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We moved away from them because heavy PC's launching directly behind your back when you are belly to earth tend to get caught in the jumper's burble and sit there for a while. Note that wingsuiters do not have that issue. However, wingsuiters DO have the issue that they have a very large suit that can sometimes get between them and a throwout PC. "But everyone else does it" is not the greatest reason to stick with something. Everyone used plain old RSL's until Bill Booth came up with the Skyhook. And thus create the possibility of whole new types of malfunction, where the bridle is misrouted and trapped by the suit, or the suit/container interface is not great and the pin is pulled prematurely. It can work but comes with new risks. Similar things happened when belly band hand-deploys were common. (I'd be tempted to say "going back to a deployment system that failed is insane!" but I trust you will see the issue without that comparison.)

Yes, and the payers are Americans. We could drop down to USD $22.8 Billion as some western democracies do, but then we all might need to start working on our Mandarin.

Hi Keith, Re: the supposed trickle down And, some people ( including GHW Bush *) called it Voodoo Economics. Jerry Baumchen * That is until he got the V-P nod; then, he embraced it. That is one thing I always held against him. PS) IMO the GOP is not creating legislation to keep the wealthy, wealthy. They are stopping all Demo efforts to change anything. The exception being the so-called 'Trump Tax Bill.'

Because trickle down was the sales pitch, not the actual purpose.

Most likely, no you won't be able to have it on you. Cameras are snag hazards and are reserved for experienced skydive with 200+ jumps If you really want a video, having a cameraman in front of you is a better option. You'll get the outside perspective and he will film all your reactions. You should contact the DZ where you will do your tandem to confirm with them.

We don't just suck we're also annoying. Maybe, just maybe if we weren't now condescendingly called foolish, too, it wouldn't seem so much like Ken's talking to someone too dumb to quit smoking.