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Danny isn't around as much as he used to be. Jorge is usually there. What is it reference to? Don't want to give out for spam. you can PM me with response.

Not to him personally. But vario's can allow you to fly using MacCready. Hang gliding and sailplane language.

I apologize.

Deland, late 70's. I was Instructor and JM for the Embry-Riddle club. At the end of the day when all the students were done, the experienced club jumpers would do some 8-12 way out of Mr. D. At break off some of us would tackle another jumper and ride them down well below 2000', holding them so they couldn't pull. When the panic got too great we'd let go and pull. I don't know how I never got my ass beat. It happened to me once and I never did that to anyone again.

With those temps and altitude, the next incident will be from a premature deployment still above 25,000 and either the canopy is in pieces or the jumpers aorta is in pieces.

DiO, Maybe we should talk about McCready? and all get Varios to figure this out. Bruno

So what I'm asking is, what small canopy has what you think is the best "stop" in no wind. I'm currently jumping a Sabre3 120 which I love but in switchy winds becomes a runout canopy. Just wanting a comparison of canopies like Crossfire 3, Sabre 3, Stiletto, etc.

I realize this is subjective but what canopy with ~1.4 wing loading do you find is best for NO WIND!! I don't mind ground surfing but hate to run it out. Bruno

I've had 3 Michigan suits over a few decades. My second one is almost 20 years old and is still in good shape. Plus Mike is a standup guy and been in the sport for decades.

I remember Terry Bennett jumping one of these at Liberty, NC (Mike Bland DZ). She later became a Golden Knight and National Champion, but I watched her break an ankle under a UT-15. Dang thing breathed like it was running a sprint.

Won't you need a positive pressure O2 system? Just cannula won't work. Bruno Schnedl

I've taken a few years off due to work, but I'm getting back. I was jumping a Stiletto 120 at a 1.5 wing loading, but now I'm 62 and don't want to ground surf or slide, in no wind. So I'm looking for maybe a 135 canopy. I want a fast but controlled opening (I hate snivels) and I don't care about anything else other than a super powerful flare, so I don't have to run the dang thing out in no wind. I'm looking into a Sabre3, Storm, Crossfire3. What others? and why? Bruno Schnedl

I believe one of the Sky's Call books have a picture of someone at Raeford jumping the Spanish Fly. I can't remember which book or page. I thought the lack of hardware was a stealth concept for possible military application.

Is there a tentative release date? How will you be selling these? Direct or through other retail stores? Bruno

When I worked for Silly in 1980-1982, I heard it from him. Pretty much the way Kevin said. Also, the sound system was pretty good, but all we ever seemed to hear was Marshall Tucker Band. Slots, or Snoots usually had control of music. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

The two memories of Scotty that I have, one at Bill Booth's house in 1980 for a party. I see a Pitts Special fly over doing aerobatics at about 1000' then one last aileron roll and Scotty drops out when it was inverted. The other memory was summer of 1980 at about midnight hanging around Dupuis' hanger and Scotty comes up with beer in hand looking for anyone that wanted to climb some tower out in middle FL to make a BASE jump. Made the jump as the sun was coming up. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Yes I know, I built them. That was what I meant by " the loops coming through the reserve container on the bigger reserves." Most of the table totals were on bigger reserves. I never had an issue on reserves like the K-xx, because they were so small the closing loops were very short. Bruno Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

They had a couple of issues with the loops coming through the reserve container on the bigger reserves. A K-xx no problem but anything bigger was possibly an issue. I can't remember if Silly still owned Sky Supplies or someone else when they moved pins. T. K. Donle might remember. Then again memory is iffy on all of us from the 80's. I do remember Alan Gencarelli (sp?) coming in to fix the Singer harness machine. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

When I hear "the Gulch" I always think of Ma Death. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

I made every one of those harnesses until 1983. Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

When Captain Cunningham left in the 90's it went to strictly GK, so I don't consider it a general populous DZ. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Roseland, NC Pinebluff, NC Laurinburg, NC Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Are you operating from grass, snow, asphalt? Will you be operating all year or possibly using it in the winter for supply operations? (multi use aircraft) Fuel cost is your biggest concern. How many of each fun jumpers are in the area to support you and what kind of draw do you have for tandems? What is your elevation? BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

Do you remember a first name. I work at the tower across the parking lot and can go over on breaks. BS Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"