Oh where, oh where has my helmet gone...

[wmw999 2,588]

I apparently left it out in December after some 40-ways. Not like me, but stuff happens.

It, along with the pro-dytter in one of the ear pads, has not been seen since. This was one of 2 Freezr's at my dropzone, so it's unlikely to be seen there.

But if anyone sees a black Freezr with some of the clearcoat missing where I took some tape off the center back, and two holes drilled in it for a retaining strap, and the chin padding coming out a little and tied with some breakcord...

IT'S MINE!!!. I'm so pissed.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[darkwing 5]

I assume you left it out in Texas. Since the winds blow very roughly eastward (at least sometimes) I will keep my eyes peeled here in South Carolina.

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[gemini 0]

Wendy, I still can't beieve we have not found it. In the past we have found almost everything someone has lost. We'll keep looking!

Blue skies,

Jim

[JohnRich 4]

Do you have a photo? Or can you post a factory photo of what a "Freezr" looks like?

I'll keep an eye out at Skydive Houston.

[wmw999 2,588]

Here is the bottom of mine (with the retaining strap I put on). The gloves disappeared with the helmet too, but not too many people have hands like mine -- short, fat fingers.

You can go to the Paratec web page

http://www.paratec.de and skip the intro and look at pictures of the helmet under accessories. It's a PDF page that I'm having no luck copying a picture from.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[JohnRich 4]

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Here is the bottom of mine (with the retaining strap I put on). The gloves disappeared with the helmet too, but not too many people have hands like mine -- short, fat fingers.

You can go to the Paratec web page

http://www.paratec.de and skip the intro and look at pictures of the helmet under accessories. It's a PDF page that I'm having no luck copying a picture from.

That web site doesn't make it easy to find the helmet pictures...

I've attached a close-up of the design. So we're looking for one like that, in black, with a custom strap on the bottom, and the clear-coat peeled off in back.

And if we find the sum-beech who took it, what do you want done with him?

Tech note (Aren't you supposed to be a hotdog NASA computer guru?): To capture an image like that, just press Ctrl-PrintScreen. That puts the screen image on your notepad. Then go to your image viewer, and hit Ctrl-paste, and voila! - the screen image appears. At that point, you can crop, save or whatever, to get what you want from the screen image.

[wmw999 2,588]

Yep, but it was morning and I hadn't turned my brain on yet. Thanks

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[slug 1]

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Wendy, I still can't beieve we have not found it. In the past we have found almost everything someone has lost. We'll keep looking!

Hi Jim

I'm guessing someone just wanted a "wendy helmet".

Since they've had it this long no telling what they've been doing with it. Beware! if you find it wear gloves

R.I.P.

[mjosparky 4]

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Tech note (Aren't you supposed to be a hotdog NASA computer guru?): To capture an image like that, just press Ctrl-PrintScreen. That puts the screen image on your notepad. Then go to your image viewer, and hit Ctrl-paste, and voila! - the screen image appears. At that point, you can crop, save or whatever, to get what you want from the screen image.

Now say that again, real slow.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[Amazon 7]

You put another strap on yours too huh.... I put one under my chin.. the forces on it when SPEEDING.. felt like they wanted to pull it off WAY too easily with the stock strap that was a tad too far forward

[Eule 0]

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You can go to the Paratec web page http://www.paratec.de and skip the intro and
look at pictures of the helmet under accessories. It's a PDF page that I'm having no luck copying a picture
from.

Direct link to PDF.

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That web site doesn't make it easy to find the helmet pictures...

Agreed.

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To capture an image like that, just press Ctrl-PrintScreen.

_Sometimes_, the individual images are in the PDF. You can extract them with a tool like pdfimages
from http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html. Every once in a while you get lucky and
the crummy, small image you see on the screen is scaled down from a nice high-res image that's
contained in the PDF. I lucked out on a line drawing of a PAC 750 XL this way.

Unfortunately, that didn't work this time. That PDF is three images - each a full-size image of its
page. I did put all the helmet pictures on one page and attach it. I hope this helps get the helmet
back to its rightful owner!

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[divnswoop 0]

Yeah, my factory diver and alti went for a walk at the halloween boogie.... I hope they enjoy their new home, but it is a small community and if I find where they went.......

[Trae 1]

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Looks like the sort of thing a motorcyclist or pillion passenger would fancy.

......might pass it on the freeway

Hope it turns up .