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    It sounds to me like you had an Altimaster III, not a Galaxy. The dial face on an Altimaster III was in fact rather small. For purposes of reference, I find the display on the Neptune VERY easy to read. I will advise you from a little different angle. I would encourage you at this point in your skydiving career to spend all of your money on jumps and instruction/coaching. Spend money on only very inexpensive personal type items early on so you can build skills and numbers. If you really want your own Altimeter, buy a used one from the dropzone.com classifieds or eBay for now. Later on you can upgrade to the more expensive and neato-cool Neptune if you like. Buying used, the larger Altimaster II may be the least expensive you will find. You can wrist mount that one, but it's a bit too big for your hand. I wish you the best for your training! Arrive Safely John
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    sangiro SkymonkeyONE LouDiamond TomAiello skymama Remster Arrive Safely John
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    We put it down in our house - it wears well and cleans up very easily. Arrive Safely John
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    Slocks Arrive Safely John
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    25 Civilian tandems 9 Military tandems 6 Military Free Fall (HALO/HAHO) 10 Hop N Pops I need to get out more! Arrive Safely John
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    OK . . . so feel free to request that the other dominant conversation in the thread be broken out as well. Now . . . let's keep this thread on topic please. Arrive Safely John
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    I won't do naked tandems. It's just a line I won't cross out of respect to my wife of 18 years. Arrive Safely John
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    There's already a break-out thread on this in General Skydiving. Arrive Safely John
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    I have electronic copies of both documents at work, but I will not be back there until Monday. PM me Monday if you still need them. Arrive Safely John
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    The earliest I remember was an "Alvin and the Chipmunks" album when I was about four. These were all the originals I purchased myself. No hand-me-downs or gifts included in this list (my memory's not that good). 45 - Dobie Gray "Drift Away" and Billy Preston "Will It go Round in Circles" Album - Beatles "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" Cassette - Eric Clapton "Slow Hand" CD - Sting "Nothing Like the Sun" Arrive Safely John
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    Hi Robin! We met when you were doing your AFF at Eloy. If you remember, I talked to you about vacationing in Scotland with my two brothers. It's great to see that you have continued to skydive! Please let me know if I can do anything at all to help you continue . . . Regards, Arrive Safely John
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    Duplicate posts or "cross-posting" is against the forum rules. Please choose the best fit for your subject and post it once. Thanks Arrive Safely John
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    I took a young man up this Summer with Cerebral Palsy. You can protect your student the same way I did. I made a set of straps as follows: -One strap around the legs above the ankles -One strap around the legs above the knees -Another, with loops in each end and a friction adapter in the middle. One loop has the upper leg strap routed through it, and the top one is for the chest strap on the passenger harness. This strap is cinched down at about 2000 FT to lift the student's leg for landing. I also supported his legs with my feet so we could slide in safely. Otherwise I had someone help me get him into the aircraft and then into the door for exit. I sat right across from the door, and hooked up a little earlier than normal. Arrive Safely John
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    It would be great if someone could post a picture of Adrian so that we might connect a bit more personally while paying our respects. Arrive Safely John
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    I used to train my first-time tandem students to pull. Few of them did - about 20%. I adjusted my method of training, but the percentage remained about the same - even military individuals who are used to performance oriented training. Like Chuck, if it's a tandem student who wants to learn how to skydive, I teach them to pull. Second time tandem students have already been through the initial sensory overload of their first jump - I always teach them to pull, and my percentage is about 80%. I do not agree with putting audible altimeters on students. Arrive Safely John
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    A reminder that personal attacks in any form will not be tolerated here, regardless of the questionable morals and ethics of the recipient. Control yourselves, people. Arrive Safely John
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    Get your B. It opens up opportunities for you like night jumps, Coach rating, etc. You won't regret it. Arrive Safely John
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    Happy birthday monkey. Go eat some cake. Arrive Safely John
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    The Aviation Officer is a fourth commissioned officer, and the Property Book Officer is an additional Warrant. The Commander, XO, and OpsO travel and do demos, but not regularly. Arrive Safely John
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    The skydive is over at 2000 feet for me. Student hard deck is 3500 feet (Instructors are to have the student deployed by then). Arrive Safely John
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    The first Vector Tandem main was a Pioneer Hi-Lifter. I think the main in the Strong Tandem rig was originally a Mighty Mak. riggerrob will jump in with corrections/elaborations I'm sure. Arrive Safely John
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    You completely missed the point. Then, instead of communicating directly with Bill Booth to perhaps more clearly understand his motives you chose to bash him here in a public forum. Nice tactics. You don't know him at all. He has been a regular and significant contributor to these forums, and a search of his posts will reveal contributions like this one. So everyone who invents new technology should just give it away to the world? Is there something wrong with businesses making money? Appreciate the Skyhook for the incredible innovation that it is. Appreciate Bill Booth for his innovative mind, and his huge contributions to the safety of our sport he has already given away (3-ring and hand-deploy). Don't bash him for keeping a couple of his inventions to himself so his company makes a profit. Arrive Safely John
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    I agree. Please recreate the original post in this thread. Arrive Safely John
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    I was the same way . . . then I made the Golden Knights. My Team Leader wanted all of us to know our exact number of jumps so we could accurately answer people's questions when at social events or doing press interviews. That habit just stuck with me. Arrive Safely John
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    Relative Workshop has posted their updated Sigma Tandem System Owner's Manual on their website for download. No longer is it necessary to use the old Tandem Vector II manual with the Sigma supplement. http://www.relativeworkshop.com/support_manuals.html Thanks to Peter Chapman, who pointed this out within another thread in Gear and Rigging. Arrive Safely John