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  3. It all depends on the dates you are choosing... Right now you can find the same routing for about $350 on a single ticket with a single stop (again that's assuming at least 7 days advanced).

    Here is what works:

    1) Take the very earliest fly available, usually 6:00am.
    2) Avoid departing on Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri ( Sat, Sun and Mon are usually the best deals).
    3) Book & pay at least 7 days in advance
    4) Use the alternate airports ( Chicago Midway instead of Ohare)


    The route you are looking for is served by American Airlines, and depends on your booking dates you can get away with $350.

    Hope this helps.
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  4. How the hell are you Clay !!!! Long time no see....

    What part of the world are you hanging around these days? Look me up in Springfield, IL , I've been working there for the last 8 months.
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  7. Congratulations, well managed and executed... that's a lot of detail from a student.

    From my perspective, the answer is: you are writing your own incident report.

    Cheers
    George
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  8. Oh Tippy ! We are going to miss you !!!!! Just last Saturday night I was sitting next to you, pulling the bugs away.... you looked so sad...

    Blue Skies Tippy....

    George
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  9. Gee, Good Point, I lost count too:

    1 - Custom PIII 900 1.0GB RAM W2K Server
    1- Custom PII 450 x 2 256MB W2K Profesionnal
    1 - IBM TP 600x - Mandrake 9.2
    1 - IBM T22 - Windows 2000 Professional
    1 - IBM Transnote 600 192MB - W2K Professional
    1 - Shuttle XPC 2.53GHz 1.0GB - W2K Professional
    1 - PowerMAC 6800 PPC 16MB

    All running on an ethernet/wireless network.
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  12. 1. Whats your name? George

    2. How old are you? 40

    3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Drunken bet

    4. Single or married? Married

    5. Do you have kids? Yes, do goats !

    6. What do you drive? Jeep Cherokee, Ford Expedition, BMW 750iL

    7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

    8. Where do you live? Atlanta

    9. Do you have any pets? My Wife Does

    10. How many jumps do you have? 550

    11. What color eyes do you have? Brown

    12. What is your nationality? Spic-n-Span (Born in Spain, Raised in Puerto Rico)

    13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes

    14. Favorite Movie? Shawshank Redemption

    15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Post on Dropzone.com

    16. Have you ever BASE jumped? Yes, Off my Main Canopy into my Reserve

    17. If not... do you want to? Nope, not again.

    18. Do you have siblings? Two Sisters

    19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Europe

    20. What's your favorite color? Yellow, like my reserve

    21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Washington, DC
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

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    How to Survive If Your Parachute Fails to Open



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    1. As soon as you realize that your chute is bad, signal to a jumping companion whose chute has not yet opened that you are having a malfunction. Wave your arms and point to your chute.



    1. Well, lets see... my "chute" looks bad, my companion, who probably is tracking for his life will be around 200 feet away, ass pointing my way and reaching for his own freaking "chute". Oh wait, there must be somebody above me... Hey you, get down here !

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    2. When your companion (and new best friend) gets to you, hook arms.



    2. When my "companion" gets to me ? Wait a second, here I am trailing a malfunctioning main canopy and waving to my "companion", come here, I need your help ! Lets hook up ! Never mind the freaking malfunction, we will be fine ! Lets hook arms and sing "Kumbaya" ! Oh, by the way, did I tell you you are my new best friend... I know we are perfect strangers floating in the sky.... I love you man !

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    3. Once you are hooked together, the two of you will be falling at terminal velocity, or about 130 miles per hour. When your friend opens his chute, there will be no way either of you will be able hold on to one another, because the G-forces will triple or quadruple your body weight. To prepare for this problem, hook your arms into his chest strap, or through the two sides of the front of his harness, all the way up to your elbows, and grab hold of your own strap.



    3. The two of you will be floating at terminal velocity, alright ! 130MPH, my ass ! More like 160MPH if we are lucky. Oh, yeah, lets hope my "companion" did not pack him/herself a snapper, otherwise he will be bringing only my arms back to the DZ.


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    4. Open the chute. The chute opening shock will be severe, probably enough to dislocate or break your arms.



    4. Open the chute ? Who me? I just hooked my freaking arms around the other skydiver's harness. I can't even give 'em the finger to pull ! Forget shaking hands after all this (or even patting the other skydiver in the ass), I'll be walking around like a knuckle dragging Orangutan !

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    5. Steer the canopy. Your friend must now hold on to you with one arm while steering his canopy (the part of the chute that controls direction and speed). If your friend’s canopy is slow and big, you may hit the grass or dirt slowly enough to break only a leg, and your chances of survival are high. If his canopy is a fast one, however, your friend will have to steer to avoid hitting the ground too fast. You must also avoid power lines and other obstructions at all costs.



    5. Your "friend" is now probably loading at 3.0+, holding to you with one hand and steering with telekenesis. If you happened to have hooked up with a tandem master doing a solo, you will only break your arms.... otherwise, looks like a leg will be gone too ! What do you mean "I" have to avoid the powerlines and other obstructions, I am the one hanging by the tendons !

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    6. If there is a body of water nearby, head for that. Of course, once you hit the water, you will have to tread with just your legs and hope that your partner is able to pull you out before your chute takes in water.



    6. Again, I ain't steering ! Tell my new found friend ! Of course, now I have no arms to swim, a potentially broken leg on landing... and a small humidity problem which is about to the same "you are out of luck" job as the parachute but in a slower fashion.

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    How to Prepare.



    This is good ! I start preparing after I broke two arms, a leg and almost drowned....


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    Check your chute before you jump. The good news is that today’s parachutes are built to open, so even if you make big mistakes packing them, they tend to sort themselves out. The reserve chute, however, must be packed by a certified rigger and must be perfect as it is your last resort. Make sure that:



    Thanks for the advice! Now I realize that parachutes are meant to open and that I have a reserve "chute"... Did you mention about trying this "reserve chute" before enticing companions into becoming my new best friends?

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    * The parachute is folded in straight lines—that there are no twists.



    Ok, no twisting the rear or the nose.

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    * The slider is positioned correctly to keep the parachute from opening too fast.



    Tell that to my new friend !
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  14. I must be bored out of my mind!!!!

    Apparently, some expert on skydiving operations decided to post a new set of emergency procedures!

    You've got to see this !

    http://www.worstcasescenarios.com/scenario.htm?scenarioid=8&cache=1079818026

    Well, lets throw away the SIM 2004.... this procedure does it for me... I am particularly fond of point up to let my fellow skydiver know that I am too stupid to try the reserve !
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  16. My vote goes to Skydive Atlanta... It's my home DZ....

    People are great! Management is safety-conscious and accommodating.

    With that said, I am a customer of multiple DZs and have no complaints about the places I've been to... but it sure is GOOD TO BE HOME!

    Thanks Tim & Trey !
    Cheers
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  19. Heck Yeah ! I can think of a few people who can use it.... actually the poster is not from despair.com, it's a composite using their phrase
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  23. Damn Clay ! I had to stay in Atlanta this weekend. We had an excellent Saturday run, not bad for having only a dozen regulars at SDA. But I sure as hell missed the crowd at the Mardi Gras boogie.

    The weather is getting warmer ! I might be heading to Ohio really soon !

    Cheers
    George
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

  25. Yep, our top brass has figured out that in order to keep their fat paychecks they have to move the labor to low-paying laborers elsewhere.

    But there is poetic justice on the way, as the stockholder begin to demand outsourcing the very positions that lead the companies. Soon, it won't make sense to have 70% of your employees in China and your CEO in the US.

    Let the bastards dig their own grave.
    Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
    - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"