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    That is crazy. The mental stress has got to be incredible.



    Oh quit whinning for these guys. Their fucking miners, not pussys.:)
    Who knows, there may be a female trapped too.:)
    Overtime, double time??? This is in China?[:/]


    um ... Chile


    same thing!;)

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    Hilarious!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_PTN6axJo

    Edit: old one was removed.



    I suspect phony.

    In tandem seat aircraft the pilot in command or instructor generally takes the rear seat, not the front one.


    Here I thought you were always only wrong about politics!:ph34r:


    Pilot in rear seat and student or passenger in front is customary in:

    Tiger Moth
    Stearman
    Chipmunk
    Piper Cub
    Pitts S2 series
    Christen Eagle
    Schweizer 2-33
    Citabria
    Decathlon
    Taylorcraft


    Also, who would keep filmimg when death is imminent?

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    It is also going to increase you skydiver/parachute drag ratio which is going to push your body back further under the parachute increasing your angle of influence and therefore cause your canopy to fly steeper towards the ground.



    That was the first thing I thought of when I read this. If you increase the area of the pilot without doing anything to the canopy, the wind will push the pilot farther forward, causing the centroid to move farther forward. Increasing the angle of attack.



    The opposite will happen (though in ordinary conditions I don't think it would make a noticeable difference), as it says in what you quoted above. When your canopy is flying through the air, a tailwind has no affect on how the canopy flies in relation to the air. Getting big with a tailwind or with a headwind will have the exact same effect. You will increase your drag, slowing you down. Your body will move back in relation to the canopy (usually very slightly) causing the canopy to steepen.

    We cannot use our bodies like sails. It doesn't make sense.

    Dave



    Gotcha. Interesting stuff.

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    It is also going to increase you skydiver/parachute drag ratio which is going to push your body back further under the parachute increasing your angle of influence and therefore cause your canopy to fly steeper towards the ground.



    That was the first thing I thought of when I read this. If you increase the area of the pilot without doing anything to the canopy, the wind will push the pilot farther forward, causing the centroid to move farther forward. Increasing the angle of attack.

    Attached is an excerpt from Brian Germain's sizing chart.

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    They weren't shipping alcohol. They weren't shipping firearms. ou don't have to be 21 to have a skydiving container. A signature from an adult household member should have been sufficient in this case!! What if it was the 20 year old who had ordered the Mirage container? Shouldn't he/she be able to sign for it?? Nuff said.



    UPS has one age, and one age only. It simplifies things for the driver and the clients. (In most cases.);)

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    From what I understand they have the "21 and over" option for shippers of alcohol,



    Also for shipping firearms. I had a 44 magnum sent back to the manufacturer for warranty work. They shipped it back UPS, it had to be signed by someone 21 or older.

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    But as much as I think UPS is a poorly-run organization, your beef is with Mirage in this case



    Ding ding ding!!!

    My father works for UPS, and he has to deal with all manner of BS from people. It's not the girl on the phone's fault that Mirage chose that option.>:(

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    I like the Houdini......Do her from behind so that she is facing a window. Then have your buddy jump in, while you run outside and wave at her through the window!:D



    I know someone who actually pulled this one off!


    There are two ways to do the bucking bronco:

    She's riding you, and you hold on really tight to her and say either "You're sister is better," or "I think I might have AIDS."

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    I held a mesh bottom PC out a car window sideways and it about tore my arm off.



    I was driving to the dz to drop my rig (vector II) off for a reserve repack the other day. I had popped the reserve during my EP review, and had my rig sitting on the back seat. This day was particularly hot, and my A/C needs a recharge. So I rolled the driver's side window down, that is, until I saw a big yellow balloon in my rearview mirror. I nearly shit a brick as I frantically rolled it up.

    I was very impressed at how well it inflated!

    Flame on! :S