Bertt

The whole space program, manned and unmanned, has been one of America's and humanity's finest hours. I hope this is just the end of this chapter in what will continue to be an amazing story. Thanks for the photo. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Here's a thought: If you don't start AFF, you don't need to know how to arch. If you do start AFF, your instructors will teach you how to arch. The wind tunnel is an excellent idea and may be just what you need to go from "I'm thinking about it." to "I'm doing it." You don't have to outrun the bear.

Since you asked, here's my 2 cents worth. First, hold a heading by looking at something out in the distance. The more you look around, the more chance to induce line twists. Second, count to 5, or maybe 7 or 8 with the Tri, just like you were taught in the ground school. That way, you keep track of time and don't spend the rest of your life looking up at a streamer. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Today's Chrysler Hemi isn't a 426 fire-breathing monster? Next you people will be telling me that those cars that race round and round every Sunday afternoon are really custom-built, tube-frame race cars and not Fords and Chevies just like I could buy at the local auto dealer? Those marketing guys get slicker every day. You don't have to outrun the bear.

You might be thinking about Skydive Headland at Headland airport (oj6). Do they still operate? Dunno, the OP could call the airport. There's also School of Human Flight in Tallahassee (really Quincy, Fl), Emerald Coast Skydiving in Elberta, Al, and Skydive Atlanta in Thomaston, Ga. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I wasn't going to say anything, but now I am. "...at 400 feet, she wants me to flair. Flair what?..." That's not controllable. I'm not going to beat up on a new guy who landed and walked away from his first jump. Good job on that. Looking back, though, you should see a problem with the way you handled the situation. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I'd stick with the Spectre 210 for a while, but it's up to you and your instructors. You don't have to outrun the bear.

You're doing it the hard way. The local grocery store used to set cases of turned-in Coke bottles out back. Guess where we went to get bottles to turn in when we needed a little spare change. No video surveillance cameras in the old days. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Looks like Weiner's using the withdrawal method to keep this affair from swelling. This will be my last Weiner joke, but I have no doubt that our leaders in Washington will provide a suitable substitute in short order. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I agree. And I'm not quarrelling with "...what were they smoking?". I think the PIA addressed this real well. What I see is just bureaucrats who have to put their own stamp on things. Is there any chance the FAA will issue a revision based on the PIA's response? You don't have to outrun the bear.

What I read was that any repair to a TSO canopy is a major repair. You don't have to outrun the bear.

A CNN anchor made the point this week that the Mexican army buys weapons from the U.S., so when a soldier joins a drug gang, he takes his weapon with him, and the gang now has another US made weapon. You don't have to outrun the bear.

"....which is it that is running out?" The one that says the Conquistadors are coming. You don't have to outrun the bear.

A few years ago a guy had a shoe come off at a DZ around here. A local neighbor brought it back to the airport. He said a shoe fell from the sky into his yard and it didn't take long to figure out where it came from. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I'd love to tell you it gets easier, and I don't know about daughters, but with sons: You worry they'll get hit riding their bicycle in the street; then you worry they'll get hurt playing football; then they start skydiving; then they start swooping; then they join the army (a couple of years ago I had one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan at the same time); then they buy a goddam motorcycle. It's always something, and I bet with daughters it's worse. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I've seen two cases where a skydiver couldn't get the PC out. Both pulled the reserve without cutting away. Both landed fine under reserve with no other problems. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Maybe I'm being too logical here, but: "all governments are established by God's will..." "we strongly oppose socialism as a form of government..." Isn't socialism established by God's will, or do you just not agree with some of the stuff God does?? You don't have to outrun the bear.

This looked like a good one to bump today You don't have to outrun the bear.

This is worse than when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. This absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture, and we're just the guys to do it. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I've got big ol' fat dacron lines, and I stow 'em into small rubber bands, not doubled. No problem so far. You don't have to outrun the bear.

So now that he said he won't resign, what's the over/under on his resignation? You don't have to outrun the bear.

That's the problem for Bachmann. Rightly or wrongly, she reminds people too much of Palin. I don't see Gingrich making a comeback, not because of what he said on Meet the Press, but because of the way he backtracked afterwards. My guess right now would be Pawlenty/Cain, but I wouldn't put any money on it. You don't have to outrun the bear.

"...have no comparison..." Unless you're out in the middle of nowhere, you can easily make a comparison by visiting another DZ. If the cost of doing another tandem is an issue, just pack a lunch and hang out at a DZ for a while and see what kind of vibe you get. If you stay out of the way, nobody will mind. If you do a tandem, they'll appreciate the business. People pay to go to airshows all the time, and a DZ is pretty much a free airshow. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Yeah, complicated, because afaik there's not a specific JUMP PLANE section. A lot depends on the configuration of the airplane. For instance, if you strip the interior out of a King Air, but don't have seat belts for all the jumpers, it wouldn't be legal because you don't have a seat belt for each passenger. The regulations don't really care if the passengers are skydivers as far as seat belts are concerned, but they do as far as seats are concerned. Anything specific you're looking for. You don't have to outrun the bear.

"I'm really running out of material ...." No no, you're holding your own quite well. Keep it coming. You don't have to outrun the bear.