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There is also Grand Bend Sport Parachute Centre about 30 minutes north of London. Bob pioneered aff in Canada. Check out their website at www.skydivegrandbend.com (That's me in blue on the right -- sorry --shameless plug) There is also Skydive Burnaby, about 20 minutes from Dunnville. In the summer they have a Twin Otter. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

This might be more appropriate in the History and Trivia thread. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Guessing that you're jumping in England if the jump was over Salisbury Plain. The parachute school at Ringway and the British Parachute Battalion were using the x-type parachute WITH a d-bag, following a fatality during the start up of the school caused by the parachute malfunctioning. The conversion to d-bag was carried by Irving (who witnessed the fatality) with consultation from Gregory and Quilter from GQ parachutes, who were more familiar static-line systems. The British system was different from the American system. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

that's funny there is a mosaics in one of Moscow subway stations (dating back to pre WW2 or very beginning of it) picturing parachutists with two out I used to laugh at the wuffo artist... not anymore! __________________________________________________ That is pretty kewl, man! Interesting that the mural shows round parachutes - you can see by what I posted how square the older chutes looked. I have another I'll try to scan and post showing the square main with the reserve just deploying. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The question is this; is it safer in general to be with one or without? The tone of your caveat equivocates that it is 50/50. That is a blatant misrepresentation. __________________________________________________ Your less than 50/50 -- could be 90 percent of one jumper's, or one group of jumpers', skydiving activities. Making them wear an aad because it's better 'in general' for the larger population, may drive them out of the sport altogether.... But I forgot. You guys don't care about that.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

the modern AAD is A Good Thing For certain situations.... And not for others. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Arguing with someone who has 23 jumps and one year in sport is what has not a shred of logic. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I was in Johnny Utah's BASE FJC at Bridge Day last year with Mike Pelkey. I think his training was adequate for the BD jump. There's been 135-150 first time BASE jumpers at BD the last couple of years, and only 10-20 of them take a detailed BASE FJC or get any sort of training besides the 1 hour, "how not to die at BD" seminar. __________________________________________________ Most of them are, if low experienced, fairly current and aware, without bad habits or ingrained thought processes about what they are going to do. If you go there thinking you know what you're doing, you're already behind the eight-ball. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Before you start making us all wear aads why don't you wait another three years, and then, when you have 46 jumps, you can come back and tell us to do it. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

If it has a tail-pocket, it's not free-packed. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

very few of us have 40 years of happy base jumping experiences __________________________________________________ My impression was that after his jump of El Cap he never made another BASE jump until this one. So he didn't have '40 years of happy base jumping experiences'. In fact the impression I got from following Mike and Brian's 're-discovery' over the last year and half or so in these forums was that he hadn't done much skydiving for decades either. I'd much rather think of him having jumped El Cap in '66 and die of old age than go out this way.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I don't believe that anyone should be throwing out there main at an altitude of 1000-1500 feet. If someone would be doing this they would be better off with an AAD. This is the type of thing that has caused deaths before. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I bow down to your higher experience. Last time I checked the minimum opening altitude according to USPA was still 2000 feet. That means if you attempt to activate once, fail, and try again, you are possibly down in this range. Are you saying this is too low too? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

No, it doesn't. Adding a seatbelt to the cost of a 20000 dollar car adds what, less than 2 per cent to the overall cost. Adding an airbag, what, maybe 5 or 8 percent, being generous? Spread out over all the cars made, the cost of these safety improvements is negligible. Not so with aads. A helmet is fairly cheap. Adding a thousand dollar aad to a rig that may cost 3 or 4 thousand, or in some cases a used rig that costs 1000 or less, means you're increasing the cost by 30 percent or even up to 100 percent, for something that could kill you in your chosen discipline. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Here's a scan. I guess with the square shape they were also easier to slip one way or the other. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

That's not actually true. There are some countries that have made it mandatory, but even in some of them it isn't enforced to the letter. By saying it's more prevalent to have mandatory aad's than it really is, you lead people to believe that it's natural or better to have mandatory aad's. There are many cases where aad's are not desirable, and there have been misfires and deaths from aad's. It is a personal choice. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

In pre-war Russia it was common to deploy both chutes simply to give a softer landing. Also interesting is that Russian chutes at the time were actually square-shaped to make them easier to manufacture. There's a couple of pictures in John Week's book, "Assault from the Sky", but not a lot of explanation. There were various other pockets even in North America where it was not uncommon to deploy both chutes if you had two -- an earlier skydiver in Ontario mentioned that at one airshow they could each take only one because they didn't have enough to go around. The Irving parachutes seemed to have a reputation as being quite expensive, although trying to jump a parachute designed to go out of a balloon often led to fatalities when the jumper exited an airplane with its higher airspeed. This is all pre Second World War. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Years ago in Florida we did a tri-plane with three 28' cheapos __________________________________________________ I recall your tri-plane made the cover of Skydiving magazine, didn't it? Maybe someone could post a scan of that, seem to recall you were really hanging out flat on that. The other Skydiving cover I remembered was Shoobi and someone else cutting away from a stack before hooking up in freefall and then doing crew under their reserves, if I remember it right. Recall that one of them was still holding onto his toggles after he cutaway. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

It's been just over a year since Jo died. I just found out a story I wrote about our adventures was published in a local magazine, I thought it would be neat if they published it as a sort of tribute around the anniversary of Jo's accident. It is available on pdf file on the net. Go to the link and click to open that page, then close and click on next to bring up the next page. The article is on pages 38, 39, 40, 41 http://realestate.simcoemediagroup.com/index.php?region=alliston_sideroads&pageno=38 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I nfortunately was told the same thing when I ordered mine and unfortunately I picked the spectra myself, wish I had gone dacron. I guess most people don't buy them with the intention of doing any serious crw. The other thing I disliked was they don;t tell you the pack volume of the hybrid, only the regular tri. I ordered my container bigger to take the hybrid tri, but it's still too tight! I would like to see the pack volume or recommended container size on their website/order form. That said, it's a nice canopy! If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

2830 in 27 years. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Like these? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The thread on the U of A skydiving team got me thinking back to the old University of Western Skydiving Club where I started in 1979. I know it was around a lot earlier than that.... Some of the alumni were Bob Wright (currently with @ 11000 jumps, dzo of Grand Bend Sport Para Centre and on all the world records since Myrtle Beach, I believe). Wayne Bolahood (earlier '70's)- past member of the Canadian 4-way team (and possibly 8-way) in the '80's with Bernie Sirois and others. Bruce Robertson (later '80's)- now with 13000 jumps, past manager of Lake Wales, currently working for Sunpath, I think.... Kevin Killen (later '80's) - represented Canada on 'Toe-tag' 4-way team. Mike Dewit (1979-1982)- who represented Canada in Australia on the 4-way team 'Toe-tag', and was on the 200-way in Myrtle Beach. (And of course, wife Deanna). And of course, me (1979-1982). It would be interesting to get a fuller picture of who started in the club over the years and where they ended up? Any takers? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The Fixed Object Game Freefalling freedom Or the Fixed Object Game. Ask me what the difference They/re the same If Fausto Veranzio. ; Whom we all claim to hail Did his jump today He;d be in jail! Yeah in jail! I dont need no authority Messin with me fun! I dont need no authority Im livin on the run! I dont want no authority Screwin with me ead! I dont want no authority; Im livin on the edge! Jumped me off a tower Heard Sirens everywhere! Called up me lawyer But, he dont Care! Went down to the station Me ead filled with strife The judge said he could - Confine me for life! Yeah for life! I dont need no authority Messin with me fun! I dont need no authority Im livin on the run! I dont want no authority Screwin with me ead I dont want no authority Im livin on the edge! Drove on up to Conniston To bag it off a stack. Damn thing spun on opening Almost broke my back! Went down to the ospital Doctor gave me drugs. Ill be able to jump again When I work out the bugs! Yeah the bugs! © Michael Williams If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Do a search on bookfinder.com with the keyword parachute or parachuting and just see what pops it. That's half the fun. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

An honest answer! If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone