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Heads up DZO’s, looking to hire?


We all know how difficult it can be to get good help – and we all know that skydivers may not always be the most reliable workers around. It’s a combination of that constant ADD, getting distracted by shiny things and prominent gypsy nature so many skydivers seem to have in spades.
But some are dependable, solid workers – and remain employed at the same dropzone for years, doing a fantastic job. Some even become managers or DZO’s eventually. But we all know that some examples of lazy, opportunistic, sloppy SOB’s that you don’t really want working for you.

And why would you, when you can hire this guy:

The picture above features tim Tim from beautiful Jump Florida in Lake Wales has nothing to do with the video – it just funny and fits the topic. As far as we know, he’s not currently looking for help.

News Roundup

There’s a bit of skydiving in the news right now. Here are some quick links to satisfy your current events cravings, because we know there isn’t enough going on in the news this week to keep you occupied.

Loop Parachutist

A tipster tipped us off to this tidbit of tippery this week.

Loop parachutist falls into the arms of the law
By William Lee Tribune reporter
2:41 p.m. CDT, April 3, 2011

A Chicago police officer must have thought he was seeing things when he spotted a parachute-wearing man early this morning drifting down to a Loop street from a skyscraper construction site.
The alert Central District cop heard a popping noise in the air in the 100 block of West Wacker Drive around 2:40 a.m. Seconds later, he spotted a man slowly falling to the ground by a parachute, according to police spokesman Officer John Mirabelli.
Police said the downtown daredevil appeared to have leaped from the unconstructed shell of the Waterview Tower and Shangri-La Hotel, a high-end condominium/hotel resort at which construction sputtered to a halt in 2009, during the nation’s economic woes. Only about 26 floors of the planned 90-floor project had been completed.
After making sure the 44-year-old man was uninjured, the officer took the man into custody. The parachutist, Shaun Walters, of Ottawa, was charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct.
Walters was unavailable for comment.

Naughty, naughty, Mr. Walters!

photo by Flickr user HBarrison

Parachuting- How to Parachute Safely For The First Time

Maybe it’s just the Monday morning haze, and I know this is a fake scam/phishing/shady site, but there’s something oddly poetic about this post. To save you the trouble of clicking over to it and potentially falling victim to some evil scheme, here is the text:

Parachuting- How to Parachute Safely For The First Time

One way is using the fixed ripcord system. Articles of ipod screen protector In this system, the parachute is connected to the fuselage of the plane. Jumping from the airplane, the ripcord will open its container and heave the parachute pack. Because only when the parachute lanyard completely stretches that the parachute can pull away from the parachute package, This system can help you to avoid the winding between parachute lanyard and canopy. The cost of the fixed parachute rip cord system is lower than other means, but it will take more time to learn the same skill.How to

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Another method is to adopt accelerate free fall (namely AFF). In the method of AFF, actually you jump out of the airplane from the height of 12,000 feet (3658 meters), fall freely about 40 seconds and then pull the fixed ripcord to open the parachute. In the course of free falling, we must maintain an aerodynamic body posture.Want to Know Whys that Have Smudge to ? Here It Is!

The third method is to apply the coming after style parachuting. The advantage of this method is that almost everyone can enjoy the fun of parachuting without attending training courses. During the coming after parachuting, you are virtually a passenger flying with the coach. 5 Rules You should Break

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