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20 years, at an average of 22,491 horrible retellings each December makes 494,802, give or take a few. It could be worse, I spent the first five years of my flying career sitting right seat with a guy who tried to tell me the exact same Larry the Cable Guy joke every single time we flew. I still have nightmares.

The Pulse 190 will pack smaller than the Pilot 188 ZPX. I have packed both into the same container.

I went from a Pulse 190 to a Safire2 169. The Pulse packed smaller, although not by a whole lot.

That is the single most accurate and honest news cast I have ever watched.

I know of at least one Crossfire that had a fatality and ended up in another rig.

I'm a man! As such! We will need to go bigger! Yeah huge freaking wings! AND ROCKETS! But I think he's on to something amazing. The kids I introduce to engineering love watching his video. Be careful, you could end up inventing airplanes!

Smile all you want, and try as I might, I see no experience jumper pricing info on there. Please show me where I missed it. http://www.virginiaskydivingcenter.com/pricing/ About a third of the way down the page lists tickets to 5000 and full altitude.

The Genie line has one major problem that seems to have infected all of their lines in which one of the major printed circuit boards shorts and becomes unrepairable. It usually starts with not recognizing a remote and eventually disables the unit. There are three garage door installation businesses in town here (I've worked with them all as a new home construction subcontractor) and each of them have moved into the Liftmaster Chamberlain lines.

Ummmm. I gots no dog in this fight... why you asking me? That was meant for the original poster

I have two questions: Were you holding the leash when this occured? and Did her dog run within the radius of the leash if you were holding it at the time?

I just sold two items, one on ebay and one through the classifieds here. The ebay item sold on the 8th, but the funds will not be available through paypal until the 26th. The payment from the classifieds on this site was instant. I don't understand the distinction, but it really is annoying since the ebay item arrived two days ago and the buyer is happy with it.

I was just pondering the same thing. Having used classifieds to sell two mains and two miscellaneous items and to buy two other things it would be nice if I could rate those sellers and be rated.

I wouldn't want to be at the same level as a wooden prop if it separated either. It seems to me like a much better balance option would be to lift the ring up and mount the control box underneath. I also think a single powerplant (maybe a turbine) that turned all of the props either via belts or shafts would even out the power distribution, but I'm guessing a Chinese backyard experiment budget wouldn't cover one. Kudos to him though. He has obviously amassed some technical knowledge and combined it with imagination.

This was a FAA physical, so in addition to the skydiving stuff I will have to get approval from a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner to return to work. I guess letting my sick days accrue without using one for the last twelve years might pay off.

He had no estimate, just shook his head when I mentioned jumping and asked if I knew anyone else who jumped and had surgery.

I just got back from my annual physical and was told that I have to have surgery. I have a inguinal hernia that is strangulated and will likely have to have a bowel resection in addition to the standard plug or patch. Has anyone here had that surgery, and how long did it take to get back in the air?

I'm not looking to do demos, really just trying to get a free canopy as we have a certain budget for PR spending and this would fall within that budget. I estimated 2k for a canopy with the logo, but as I have a brand new canopy already I also suggested a harness/container. I just have to get them quotes and they'll let me know a yes or no decision.

...and think I may have managed to hook myself up with a free logo canopy. At the conclusion of every work meeting when anyone asks if there is any new business I pipe up with rude comments about corporate sponsorship (or dirty jokes, or both). Today, we had a manager from the head office and I did my usual routine, but got the response that if I shoot him a reasonable quote on a logo canopy that he thinks he can make it happen. So, who would be the best folks to talk to and does anyone have canopy recommendations? I am currently jumping a Safire2 169 and absolutely love it, although I also loved the fusion and Sabre2. Would I contact the manufacturers directly or go through a dealer?

That's called the line-thickness ratio, or LTR. What you do is take your exit weight, divide it by your canopy size in square feet, and then divide by 7, and that's how thick your lines should be. The "7" is known as the universal canopy line thickness coeeficient. Just tell your canopy manufacturer what your LTR number is, and they'll know what kind of lines to put on your canopy. Thank you for posting that. I just got done cutting the Vectran off my Safire and have 1000lb Dacron on order!

Systeme International units. In other words, the world consists of more than the USA & terrorists.

http://youtu.be/w9cA0-CtrMU This is still my favorite Rossi clip of all time.

I actually designed a BASE jumping robot years ago, careful to recreate every aspect of a real BASE jumper. I never did get to see him jump, he drank all my beer, slept with my girlfriend and then disappeared.

Next weekend I'll get photos from the dropzone. It's basically all teal, with white HMA lines.

Everything is fairly spot on except the bold statement. I don't know the exact number, but Garrett engines are several times more likely to suffer damage from a hot start than Pratts. Having to turn all of the mass of that engine from the back to the prop reduction gearbox requires a great deal more from the starter and battery. This is why Garretts start on stop locks in a flat pitch configuration and why some aircraft manufacturers (Commanders for example) have electical systems designed to run in either parallel or series mode to deliver more juice to the starter and keep things cooler.

There is one for sale here, a 171 with roughly 300 jumps (maybe five on a brand new lineset) and the canopy still looks like new.