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07-20-2010, 11:22 PM | #1 | ||
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July 21, 2010: Caterpillar Club
Naw, no bugs.
The Caterpiller Club is only open to people who have had their lives saved by a parachute, after they were forced to jump from a disabled plane. The pins, membership cards and certificates, are awarded by the companies that make the chutes, primarily Irvin and Switlik. Switlik says; Quote:
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Skydivers and sport parachutists are not eligible because, as my Dad (82nd Airborne) would say, the damn fools jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. more pictures link link
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07-21-2010, 08:08 AM | #2 |
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So what? Just some pieces of paper. I "hang out" in front of junior-high schools every afternoon, waiting for the little bus to pick me up, and I see paper all the time. Everywhere I go, from the office of my court-ordered psychiatrist to the floor of my cage in Grannie's basement, I see paper in some form.
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07-21-2010, 08:10 AM | #3 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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You wily newtimer!
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07-21-2010, 09:10 AM | #4 |
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newtimer, I guess your Grannie, and the courts, are your parachute.
btw, well played.
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07-21-2010, 09:21 AM | #5 |
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Seems wrong to print the certificate on paper. Should be printed on silk.
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07-21-2010, 02:39 PM | #6 |
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in caterpillar blood....
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07-21-2010, 03:06 PM | #7 |
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Except how do know your "perfectly good" airplane won't make a perfectly good crash landing? I say get out now and don't wait to discover the 999 other failure modes people will die to find. I'd rather be foolish, than dead in a plane (its the MAX POWER way ).
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07-21-2010, 07:20 PM | #8 |
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I used to jump a lot. Civilian club jump planes are not "perfectly good airplanes". They are stripped down to the bare minimum weight then they are loaded with bodies to the point where they have to use ground effect to take off. They climb hard, land, and do it again all day. I was always nervous during the climb, and didn't relax until I was out of the damned things.
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07-21-2010, 07:27 PM | #9 |
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So it becomes a perfectly good airplane once you and your friends have jumped out of it.
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07-21-2010, 08:27 PM | #10 | |
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"Perfectly good" only happens in the past tense, when everyone is back on the ground safe. I'm not putting down skydiving. It's a heck of a kick. Tick Last edited by Tick; 07-21-2010 at 08:28 PM. Reason: Changed "After" to "Above" for clarity. |
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07-22-2010, 08:15 AM | #11 | |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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07-22-2010, 06:10 PM | #12 |
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I shall now boast. Not only is my last name "Irvin", I was born on Oct. 13, 1943, the day after that second Caterpillar Club card was issued. A few years ago, talking with a WWII vet who had jumped out of a disabled plane, I asked him if he was a member of that club. He called happily to another vet, "Hey, George! She knows what the Caterpillar Club is!" Thanks for making more people aware of it.
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07-22-2010, 07:39 PM | #13 |
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Cool, tombstone, are you related to Leslie or just a coincidence?
Hey, wait a minute... if you knew about this shit, why didn't YOU tell us about it, you knowledge hoarder you.
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07-23-2010, 01:38 PM | #14 |
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Bruce, Um--as far as I know, no relation. I know LOTS of things, and you don't want to get a garralous old granny started!
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07-23-2010, 07:40 PM | #15 |
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Oh but I do... I do.
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