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    Many thanks, Just wanted a validation that it was an OK product and easy to use etc. and too true......use at the right time, right place and right amount!
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    Anyone used this in the skydive environment and have any views on it? Also, any idea on version/price needed Many thanks
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    Hi there, I have a Mirage G3, which is sized for 150-135. I had a Sabre1 150 in it, but I am planning on putting a Spectre 135 in its place. I've heard that the spectre has a smaler pack volume, size for size than a 9 cell, so could this leave me with a sloppy container? Many thanks
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    lil guy should be given honary membership to VKB for that proximity!
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    170' freefall

    skydonkey replied to panavision's topic in Archive

    Ref. a post DW made on Blink Does anyone know if this would have included anything over and above what we see on current canopy technology (post form 2003)? Listen to DA MAN
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    Hi I recently changed laptops and my new one doesn't have built in Firewire. So I bought a combi IEEE1394 / USB PC card I am only pulling the video in through Movie Maker but when I plug my HC40 in it cant find the camera. I do however get DVin appear on the cam screen while it is pluggged in. Is this correct or should it be saying DVout? Many thanks
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    Yes, don't worry about it. Just do your exit drills as your AFF instructors show you and don't think it is more complicated than it is. If you are in control in the tunnel then you will sail through the free-fall part of AFF (don't forget that there are other life saving things to learn that you can practice in the tunnel) On exit, just relax, hold your position and enjoy.
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    Hey, how did Nigel manage to duck his head behind the TV screen
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    Half a block past WM and just before you reach the intersection of WO and WP? I meant WisconsiN, I dunno if I got the Abbreiviation correct?
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    Good news for me, I go a new job that is involves me travelling to some some of our partner companies in the States, YAY! Anyone help me find the nearest DZ's to Ramsey MN and Stratford WN? (I tried the DZ Locator but can't seem to get any results from it) Cheers
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    Oh My is it that time of year again! If you don't make the grade for the Felix-mobile, you can join me on my European tour. It will be a little less Glam and you don't require any BASE or Cinematographic skills, just a Penchant for Fat birds.
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    signed off!

    skydonkey replied to teamtwot's topic in Wind Tunnels

    ....well foot feet Is this a follow up to the Tunnel Twister Count me out
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    That was the first time I saw Cathy without her ear to ear tunnel grin on. Boy she was concentrating! I noticed some of the rigs had DRCP, are you going to be doing TAFF?
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    http://www.bodyflight.co.uk/ The tunnel is completely awesome (Iv'e just spent 2 1/2+ in it). I think that the individual bedrooms on the site itself are still under contruction? although the bunk rooms (10 to room) are cheap, warm and functional. There is a Travelodge http://www.travelodge.co.uk/find_a_hotel/hotel/hotel_id/273/Bedford 5 mins drive away, as is Bedford train station, and the taxi ride is only a few Pounds. There are several pubs nearby to eat or drink in, again a short taxi ride away (the Tunnel is on an old military research site and is half a mile into the middle of nowhere on its own little road) The staff at the tunnel are all very helpfull and cool, give them a ring and they will tell you all you need to know. Here's some juicy footage from the tunnel http://161.58.164.50/tv/FabianBB.mov
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    http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2042649#2042649
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    Making little Tomettes?
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    http://www.1olav.com/
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    Check out the Sonic Suits that Babylon where using last year. They are tight ZP body with cordura-like arms and leg and hardly flap at all. You been hitting the tunnel up yet ? Yea, Definitely lop some off that clown suit of yours, so I don't have to contort my fat ass so much to float up to you Before you get your suit cut and shut, you could get someone to run a pleat up the arms and legs and try it out for feel. You simply turn it inside out and run a line up offset from the inside seam. You can wear it quite comfortably with the flap on the inside, and unpick it easy enough it it isn't right.
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    The Hammer

    skydonkey replied to 460's topic in Archive

    Voila!
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    I've been on my back in the tunnel and am trying to fly using my lower arms as little as possible, i.e. trying to De-Arch neck and upper back for lift rather than pushing my arms out over my head, so that it will be easier to take grips. I'm also only using my legs to turn (bad idea?). However, if you practice this style in the tunnel, how easy is it to fly like this in Free-fall? Surely having a rig on your back will make it much much harder to De-arch you back? How much do you then have to re-adapt / re-learn your position?
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    Just wondering how the New UK Tunnels will affect the migration abroad during the winter.
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    No, I think he managed to sweet talk his way out of it in the end
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    Comments for one of the VKB video's (We fly, you can hardly move) Given the 42 second Delay(and estimating pull @100M) , I make that Vertical ~83Mph, Horzizontal ~103Mph with Glide ~1.25:1 with angle of ~36% Can't wait to see the "New Standards" DVD, to see what they are doing in wingsuits (check out the teaser). Their home-made tracking suits look markedly different from the inflatable style tracking suits (more tight and streamlined). Does anyone know if they use BM/PF/GS/S-FLY/MATTER Wingsuits or have they come up with something of their own design in this area also?
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    I feel a new term coming on. How about 27.5-monauti or Quart-monauti or Jump-of-the-edge-and-go-like-F@ck-monauti? Probably those crazy VKB mob. Too much time in the Arctic circle will make you do some pretty sick sh*t. Mindblowing stuff
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    The following are quotes from the two people that landed with James, both are very experienced instructors, one is also a DZO. They obviously picked the Safest "out" that was available to them given the options available. James was one of the most intelligent and level headed people that I have ever met. My opinion would be that a combination of unfortunate factors caused him to make error that cost him his life. You are entitled to your opinion, but you are talking about someone that died tragically doing something that he loved. Can I please ask that people consider the use of terms such as Brain Mal regardless of fault or not.