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National defense is definitely the purview of the Federal government.

guy blows up hundreds of innocent people... yeah.. let's be decent to him. Right.

the terrorist guy got 28 days prison for each person he killed. yep,, compassion !!!!

Let Charlie Manson out. after all, he's a little old man now.

If he killed MY daughter, I wouldnt let him out.. in fact if he killed anyone's family member,, I wouldnt do it. Also.......... one can live a long time with that kind of cancer.. it's true. 10 years plus sometimes. look it up.

2 years ago Brett's wife held a press conference. She said, I am the new Packers quarterback this season,, starting now.. I know all the players.. all the plays,, I am ready. The reporters said,,, hey you cant just memorize the plays then take over your husbands job !!! She said... well Hillary's gonna do it !!!!!! ( see, this was a while back.. of course )

First, a little background. The lights were spotted between 7:30 and 10:30 in the evening over a 300-mile corridor from the Nevada line through Prescott Valley and Phoenix to the northern edge of Tucson. Some reports indicate that a single "V" formation traveled across the state, while others suggest multiple UFO events. The lights were seen by hundreds of people. Here are four: Dr. Bradley Evans, 47, is a clinical psychiatrist from Tucson. He and his wife, Kris, were driving north on Interstate 10 to a swimming meet in Tempe. They watched the lights for 20 minutes or so move slowly south in a diamond formation and pass over them at an estimated 1,500 feet. Even then, with the car's moon roof open, they heard not a sound from the sky. He was "awed" by the experience and has no idea what he saw. Kris said she couldn't explain it either and guesses it was "something military." Trig Johnston, 50, is a retired commercial airline pilot who lives in north Scottsdale. His 22-year-old son was looking for Comet Hale-Bopp that night when he noticed the lights and told his dad. "I looked up and remember saying out loud, "I'm going to chalk this up to an illusion.' It was the size of 25 airliners, moving at about 100 knots at maybe 5,000 feet, and it didn't make a sound. I've flown 747s across oceans and not seen anything like I saw that night," Johnston said. "I don't expect anybody to take my word for it," he added. "This was something you had to see for yourself to believe." Max Saracen, 34, is a real estate consultant who lives in north Phoenix. He and his wife, Shahla, were driving west on Deer Valley Road when they saw a huge triangular craft. They pulled off the road, got out and watched it pass overhead. "It was very spooky -- this gigantic ship blocking out the stars and silently creeping across the sky. I don't know of any aircraft with silent engines."

yes, just get a big mother canopy !! Big.. Big and Black !! Like your...... ( er,, sorry )

QuoteHas anyone every seen a friend go in or get critically injured and thought "man, they didn't do anything wrong"? Nope !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They always make the big boo-boo !!!!!!!!!!!! ( or someone hits them,, that's just one of those things, to me. Like car crashes can be) Do some research, maybe, find where someone did everything great, and his reserve JUST DIDNT OPEN !!!! ( It is pretty rare , I didnt say zero. )

very well put, John,, as usual.

better see Doctor asap !! if he says ok.. then get in hanging harness... several of them,,, you should be able to tolerate.. oh,, 10 minutes no problem. Dont blow this off.. too dangerous.

Briles !! wow,, I knew you were good,, but THAT good ??? congrats, Mikie !! Hey listen.. now you must gain as much experience as possible... and there is only one way to do it. Get a 79 elliptical canopy and START SWOOPING NOW !!! TOMORROW !!! It's the only way !!! ( gee, I feel pretty bad.. for my 8th jump I was doing 5 second delays !!! But it was great !!! )

That is one of the best answers I have heard in a long long time.............. our smart kids are getting screwed.

1. My parents saw the flares SW of Sun City, AZ. ( general vicinity of Luke AFB) 2. Flares were photographed over South Mountain 3. I saw an unknown aircraft ( a V of lights ) fly right over me, about 6 miles south of Deer Valley airport, northbound, speed approx 100 knots. a TOTALLY SILENT aircraft, one that obviously I had never seen before.

I would agree that 250' makes the reserve nearly useless. Of course a horror story of D-Day ( at night) was of pilots so frightened ( understandably so ) that they took it down to 100' and turned on the green light. Kind of tough on the guys in back.

Mr. Quade, yes of course it is difficult to judge, those were my guesstimates. I meant only to convey the approximate parameters. In other words, I could tell it was not at 10k feet, nor travelling at 200 knots. I do have the background, you know. Geeeezzzz !!!!

I was playing tennis that night, it was about 8 pm. I looked up and saw a V shaped aircraft with lights on it fly directly over me. Maybe 2,000 feet or less above the ground, speed.. about 100 knots. There was NO SOUND whatsoever. It was headed directly for Deer Valley airport. I fly from that airport. Oddly,, it never landed there, ha ha. I think it was a secret aircraft, possibly a drone, who knows? The flares were seen in several places, one of which was 20 miles west of my location, near Luke AFB. My parents saw the flares...... 20 miles west of me.

I would not, unless I could travel the universe as part of the deal. I often think that maybe there are billions of planets out there with intelligent life. Or maybe there are none. But the strange thing is ... we on Earth might never know, ever, that there is intelligent life out there, somewhere, far away.

If U.S. troops jumped without reserves ( except in special circumstances ), I was not aware of that. A bag deployed airborne chute will nearly always open into some survivable configuration, IMO.

According to Bud Sellick's book SKYDIVING, there were 3 deaths in 1960, 1 no pull, 1 low pull, 1 drowning. That was for 60,000 jumps. There were 10 proficient freefallers in the U.S. in 1955, over a thousand in 1960. The first 4,300 military training jumps caused 111 injuries, 1 in 38 jumps. The first 174,220 military jumps caused 6 deaths, 1 in 29,000. I know that Airborne troops have few fatalities these days.. but still have their share of landing injuries, a bunch !! A funny scene during an Airborne training jump is a Mae West and the jumper does nothing. The loud speaker will yell at him, 'jumper with Mae West, deploy your reserve now !!! '. About 5 to 10 reserves will open up !!

Well watch out for Briles at Raeford, he's a swooper !! a bad influence on you !!!

yes watch out for Briles,,, he's a low pulling swooper !! a bad influence on people !!! Briles way to go .. more jumps !! were they good ?? Happy for you. ( but your Mom isnt too happy, eh ??? )

$100 - $250 short time,,, $750 all night, $1500 for the weekend. Hey, I looked it up !!!

where can I buy one ?

very interesting discussion......... just FYI, years ago since you could start with surplus gear, cheap, then buy a good main later ( PC for 350), boots for $40, jumpsuit for 100, helmet for 25, and Cessna jumps for $4 to $5. FJC might cost $30. A biggie now is the basically custom harness and container.. hard to get around that cost. Surplus harness and container was darn near free.