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For Ireland : The Irish Parachute Club is the biggest DZ in the country , its

Super Thanks Jacques

Dublin airport is the closest . The Irish record is only open to Irish residents but they will be organising up to 50ways for visitors also

Think you could make it over for 50 ways at the Irish Boogie The club will be open for 11 days, and with up to 4 turbine aircraft (including Skyvan and Grand Caravan) hauling jumpers to altitude there will be plenty of lift capacity for everyone from 1st timers and students to experienced skydivers of every discipline. Big Way Skills Camp (26-30 Jul) with Kate Cooper-Jenson, Derek Thomas and our own Gordon Hodgkinson. Irish National Record attempts (28-30 Jul) led by Gordon. Apply at fsorganising@skydive.ie to be a member of the team, or come cheer us on in our goal to build the largest Irish freefall formation ever seen . After the big-way camp there will be walk-up organised FS loads throughout the boogie with Derek Thomas, Sally Hathaway and Gordon Hodgkinson. For the wanna-be CRW dogs Pat Hammond will return (1-4 Aug) to run his popular CF roadshow. There will be CF specific-gear and coaches to safely introduce you to the world of canopy formations. Towards the end of the weekend we plan to go bigger than the 7-stack club record set last year - those doing their first CRW jump on Fri could realistically be on the record! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1 ... 909&ref=nf http://www.skydive.ie/boogie2008

Have you a line trim chart for the BT Pro 140 ? thanks

So back to the plot ! Has anybody any experience with the TG1/TG3 ???? The lens is very small ! will the picture quality suffer in low light conditions Somebody in another tread mentioned glueing a filter ring or step-up ring to the camera to screw a w/a lens to . Has anybody tried this ? and do they still have their lens oh , and just to keep the camera Nazis happy , I have 800 jumps , 400 with camera

Just got a text from Gordy , who arrived in Kolomna last night , the first load has just gone up

A full account from one of the guys collecting the Kodiak can be read here "Today we took N495KQ to Seattle for a meeting with the FAA which went very well. They have approved the findings and results of the test jumps we did the other day and will issue the certificate of conformity tomorrow. Get this: The Kodiak is the very first USA aircraft ever to be certificated for jumping right off the production line. This is great news and a real feather in the cap of Quest. We're now planning to leave here on Wednesday morning. ETA Lippspringe Saturday or Sunday" http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=8742&sid=bc4bfbe280ae80b910bf5691dec5c840&start=48 and here http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=11945&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=32

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We are arriving in LAX Tuesday evening , driving to DZ Wednesday afternoon if anybody needs a ride , coming back Monday 12th

Word from Spaceland is that they have completed the 100way opposed diamond on the 6th attempt . 100way facing diamond next Good luck guys

pull it straight off and stuff it between my back and my rig (yep it actually stays there for me even with the chest strap loosened) *** So how has that been working out for you since Mike ?

Full AFF course in The Irish Parachute Club costs €1200 , thats about £860 or $1700 .and you can flyover with ryanair for ~£30

how much record time can you expect to get on a 4GB card in HD & SD ?

9.Padraig Browne Javelin OJ #17164 DOM APR99 PD143R #18625 DOM Jan99 Main Cobolt 150 #I think serial no. 23530701

Thanks Kris , yep , its a kick ass suit alright

There is only one optimum 143 here in ireland at the moment and i think he is a few months from his next repack *** You're welcome to open it now and see if it will fit in yours , if ya wanna pay for the re-pack PD say they pack one size smaller , however most riggers in the field are reporting easily 2 sizes smaller "RM1" said he put an optimum + cypress1 in a rs1k and it was a pretty good fit http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2822271;page=2;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

hey Yuri , Got any pics ? Does it read accurately in flight when mounted on mudflap ?

oops , sorry that makes more sense

You are confusing the UK with that other country way out to the west of us that apparently speaks / writes English..... You know the one, the one over their... oooh dems fightin words english man ! You are lucky we dont hold a grudge over here , We have already forgotten about the 800 years of oppression , black & tans , famine etc.

Not much public transport in that area . You could get a bus from Dublin to Edenderry ( about 5miles from DZ ) Or you could look for a lift by posting on http://www.skydive.ie/forums/ Weather last Saturday was great with lots of jumping all day ,Sunday was a wash out ! Forecast for next weekend is not good but you could be lucky

QuoteI think if what you want is super small, and you can perfect the system (good luck), a spinning round would work best. Spinning rounds have much greater drag per area of parachute and are much more stable. Unfortunately, Department of Defense (i.e. very well funded) researchers have been unable to make a spinning round larger than about 8 feet that will deploy reliably (but maybe that's large enough for this application). reply] ----------------------------------------------------------- Auto-rotating parachute system http://www.atairaerospace.com/parachutes/heli-chute/

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Nice work Sam , Just watched the video and loved it . Very well edited with some great jumps and ,well ,some really fucked up ones too A must have for anyones collection

this porter has been upgraded to electronic trim control , would it still have control cables in the ceiling ?