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According to the attached Sun Path Javelin Oddysey Reserve Compatibility Chart, your PD160R should fit in in an OJK. Arrive Safely John

My suggestion is that you contact Aggie Haggas or Derek Thomas at Sun Path to discuss your issue. If there is a real problem your pointing it out could help a lot of other skydivers. If there is a clear explanation for your issue, you may find it in the course of the conversation. Regardless of the outcome, please post your results here. Sun Path (813) 782-9242 http://www.sunpath.com/forms/frm_contact.htm Arrive Safely John

They are very close, but the Smart 150 will pack up slightly smaller than the PD 143R. I have attached Sun Path's compatibility charts for each reserve type. Short answer: PD143R is listed at 363 cu. in. and fits in a OJK, J1KS, J1KL Smart 150 is listed at 346 cu. in. and fits in a OJK, J1KS, J1KL, J2K During a side-by-side comparison I packed a PD160R and a Smart 150 in the same J3K Odyssey and they both fit nicely. Arrive Safely John

Lots of good answers already; here's a couple more: -Condition. If you're buying a used student rig to use as your first sport rig, it will likely have a lot of jumps and will show a lot of wear. Student's don't consistently deploy in a stable body position, land on target, or land on their feet like experienced jumpers. If this is the case, have your Rigger give it a fine-toothed-comb inspection before making any commitment. -Student main canopies are very docile and forgiving, and their design and line trim takes into account student canopy piloting errors in an effort to make the canopy as safe as possible for students. This along with a light wing loading makes for a great student canopy. A very small shift in size to a canopy designed for sport jumpers would result in a canopy you could jump comfortably for a long time. An example: a PD Navigator is designed for students. A PD Silhouette is designed for sport jumpers. The airfoil designs are very similar, but the line trim is different. If a student learned to skydive on a Navigator 240 at a very conservative wing loading, a shift to a Silhouette 230 with proper coaching (in my opinion) would result in a canopy choice that student could jump for a long time while refining canopy piloting skills. If you can give us the context of your question - your reason behind asking it - we might be able to help a little more. Arrive Safely John

Start by determining you container size. It should be a G number somewhere on your harness/container's data label. Yours is likely a G4? Then look at the Genera container volume chart at the bottom of this page for general reference. Last step: call Sandy Reid at (520) 466-2655 and ask him if it will fit. In my opinion you will then have made an informed decision. Arrive Safely John

Biane Kidwell. I had been at Bragg exactly a year when you left. Arrive Safely John

The spam has been handled. Arrive Safely John

I look forward to meeting you in person. Somewhere there is a beer with your name on it. Arrive Safely John

It would be that people show up in the forums like they do in person, rather than using their virtual identity to be something or someone they are not. Just think . . . no trolls, no alter-egos, no flamethrowers hidden behind anonymity. Arrive Safely John

Does anyone know how to get in touch with him? Is he still jumping? Arrive Safely John

. . . and we don't need non-skydiving related content in the General Skydiving Forum.

In the future please find your original thread and bump it to the top of the first page by replying to it. I have done that with your original Renegade face shield thread. Thanks! Arrive Safely John

Bump! Arrive Safely John

From the Forum Search page, the second drop down menu up from the bottom says "Sort by:" Choose "Post date" and they will be sorted that way for you. Arrive Safely John

I'm pretty sure it was 1986. He was friends with one of the NCOs I worked for, and I can remember her being upset about it. All of that happened before I went to PLDC in December of 1986. Arrive Safely John

See my reply to this post. Arrive Safely John

Happy birthday! Oh . . . and . . . how YOU doin? Arrive Safely John

I am currently jumping a demo Solo. It is much smaller than the Pro Dytter and incredibly loud. It is so loud that my tandem students are able to hear it through their frap hat even though it's mounted inside my Bonehead Guner. If I were going to choose between the two I would spend the money on a Solo. Arrive Safely John

No. He died in a skydiving accident in the mid-1980's. I'm not sure of the exact year - surely someone will elaborate. Arrive Safely John

OK, Which of you MS Excel Wizards has created an elaborate spreadsheet for use as a logbook to track your jumps? I am currently using Skylog shareware which is OK, but I would like to be easier to sort the data. I still use paper logbooks as well, but having it on the computer makes it easier to look up specific numbers like how many jumps I had on a particular canopy. Arrive Safely John

Huh?!?!?? From the manufacturer you get up-to-date pricing and no surprises. It took me about two minutes to find it listed on Relative Workshop's website. Click on "Rigging Price List" for the .pdf; you'll find your item under "Installations/Modifications" about halfway down the right side. $275 for a V3. That's a good start. http://www.relativeworkshop.com/support_rigging.html Arrive Safely John

My wife was in the dentist chair today, and told me that she wears her ipod shuffle to keep her mind off the drilling and digging. I suggested "Working In A Coal Mine" (covered by Devo) as the perfect song. "Lord . . . I am SO tired! How long can this go ON? Arrive Safely John

lara@alti-2.com or roger@alti-2.com Another alternative is to post a dropzone.com classified offering to trade even for a metric version. Arrive Safely John

Chris Bickerdike was a US Army Parachute Rigger in the very early '80's, and an avid Raeford skydiver. If I'm not mistaken, he was one of the first CRW dogs at Raeford. I never met him - his time at Raeford was well before mine. I only knew of him from friends and co-workers, and talked to him on the phone on one occasion when he called my first unit looking for a job. Chris has a lot of artistic talent, and had many skydiving drawings depicting jumpers with huge smiles on their faces. I know Ted Strong used some of Chris' work in his tandem manual at one point - maybe he still does. I have attached one of Chris' drawings that I stumbled across last week. Does anyone have any more? It would be cool to collect them here in this post for posterity. Arrive Safely John

Help is on the way. Arrive Safely John