite number" as I was returning another rig to the student gearup area and logging the pack job. In a silly mood, I took the clipboard I had just logged, looked at the guys and said... "#64..., nope, #66, ...nope, #69...nope... you guyz are good to go" ...silence and stunned faces... #69 bravely asks " whatdayamean 'nope' " and I reply ..."well I didn't pack ANY of your chutes so you should be good to go!" That sank in for a bit and then I explained I had statred jumping a year and 110 jumps ago and started packing my OWN chute at jump #5. The JM laughed. The jump went well. I was at the bowl doing video and everyone had fun and landed well and safely. Dave ..I NEVER fool around while I'm in the plane... I wait till I'm OUT!! Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)