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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>
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To: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it>
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Subject: Re: my first jump
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On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Marco Molteni wrote:

> Heh heh heh,
> I was completely *sure* that FreeBSD people are not normal ;-)
> so, at least, there are 3 jumpers and one pilot around...
> 
> > From: Branson Matheson <Branson.Matheson@ferginc.com>
> >
> > Heh .. my current passion is learning to "drive" the airplane. I
> > should complete my VFR pilots lic around christmas... and I cannot
> > wait.  It isn't the same as jumping ( and I hope I never have to
> > learn that part whilst flying my plane ;-) But I do love it.
> 
> Why not? It could be the occasion to learn a new sport ;-)
> 

Well, I hope to have my private pilot's license in a month (weather
permitting :-( ). And as the saying with pilots goes:
Why jump off of a perfectly running airplane?

> 
> > From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
> >
> > Heh heh!
> >
> > I did my 400th skydive in January this year :-)
> >
> > Welcome. You are one of the few, now...
> 
> Thanks Mark :-) (What? only 400? ;-)
> 
> 
> > From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
> >
> > According to Marco Molteni:
> >
> > > This weekend I did my first 3 jumps with a wing canopy from 1200
> > > meters (still static line).
> >
> > Wait till you'll do free fall (is there a better translation ?),
> > that even better !
> 
> Yes, freefall. I'm eager, and also a bit scared ;-)
> And then relative work, freestyle, ...
> Wow! (Yes, I know, I know, I need years to learn ;-)
> 
> 
> Marco Molteni
> Computer Science student at the Universita' degli studi di Milano, Italy.
>              "Whuffo you jump out of them airplanes?"
> 
> 
> 
Nadav