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They always spook me too. The dogs got all excited too. It was 10-15 seconds long and rumbling for me. The house was shaking - not a lot - but enough to wanna run outside. We went outside asap. I don't see a report yet on the USGS site. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

This was your mistake. There is no reason to go off O2 that early. Wait until the climb out command is given by lights or verbally or visually from the lead AC or noticing that the other AC have floaters out. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Was that the right or left riser? My 'guess' is that it was the right riser. Check the container for burn marks. - riser covers were they narrow down - eg the lower part of the 'ear' - check the top flap of the reserve - maybe you are pushing the risers under that flap during packing or if you have roll in your body during deployment the riser might temporarily hang on the reserve flap. That could also cause such a burn. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

If anyone is driving between Eloy and Chandler in the next few days, please contact me asap. I need something brought to Chandler from Eloy and then back to Eloy before the end of the month. 951-658-3526 aerosoftware_AT_makeithappen.com replace _AT_ with @ Thanks . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Most of your questions may be dispensed with an understanding that a student's pull altitude varies along the progression from FJS to an A license holder. At early cats or levels, pull altitudes are higher (~5500 ft agl). At later levels the pull altitude is lowered to ~3500 ft agl. Most JMs will not tell their students they will pull for them. But a common JM practice is that if the student does not pull within 500-1000 feet of assigned pull altitude the JM can reach in and pull the student. As to the 'lock-on' technique - I think that is a totally inappropriate and incompatible lesson to teach a student. The technique was developed and implemented by JMs that had a hard time reacting to a student that might have been behind the pull at xyz altitude power curve. The technique is contrarian to what jumpers need to do once off student status. It leads to new jumpers not tracking all the way to pull altitude, new jumpers suddenly focusing 100% attention upon a gizmo and new jumpers not watching for traffic. I was an AFF-I from the mid 80's to early 90's. Student, including FJS, pull altitudes were typically 3500 or 4000. There was none of this 'lock-on' crap. The student did a wave off 500 feet above pull altitude. That's how a JM knew the student was altitude aware. Personally, I think the inflated pull altitudes and 'lock on' techniques are a manifestation of JMs out there working that do not perform adequate ground training, cannot respond to students' action in real time on a jump and inferior flying skills of AFF-Is. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

How often do PI cases go to the jury or have a judge rule on them? Is it possible that a verdict is never attained and that some sort of ‘settlement’ is reached between or among some or all of the parties? Would the insurance company also apply leverage to settle a lawsuit because it would be more cost effective to do that as opposed to pursuing ligtigation and exonerating their insured? The money trail is what counts, not what is right or wrong. This is so obvious. Recently I have heard people, that I used to think were quite intelligent, totally ignore the concept that insurance and the insurance company’s business decisions are in the driver’s seat. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

How does an insurance policy effect the outcome, settlement, jury trial of a case? . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

How does an insurance policy effect the 'rightness' or 'wrongness' of someone's actions? . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

DHA may help some. Don't give it with Vit E because it's efficacy is significantly reduced. You can get that at a health food store. That's one of the drugs my dog got for hemangiosarcoma. I have some left over drugs from last Nov. see this page for details. Also there are several groups on yahoo that may help. Canine Cancer Sumner Foundation aims at raising awareness of hemangiosarcoma (there is probably one specific to osteosarcoma) I wish you and your dog the best. I've had two dogs died of cancer. The other one was from lymphosarcoma. See also CVS Angel Care - lots of good info here . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Nice. The wacker builds look good too. now an OMG moment.... I can see the dive engineering changes that you made and where you cut slots. You changed the 5-way loops to 4-way loops with a stinger. Even the 4-way loops look too 'loopy', esp the one at 3 o'clock. That's because the 8-way base is not round, but oval. The radials are compressed over on that side of the formation. You cut stingers at 9 o'clock and 6 o'clock. You cut a wacker guy from the 2nd row of wackers at 7-8 o'clock. And the best part is that you used DiveMaker for the drawing. Good skydive. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Did he do any Cessna jumps recently? or just jam-ups on the ground on a Cessna? I've seen bent pins like that from hitting the rig on the door/wing of a Cessna from the 'step' position. BTW, gear checks - check the reserve pin before each jump. I know a lot of folks don't do that -but they should. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Read it carefully though... all of those requirements are for IF you use a single harness, dual parachute system. Nowhere (that I can find) does it say that you MUST use a single harness, dual parachute system... It just says that if you use a two parachute system that it must be approved, reserve packed, etc. Right? Sec. 91.307 Parachutes and parachuting (b) Except in an emergency, no pilot in command may allow, and no person may conduct, a parachute operation from an aircraft within the United States except in accordance with part 105 of this chapter. QED . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

You should read this then. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

What does "sine timore" mean? without fear Yeah I thought that was weird too. I thought maybe changing the size of the red and yellow pie shapes might be better. Then I nixed that idea because it would make it red for a lot of good altitude that is not really crisis mode. For someone without fear - he sure does pull high. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Good information, and a little scary that on 'normal' exits we are only a couple feet at most from hitting the tail every jump. Still it didn't clarify if Eric Hedges exited from the plane while it was on a level jump run, pilot green light given. Statistics on that scenario I'd really like to know. IIRC (remember that was 18 years ago), people gave different stories about whether or not the plane was level. If it wasn't exactly level it was was pretty darn close to being level. I don't remember if people said the green light was turned on. But the spot was good. He landed in the main landing area east of the buildings. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Excerpt from Sandia Report SAND85-1180 "An Introduction to Deployable Recovery Systems" The Birth of the US Licensing System STRAC to USAPT Canine Partroopers I have lots of references that describe how German Kurt Student and Russians developed the rapid deployment forces (aka paratroopers) loooooong before the US did in WW2. As a college student, do you know the difference between cited, sighted and sited? Please credit the citations properly. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

I did not use a thesaurus, just my vocabulary. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

I do not often post to bonfire, but this post is so offensive, I have to say something about it. It is worse than calling Obama the N-word or Clinton the C-word. Your insipid portrayal of a woman physically beaten inculcates a long-standing tradition to impute a woman’s (or any other repressed group) place or social situation upon the oppressed segment of society. Your spoof comes across as though it was a mere punctilio in a woman’s life. Your intransigent position (and those of others) augments the lack of exculpation of down-trodden members of our society. You have reinforced stereotypes of ‘It’s all their fault they are in the bad position that they are in.’ The down-trodden are not generally milquetoasts. They may be people that do not know how to cope with an extreme adverse condition that is not their fault. It is people like you that nourish the obdurate people of this world. The polemical comments do not lend credence to your arguments. I do believe that no one will ever accuse you of being sagacious. You are an acolyte for those that wish to continue to abuse the rights of people. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Rich... you made my day. You get a beer or even a jump, on me, next time I see you. Keep up the good work. PS My name is Jan Meyer. No s. Not that anyone cares about that. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Please see avatar for anything that is not clear. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Another such issue has arisen. I wake up each day now and have a conversation among ‘Me’, ‘Myself’ and ‘I’. Here is how it goes: Me: Jan, this is publicly available information. You should inform the membership. Myself: Jan, HQ told you not to say anything about it. I: Jan, I can’t live with you anymore. I want a divorce. Me: Truffer will eventually pick up on it. Myself: That’s BS. Truffer doesn’t know jack unless someone calls him and tells him. I: Have I become a besotted version of my former self? . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

You have it backwards. USPA put the gag in place, not the courts. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

Bill, you have made false accusations against me. I never made any false allegations against anyone and submitted over 1200 pages of documentation in my deposition for the SDA v. SR case. BTW, I was deposed by both sides. That is another story. IOW, Bill, you don’t have a clue about this. If you knew what I know, your opinion on the entire matter would be very different. For more detailed information, see avatar. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

The original complaint also quoted a post by Todd Spillers and attributed it to Chris Welker, not to mention out of context quotes from me. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker

I seem to be saying this a lot lately: Forgive them Father, for they do not know what they are talking about. Wish I could elaborate - see avatar. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker