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I think only 9. It should be (God I hate to say this...) easy. Are you in? Blue 111- Jeff P.S.- Where the hell were you at when we landed in Dublin??? "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

The POPS Georgia state RW record attempt will be made on Saturday, September 4 at 10:00 a.m. at Skydive Monroe in Monroe, Georgia. Contact organizer Andy Whitlock at 770-873-2990 or by email at popsjumper@yahoo.com for further information. "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Dats right kids! Skydive Monroe has secured a Super Otter for this coming weekend, (the weekend of 8-27). Come on out and play! Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

RoamingDZ himself was there this weekend too! We did a demo Saturday in Dublin, but we flew out of Statesboro. He was staying the weekend in the camper. ps- Mouth, where were you at when we landed at the demo????????? Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Yeah...yeah...yeah. SO.... WHERE'S THE VIDEO???!!!???!!! "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Picture number 080604-07, at 9 o'clock. The blue suit has gone low. And yes... that IS how RW works!!! Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Would you mind elaborating? Well, it's pretty obvious. That pictured would be quite survivable. Unless you are jumping something really small and fast, you'd probably stand it up even. There are tons of places that would be much more dangerous - some unsurvivable - that you could get forced into. That's all I was saying. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Hmmmm... not my first choice as an out, but I've seen WORSE!!! Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

OK, so here is mine. Logo of the Red Devils, an elite British Skydiving team. I have no connection to them, just really like the logo. I have since met a couple of them. They didn't think it was wrong for me to have it... the actually thought it was pretty cool. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

HH- I completely understand where you are coming from on this, but I still have a question on this. Even in the example you gave, doesn't this serve as a type of service to the jumping public by letting them who has what going on, that might save them some deniro? I know it is a little bit of a grey area, and I am not suggesting that the same apply to gear, etc. but discounted jump days, weekends, etc. would maybe seem to have a little bit of a leash because of the afore mentioned service. It's just a thought. As always, your time and efforts are greatly appreciated. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Good catch. Yes I SAID left hand on the bar, but I actually have my right on it... with the left somewhere on the door frame. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

I know this will seem a little like a Safety and Training post but bear with me and you'll understand why I am posting this here. Shooting a tandem out of a King Air that has no camera step, and a bar above the door. Left foot barely inside the back corner of the door, left hand on the bar, chest to the exterior of the fuselage, head positioned to get the camera in their face during exit. Uneventful free fall and deployment. I make all my normal checks and adjustments. Flying back and a little under 1k a feel a "pop". I look down and see my cut-away pillow off the velcro and dangling with about 4 or 5 inches of cable pulled out. #%*#*!!!!! I check the 3-ring release and can't see the tip of the yellow cable so I know I've got a little bit to play with. Efforts to push the cable back in don't work, therefore making mating the velcro a little tough. Hands off the toggles and I am baby-sitting the cut-away pillow. Harness turn adjustments. At about 150 feet I take the toggles and land. Said all that to say this: It must have gotten pulled about 90% off of the velcro on exit. I absolutely am positive of checking all my handle 2 seconds before climb-out. We looked to try and see if there was anything protruding that it might have got caught on during exit (there wasn't) it must have got caught on the edge of the door. If you jump this type set up, please watch yourself. Even with a camera step on an Otter, we sometimes might get our chest on the edge of the plane. Just wondering... anybody else know of any incidents like this? Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

To answer your ORIGINAL question... a strong tendacy is for the young, light jumper to be arched enough to get on level, but when maneuvers are attempted (docking, turns, etc) they will flatten out, thus causing them to float. Just because you "can" fall at a certain fall-rate doesn't mean you can fly at that rate. You answered your own question. You will have to put on weights to be able to jump with almost everybody, so go ahead and put them on NOW while you are building muscle memory. There is a good article on that very subject on the home page of this forum. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

I put 400 jumps on a Spectre. I've got over 200 on a Sabre2. When I flew the Spectre, the ONLY, and I repeat ONLY thing that I wasn't jump up and down overjoyed about was the lack of penetration from a distant spot. I now can get back from spots that I wouldn't have dreamt of even trying with the Spectre. I will never buy off on the statement of it out-gliding the Sabre2. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

I haven't seen it, but if you are watching anything produced for TV or the big screen with skydiving footage, and you expect technical accuracy, well I am guessing they probably don't drug test where you work. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

2 jumps... 2,000 jumps... or 22,000 jumps- whenever you are ready to walk away, walk away. For whatever reasons you have walk away, and you don't owe anyone an explanation. It was the same way you came into the sport (for your own reasons, regardless of what anyone else thought or said). I have a friend with over 5,000 jumps... he just walked away. No injuries, nothing. For him it was just time to move on. Wish your friend the best. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

There is one real negative to this camera. It has a pedestal that it has to be placed into to fire-wire (download or upload) anything. While this may at first seem like a minor thing, over a period of time it can become very annoying and majorly inconvenient. I know a guy who has a camera with a pedestal set-up and it is a real pain in the ass. Just a thought. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Very, very nice Doc. So what was the student's reaction when they saw the video??? Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Comments and advice please. Shooting stills this weekend for the fir... uhhh... pre-second time. Shooting a Canon EOS Rebel X, with a 28mm f2.8 lens. Here's what I plan to set things at: Lens on manual focus, either at infinity or right next to infinity... gaffer taped in place. P (program) mode. (not the green "do everything" setting). In the green setting it sometimes wants to raise the flash. P mode it doesn't unless I tell it to. (Do I need to gaffer tape the flash down so it can't pop up?) I have 100, 200, and 400 speed film. I plan on using 200 most of the time. 100 if blaring sun is out, 400 in the early morning and at dusk. Also- when shooting pics for yourself (not for a customer) does anyone get their pics put on a disc at the photo shop? If so, what resolution and what size/format file do they put the pictures at? Am I in the neighborhood? Many thanks in advance everyone. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

OK kids, I am finally adding a still camera to my helmet. I am using a stroboframe for the primary mounting mechanism for my still camera (an EOS Rebel). The question is, do I need anything additional? If so, what? I have seen bungee type straps over some cameras (on some that was the ONLY means of attachment). If they are the answer, where do I get them, or is that a home made type set up too? Many thanks in advance. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

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Thanks Bro. You saved me some headache it looks like. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

I am thinking of ordering a lens from them. Anybody have any experiences witht them... good or bad? Thanks in advance. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

Dutch and Lori had some GREAT advice here on this subject. I'd like to repeat something most of us have heard many times before. It applies to all areas of skydiving but we are pointing it towards the camera flying arena right now. I consider it gold: "If you ask enough people you will get the answer you want to hear." There is no one right answer on this subject, but please don't be in a rush. There is always someone (and too often it can be a very experienced jumper) that will tell you something along the lines of "...yeah go ahead just be real conservative for a while..." and I hate when I hear this. I am a pretty balls-to-the-wall kind of guy and I had 400 jumps before I put video on my head; then waited until this coming weekend, almost 250 jumps later, before adding stills. And like someone else said, I try to mix my camera flying with other disciplines. Whatever you do, be very safe. Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

On jump #44 I put on my brand new Javelin with custom colors, containing my brand new custom colored Spectre, brand new Raven, and brand new Cypres. Ahhhhhhhh......... Blue 111- Jeff "When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."