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but he only remembers the second half of that 31,000'tandem...

cohabitating... geez... i thought it was spelled copulating *with my beautiful wife!* at the dz, one of my tandem instructors always had an easier way to ask if the pretty little girl tandem student was available, he would simply ask, "Are you married or Happy?" said Fast Eddie. Chris

september 1... virgo (also named ) Chris

Derek, I covered the cost of your Dash-M repair, myself. You did not pay for it. Chris

Hmmmmmm.... (don't enter the witch-hunt arena... don't do it, don't...) Well I did it anyway. The information that you received from Simon Mundell probably came from the wind tunnel (hehehe), so I won't dispute it (hehehehehe)... HMA has twice the life of Vectran. Period. Look at the line. Make a stow...notice how much smaller that total group of lines is compared to the Vectran 580 lines lines currently on your VX. Only an inverse wind tunnel can tell you that less produces more drag. Hogwash! As far as relining, FX's and VX's with HMA... Once the Xaos-21 was released, we were swamped with requests to reline EXTremes with HMA. Initially, we asked that the customers contact Icarus canopies with their requests. Icarus told the customers no. (I'm speculating, but I think it was only because of zero experience with the line.) To engineer the lineset for an EXTreme required a bit of work as it had to be continuous (because of the small line strength)... we use 160, 200 and 430 kg strengths. We also incorporate our stabilrib (which removes the endcell logo panels....). I have never had it requested, but if you'd like your logo panels sewn onto our stabilribs Derek, we'd be happy to accomodate. Our X-FX and X-VX mods are becoming very popular, I have yet to hear a negative report. (But it still ain't a Xaos!) We have not removed warning labels on any mods. Simply let us know if you'd like to have your EXTreme label sewn on to the new stabilrib. more on HMA... can't confirm it, but I was told that another manufacturer has prototype canopies competing at BladeRaid using HMA line... Thanks! Chris Derek, perhaps you're unaware that Precision is a major stockholder of Icarus Canopies, Inc. ... some of your statements are incorrect.

7! my lucky number... who's talking to me... where's that voice coming from?

Wow... Phreezone was commenting on how nice it is to see everyone donating to Jump for the Cause... (I noticed something special about this day for Phree and replied:) "Phreezone, We love to help... I'd love to encourage everyone out there to make a donation to Jump for the Cause... Just think of any reason to make a special donation... like YOUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE REGISTERING ON DZ.COM? Phree, Did you know it's your one year anniversary? Congrats... Chris

Phreezone, We love to help... I'd love to encourage everyone out there to make a donation to Jump for the Cause... Just think of any reason to make a special donation... like YOUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE REGISTERING ON DZ.COM? Phree, Did you know it's your one year anniversary? Congrats... Chris

Congratulations! our winner correctly identified the item as a "pencil".. a popular rigging tool for certificated riggers and others. We are sending a $100 merchandise credit to our lucky winner and after he found out, this is what he pm'ed to me.. ..."Thanks Chris, I will make an contibution equivelant to the prize to JFTC. Pete.." Is that great or what?!!! Hats off to Pete! Chris

"no statement will be made until the family has been notified"

yes... the "27" will be there... Chris

we have a winner! sorry for the late reply... Chris

question of the week.... last week we saw the "P9"....... what is this one.... prizes awarded? !! "USA HB NJ" manufacturer: sanford..... chris

the x-braced tandem is fun..... Seriously, Chris 220 sq.ft.!

look at the pic again... the dog was in the back, he just dropped his girlfriend at the train station, got arrested for drinking (Jack Daniels), mother in law is calling the police, cows broke down the fence, and billy (bob) is boycotting the Am-trak reform bill...

speaking of train wrecks.... did you hear about the 100+ car pile-up south of Chattanooga today? terrible fog related.... ouch, glad i'm north of ga.

hehehehehe

www.jumpforthecause.com yea, i knew you all would look... now check out the website.. Chris

wow...32k and change... not too good... does that mean i may not be the computer geek i'm accused of being? (here i am... question answered..)

that's great... i never would've thought of it! Chris

I was saddened deeply when I first heard about this... (She was close to my own daughter's age). I did notice a few weeks back you were out looking for her in the desert. I'm sure the family greatly appreciates your help. Continue to support your friends. They need you. Blues, Chris

JUMP! simple... Sitting in an airplane holding the yoke and aiming it thru the sky is not flying... (That's called driving). Now don't get me wrong.... I've been driving airplanes thru the sky for about five thousand hours over the last dozen or so years and I do like it... Go with the skydiving... nothing will be more rewarding. I can tell you haven't set your priorities. You need to think of everything in terms of jump tickets or gear purchases... i.e. don't think of how many dollars you earn each working hour, translate that into how much altitude, (if you're a tipped or bonused employee, that money translates into beer at days end). If you're young and devoting your career to flying then you need to start considering new ways to fly for free... ferry airplanes, log as check pilot on instrument training flights, etc. But you'll never regret choosing flying your body over driving an airplane... I really like driving airplanes, But I really Love flying (me-skydiving)! Chris

uh-huh...

remember everyone.... the ultimate "altimeter" is your eyes. look... please.

depends on the local area.... desert.... i see the horizon creep up, and around at/about 500-1000' in the valley in tennessee, we see the hilltop go past at about 1200'... then we look down to see the ground "rush" Chris