Meet Aaliyah!

[StephenAndKyleigh]

Just guessing but

uh - lee - uh

Sweet I was right. Great Singer !!

Haha yes. Good job. And yes she was a fantastic artist. Shame she wasn't on earth longer.

 

[Mariar]

She's beautiful! I just think baby birds are soooo adorable! Congrats on your new family member !

 

[Akuma]

Congrats on your new flock member.
The name is beautiful. It is Arabic. It is the feminine of Ali. It is very common here,but we spell it differently. Here it is often spelled Alia or Aliya.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Many Congrats, Stephen! She's a cutie-pie, and you must be over-the-moon.

 

[StephenAndKyleigh]

Congrats on your new flock member.
The name is beautiful. It is Arabic. It is the feminine of Ali. It is very common here,but we spell it differently. Here it is often spelled Alia or Aliya.

I honestly didnt know that! Thanks for sharing.

Many Congrats, Stephen! She's a cutie-pie, and you must be over-the-moon.

I haven't stopped smiling yet!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

OMG ANOTHER Tyradactile! J/K Stephen! I'm getting bummed out here...seems like everybody is getting a new baby Mac these days..
Congrats Stephen..and as always...keep the photos coming!


Jim

 

[Christinenc2000]

OMG ANOTHER Tyradactile! J/K Stephen! I'm getting bummed out here...seems like everybody is getting a new baby Mac these days..
Congrats Stephen..and as always...keep the photos coming!


Jim

I feel ya pain. Just found out there is a Pet shop about a hour from me. They have babies. GW . MUST RESIST

 

[Brittany741]

She's gorgeous! And I love the name Aaliyah, she was a great singer.

 

[Weezerj]

MBS is running rampant in your house I see....

Congratulations!...how exciting to be bringing home a new baby!

 

[lplummer52]

Love that name...so you're sure it's a girl, right? She will be so beautiful.

 

[psychocircus91]

Congrats again, Stephen. Glad to get to share this excitement with you!

 

[Birdman666]

Just guessing but

uh - lee - uh

Sweet I was right. Great Singer !!

Haha yes. Good job. And yes she was a fantastic artist. Shame she wasn't on earth longer.

Well... that's one of those aircraft things. The pilot allegedly warned her they were overweight with all the stuff she was bringing. IF TRUE, WHY THE HELL DID HE EVER TRY AND TAKE OFF... Never could figure that one out?!

She was apparently arguing with the pilot before they took off about having to ship some of her stuff, because they were WAY OVERWEIGHT...

Unless of course, the charter company made that up to deflecting blame...

From Wikipedia:

"The pilot, Luis Morales III, was unlicensed at the time of the accident and had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system."

SO, YOU HAD AN OVERLOADED AIRCRAFT, AND A PILOT WHO HAD LOST HIS TICKET, AND HAD BEEN PARTYING FAIRLY RECENTLY...

Which could explain the inexplicable decision making process.

Not like I haven't, on occasion, slightly overloaded the aircraft, or ridden in a slightly overloaded private aircraft, (but you do burn fuel weight on take off.) There are ways of calculating whether or not you're going to get into the air, or going to end up in a fireball at the end of the runway...

If the math says FIREBALL you tell your passengers "then we're not going!"

But perhaps there was a reason the FAA pulled Mr. Morales' ticket in the first place...

 

[Birdman666]

TRUE STORY - FRIDAY THE 13TH TEMPT FATE JUMP:

We actually did this on purpose just to be Smart A$$es...

Friday the 13th. "Do the stupidest thing you can think of to prove you're not superstitious" day at a DZ which will remain unnamed...

Sunset Load had just finished, but a few of us wanted to make one last jump, and there was still enough time - MY IDEA. Not enough people for a big load, so we jumped out of a Cessna Cardinal... (Little four seater aircraft with the seats removed - except for the pilot seat.)

WE HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR SUCH A SMALL AIRCRAFT, AND GETTING IN THIS THING WAS A LITTLE LIKE "SKYDIVING TWISTER" OR THE 50'S FAD OF CRAMMING PEOPLE INTO PHONE BOOTHS AND SMALL CARS.

Pilot did the math several times, and had someone else check his math. We'd burn just enough fuel on takeoff to get off the ground. OKAY, WE'RE GOING.

Ever heard the pilot say, NOW EVERYONE HAS TO LEAN FORWARD ON TAKEOFF, OR WE'LL EITHER HIT THE TAIL ON THE RUNWAY, OR WE'RE LIABLE TO STALL... (Yeah, for FAA PURPOSES, I haven't either... )

Again, so this was my idea... (WHICH MEANT I WAS THE ONE FATE NEEDED TO PUNISH!)

So, comes time to exit, and I essentially roll out the door and do a butt first exit... (Because spinning on your butt in freefall is fun! That's why...) Well, PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT MALFUNCTION. Wind caught my pilot chute, and the next thing I knew my chute was opening between my legs...

BOTTOM LINE, IT OPENED JUST FINE... WITH MY FEET ENDING UP IN THE LINES, AND MY HEAD WHERE MY FEET SHOULD HAVE BEEN... (i.e. flying more or less straight and level, just upside down, and with my risers twisted 180 degrees, facing backwards...)

Needless to say, it was pretty funny! (I was open at around 13,000 feet. I had plenty of time to fix it, or cut away if I had to... so, yeah, ironic laughter is the initial reaction.)

I ended up getting my feet clear of my lines. And that didn't fix my risers, so I ended up having to pull myself up in my harness, and summersault to clear the rises. WELL, THE MINUTE I DID THAT... If you've ever as a kid laid down on a swing, and then twisted it up, and let go... it spins, right?!

Except when the spin started, I got slapped right across the face by my front risers... actually had a strap shaped bruise on my cheek. THE SKYDIVING GODS WERE NOT AMUSED BY THAT LITTLE STUNT YOU PULLED...

It's still funny ten years later!!!

 

[StephenAndKyleigh]

Aaliyah from today!