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Bromine boils at 137 degrees F. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

http://www.pia.com/TechnicalArgusDocuments/OrganizationBulletins/2009_562FINALREPORT.pdf This report is long but WELL worth a read. They have video that they were able to get partial loop cuts multiple times from the photos in the report. http://www.pia.com/TechnicalArgusDocuments/OrganizationBulletins/2009_620_RK_English.pdf Investigation of a separate non-injury in Poland of a partial loop cut. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Know that your burble will be larger if you deploy with the wings wide open, go neutral when you pull and the burble is nothing more than normal. Other than that make sure you are putting swoop cords over the outside of any gloves/altimeters you have and also do a few practice touches since you can't get the left hand directly over head anymore. Know if you need to take off the cords to reach the toggles or not before you reach up for the first time Other than that Rob you've got the big items already covered. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

I would contact the flight school at the airport and the AOPA also to let them know about this. There are some FAA items that need to considered if they start denying access to the airport but have accepted the federal funds to maintain the airport. The city might be on the hook to repay all of the funds they received. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

They are the same container. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Happy 5,000th! Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

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Only issue with that is its piracy and the studios are catching on to that just like they did BitTorrent so lawsuits will eventually go out on those users also. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Why not just take the uploads off DZ and do an upload on Monday from the video editors house over broadband? Save on the money and bandwidth can be unlimited. You'd just need a portable drive to take back and forth. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

I've heard that weather moved in and the rain erased any scent trail for dogs to work off of. With that option gone the "official" search was ended but some people are still out looking. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Call manifest to verify that info

Slots are going fast on this so if you want in call the DZ fast on this. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

10:0 Saturday was when we celebrated our anniversary, Sunday I got in a reserve repack and 10 jumps. That is about 140 jumps in the last 7 weeks. I'm sore... Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

I think we will start to see a rash of really hard openings also. I was talking with a jumper that had a brutal opening the other week because it looked like his main towed behind him for a few seconds before inflating but it had allowed the slider to move down some before opening. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

All of Jack's articles are here: http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Disciplines/Relative_Work/index.shtml Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

From this months email to instructors: Put a Stop to Tandem Close Calls USPA has recently received reports of several tandem incidents that could have easily ended in fatalities for both students and instructors. Luckily, the tandem pairs narrowly averted disaster: An 85-year-old woman nearly slipped out of her poorly adjusted tandem harness after the instructor deployed the main canopy. It was originally reported that she had been saved in part due to a Y-mod on the tandem student harness. However, it was later discovered that this tandem harness did not have a Y-mod and that she nearly slipped through the back of the harness past the lateral back strap. A tandem instructor exited a King Air with the student attached by only the lower harness connectors. Once in freefall, the tandem instructor was able to connect one of the shoulder attachments but not the other. The student and instructor landed uneventfully with the harness attached at three points. Several tandem instructors and students suffered injuries ranging from minor to severe after a group of six tandems exited an aircraft just as a storm approached the airport. Most of the tandem pairs landed off the airport in strong and gusty winds, reported to be 35 mph with higher gusts. Hard landings occurred when the tandem canopies surged and collapsed while the tandem pairs attempted to land in the violent winds. In 2006, USPA and the Parachute Industry Association (PIA) released a joint statement in response to the second incident in a seven-month period in which a student came out of a tandem harness. The statement urges all tandem instructors and safety personnel to review the manufacturer’s harness instructions. It also urges manufacturers to examine their respective systems to ensure that unusual opening attitudes, varying body sizes and shapes, and recommended instructor procedures all maintain student security within the harness, particularly during the opening sequence. Since that time, at least two tandem manufacturers have developed a Y-mod for their tandem harnesses. Strong Enterprises requires the modification, and United Parachute Technologies offers it as an option. The Y-mod connects the back of each leg strap to the center of the harness inside the back pad. This forms an upside-down Y shape (see photo). After the student harness is adjusted to factory requirements, the Y-mod should not have any tension. Tandem instructors must adhere to standard operating procedures for all phases of the tandem jump, including correctly harnessing each tandem student or declining to take a student who cannot be fitted safely into a tandem harness. The Y-mod is a crucial back-up that can help to save a student should the instructor fail to adjust the harness correctly. Because it is such a valuable back-up, it should be considered for every tandem student harness in use today. There have been thousands of uneventful tandem jumps performed since 2006 with the Y-mod harness. Correctly adjusted, the Y-mod has no effect on the tandem harness or any tandem procedures. Since 2006, FAA concerns with the potential for tandem student ejection remain. It is entirely conceivable that another student ejection could result in an immediate cessation of all tandem jumps for a period of time, restarting only with new FAA-mandated requirements. Instructors, fit and adjust the harness correctly every time; DZOs and rig owners, seriously consider adopting the Y-modification. Tandem instructors need to follow procedures and take precautions for all phases of a tandem skydive, from gearing up to landing. And drop zones should postpone jumping when threatening weather conditions appear. We must all work together to ensure the safety of our tandem students. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Why would you disconnect your RSL prior to cutting away? In two out situations it is sometimes needed but I'm trying to figure out a time that it would be needed when you have just a single canopy out. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

What size and type of turbine are you looking for? Otters, PAC's, Caravan's, or larger like a Caribou? The type of plane you want will decide who you need to call. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

I've waited 2 hours to get on loads before since the DZ was backed up with students but if the wait is getting much over that since its a 2 hour drive home for me I weigh the decision about heading home. I have gone home before when then the loads are backed up 6-8 loads in a Turbine before I could do even a solo. I do have other commitments and sitting around the DZ on a wonderfully nice day watching everyone else jump for hours trying to get in on a single jump just is not an effective use of my time anymore. Years ago I would have waited until sunset trying to get one more in but anymore with all of life's additional activities its just not worth it and I'd rather do something else. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Rampart (owners of the CASA'a and Otter's) I believe are the owners of that Caribou. I jumped it earlier this year and one of the pilots mentioned they were trying to rack up hours for some military contracts they were wanting to get in on with it. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com

Its not practical on some rigs to have a single photo since you are talking the first step of the pack job is insert the closing loop into the pack tray and then into the AAD cutter. Once that's done there are dozens of steps that a rigger could make that would screw up the pack job and make it an issue. Are you only concerned about getting a photo of the loop being ran through the cutter or are you looking for a photo that shows everything was packed correctly? Those are usually at two separate steps in the process. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com