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  1. mmm beer..... congrats. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  2. Yep. One hanging from the back of the door, along the fuselage, with their foot on the base of the wheel strut. One in the normal 'poised' exit position. One hanging onto the wing strut with their foot on the wheel One diving from the door. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  3. Do you have to get your E licence before your F? . This isn't stupid, but good: 'May you always be able to write your own incident reports' -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  4. Heheheee...I learned that while training to shoot Army artillery. I guess they round it to 330 for Army guys... It depends on the atmospheric pressure, humidity etc... The number I remember is 340 m/s. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  5. Brian Germain http://www.bigairsportz.com/Pilotchute.html -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  6. masher

    $42 for gas!!!!!

    diddums.... quick calc. 22 gallons = 83 L petrol is ~AU$1 per litre -> $83 if we just did a conversion beteen AU and US, it would cost me only AU$70. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  7. Wht didn't they just add an 'E' licence, rather than upping the requirements for a D? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  8. I had to read that twice. First time through I read it as 19 shredded canopies, 34 spinning twists and 36 main hooked up backwards. A total of 89 mals. Then I read it again -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  9. masher

    Rel suit fit?

    http://www.rmwjumpsuits.com/ -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  10. bugger. I hadn't heard of that until now... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  11. Unless its an LCD/plasma tv, then it will be a cathode ray tube (CRT), it is has a vacuum in the tube. We smashed one in yr 12. Thats was cool. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  12. looks like Australia rates up there pretty highly... sorry I can't reciprocate. I'd pick England. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  13. what does a senior rigger ticket allow you to do? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  14. which file did you download? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  15. I'm a uni student. This is my seventh yr at uni, but its for my second (or third, depending on how you count it) course, so thats ok. I'm lucky enough to get paid for it, and live at home, so I have money to spend on falling... :) -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  16. oh my god... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  17. My instructors pu me on this exit to try and sort my exit stability problems. The first time I did it, I didn't stick my legs out as I cam level, and I did a backloop. Just the one, and _then_ I stuck my legs out. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  18. I don't know if it's been lifted, but this is the letter that PdF sent out regarding the canopy http://www.apf.asn.au/apf_admin/downloads/rigging/pdf/pdf_ninja12-07-02.pdf -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  19. Parachutes de France - NINJA That is cross-braced. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  20. Clicky http://www.my-skyworld.de/albatros/english/canopysizing.asp?mscssid=RF5SEQBA7J018P3KSSMVU6TXEMSV996C&tn=8 -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  21. I get that feeling sitting next to the door with a rig on. And I was strapped in too! Mind you, the door was open from takeoff to altitude and I was sitting next to it, and we were climbing to altitude over the ocean. That probably had something to do with it... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  22. Cheers. Canopy = canopy & lines container = everything else -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  23. How about the Lotus as a canopy for a novice (NOT student)? I'm trying to find out as much as I can about all sorts of gear... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  24. When buying new gear (container, main & reserve), which bits come with with which pieces of gear? d-bag, PC, risers, freebag... Just wondering... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  25. okies... cheers -- Arching is overrated - Marlies