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Sounds good! . You clicky doesn't work for me... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

The question still stands.... A part of your A licence application is getting signed off by the CI as being able to pack a main for your own use... oh well. Good luck in your search. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

What's it say? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Looks like us aussies are the only ones jumping! ~3:6:0 6 very nice jumps. Three 2 ways, a five way zoo, a four way and camera for a 4way. I was soo there on that camera jump. Perfect framing. Maybe a little far away, though... No NJs on exit, and this is from a C182! -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

I noticed this this weekend. I do grab my risers on opening. I jump a camera most jumjps, and as such, don't watch my canopy opening (my head and eyes are on the horizon). My hands are on my risers just above the rings so that I can initiate any manoevers quickly. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

hee hee A bit like my "thud flare" jump... :) -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

I'm boring. 14k AGL 2.5k AGL . I was a SL baby, and I was scared on my first jump from height. It's too high! -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love that. I've got to write that up for my wall.... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

reread, and understood :) I understand about not confusing your students. I take it that you've tried to change it...? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

The idea being to get them to survive their first few jumps. The ground is rushing up on me, lets pull the toggles to slow it down, oh no I've stalled it at 30 ft, now my back/legs/ankles are fucked. They aren't looking at the horizon, they're looking at the TA. which should be fairly closeish. The student canopies that we use are safire 220s and PA 270s. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Cairns for the skydive, Bargara for the week before. I'm doing the Skydive the Beach. Bob Check with the DZs your planning to go to. Most in the Cairns area are Tandem factories. They will put fun jumers on loads if space is available. Tandem is the whole point. He's taking his new shoulder for a test run. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

That's not the point. The point is that it's an eco-tourism bout that polluted the environment. Quite fine irony. . A bit like the two seals or penguins or whatever that got eaten by an orca after they were cleaned up after an oil spill at the cost of $20000. (urban myth or not, it's still ironic) -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Where in Oz are you going? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Have Aerodyne changed their colour scheme for the "A". Last time I looked, you could only have a few colours, and most wouldn't match any colour scheme. I would go and check, but I can't get into their Flash site. It says I don't have flash installed, but the Macromedia site says I have.... oh well.... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Airsuits www.airsuits.com It's what I've got, and I like them! Both freefly and rel. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

2:0:0 But I should get some jumps in next weekend... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/stories/1736.asp This was on A Current Affair the other night. The piece wasn't too bad at all. Looked at a freefly and 8-way team going to the Worlds. There's a video there too, looks like some stock footage that was given to Ch9, no sound or commentary. There are a couple of innaccuracies in this article, but I couldn't find any on the TV piece. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Any idea on the sizings of those shirts? I would like to get one, but I don't really want to spend $35 on a shirt that won't fit... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

HAHAHA Love your work. . Now, this is what I got. Somewhat accurate.... ;) -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Check out her profile: "Pacific/Pacific Islands " Apparantly, RWS' site doesn't work over here. It does for me, but apparantly I'm the exception that proves the rule.... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Jean Michel Jarre - "Industrial Revolution III" from "Revolutions" -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

I know that. I was referring to the "Watson and Crick discovered the double-helix design" phrase... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Non-instructor talking here.... Teach them to flare better. TA them better. Teach them the three/two stage flare. When they come in on finals, go to batons for their toggle movements. When they about to land, it's "hands up" "feet together". You siganl this by pushing your hands up in the air (holding the batons) and clicking your heels together. As they come into land, you bring your hands to about 45deg. This is "flare one". The student pulls their hands straight down to about eye level, not jerky, but in one fluid movement. They don't bring their hands out as a mirror to yours; your hands go out to provide maximum visibility. Closer to the ground, you bring your hands straight out from your sides. This is "flare two". The student brings their hands to about armpit level. They don't bring their hands out as a mirror to yours; your hands go out to provide maximum visibility. Just before touchdown, if necessary, your hands go down another 45deg. This is "flare three". The student brings the toggles to full arm extension. With a bit of luck, the student will follow your commands instead of deciding that the ground is going too fast and they want to stop. That's how my DZ does it anyway.... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

Don't forget Rosalind Franklin. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies

hehe I like that... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies