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  1. Okay everyone, we are going to put on a quick event here at Skydive Palatka. Deland's Skyvan will be here Saturday morning as soon as we have a load together and will stay until sunset. Plenty of fun to be had by all! We will also be flying the cessnas for all of the swoopers to seperate them from the pattern.

    Also, Friday night, we will being doing night jumps. Anyone interested please drop us a note so we can schedule an extra pilot if enough interest dictates it. Everyone please make sure you have proper lighting. We do have a limited number of strobes availiable upon request.

    Hope to see ya'll there!
    blue skies,

    art

  3. i am not really sure when i first met bob, it was one of the times we were in deland. we ended up making quite a few jumps together, although a large number were "working" jumps. one of the most memorable was in myrtle beach for senor frog's, vladi had us all wearing frog costumes in the 100 degree heat, but we all had a great time!
    blue skies,

    art

  4. We flew in to Dublin in our caravan on Wednesday with a dismal weather outlook for the rest of the week. Thursday turned out to be a beautiful day! Two wingsuit jumps with Chuck and Kaydie, a freefly jump with Tom, a rw load with Carl and a tandem with a wonderful lady celebrating 60! Friday brought the rain, but it also brought time to see old friends and meet new ones. Saturday was a bittersweet day for me....it brought me hope and joy when someone that i cared deeply about had a heart-to-heart with me. Then it brought the tragedy of the weekend. But you know the greatest thing about us as a community came through....we all got together, picked each other up, picked up the pieces and moved on.

    Thanks to Bethany, Turtle and Hushpuppy for one of the most fun tandems i have done in a while! Hang in there guys, we will get through this! To Pyscho Bob, you are always great to talk to. Skymama, one of these days we may actually jump together. Mouth, thanks for everything, you are the best girl! My son for the wonderful pack jobs all week. The whole Skydive Palatka crew for watching out for me and making sure i was okay (the beer at the FBO was much appreciated). And most of all to Tammie for taking the time to talk with me, i really appreciated it.

    Most of all thanks to Spence, Julie, Don and the whole crew who put this event together. This is an event that dz's in the southeast close up for and go to and rightly so. It is one of the best run events i have ever been to, so if you haven't been, circle the calendar for St. Pats Day next year and join us!

  5. huge difference here between the autobahn and this discussion, where the speed is unlimited, there are no turns in the road, they are pretty straight shots. second, rear view mirrors play a huge part, when you see the lights flashing, you move to the right.

    couple of things here to dwell on. one, if the landing areas are any where near each other, say a hundred yards, there are days when the patterns are going to cross (depending on the winds), especially the swoopers coming down very quickly from upwards of 1000' when they are entering their turns. second, the whole problem with swoopers is tunnel vision. think about it, you need to focus on entry and exit points, a get a little adrenlian shot from doing it (that is why we do it) then you start pulling some g's as you are doing the turns. all of these things cause a loss of peripheral vision.

    if you want to do hp landings with more than a 90 degree turn into your landing, then jump by yourself, pretty simple. think about that also, you will be the only one in the air so you have the attention of the spectators to yourself, that is why we swoop right? if you want to do rw/freefly jumps with other people, no more than 90 degree turns in the landing pattern. that is what is going to happen here. on top of that, pattern education is going to be high priority for ALL canopy piiots.

    blue skies,

    art

  6. ian, it is not just hp canopies. i have a guy with a 170 who spirals right down through the middle of the traffic pattern every jump. won't happen again here! tired of being a nice guy about it! i am a dzo who is going to put an end to it at our place. if you do not want to follow a preset traffic pattern, jump somewhere else. if you want to do a 270 before you land, go for it, but there better not be ANY canopies in the air when you do it here anymore. someone has to step up and set rules before we kill a few more people. high speed manuevers makes one focus on the entry point, not the other canopies in the air, exactly what happened in dublin. the adrenlian of doing it, plus the g-forces (although small) and the focus contribute to some tunnel vision, loss of peripheral vision. we can't have that in traffic situations!

    it is simple, you want to do it, do a hop-n-pop, you have the stage to yourself for the "wow" factor of the crowd. if you mess up, you have no else to blame and you don't carry anyone with you!

  10. Hey bob, what is the deal with geeting a rodrquez brother #. Do i need to find a girl who is a member to do a body shot on me or something?

    Also, the orfun thing, except i saw skymama break the paddle on someone..

    i want to start getting/joining some of these organizations, thanks

    blue skies,

    art

  14. I am going to be in Spokane, Washiington near the end of March. Could anyone recommend to some places to go snowboarding? I am new to it and just learning, so a place with good instruction would be even better. Thanks

    Blue Skies,

    Art

  15. First off, i am taking no credit for the great weekend! Max, Jared and all of the Falling Gators did a GREAT job putting on a GREAT boogie that should continue to grow as word gets out! Thanks to Jess and Jeff and everyone else on the staff for keeping things going. PD and Mirage both deserve a big thank you for being so willing to help all of the jumpers with advise, demos and coaching jumps throughout the weekend and on into monday. The canopy and packing seminars were very helpful to jumpers of all experience levels.

    let's see, there were 20 skyvan loads (with us not jumping both saturday morning and until three on sunday due to weather), 17 caravan loads, 15 cessna loads and of course 10 helicopter loads. the total number of jumps was right around 750.

    again, it was a great boogie with something for everyone from rw, canopy skills, freeflying, wingsuiting and just some plain fun jumps. we will see eveyone back next year!

  16. adventurechick
    andy_b
    Chaoskitty
    Chris Meng
    crutch
    CSpenceFly
    falling.gator - UF
    Isaiah McCauliffe
    jarrodh
    jguy904
    jumpingbean001
    jumpchikk
    lauraliscious
    lisag
    LyraM45
    missg8tordivr
    Max Minch
    mwabd1
    The111
    TMPattersonJr
    Ward Hessig
    Albert Berchtold

    added tammie and myself
    blue skies,

    art

  17. added tammie and myself.....skydive palatka will be shutting down again and taking everyone to dublin!



    2fat2fly
    BigBug
    BigM
    BillyVance (maybe)
    Blueskyserenity
    ccowden
    Chaoskitty
    CrazyRick
    crutch
    CSpenceFly
    DaGimp & PornKitty (maybe)
    DownwindDave
    dzmemories
    FlyDoc
    fmmobley
    Goofyjumper
    hisgoofyness
    Hushpuppy
    icevideot
    Jeannier
    Jerrald
    JesSke
    Julie
    jumpingbean001
    LadyBug
    Lauraliscious
    LittleSkyCrab
    LoveBug
    MicDuran
    Mirage62
    MOUTH and hubby
    mwabd1
    namgrunt
    nannerbanner
    ncfitzge
    PapaSke
    Popsjumper
    Psychobob and Psychopatty
    Rastaricanair
    RedBug
    Revillusion
    RevJim
    skinnyshrek
    Skydave
    Skymama
    Stitch
    smud79
    T
    teamjenn1
    Thanatos340
    TinMan
    TMaricle55
    TMPattersonJr (maybe)
    Turtle
    Whodamiss and Freelyflyn71
    wildcard451 + dick in a box
    woodpecker
    yardhippie

  20. :):17:0

    13 at the keys boogie, VERY good time jumping with my girlfriend! lots of wingsuit flocks and sunset beach jumps. tammie got us on two beach jumps saturday, including a helicopter load (thanks to woody for the spot and bolas for the ride back to the airport)! then some tandems back home on sunday.

    anyone who missed what may have been the last keys boogie, really missed out. the skydive sebastian crew put on a wonderful event! hopefully things will work out and it won't be the last!

    blue skies,

    art

  23. Results from the Hog-Flop. Anyone who is not a local, will be recieving their trophy in the mail in the next week or so. Tom looks like the big winner as the cameraman gets a trophy also....congrats!

    Sorry Spence, maybe next year

    First Place: 6.29 (frames) Boogada Boogada Boogada : Travis Stewart Camera Person
    Tom Hayden
    Justin Jones
    Max Minch
    Adam Abelow

    Second Place: 10.17 Oh Shit: Tom Hayden Camera Person
    Norm Olson
    Andy Whitlock
    Kath Bledsoe
    David Mancini

    Third Place: 11.10 Dead Last: Scott Krout Camera Person
    Al Mastin
    Adam Chamley
    Mike Patterson
    Justin Faroni