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Skydiving from 30,000 Feet

Beep, Beep, Beep...

Here Comes Sputnik!

Motorola HT-220 Handie Talkie

1999 International Grand Ball

Showcase Foxtrot Dance Routine

NF-104 Space Pilot Trainer

Amateur Television (real TV, not cellphone cam)

Various Topics:

April 2001 Tango Routine
200th Anniversary of Skydiving
Ballroom Dance Excuses
Skydiving in the days when the world was flat and the parachutes were round.
Answers to, "Why do we study math?"
"As the empty bottles piled higher, the jump stories got cheaper."
Exam Stories
Space Aliens and UFOs
Winery 101

Selected FAA Publications:

Parachute Rigger Knowledge Test Guide	FSS knowledge requirements for parachute rigger certification
Skydiving, Accidents, and the FAA	Part 105 - Parachute Jumping (e-CFR)
Parachute Rigger Test Question Bank	FAA Accident & Incident Data
Advisory Circulars	Advisory Circular 105-2C
Airworthiness Directives

Selected Parachute Industry Association Publications:

PIA Service Bulletin Listing (Zipped GIF files)	PIA Technical Standards
PIA Technical Bulletins	Rigger's Check List For Emergency Parachute Marking/Labeling Of Parachutes Manufactured Under TSO C-23b.

California:

CHP Golden Gate Comm Center Log	Caltrans highway conditions
California Energy System Status	CDF Fire Incidents
CDF-FRAP Data	Bayscan messages
NorCal Skydiving messages	Recent Earthquakes for San_Francisco
Vehicle Smog History (cheapee 10-28s)	SJC airport FBO info
SCV water district map of gauges and data	Live Flight Tracker
NAPCO messages	Bay Area NWS Radar Image
SJC airport monitor	SFO Flight Tracks
Caltrans Live Cameras	NWS SF Bay Area
EDIS by email	Dance gossip at rec.arts.dance
Earthquake Hazard Maps (ABAG)	EDIS Alerting Messages
AntennaWeb.org mapping program	TV Fool coverage maps
GOES satellite view towards MRY

Surfin Sites:

Radio Station Search Form	QRZ, ham radio supersite
Hamsexy, website that makes its own gravy	The Batlounge
eHam, ham radio on the net	Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters
ASCII Character Set	DOI Morning Report
FCC General Menu Reports	FCC ULS License Search
Online Conversions	Reporter Desktop
Topographic Maps & Aerial Photos	Terra Server USA
TV technical information for DXers	Domaintools whois
Internic whois	American Registry for Internet Numbers
NetSol whois	Airnav Airport Information
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System	DINS NOTAM System
Emergency Managers Weather Information Network	NASA gossip at NASA Watch
NOAA SSD fire detection program	Aircraft Registration Database
Current Asteroid Impact Risks	FAA Registry
Azimuth and elevation calculation for satellites	satellite alignment calculator
On-Line Satellite Calculations	LyngSat Stream
FEMA flood maps	FTAList.com
Satellite TV Resources	SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens

U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock

USNO Clock Times (UTC, EDT, CDT, MDT, PDT)
Standard Time Zone Conversions	Time Service Department, USNO
UTC Time from time.gov	Pacific Time from time.gov

2-way Radio Sites

Natl Interagency Incident Comms Div (NIICD) documents	NIICD documents index
Wildland Fire Communications	Programming LPX 800MHz BK radios
repeater-builder.com BK info page	BK Radio Information Board
EPH Narrow Band Programming Info	Aux-FM adapter for Relm (King)

And some pictures to slow the download time:

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