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Capt. Don Pinover of the Fremont County Sheriff's Office said this morning in a press release, that 40 year old Ronald Walter Rice was arrested when he attempted to sell stolen skydiving equipment to a skydiving company at the Fremont County Airport Monday. An employee of the skydiving company alerted sheriff's deputies after Rice called the company trying to sell skydiving equipment. The company had been aware of an earlier theft of skydiving equipment in El Paso County. Deputies arrested Rice when he met with the skydiving company employee and attempted to sell the equipment valued at more than $9,000. Rice gave deputies a false name at the time of his arrest and detention deputies discovered a controlled substance during booking. He was booked into the FC Detention Center on charges of felony theft, criminal impersonation, false reporting to authorities, and introducing contraband in the 1st degree and was held on a $2,000 bond. Rice bonded out yesterday

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Greg, If you can't remember anything then how do you know that I'm not right? Also, if the "facts and experts" that you speak of are the ones with the most to loose then how can you believe them? I'm pretty sure that if it comes down to you or them - you are going under the bus. Think about it..

The good news is that it adds 50 gallons to the fuel capacity. The bad news is that it reduces its engine capacity to zero!

Greg, is "shut up" the best you can do? Since you were the "man in charge" during the jump then why don't you just tell the story? Even the moderator has posted that he was pm'd and informed that the DZ told everyone there not to not talk about the incident (unfortunately for skydive colorado, skydivers can't keep seem to keep their mouths shut, huh?). If you can possibly save someone's life by letting them know what happened then why won't you?

Obviously you have me confused with this guy...

Walt, I absolutely agree with you regarding the acceptance of risk. Big boys and girls should be able to make their own choices. However, Tandem is unlike any other student (or experienced) jump because the student is completely at the mercy of the instructor. Imagine if the airlines made you sign a waiver to exempt them from liability... Unfortunately, Every DZO and TM should know that the lawyers will come after them if something goes wrong. Even more so if there is any perception of negligence or cover up.

Not at all! I think that this is very good info for all DZOs and TI's. OTOH, Obelix tim seems to want to make it more about me.

ditto... You just seem very interested in specific topics/posts.

you doth protest too much, methinks... Are you really a NZ DZO?

Question: In the absence of a written independent contractor agreement is the instructor actually an employee?

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Cooked Goose!

Scary stuff! http://www.gertzlegal.com/blog/2012/04/student-killed-instructor-injured-in-colorado-skydiving-accident.shtml

Dan, The auto fuel side line came early in the thread which started as a question about using one companies drogue on another companies container. Go back and you will see. Even though it does beg the question that if a DZ will try to save money that way - then what is their limit? at any rate, this thread has turned into an extension of the tandem fatality post in the incidents forum.

Nope, just the people directly involved. I think it's refered to as Under the bus. Anyhow, if that's how you see it then who am I to change your mind? Edited to add Speaking of the rigger...

Dude, you should read through you post before hitting the send button! That was a hard read... At any rate, you have no clue who I am or where I get my information. With that said, I wouldn't expect you to tell the truth about any potentially illegal activities or coverups that you may have perpetrated... That would be dumb huh? As far as drugs or alcohol, I looked through the entire incident thread and there are no mentions of it at all. Since you brought it up... Was the pilot and TM tested? After all, This is at least as serious as any fatal automobile accident in which all parties would be tested. Not to mention there's a 24/7 kegerator in the hanger.

That's it? Your not going to address any of the topics on this thread? Talk about noise...

Dave, I re-read your post. It's all good... If you are familiar with the Auto Fuel situation then you know that the STC says that there can be NO ETHENOL in the fuel. So you can't just go to the local gas station... Regardless, it baffles me that any commercial aviation operation would give the perception of cutting corners just to save a buck a gallon. In addition when something goes wrong - even if it doesn't directly deal with the aircraft, it makes people wonder, "If they will cut corners here then where won't they?". Of course a side befefit is that it pisses the airport off

You attempt to shoot down each post that may bring some light to what happened at a specific dropzone. So I'd turn it around and say that maybe you are the one trying to protect them. The fact is that when dropzones try to hide regarding an incident it makes people much more suspicious - you guys should know that. DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER! Ps - Since I have your attention, how do you feel about running auto gas in a jump plane?

A DZ is using strong drogues on vector equipment so they must disagree with you. That's pretty much my point - trying to figure out why a DZ would choose a strong drogue for a Vector Container.

Has anyone ever used a Strong Drogue on a Vector tandem? if so, was the mod difficult? What was the performance like? Did it outlast the vector Drogue? Is it even legal?

I know that it's legal with the appropriate STC. My question is, where are you guys that run this stuff in your airplanes getting ethanol free auto gas?