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Oh please. We're well into the "horse smoothie" phase.

That's another thing. Police Unions. Why?

One of the most ridiculous things happened to me today (even though it's completely my fault, I find it very very very improbable set of coincidences). I jumped hop 'n' pop from 1200m and didn't bother to put on my jumpsuit and went with shorts and shirt instead. After packing the canopy, I put my pull-up cord in the pocket (no zipper or anything). Upon jumping and deploying, the cord slipped from the pocket, went up into the canopy at some point during the snivel, passed through the slider grommet and locked the slider up. I managed to get it down somewhere a bit above 700m. I've had my hard deck set for ~650m (the decision to cutaway). There was a lot of thermics and the canopy seemed too unstable to be safely landable. I've always looked at "don't jump with stuff in your pockets" as "you can drop that stuff and lose it + it could kill someone below. Never considered it could also go up. The takeway: don't jump with wih stuff in your pockets (that could slip out).

Thanks so much but this is the same problem I am encountering... Poor resolution and also not the original logo (no curve to it).

Hi Keith, I'm with you. For many, many years I have said that one of the biggest problems with being in control of the local police is because of the union agreement(s). IMO no civil servant, at any level, should belong to a union with an agreement with the gov't. that employees said civil servants. I have no problem with them joining a union; just with the union calling the shots with the city, county, state, federal gov't., etc. Those that do not agree, can go elsewhere for work. Look what Reagan did to the Air Traffic Controllers; they lost, everything. Jerry Baumchen

They could say it's for Lawrence Bragg. the inventor of X-Ray crystallography and youngest ever winner of a science Nobel. Pretty much all modern munitions and armor use materials characterized by X-Ray crystallography.

I've been reviewing this "de-fund" the cops thing and at first my instinct was this may not be a good thing. But, the more I learned about it; the more it made sense. Not unlike my neighborhood growing up. Take members of the community, in that community, and make them part of the community service program (and take away the military uniforms). "Stop having the cats set out more mouse traps" as was said. A model for consideration is. Camden NJ used to be known for its violence. They defunded and changed the entire department and now have half the crime rate they did. Not unlike my neighborhood growing up or the small town USA. "In the absence of reliable evidence of the effectiveness of proactive policing, it is time to consider how proactive policing reform might reduce crime and increase well-being in the most heavily policed communities." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0211-5 Having a military background and being an active part of the veteran community; we treat each death with a memorial service. During the height of the war; we would meet the plane, escort the service member to the funeral home hearse, escort it to the funeral home, stand in line at the funeral home and then when the service was over, escort the family to the cemetery and have full honors. I share this with you because all over the country veterans have national cemeteries and the big one is Arlington in which there is a national televised spot - to remember; once a year. Hollywood has it's stars on the sidewalk. Vietnam has its wall, WWII has its memorial. The minority community getting killed by cops has nothing. Perhaps a memorial of some type. Let's call it a wall - with the names of those killed, with the towns they were killed in, by the name of the police department. A place that people could go to mourn. A centralized place where people could go to hold a protest as well as a memorial service. Family & friends can gather. It would be a memorial wall for those killed, but a wall of shame for those cities and police departments that were on there also. A place where a city, town, or community would not want their name. And, if it should happen again; a place for all people around the country to join together in memory, a place to protest that grows every time it happens until at some point - a Mayor or governor is going to say, "Our town will NOT be on that wall." To be a constant reminder. Just a thought. If we look at all the people killed by cops - it is staggering. It is an attitude with the cops, but it is also an issue with the leadership governing the police. Black men getting shot in the back, 11 year old girls getting tased, etc. It goes on and on and it fades away with the next news cycle. Less than a week after George Floyd was killed; there was a African-American cop with a choke hold on a 14 year old African-American boy - a lady walked up and said he can't breathe. He told her to go away and continued. There needs to be a change in the police department and there needs to be a change in society. We can only hope that George Floyd is the last, but we have hoped for that each time in the past and it didn't work

I'm currently at 4500 Wingsuit Jumps and skydiving doing around 3/4 of my jumps in a Havok. An intermediate suit is never a bad thing to have, and will always be a fun thing to fly for either acro or learning purposes. Even when owning a bigger suit, a lot of things like backflying, transitions etc are easier mastered in a small suit with correct technique, to then apply to your larger wings with more ease. A lot of people seem to only measure glide as a thing that matters, where agility and ease of flight are also huge factors to take into account, especially when linked to currency and experience.

Outstanding article and great job Danielle. Many of her sentiments are shared by skydivers of color. And (almost) any exposure for our sport in a mainstream rag is a good thing. Love to see efforts like this that can not only promote positive skydiving images but bring our community even closer than we already are. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/sports/sky-diving-african-americans.html?fbclid=IwAR1QR976_7A_Zk-BxMEOv_tL6ZUmxLvUcg3SG-6-ZaU_yx-hTNIcsZs4P1Y