BabaLouie

Here is the obit for Dan .... quite a remarkable person. farewell Daniel louis Oct. 23, 2004 Saturday, October 23, 2004 Daniel G. McFadden Daniel Gerard McFadden, father and aviator, made his final flight Sunday at Fredericksburg, VA. Born in Akron December 5, 1953, Dan was fifth of 13 children of Vincent and Florence McFadden of Canton. Dan was an altar boy, sang in the St. Louis Church choir of Louisville and was an Eagle Scout in Troop 15 B.S.A. Graduating St. Thomas Aquinas in 1972, he joined the Navy, then Air Force ROTC at the University of Akron, graduating as Lieutenant with a degree in Theater Arts. After flight training at Del Rio, TX Dan flew hundreds of refueling missions for the Strategic Air Command, later for the Air Force and Navy Reserves, serving in Desert Storm, he left service in 1998 as Major. He acted and directed at the Players Guild of Canton and theater groups nationwide. He was flying for a parachute school when his plane crashed just after take-off. No one else was injured. He is survived by his mother; former wife, Diane Watson of Louisville; their daughter, Kimberly; and his siblings, Frank and Vincent McFadden, Florence Stahly, Margaret Carney, Angel Steed, Katherine Simmons, Mary McFadden-Cohen, Tim, Dave and Monica McFadden, and Ann Granata. Dan is preceded in death by his father and older brother, Michael. Services are at St. John's Church of Canton 10 a.m. Saturday, October 23. A graveside ceremony at St. John's Cemetery will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Joseph's Hospice of Louisville.

An otter? At Hartwood? A little tight for a loaded otter, dontcha think? Yea, I was thinking the same. I think the runway is 3300 feet and a mix of grass and whatever. I have been on many a fat-boy load on the old T-bo and that old beast made it, I suppose an Otter can too. . Maybe one of the pilot types can tell us?

Dammmn... not sure where I fit in there, I don't know if I know anyone who has not been pissed at Harry for one reason or another and I know that Harry has been pissed at me on more than one occasion. Can I still jump at Hartwood?

Perhaps I have missed this in a previous thread/forum but is there any idea of age/DOM and number of jumps for both of the failed student rigs? Are the student Javalins beefier in their construction and material or are they simply a Javalin with a MLW and different deployment system? thanks

Thanks Tailgate, apparently I missed that listing . Bet the scenery is beautiful from altitude. I am not from WV, but I can say this, it is a very scenic state.

USPA does not show any group member DZ's, so I was hoping to find a non-member zone for a friend of my in Charlseston. thanks

Are there any non USPA Group Member dropzones in or around Charleston, West Virginia ? thanks

[reply In addition to altitude though, I'll also be looking for attitude (positive vibe) and professionalism. Oh yes! Professionalism is right at the top of the list as well. I can put up with quite a bit as long as I see that the staff and DZO are operating professionally. The current HPC website still does not reflect the new owner or any operational info such as when they will open and the cost of a jump. I have not seen any advertisement or heard anyone else mention the 'new' HPC other than you. We shall see what the next few weeks hold for HPC.

If the new owner has aircraft that fly, and competent pilots, then Hartwood will probably be to my liking. It is an easy DZ to spot, as in doing the spot, from altitude and I like the landing options. As long as the plane gets 13k for a reasonable price, I will probably be satisfied. With a 206 that should be no problem, if they stop at 10k, well, I won't be at Hartwood, and I imagine a lot of other folks won't be either.

If you are in the market for a new system, you can get FCE for $99. If not, you may be able to wheel/deal with them. Also and supposedly, the Apple online sales people are looking at user accounts that have configured a system, saved the configuration, but did not order. What the sales people are doing then is contacting the perspective customer and offering a deal. Sooooo, you may be able to work out something.

The new owner told me the end of July, he made this statement to me via a phone conversation at the end of May. I hope he pulls it off, Hartwood was always a great place to jump and the weekend cookouts were a blast. If Hartwood reopens at the end of July I will stay in the sport, if not, then my gear goes up for sale. While I can say nothing bad about the two other, excellent dropzones in this area, they just are not to my liking. I must be getting too old and set in my ways.

try this [url]http://www.interkriti.org/culture/festos/phaist2

Christ ! I would just like to get the damn magazine. The last two months have not been sent. Called USPA, they resent the June issue about two weeks ago, still not here, the July issue has not arrived. Called USPA again today, person tells me that the July issue shipped on 15 Jun and to give the mail 30 days for delivery. If I lived in Australia or Hawaii I might understand waiting 30 days, but I live in Virginia. I am considering asking USPA to not send the magazine at all, this way since I won't be expecting the magazine I won't be irritated when it does not arrive.

Safety is the ONLY topic that I will use to judge a DZ and then I do so with discretion. Everything else is very subjective. Was I having a bad day, where the regulars at the DZ having a bad day? The personal dynamics at a DZ are amazingly, well, dynamic. I take that into account, that and the fact that I know that I can be at times, difficult. But I am learning to tone that part of me down

That does not solve all the problems. The larger problems deal with ActiveX, Scripting and Frames. I use a software firewall, Agnitum, and run Opera for the Browser. Even then, I only enable ActiveX, Scripting and Frames on sites that I absolutely trust. The only time I use IE is when I go VPN to my company network. Opera will work there, but the site is really designed for MS products. Don't recall where I read this, but supposedly Bill Gates made a statement that IE was to be redesigned from the ground up due to the number of security issues involving IE.

Not really! I have better sense than to bad mouth a DZ. I would be surprised if you find anyone here who will.

many vibes to him, my father went through that, it is survivable.

As a single male, 49 years of age, I can tell you from my perspective, and the perspective of many of my friends, that it not that a woman has kids as much as it is a fact that all too often these children are a product of a bad marriage. In short most men that I know do not mind children, as long as they are respectful to their mothers. I have dated several women with children, women that I really liked, but unfortuntantly, their children were very, very disprespectful to their mothers and to others in general. I would rather be miserably single than miserably married.

Well, now this is a fine and pleasant misery !

Thanks Quade, appreciate the response. I would be suprised as well, but since Apple left out the 105 I was curious if anyone was useing FCE with the 105. BabaLouie

The below link shows that the Sony DCR-PC105 is not compatible with FCE or iMovie. I realise that lists do not always include all the possibilites, has anyone here been able to use the PC105 on a Mac with iMove or FCE ? thanks http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/camcorders.html

One time was from jumping, other times just rubbing my eyes or sleeping with my face into the pillow. It seems like it is more prone to happen again and again since the initial injury. I have found that it is a great way to give annoying litlle children the 'evil eye'. They usually quite down and leave me alone after one well placed curse with the 'evil eye'.

Yes, this has happened to me several times, took about a month each time to heal. It never did hurt, but any time I spoke with someone they never really wanted to look at me.

Yep, been there several times, first time I was 24, tried to pull the trigger twice on myself, did not do it because a member of my group shot herself in the heart. So I started thinking that maybe I needed to do something about the direction of my life and then took steps to change my emotional patterns, thought processes and career. Believe me, when I say this, I lost everything I had, home, car, money and even friends. It was one of the better decisions that I have ever made. Especially since everything I lost has come back to me, including my sanity and happiness. I have changed careers twice since then, have moved a total of 20 times in my life, in fact just finished a move to a mountain area that I absolutely love and in 7 to 10 years I know that I will retire here. Every change and move were tough, emotionally I had to detatch from folks that I knew and cared about but, every move made my life and love for live a little bit better. Good luck in finding your path and your happiness, I am sure you have the courage to find them. BabaLouie

Good for you, there is nothing worse than a parent issuing an 'idle threat' to their child, except maybe counting to three, counting to three only gives a child the opportunity to test you, to see if you are serious. I can tell you that most of the troubled kids I have dealt with had parents that did not say no AND did not back up a threat of punishment. Hang in there, years down the road, she will understand much better when she has kids of her own. As has already been mentioned, she should always know that she is loved. BabaLouie