Forum: General Discussion
08-12-2014, 12:09 PM
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Greetings Everyone!
Hello!
I can't believe its been 5 years since we first looked into the DZ idea in Laconia. Wow, how time flies (no pun intended....lol). With the federal PLA analysis stalled by the sequester,...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-11-2013, 01:48 PM
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Views: 421,106
Thank you for the continued interest
Greetings RI Swamp Yankee and FLLess,
In my last post here it ended with:
Unfortunately not much has changed to date. Still waiting. The sequester put a pretty big delay on this national...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-24-2013, 10:41 AM
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We Exist. lol
That actually made me laugh this morning as I read the post (and I got the joke....lol).
Like some of you, Mary and I shake our heads sometimes that this process has gone on as long as it has. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-22-2013, 11:47 AM
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Skydive Laconia
Hi Terry!
Thank you for the continued endoresement. :)
Looking forward to 2013 as well. We remain committed as ever and look forward to the FAA's final pubication.
Have a great winter!
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Forum: General Discussion
10-21-2012, 10:29 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi RLW!
Thank you for the inquiry. Admittedly, I haven't been able to update much lately, as there hasn't been much to update in terms of news. And I didn't want anyone accusing me of posting...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-20-2012, 12:01 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
It will. In a few months when the FAA makes a return visit to the airport armed with a standardized national evaluation process. At that time, with about 99% probability, the FAA will grant us...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-18-2012, 03:39 PM
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Views: 421,106
Bay State Skydiving
http://www.tauntongazette.com/features/x1318992648/Only-in-todays-Taunton-Gazette?photo=0
Front cover, above the fold.
Blue skies to all and to all a good flight,
Tom
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Forum: General Discussion
06-12-2012, 11:31 AM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
We are located in Taunton, MA (KTAN). The "Bay State Skydiving Center" made it's first skydives last weekend over the airfield, along side flight school flights, banner towing and all the other...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-11-2012, 04:09 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi Steveo,
Thanks for sharing that link. Ironically enough, I was never notified of the open house....lol. I wonder if the FBOs took down those "Skydive Laconia?" scare tactic ads for the day? ...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-26-2012, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi Terry,
Thank you for continued support and enthusiasm. It is very very much appreciated.
Hi kchadw,
Thank you for your post. Mary was actually at Sebastian this past weekend...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-14-2012, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi RLW,
Thanks for the inquiry. We're just anxiously awaiting the finalization of this national evaluation advisory. Once it's done, the FAA in Washington has assured us that Laconia will be one...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-21-2012, 07:12 PM
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Views: 421,106
Alton Bay Ice Runway
Hi RLW,
It is quite legal to do that, assuming the appropriate NOTAM is filed and permission granted. A friend of ours used to make that (cold) jump into the ice airport in the past. The role of...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-21-2012, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia Update
Greetings to all,
It's been a quick winter season down here in Daytona Beach (remember, we are "Floridians" after all......lol), and I just wanted to offer a quick update on things.
I hope...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-09-2011, 01:05 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Thank you all for your continued support, and thank you RLW for your e-card.
Hi PG,
There won't be any impact to the regional airports as far as the amount of funding available if/when the FAA...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-08-2011, 09:47 AM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Wow, we just went over 50,000 views of this thread. So much for no one caring about a "small dirt road business", eh? :)
We just wanted to take a moment and say thank you to all of you that...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-04-2011, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi Pineedles,
Thank you for support. All I would ask of any of you that are reading this that disagree with the way your local elected officials have handled this situation, is to simply vote...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-03-2011, 04:38 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi Terry
Thank you for your continued support. I have been offline the last month or so, for my yearly trek into the Himalaya (www.everest-skydive.com) where my team and I take clients skydiving...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-23-2011, 10:06 AM
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Skydive Laconia
So I finally got through all of the FOIA public comment submissions last night.
I have to say, now that I have read them, I feel much much better about them.
For starters, as I said earlier,...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-22-2011, 01:45 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
It's interesting you bring up the "native" thing Steveo, because it helps explain why my wife and I are referred to as "Floridians" in this thread and occasionally in the papers.
I didn't know the...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-21-2011, 05:42 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
I want to end the day on a positive note.
Check out this link:
This is my friend from Australia. His first video, Experience Human Flight, I posted a link to earlier in this thread. It...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-21-2011, 04:23 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Your right Steveo,
They have a perception that if we show up to operate "they" will lose fuel sales because "they" believe that the jets will stop coming to LCI if parachutes are operating.
As...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-20-2011, 02:30 PM
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Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
Hi Steveo,
Here are the reasons and the responses:
Reason: The presence of parachutes will make the jets stop flying in. That means we lose the $5,000 (gross) fuel sale when a jet stops...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-20-2011, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
I was going over the original posts of this thread and have a question for TRFOUR, from a post a long, long time ago:
Terry, was that a Laconia Airport Authority board meeting you reference,...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-20-2011, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
For all the free thinkers out there like you that want facts and transparent education, there is still a small handful of people up there that are absolutely opposed to our dissemination of factual...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-20-2011, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 591
Views: 421,106
Skydive Laconia
JP's accusation:
Here is an excerpt from my initial email to Mr. Babbitt:
But the reality is, for him and everyone up there, it is not I that has inconvenienced them, it is the LAA and...
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