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Now this is an interesting twist Why do you hate school children so much? What a stupid childish comment, I HAVE school children. I have no problem with well trained professional PAID armed security. That costs money and that means TAXES> The problem with you looney tunes right wing nut jobs is you want every thing for free. You freeloaders want big military and war just so long as you don't have to actually PAY for it. Armed security guards? Sure, but no funding for it because that would be communism. Why do you hate America so much? Onward and Upward!

The left? So no taxes to pay for guards, we can just use the money from food stamps. We can't afford food but we can afford bullets. Fucking awesome! Onward and Upward!

These are the same people that don't want to pay taxes. How are we going to pay for armed guards? Volunteers? Give me a break! Onward and Upward!

Those reports have been debunked, more likely some sort of severe bi-polar disorder. Dr. Sanjay Gupta did a story on it the other night and all experts agree this was not the behavior you would expect to see in an autistic person. Onward and Upward!

What makes you think he was autistic? As the father of an autistic son I do know a bit about the subject having researched it for years. Autistic kids by nature do not like confrontations of any kind. His actions clearly prove his problem was not autism. Onward and Upward!

My barometer has always been this, if you have to ask and you don't really know what is best for you then you should have an RSL hooked up and rigged properly on every jump. Personally I have 3 rigs all equiped with Cypres and no RSL Onward and Upward!

That depends, do you still trust us? Onward and Upward!

Our allies dont trust us? Good! lets stop sending them money. Our enemies don't fear us? Fuck them, who cares what they think. Onward and Upward!

And the Oregon Ducks could easily beat Alabama, Notre Dame, or the Aggies by like 52 -3 Onward and Upward!

So you defend SDO from an unfounded internet rumor by starting another unfounded internet rumor against another Oregon DZ? Nice! "I have never been there but I heard it was bad, blah, blah, blah." Both DZ's have excellent safety records and I HAVE jumped at both. There has not been a skydiving fatality at Skydive Eagle Creek since 1977. Only one and that was 35 years ago! The moral of this story is you should not believe everything you hear. Onward and Upward!

You are thinking like a skydiver John. For smokejumping operations the DC-3 hauls 12-14 firefighters with gear and cargo, the Otter hauls 8 firefighters with gear and cargo. Both have two pilots and a spotter. 3 Otters can cover a larger geographical area than one DC-3. You could have one in Ogden, one in Misoula and one in McCall for example. It is really just a flying fire truck and the Otters are simply more cost effecient than an antique DC-3, even with the turbine conversion. Onward and Upward!

Yeah, but the cost to keep it flying even the Gov't can't afford. Putting turbines on a 70 year old airframe is like giving your grandma a boob job. Nice plane but the smokejumpers can run 3 twin otters for about the same cost. Onward and Upward!

The US Forest Service officially retired this one last month. Onward and Upward!

I am not making this up. Even people from Utah think Romney is full of shit. Onward and Upward!

No We should demand that USPA concentrate on real issues that affect all skydivers like airport access. How we have come to make such a big deal out of a such a non-issue is beyond me. Onward and Upward!

1. If you have an FAI license that will show currency but you still have to get a USPA membership at most US dropzones. You can get a temporary USPA membership for a discount. Be sure to bring your Log books. 2. Skydive Utah and Skydive Ogden are the two largest dropzones in the state and are about the same distance from Salt Lake City. One has a King air and the other a Grand Caravan. Ogden has showers and nice facilities but no overnight accommodations but, it is right in town with many options. There is also a wind tunnel about 5 minutes from the DZ. Lots of activities in a short distance. Moab is a tandem only operation with no facilities. They run small piston aircraft and accommodations are in town about 12 miles away. They do have a big boogie every year but that was last week. Really not much going on there in November unless you base jump. Ogden will go to a weekend only schedule in November and will stay open through December, tandem business slows down and there is more fun jumping going on. 3.You won't need to bring anything if you come to Ogden We have very nice rental gear including helmet, altimeters, jumpsuits, etc. We also have a full service gear store. 4. Utah is a desert and even when it is cold we usually have lots of sunshine, it WILL be cold at altitude in November and there is always the chance of snow. We are in a drought right now and we are expecting a dry fall. Last November we jumped a lot. We shut down in January and February and open back up in March. When you get to Salt Lake give us a call and we will see what we can do. Onward and Upward!

Yep! The gear I jump now has some components dating back to the 90's but most of it is fairly new. That said, I jumped out of a 1958 Cessna 182 last weekend and it appeared to be in very nice condition and flew like a champ. Obviously well maintained. If you know what I mean. Onward and Upward!

This is not quite accurate; it was only very recently (less than a year ago) that the Deseret News published a story quoting leadership of the LDS faith saying "it is acceptable to be a Democrat and still be LDS." There are fewer Dem's in Utah than any other state. Yes, you can be Mormon and be a Democrat; the LDS church has recently given permission to Mormons to be Dems. Prior to permission, Mormon Dems were 'in the closet.' Why Romney's speech is very important to him winning the election? Unlike Kennedy's Catholicism, members of the LDS faith swear blinding allegience to the President of the Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and to the leadership of the Prophet of the church. No matter how one cuts it up, if Romney is true to his temple ordinances and coventants, he must put the desires of the Prophet ahead of anything else. He has no choice. Romney wins the election, he's "called of man." Prophet trumps that, because he's "called of God." Catholics haven't baptized former presidents of the USA into their church after they were dead, either. Mormons believe that unless one is Mormon, he cannot enter into God's kingdom. Wilford Woodruff wrote an accounting of a "personal visitation from George Washington," said visitation having taken place in St. George, Utah on April 10, 1898, in which visitation Washington, and later Thomas Jefferson "begged Woodruff to do the various temple ordinances that would assure their entry into the Kingdom of God." Later, according to Woodruff, "All signers of the Declaration of Independence made the same request, "coming to him in person, within the halls of the St. George temple." A BYU survey a few years back demonstrated that: )98% of the members of the church believe that Joseph Smith (convicted pedophile, polygamist, charlatan) is a true prophet of God. )96% believe that the LDS faith is the only true church on earth, and the only church truthfully guided by God. )88% believe that they "place obedience to church authority over personal preferences." Historical scholars, including the LDS members of the Sunstone, predominantly agree that the LDS faith is intent on taking all powers of mankind upon themselves and the president/prophet of the church being ruler over the world (Joseph Smith prophesied as much). Armand Mauss, former Mormon and professor at Washington State University wrote that he was "exceptionally bothered by the LDS leadership pronouncing from the pulpit that when the prophet speaks, the thinking has been done for you." In other words, never question what the prophet says. Is this a proper concept for a potential presidential candidate?? Mormonism does not accept pluralism; thinking outside the box is not permitted, period. It's absolute bullshit to suggest the "LDS Church takes very few political stands." Off hand and at 4:00 a.m. I can think of at least 30 instances, the biggest being that the LDS Church single-handedly defeated ERA. Additionally, the single largest owner of media outlets in the world, is the LDS faith. The single largest group of privately-owned satellites is the LDS faith. The largest missionary force in the world? LDS faith. Although this sounds like an anti-Mormon rant, bear in mind that the subject is Romney. He is part of an LDS prophecy that a Mormon must be president of the USA by the end of the last century. Orrin Hatch tried, Romney's father tried, Robert Bennett tried, Gordon Smith is grooming as a hopeful, and here is Romney, very much poised to walk with it. For me, the sole reason (aside from the fact that I worked at two arm lengths from Romney during the Olympics and think he's a terrible human being), that I would not vote for him, is that he is a Mormon. I've never heard of a Catholic, Christian, Muslim, Bhuddist, Druid, Hindu or other religion prophesying that their religion demanded the president of the US be of their faith, and that their "faith would save the world from utter chaos." Only Mormonism makes that claim, and it's a scary thought that a half-senile old man like Gordon B. Hinkley would be running this country by proxy. One can't accurately compare the Romney-Mormon issue to Kennedy-Catholic issue. Catholics do not believe that the Pope is a living, breathing prophet of god, they do not believe that the pope receives physical, visual visitations from God or Christ on a daily basis, and they do not believe that the New Zion will be built in the USA after a nuclear holocaust. Conversely, the LDS faith believes that their prophet is a living prophet who has physically touched the hand of Christ, has personally met/walked with God in a physical (not meta-physical) sense, who speaks on behalf of God. No religion, including Islam, offers up so tremendous a power to one man, and one individual who is running for president, takes a verbal oath at least once a month, to uphold, sustain, and obey the Prophet of the LDS faith. Doesn't that scare the hell out of anyone capable of logical thought? You know Spot I don't agree with you on just about anything, but this post is exactly how I see things. I could not have said it better myself. I live in Utah and the LDS empire already controls my state government. I certainly do no want them to take control of my country. If he is true to his faith then he must take his marching orders from the temple. If not he is a phony and a liar. Either way he has no business being the leader of the free world. Onward and Upward!

hasn't yet, but I haven't paid attention to him either. If he makes it to February, then I'll think about him more. I suspect his platform alone makes him untenable to me. But given the LDS's involvement in CA in the past, I view him with suspicion. Disregarding the religion, the misogyny, the bans on most drugs, I think the Mormon Church serves the role of community extremely well. Unfortunately, they then move on to force many of the beliefs on the rest of us, seen in the non existence of good beer in Utah, in the anti gay legislation, etc. I believe it should no longer have tax exemption. We have good beer in Utah, you just have to go to Wyoming or Nevada or Idaho to get it. Onward and Upward!

Thanks for the scan but what I am really looking for is a copy of the entire magazine. So if anyone has a copy of Feb 1995 they are willing to part with please let me know. Thanks Onward and Upward!

Send me a message if you have any, looking for the issue with the 95 Para-Ski nationals results, not sure which month. Thanks Onward and Upward!

Looks like a French Papillion to me. Onward and Upward!

I recently sent one in for a rigging customer for an 8 year to SSK in Ohio and it took 3 weeks. I still need to re-install and pack the reserve on Monday. They are busy this time of year and from my experience the wait time including shipping can be variable. Onward and Upward!

The Diablo is by far the best high performance 7 cell ever made. Some of these comments just make me laugh and I wonder if these people have actually jumped one. I currently own 3 Diablos and it is my primary work canopy. Never had a chop after thousands of jumps and they always open soft and on heading. Easy to pack, easy to fly and a super flare. Not a swooping canopy but so what. Never did understand why they stopped making them. Onward and Upward!

Hmmmm, my health care costs have not changed at all in the last 4 years. I do have an autistic son who can now stay on my health insurance until he is 26 which is a big plus for us. Otherwise nothing much has changed for my family. Onward and Upward!