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here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGp1LX8yZY Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

I'm tired of throwing away perfectly good Cypres's. I've done it twice so far. I now own 2 Vigils. My 0.02 Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Fortunately she turned out ok. Xrays were normal, limp went away. So no delimma for a few more years I hope. So do I still get to buy new gear? Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Isn't ZPX supposed to be like packing F-111? Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Why? Doctors aren't entitled to ethical delimmas? Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Ok, we have a 9 year old cat. Bought it as a mutt for $35. Now its limping around so I'm thinking arthritis or something like that. So I pose the question to my wife "What do we do if it needs a $4000 operation?". Her answer "We have it done of course!" Its the old emotional vs practical argument. Emotional: She's a member of our family and we love her. Money is no object. Practical: Its a 9 year old $35 cat. Why spend $4000 on it? Besides, at this age, more problems may be just around the corner. And its just a cat! My answer: put the cat to sleep, spend $35 and buy a new kitten for the family. and yeah, we have kids who are attached to the cat if that makes any difference. What would you do? Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

1. 3600+ 2. 2 3. 1 partial (broken suspension lines), 1 total (pilot chute in tow) I would assume that cutaways associated with crw wraps don't count, got 2 of those Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

No way. This is a scam. It is very scary seeing that it is now possible (somehow) to show a great history. So he either turned crooked after 12,500 transactions (doubtful) or he figured a way to fake the history. Fortunately the red flags outweighed his bogus history numbers. Ebay should be very concerned. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

This is a very suspect ebay ad. Looks like a great rig, easily worth $5000, looking for a BUY IT NOW for $1700. I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it wasn't so suspicious. http://cgi.ebay.com/Quazar-II-skydiving-rig-complete-with-AAD-AND-HELMET_W0QQitemZ370293941901QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item56373d268d Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

I disagree. 1500 ft at terminal, waiting 2-3 seconds is a terrible idea. Pull now, period. Don't turn, don't track. Main or reserve, PULL SOMETHING! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but here's my biplane dive. Sorry but it was uneventful except for being a lot of fun! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Ads like this are going to be the death of this site. I saw this coming when I heard that dropzone.com was bought out by a non-skydiving company. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Welcome to skydiving! Kiss you old life goodbye! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

That's Jake Lombard and Jeff Habberstad in the photo. One of them is Patrick Swayze's stunt double. However Swayze did make enough skydives himself to get his A license. From Point Break in case it isn't obvious. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

This photo shows why doing flips with a tandem are a bad idea. That's the reserve bridal out and the reserve pilot chute is still in the plane. Imagine what doing a flip here could do Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Did a 5way HG from a C-182. Here's the video....... http://manifestmaster.com/video/horny.wmv Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Nice job!!!!!!! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Here's a different idea. Its entirely possible that the knot can occur after the canopy opens, before it begins flying. After watching multiple videos of my canopy opening, it looks like the pilot chute and bridal all land together on the top of the canopy in a pile, and then trail behind the canopy once it begins to fly. The knot could occur then. Especially the loose knot referred to earlier. No? Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

Any reason why? I use a hand switch and love it. No custom rigging. Bought it off the shelf for $30. Have used it with no problem. I have a full face helmet so a mouth switch isn't a good option for me. My $ 0.02 Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

I can't believe I heard that name after 34 years! Larry and Norma started the Alamo Skydivers in San Antonio. I made my first static line jump with Larry at Pleasanton, Tx in 1975. I always wondered what became of him after that. They got divorced a few years later. I spoke with Norma last year. She's living in Austin Texas these days. Also I jumped with Terry Chavez at the Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club several times around 1977-78. Lost track of him, Al Pohl, and the rest of the gang. Still have the old FHSPC newsletters though. Whoa! A blast from the past! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

I use the xti with the TV mode, shutter speed 400, 100 ASA, autofocus. Works well in bright sunshine. I also get the occassional dark frame. I'll try the viewfinder cover. Interesting I found out that using a mouthswitch causes the camera to lock up (have to take out the battery to get it working again). But if I use my external handswitch, no problem. I've never figured out why. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

I didn't notice that but I think you're right. In frame 0:13 it looks like he's rolling to his left and thus releasing the trapped bridal. Bought me a milisecond or two to backslide out of the way. Good pick up! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

This was something I'd hoped I'd never see. Got to watch a deployment from directly above. This was a 12 way RW (ok, FORMATION SKYDIVING) dive where there was a nasty funnel at around 5,000 ft. One jumper on his back snagged a pilot chute by accidently sticking his finger thru the tube of the pilot chute handle. The rest is history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkNVO8VcQU No injuries (but I think I have 8 lives left now). I don't think it was anyone's fault. Be careful when things get ugly. Whew! Modertor: Feel free to move this to another forum. I didn't think it belonged in INCIDENTS but you be the judge. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

You can get it on DVD from eBay Its a classic. Plus you get to see Deborah Kerr's boobs.

Very important topic and its a personal pet peeve of mine as I've seen too many close calls. It seems to me that there are only a few options (for no wind days): Option 1). First one down sets the landing direction (I hate this one) Option 2). Use the tetrahedron (better) Option 3). Designate a landing direction before boarding the plane (best choice IMHO) Option 4)- Free for all. Just figure it out under canopy. (I see this all the time, fortuately I haven't seen anyone get killed yet) Pros and cons - 1). First one down sets the landing direction. This sucks. At a large boogie, I watched the first 3 jumpers land simultaneously in 3 different directions. The rest of the load had no idea which way to land. I chose to land WAY out. 2). Use the tetrahedron. It ok if you have one. Sometimes they turn mysteriously. As other posters have stated, sometimes jumper misread these. Still not a bad choice. 3). Designate a landing direction before boarding the plane. I like this one best but....keep reading Perfect example, just yesterday. No winds. We clearly designate landing to the west. Everyone agrees. Under canopy, the windsock is indicating a wind out of the east at probably 2 - 3 mph. Half the loaded landed east, half landed west. Then the arguements began. I heard comments like "Hey, I though we were supposed to land to the west?" and "Yeah we designated west but the windsock showed east so that's what I did". Somebody is going to get hurt badly or killed. My preferred solution on no wind or light wind days: pick a landing direction. Stick with it. Period. Better to land downwind of crosswind than to have a collision. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video