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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

Not enough protection from Ebola.LOL

Nothing is.

I fly into Ebola areas. All you can do is minimize contact and try to ensure two steps removed. There are no guarantees.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Problem is by the time you get on your mask and gloves you are already exposed and screwed.

You are a defeatist, LMFAO. But that really isn't uncommon today.

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Nothing is.

I fly into Ebola areas. All you can do is minimize contact and try to ensure two steps removed. There are no guarantees.

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That was the point of my sarcastic remark to Rhino. Lots of the other diseases as well. Many people have forgotten how contagious Measles are. Walk through a room one hour after someone with measles has been there, and you are exposed to the virus.

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You are a defeatist, LMFAO. But that really isn't uncommon today.

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No, a realist and scientifically informed. You really should get the plastic splash shield. LOL

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Problem is by the time you get on your mask and gloves you are already exposed and screwed.

You are a defeatist, LMFAO. But that really isn't uncommon today.

It's hard to pack MOPP 4 gear, and a parachute into your carry-on. And by the time you've got it all on, you've probably forgotten something, like duct taping two level 4 trauma plates to your back in case you're being shot at by some guy with a .338 Lapua.

But it's kind of like the story about two guys being chased by a grizzly, and one guy has a 22lr. As long as RHINO buys the farm after the guy without the mask, he still wins right?

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Yep.

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Originally posted by LDD:

It's hard to pack . . . a parachute into your carry-on.

And then there was the time I brought a parachute with me on a Pan-Am flight from JFK to San Juan. True story.

Carried it on board, would not let the Sky Waitress take it from me to stow it away.

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And then there was the time I brought a parachute with me on a Pan-Am flight from JFK to San Juan. True story.

Carried it on board, would not let the Sky Waitress take it from me to stow it away.

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OK Paul Harvey. How about the rest of the story...

I was on a JetBlue flight in February that hit 711. I snapped a picture of the information screen at 701. I assume that’s fast?
Lineman

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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And then there was the time I brought a parachute with me on a Pan-Am flight from JFK to San Juan. True story.

Carried it on board, would not let the Sky Waitress take it from me to stow it away.

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OK Paul Harvey. How about the rest of the story...

Well, since you asked . . .

It was in the 1950s. I was in the Navy, stationed at NAS (Naval Air Station) Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. I had a bunch of leave time accrued and decided to go home, the NYC area, for a visit. There was room on a P2V Neptune that was going to NAS Floyd Bennett (now closed, it was near Idlewild, the original name for JFK on Long Island), but there was a regulation requiring a parachute for each occupant and they did not have a spare on board.

I got permission to check a parachute out from our squadron's parachute loft, signed for it, and I was made to understand that the penalty for not returning it would be severe. Uneventful flight from Puerto Rico to NY. I rode the subway to Grand Central, then a commuter train to the suburb where my family lived, and a bus to my street, all with a Navy parachute.

With my leave time approaching an end, I called every military aviation outfit that I could think of, to see if there was anything going to Puerto Rico, looking to hitch a ride back. Nope. Nothing. So I paid for a seat on Pan-Am. Boarded the flight, and the Sky Waitress (reference to "Third Rock From The Sun") wanted to stow the parachute.

I was concerned that somebody might get to it before I did when we arrived in San Juan and mindful of the warnings about not returning it, I was adamant about hanging on to it. I did get some questions from fellow passengers, so I played the role of the nervous flyer and said that I since Pan-Am did not supply parachutes I brought my own, to increase my chances of surviving the flight. I drank a lot, too.

The flight was uneventful (drat!) and I made the trip from the San Juan airport to Roosevelt Roads in a publico (sort of a cross between a taxi and an inter-city limo in Puerto Rico). The final "adventure" was the security inspection by the Marine at the gate to the Naval Air Station. He did not believe my story about the borrowed parachute, he wanted to confiscate it, and I had to call the duty officer at my squadron to come and get me.

And that's the rest of the story.

Carrying a parachute on board as a passenger isn't a problem. I've done it before when traveling to jump; it's a bad idea to check parachute gear.

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:

Carrying a parachute on board as a passenger isn't a problem. I've done it before when traveling to jump; it's a bad idea to check parachute gear.

Yup! You can never tell when you might need it.

thanks for the story, I enjoyed hearing it.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Yup! You can never tell when you might need it.

I can. If I'm wearing it, I plan to get out of the airplane at some point prior to landing. The parachute helps.