dudeman17

Actually, you only die once. The trick is to live as much as you can before that happens.

Ok, wow. I'm not here to argue for or against any political candidate or point of view. I'm just interested in truth and consistency. Yoink says: ''Creepy Joe Bieden groping young girls' is the title of the (entirely questionable) video... ' Gowlerk says: '...is to somehow compare him to an honourable man like Joe Biden' and 'They will stick to their position no matter how strong the evidence.' Jclalor says: 'As soon as I see "Infowars" I'm done. ' Is this video not real? Is it animation? Photo-realistic CGI? Did the infowars dude hire lookalike actors to fake this? Does Mr. Biden not touch, pull, fawn over and stroke the hair of these girls? Does he not lean in to sniff/kiss/whisper to them? Does all this not look creepy to you? Regardless of who it is? Are you saying that if this WAS Mr. Trump, it would NOT be all over the news? Be honest, people, if you're capable of it.

The FAA does not require a medical. The manufacturer requires it. You can claim that makes the FAA require it, but that is not true. The FAA does not care about a medical. I am not arguing against your other points, but this argument seems to be over semantics. If the FAA requires a TI to meet the manufacturer's requirements, and the manufacturer requires a medical, then yes, it could be said that the FAA requires a medical. The difference, as I see it, is that if the manufacturer independently dropped the medical requirement, then the FAA would no longer require it. On another note, without looking it up, doesn't the manufacturer require that tandems be done on an established drop zone? They don't allow tandems at demos. Not sure how that would affect the OP's desire to do them at his own private airfield. Also, to the OP: Tandems are nothing to be taken lightly. As with everything else in this sport, there is a lot of value to experience and currency. If you were to take your wife or other loved one to a DZ for their tandem, and you were told that their normal staff was booked up for the day, 'but hey, we've got this other guy over here, he's not very experienced and certainly not current, but he did a few tandems many years ago, I'm sure you'll be fine', would you feel comfortable with that? Even if you work out the off-field and gear issues, I think you'd be better served if you just find a current, experienced TI to take your friends, and just jump with them. Hell, that was at least 5 cents' worth.

Another outside possibility is, they could pick Trump, find a reason to impeach him, and end up with Pence.

Or you can just watch the video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB2zoidUeLU

I sent this guy a PM about this piece, hoping he'd send me a picture of it, but I haven't heard back from him. Has anybody else contacted him about it, and perhaps have a picture that could be posted? When I started jumping in 1979, my mom visited the drop zone, and bought a piece from Gypsy Dave, a small gold skydiver that she wore on a necklace for decades until she passed. One time, many years ago, she and my dad were in Mammoth Lakes for a jazz festival or something, and a lady came up to her and asked her about it. "My ol' man made that", the lady said. MissBuffDiver said Karla had passed a few years ago, I'd be curious the circumstances.

Skydiving is not for everybody. The internet isn't for everyone. Trolling is for the snide few. Humor, though, that's for all of us.

I'd say both approaches that have been suggested are good, possibly sequenced. If you're like a lot of kids these days that went to freeflying soon after student status, and you haven't got a lot of belly experience, then find 3 like-minded people and start a 4-way team. You'll get fluent in the type of belly-flying skills that you'll use for AFF like linked exits, piece flying, and close-up relative flying, and you'll have fun and not feel like you're training. Then when you're closer to taking the course, find a coach and work on specific drills like spin stops, rollovers, and chasing unruly students.

I agree with councilman. Do it. Why not? (Make sure the family's on board.) Even if she dies during the jump, she'll go with joy rather than regret. And you should feel nothing but privileged for it.

Kind of an interesting program on the History channel over the last two nights about the case. It's frustrating that the FBI won't release any of their findings or why they've discounted various suspects, seems that could save some of the amateur sleuths some time and trouble.

You're worried about being able to see it clearly. But hey, they look cool. So you'll just go ahead and get one. Poor priorities.

That. I can be pretty dry myself sometimes. The longer paragraph in my reply was actually in response to some other posts, perhaps I should have noted that. P.P.P.P.S. We're starting to sound like Sylvester. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkhPuH8G5Hg

you need to stop talking about your 'actions' what you 'do' doesn't matter I can't even assess your story without three more pieces of info your race your political affiliation have you ever shot a lion only then may we judge you Are you trying to curtail my free speech rights? Are you racist? I'm a middle aged white guy and I got pulled over for not having a front license plate. My point was that I complied with the traffic stop and I did not get shot. People want to hold the officer accountable for his actions. I have no problem with that. But some people do not want to hold suspects accountable for theirs. I do have a problem with that. The suspect was not (presumably) being asked to get out of his car because he did not have a front plate, it was because he would not produce a license and had alcohol. The suspect did not get shot because he didn't have a front plate, it was because he was fleeing from the cops. The escalation was all on the suspect. No, I don't think the guy deserved to get shot, but if he had simply complied, he would not have been. Some people seem to think it's okay to just drive off from the cops? That's anarchy. My political affiliation is none of your business, and I have not shot any lions.

Skycop pointed out the same thing I saw in the video. From where the initial stop takes place, you can see a parked car, an oil stain, and a pole a ways down the street. The cop asks for ID, the guy hems and haws. The cop opens the door and asks the guy to take off his seatbelt, presumably to get him out of the car. Instead of complying, the guy shuts the door, starts the car and begins to drive away. The cop yells 'stop, stop' then shoots. Then he falls on his ass, and you can see that he's closer to the parked car, the oil stain and the pole, supporting his claim that he was being dragged down the street. This could reasonably put him in fear of his life. Fleeing suspects often crash into innocent people, which means that the public was also in danger. I don't necessarily think the guy deserved to get shot in the head, but as in many of these cases, if the suspect had simply complied with the lawful orders of the officer, none of this would have happened. I had a similar incident happen to me a while back. Like this guy, I was pulled over by a cop and informed that it was because my car was lacking the front license plate. Like this guy, I was asked to produce my driver's license. Here's where things went radically different. Me, I handed the cop my license. He looked at it and asked if I was in possession of the missing plate. I said yes, that it was at my home. He said I should put it on my car. I said that I would. He handed me back my license, and we both went on about our day, safe and sound.

Please do not ever show up to a drop zone again. Seriously. Stay away. Skydiving is not for you.

That's why.

You can clearly hear the kid say, "Mom flipped". Moms are specifically instructed NOT to flip. Apparently Mom decided to flip anyway, putting her and her instructor at risk, and it affected their trajectory. Mom should be banned from ever skydiving again.

Welcome back!! Good to see you in the sky again, Mr. Deli. And I can appreciate all the old-school touches - except one. Unfurl Sammy Skull, yell 'Black Death' on takeoff, wear all black, wear a frap hat, I'm down with all that. But pleeeeaase don't hold on to that pilot chute, haha! Tacos and Hobbits!!

This is a great thread, but I think it's cheesy if you nominate yourself. Especially if you haven't actually made a jump in years. Just sayin...

So did you ever make this jump? If so, how did it go?

So how did it go?

Everybody's kidding about this, right? I disagree with about everything I've read in this thread. I don't mean to sound like an asshole, but here goes. Best advice I can give you is this: Don't do it. You're taking parachuting into an abstract environment. If you don't know enough about what you're doing to suss out every detail of every aspect of this, and pull off this jump confidently and competently without needing to seek advice on an internet forum, then don't do it. Skydiving gear? I'll address altitude in a moment, but for what you're considering, base gear would probably be more appropriate, because the environment would be more like a base jump. Don't do it. Altitude? You think you're going to get 3,000 to 5,000 feet? Really? I don't know much about paragliding, and I don't know where you're flying from, and if I'm wrong about this then I'm wrong and excuse me, but I doubt you'll get that. Unless you're flying from some serious mountains, most places I'm aware of people paragliding around where I'm from, you're more likely to get from a few hundred feet to maybe a bit over a grand. Again, if I'm wrong about this part and you're seriously going to get thousands of feet to work with, then perhaps you can disregard most of my post, but make damn sure what you're going to get before you do this. Altitude point #2. Which altimeter to use? Unless you can absolutely guarantee thousands of feet and specifically where you're going to land, then leave your altimeters at home. If you don't know what altitude you're at and what you have to work with from a purely visual perspective, then don't do it. Your pilot is experienced, but there may be a language barrier? If this guy's not your buddy and someone you can confidently work with and have no communication issues, then don't do it. Here's the scenario: You think you're going to have thousands of feet and know exactly where you're going to land. So what happens if you climb on this guy's glider with your bagged and slidered skydiving rig, then at some point when you're maybe 500 feet over not at all where you thought you'd be, well you cant really tell what this guy's saying but you're pretty sure he wants you to leave now - what then? Turbulence? Be prepared for that, but yeah, impacting at bridle stretch would be pretty turbulent. Again - if I'm wrong about the altitude thing, and you're absolutely positively going to have 3,000' or better to work with, then maybe you can disregard most of what I've said. But I'll repeat what I think is the most important thing I have said: You're taking parachuting into an abstract environment. If you don't know enough about what you're doing to suss out every detail of every aspect of this, and pull off this jump confidently and competently without needing to seek advice on an internet forum, then don't do it. Please.

Hey, John Wayne took a ride on one of those, so you KNOW it's badass!

To answer the OP's question, it does look to me like he passed out. He appears to be wearing white gloves, and at first under canopy he appears to be holding his hands up in front of him. At some point his hands drop to his sides and he appears to be limp. He never seems to move again, no real effort to lift his legs, and no apparent movement right after landing. Looks like the TI did a decent job of surfing him in, considering. However, older, limp pax's can get hurt if their feet or knees stub in. There's a way around that. If the TI puts his feet to one side of each leg (say the right foot to the left side of the right leg, the left foot to the left side of the left leg), then as you land you kick their legs to the side and roll that way, basically doing a tandem version of a PLF. It looks awkward, but it can prevent injuries.

The Sorcerer did indeed have a disconnect for a 'normal' reserve activation. It had a pud on the left shoulder that when pulled, disconnected the lanyard from the main riser, opened the container, extracted a hand deployed pilot chute and deployed the reserve independently as a pull-out type system.