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- From: horn@freefall.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Horn)
- Subject: Re: Breaking one FAR can ruin your whole day.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.145657.22625@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System)
- Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center
- References: <1jledoINNdju@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan21.153202.17819@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan21.204105.13141@wdl.loral.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:56:57 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.204105.13141@wdl.loral.com> WALKERK@ssvax1.ssd.loral.com ('Kent Walker') writes:
- >In <1993Jan21.153202.17819@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> horn@freefall.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
- >
- >> Somewhere in there it says: if you're jumping from <10k' MSL you have to
- >> have 500' horizontal clearance from clouds, you must be at least 1000' above
- >> any clouds and at least 500' below any clouds (I'm not sure I remember the
- >> numbers correctly).
- >>
- >Hmmmm.... Isn't the "Cloud Question" on the USPA license exams anymore? I seem
- >to recall it being asked on every test, A through D.
-
- Yes, and please forgive me oh perfected one, for clearly my memory does not
- serve me as well as yours serves you. I shall, in the future, make up for
- this error by memorizing the holy FARs - all parts! Have mercy on me, amen.
- ;-)
-
- Sersiously, I just don't remember the specifics, but I do remember that you
- must have cloud clearance. And on days that I need this information I just
- refer to my SIM for the necessary specifics.
-
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