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In article <C15rD3.AAF@dcs.ed.ac.uk> rxb@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Ray Barry) writes:
>Well, I thought I would just have a browse through the many millions of newsgroups,
>just on the offchance that there is one related to skydiving. Yes! and here it is.
>I can now use this newsgroup to ask all those silly, embarassing questions that I
>dare not ask at my local drop zone for fear of looking like a complete fud. I've
>read the past 46 or so articles, and still have no clue what a LORAN spot is.
>
>Anyway, I jump over here in the UK, where things are a lot different (we still jump
>rounds with DM boots), for about 50 jumps before we can graduate to squares, or less
>jumps if you go through some sort of AFF course, which is what I did, and have just
>recently made my first couple of jumps on squares.
>
>Ray Barry
>A 100059 - this is if course my BPA number, not a USPA number.


LORAN is actually an old VooDoo custom, whereby the spotter calls upon
the great sky God NAROL for guidance to the ground.  It is said that if 
the spotter is pure of heart and never pulls low, the spotter will 
be blessed with a reasonable spot, else ..... :-)