freakflyer9999

You can't do it if you don't try.

The vast majority of skydivers live through their student training. Just suck it up and go jump.

Well, David fooled around with his friends wife and then had his friend killed. Is that what you're looking for?

See a chiropractor. It's the only thing that has given me any relief.

I had this conversation at the DZ today after jumping with Ed Duncan D-37. He has been jumping for over 50 years and is still going strong. He made his first military jump in 1954 and his first sport jump, the year I was born, 1958. I can only dream that I'm still jumping when I'm his age and beyond. Blue Skies

Ok. Your debt is paid in full after letting me have a feel.

Skydive Cowtown is not Skydive Texas and is about 10 miles to the SW. Skydive Cowtown is run by Scott Moore and his wife Laura. Laura's parents, owned and operated Skydive Texas, however, I would not judge Skydive Cowtown in any way by any opinions you may have had of Skydive Texas. PM me if you would like more info or call Scott. Here's a link to their info here on DZ.com http://www.dropzone.com/dropzone/Detailed/961.shtml

Well, come on out to Skydive Cowtown and give it a try. Your profile says that you live in Roanoke, so you can almost see the jump plane from your home on a clear day. It is certainly not a place where you will get tons of jumps in every weekend, but very laid back and easygoing. Always beer at the end of the day and often burgers on the grill. It is new and the loads often revolve around the tandems as at any small Cessna DZ, but this will change some as the base of experienced jumpers expands. Cowtown currently flys 2 C-182s, so dependent upon pilot availability the experienced jumpers could have a plane to theirselves. When things are slow at Cowtown, Scott likes to to go roaming. He's been known to load up one of his Cessnas with 3 or 4 jumpers and tour around North Texas jumping into other DZs and/or airports. Blue Skies

I no longer jump the MT-1XX. It was borrowed gear to get me back into the sport this summer. I had fresh rubber bands and I followed the MC-4 Manual that I had access to for packing. As I stated previously, all of my terminal openings (3 or 4) were extremely hard. I then purchased a rig with a Falcon 300 (BTW, it is for sale in the classifieds). The Falcon also opened briskly, though nowhere near as hard as the MT-1XX. I was able to tame it some, by being very careful with the nose and the slider, however it was still always brisk. I am now jumping a Navigator 280. It opens sweet, on heading everytime. Having been out of the sport for 5+ years, my first thought was my packing technique, but I did follow the manual for the MT-1XX and I don't believe that my technique is any different than it was 5 years ago for my Sabre and Omega. It doesn't matter anymore though. Problem solved. The Navigator is the perfect canopy for me to make my next 100 or so jumps on. I load it at just under 1.1 to 1 and hopefully as I loose more weight (40 lbs and counting) I'll be able to downsize periodically.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=17337&d=1 So now the DZ.com classifieds are selling Skyride certificates. Hmmmmm!

I know that you already have a copy of the manual, but here's a link for the MC-4 manual for anyone else that is needing it. https://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/data/A/069481.pdf BTW, The MT-1XX that I jumped spanked me severely on every terminal opening. It even caused a small hernia on the last jump I put on it as well as bruises over 100% of my thigh from behind the knee to my hip. The guy I borrowed it from swore that it always sniveled on him, so I don't know why I had the problems. I used a standard flat pack with the nose rolled past the A lines, but it still spanked me. Blue Skies

I put about 100 jumps on my Sabre 230 with an exit weight between 240 and 260. Yes it did give me a few brisk openings, but each time it was something I did during packing. Either experimenting with new packing techniques or being too lazy to start over when I knew it had slipped around while getting it into the bag. It never slammed me hard enough to leave a bruise that I would call major. I have had much worse on my Falcon and had an opening on a MT-1X that gave me a hernia. The original Sabre, in good condition, is a perfectly fine choice to return to the sport on. I now jump a PD Navigator and have also owned an Icarus Omega. Both of these have sweet on heading openings every time. Canopy design has changed in the last 10 years. Many current production canopies have sniveling openings. My Omega sometimes sniveled as much as 6-700 feet, so obviously you need to adjust opening altitudes and make sure that you remain altitude aware during the opening sequence. Blue Skies

Denise, I believe that this is your first post on DZ.com. Your turn to bring the Shiner or you can just flash us all again

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Too damn much for a bunch of ungrateful kids!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm There is a European version that tests your ability to place European countries.

Try this out? http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

There was a thread in G&R, a couple of months ago, about packing Falcons. I put a half dozen jumps or so on mine, then bought another canopy. The Falcon was designed to open fast. It is also TSO'd as a reserve. You can manage it some of the time, but I doubt that an inexperienced packer can consistently tame a Falcon. Edited to add that when inproperly packed the opening on a Falcon can injure you. I've definitely had the bruises to prove it. Of course the Falcon opened like a dream compared to the MT-1X that gave me a hernia this summer. BTW, I have a Falcon for sale.

Ok, cool, thanks for the update! Do you know if he's going to offer AFF, SL or both? He mentioned a Tandem/AFF progression of some sort where the student did several working tandems and then progressed to a single jumpmaster AFF. Of course he has all the different ratings, so its really just a matter of what he feels best meets the needs of the student. Come up and jump with us sometime. He can tell you all of his plans himself. If I know you're coming I'll bring an extra 6 pack of Shiner. All Scott ever has is Keystone.

Skydive Cowtown is currently doing Tandem only for students. Scott expects to start a student program, but I imagine it won't be until spring. Checkout http://www.skydivecowtown.com for directions and tandem pricing.

Will they be jumping New Years Eve as well?

Hey Jessica, I don't know the exact location but I do know for a fact that there was a Skyventure sold for the Dallas area.I think the deal was made early this year. Now that I think about it I believe it will be in Arlington. Blue ones I recall seeing an annoucement that the SkyVenture tunnel was going to be in the Grapevine Mills Mall area. I was looking for info about it a couple of weeks ago though, and couldn't find any details.

I too am a platelet donor. Platelet donors are allowed to donate more frequently than whole blood donors. At my local blood bank I'm allowed to give every two weeks with a maximum of 24 donations per year. With platelets you are also allowed to give multiple units at each donation. I generally give triples, but always make at least a double donation. So far this year I've made 12 donations for a total of 34 units. I'll make one more donation this year which will put me over the 20 gallon lifetime mark. The vast majority of platelet donations at my local donor center goes directly to a local children's hospital for cancer patient treatment. They have a few pictures of these kids posted at the donor center which continue to be my inspiration to donate regularly.