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Progressive free fall
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going to AZ for the invasion would give you the jump start you are looking for. you would have a concentrated training period, which generally means faster learning. You would be jumping out of otters/skyvan rather than 182/206 much more comfortable you get extra altitude 13500' those extra seconds per jump generally mean more learned per jump. you get to meet a lot of jumpers from all over Canada and Alaska
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Is that true? I thought it was a little guillotine that cut your reserve closing loop. If there were an explosive charge you wouldn't be able to take it on a commercial flight. The reserve is spring loaded, is that what you meant? From the cypres manual there is a diagram showing "propellant" behind the piston that cuts the loop. " the cutter assembly is completely self contained. in the event of activation there is nothing released. It was specially developed for CYPRES and is classified as being non-hazardous"
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here is the link to the incident in skydivingfatalities.info http://www.skydivingfatalities.info/search.asp?MinDate=1%2F1%2F1998&MaxDate=31%2F12%2F1998&Country=US&CountryOp=%3D incident 47
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missing a practice pull is not uncommon. Chill Practice the count that your instructors have given you. muscle memory is important. If they have some sort of training aid, borrow it and practice practice practice. Remember the whole point of this sport is .... to have FUN
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No Jumping today, in Edmonton heavy snowfall 10 to 20 cm , 30 kph winds -3c temps Sunny breaks tomorrow maybe a chance to swoop the fluffy stuff
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Cat grips are when you take grips on the legs of the other jumper, facing the same direction. It is shortened from caterpillar Andrew
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Yes that's me at about 1:15 into the video. and also in the exit shot from the skyvan.
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Last lear at the Eloy Holiday boogie, a certain BMI had me as base on a 10way flock on my third birdman jump, in a classic II, most everyone was in, later BillVon lead a 15way flock everyone was in. The 15 way was from the newer Skyvan which had no benches, all that nylon on a slippery floor!!!!. Have Fun Andrew
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http://www.skydivebelize.com/
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got your money's worth on that one two landings for the price of one
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Generally if you look straight down you will flare high if you look at the far horizon you will generally flare low look out at about 45 degrees, periferal vision gives better depth perception so a quick glance off to the side may help. also if you can find something about 12' high to stand on and get a sight picture that will help. Mostly the best thing to do is jump a lot, nothing is better than experience. Andrew
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4 years ago we jumped a Fokker cargo plane from 18000' at the Kamloops boogie plane was pressurized , then slowly depressurized before our jump, had cypres and protrack both worked fine. Andrew
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Bush Senior to jump again this weekend
174fps replied to 174fps's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
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Same thing here "add address" button not working yes I do have zone alarm. andrew
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Did some fun jumps with Todd at the Holiday Boogie Hope for a speedy recovery. Andrew
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I have the mounting instructions in front of me now. they are 6/32 nylon machine screws Andrew
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tempo 150 reserve, spectre 150 main freefall rig swift 220 reserve, lightning 143 main CReW rig
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when did your latest skydive take place ?
174fps replied to gerryfuss's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Get yourself out here to Alberta again , weather was great this weekend, not a cloud in the sky and 6c on the ground. James got 6 or 7 jumps, Landings are getting to be fun as the snow stars to melt you now break through the crust . Andrew -
Students made up 77% of all jumpers They classified all jumpers with less than 15 jumps as student, 16 to 250 as intermediate and 251 and above as expert.
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you missed the mail out for the jan issue, should get the feb issue soon.
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All five of my birdman jumps have been with a Spectre 150 loaded at just under 1.4 on the first jump I forgot to close my leg wing, and it still opened on heading,"loudiamond" was my BMI I've even opened in a full track to see if it would slam me and it opened soft as usual.( Voodoo harness) Got over 550 jumps on spectre 170/150, only had one hard opening, probably packing error. andrew
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Skydiving in British Columbia
174fps replied to moeinthesky's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
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Skydiving in British Columbia
174fps replied to moeinthesky's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Mike still owns ESC, Bernie Manages it for him. -
[reply CSPA insurance probably doesn't cover you in the US. CSPA third party insurance is good at any CSPA DZ in Canada and worldwide as long as jumps are made according to CSPA rules.