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No suprise, the new times is a rag, has been since I picked one up in the early '80s. Be glad they didn't claim to see an outline of the devil in the dirt on the bottom of the pool. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

http://www.para-flite.com/ People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

A couple other sizes also. I had a swift plus 200, and now have a 225. Great openings and landings. They seem to have plenty of kevlar reinforcement tape. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The thread referenced above tells you all you need to know (especially my posts ) This is a sore point for me. FXC should have been able to do so much better. I really wanted to be able to convince myself that it was a viable alternative - but it was not to be. edit to add - Of course the Vigil is now available. Does anyone know if the Mpaad actually was marketed? Is it being sold only in Europe? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Greensburg, Indiana had a portable one last summer. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Does it turn on when you do the four flashes thing, or does it do nothing (like when you normally turn it off)? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Robin, The conventional/mil-spec bands break easier, that is certainly true, and one can think of scenarios where that is important to prevent a bag lock. But don't you have a safety stow on your reserve freebag? It is not designed to break in the event it does not slide off as intended. I make my own tube stows and use them for the first 2 of 4 locking stows. Why? Because normal bands are much more likely to break before you want them to, especially the first locking stows that often get stretched a lot. If my middle 2 locking stows break, the canopy would certainly be prematurely dumped out of the bag on deployment=bad news. The next time you notice that a locking stow has already broken as you are packing, ask yourself if you think it broke after deployment, or maybe while it was in the container, or while the bag was being accelerated out of the container (when under the most stress-and most important time it not break). Considering the failure mode and effect, I'll choose a strong band for the important locking stows, and stow my lines neatly. Cliff People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The Swift Plus does not have the brake lines that come loose after unstowing. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There are other ways of making a pin stronger. It could be a larger diameter. A stronger pin made of a different material could be attached to the cable with a separate, malleable swage. The RWS reserve pin is separate from the cable and attached without the normal swage. There are others. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I predict that there will be a better pin in the near future. I have gone on about this before "Are good pins good enough?" http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=576241;#576241 People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

This means you were effectively opening in a stand up, which is just what happens you cutaway and open immediately from a non-spinning malfunction. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Isn't there an emergency door over the wing? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I believe this was done at Coolidge AZ in the mid 80's. It is hard to count, but I got 25. Does anyone have more knowledge of the details? They are hanging on a rope aft of the door, and a rope ladder hanging down from the door. Is there something that the FAA would find illegal about this? Looks like a lot of fun. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

When I started, I used 550 line with the sheath around the 7 inner strands. The outer sheath would split open easily, but the 7 inner strands were each ~70 lb strength. This was a lot of redundancy. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

If striking workers cannot be replaced, then the company has no leverage at all, no power at all. They might as well admit that the union can write their own contract. Some unions have so much money on hand that they could support a strike at 100% pay if only a small segment of their membership is on strike. If I could make a law...Union leadership would get the same strike pay as any of their represented workers that are on strike. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Counseling is available. There are professionals that can help. Even if you are self-employed. Pay for it yourself. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Some instructors teach students to pull the cutaway with both hands and toss it away, then do the same for the reserve. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I believe that Tex Johnston said that he practiced that barrel roll over the Puget Sound/Pacific before doing it over the hydroplane races. A big barrel roll like that is not a high stress maneuver. Envelope protection on the modern Airbus fly-by-wire jets would not allow you to roll the plane. What a shame. Maybe an ATP rated for 'buses' can tell us if there is a "direct" mode on the FBW system that would inhibit the envelope protection. A pilot of a Boeing 777 however, does have the ability to roll/invert/overstress the airplane without disabling the normal control laws. The FBW system on that beautiful bird would just require the pilot to use more control input (force) than usual. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Sounds like every small door Beech 18, not so unusual in the past. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I'm not going to intentionally throw a handle with long wires into the airstream of my deploying reserve. That gives me a bad feeling just thinking about it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Precision People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Same with the grease that was on a white flap of my rig - easy to clean it off. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I dropped a couple for Kelly Farrington (Velocity Sports Equip - Infinity, when he was too young to jump). He had sewn the canopies himself, equipped with old Para-Foil type spider slider reefing connected to the pilot chute. From a distance, they look very realistic when they malfunction, and can get whuffos at a distance to call 911. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

What is the method/technique? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I'll put it a different way... I think that if you are going to worry about whether your risers will release when you pull your cutaway handle, then you should not use an RSL. The scenario you describe would have the same results whether the rig is equipped with an RSL or not. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am