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Prove they were charging for flight time.

Well

Because it’s a shame. Good people. Great operation when I attended the school. Same thing with the dual P-40 I flew. FAA shut them down also. Best experience I have had with an exceptional pilot. I’m tired of government protecting me from myself. They allowed the guy to operate for 12 flippin...

Down payment on the nice Cessna 195 I’ve always wanted. Or PT-22. Or buy back my dad’s Cessna 175, restore it and convert to taildragger.

Yeah I do. If you saw what you needed to crawl through to get to the stick on top wing, a parachute would be a liability.

In your wallet.

Not possible and dangerous. You would not be able to access the upper wing safely. Inadvertent deployment of the chute would be disastrous. General mobility wearing the chute would be much more of a safety issue.

What more could be done to reduce the risks?

And it took them 12 years to come to that conclusion. What a joke.

Yeah, that’s unfortunate.

OK. As safe as practicable. Risk was minimized to an acceptable level.

That’s still my mantra and I’m turning 60. Like the Blondie song, “Die Young, Stay pretty. Live fast ‘cause it won’t last”.

Untrue. There are footholds/stirrups and a racing web belt around your waist. All positive G maneuvers. What else do you need? Lower wing you ride the javelin wrapping legs and arms around it.

The ground school was very good. Dry run of what to do once up there. Both top and bottom wing maneuvers. There is a tether. However, I looked at it as more of a morale booster and thinking, “man I am going to make one heck of a rumble against the fuselage if I fall”. lol. She told us what to...

When I did it I looked at the tether as more moral support than anything. Lol I figured if I fell, there was no way I was climbing back in plane. I’d probably make a hellova racket banging against the fuselage. Fantastic experience though!

That’s because people are too worried about or involved with staying alive rather than living.

They didn’t need to step in. The operation was safe and fun.

Well some of us like to live life to the fullest. Ya gotta go sometime. Doesn’t really matter when or how.

Such a shame. Great operation. Very safe. Exceptional instruction. Reminds me of the dual P-40 I flew that the FAA in its infinite wisdom shut down also. Another very safe, excellent operation. I felt totally prepared and safe. In addition, a parachute would be a dangerous accessory to have...