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Am I smoking crack or was there a forum help/general questions forum here not too long ago? It seems to be missing. Am I smoking the good crack, or is this one of those rare moments of lucidity? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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I think that this is important. You're going to be lugging this thing around all day, you'll want it made for you. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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* Food: Prices aren't out of line for food, however, it's expensive when you're paying for every meal. Plan to spend ~$6.00 a meal on the DZ and more or less if you plan to head into town. * Camping fee: None if you're pitching a tent. At least I don't recall there being one last year. * Parking fee: I don't recall one of those either. " How much will I spend" seems to be a common question about the WFFC. "Everything you've got" is the appropriate answer, I think. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Why? Why is using the rear risers on a non crossbraced any more dangerous than using rear risers on a crossbraced canopy? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Nice job. Too many people get caught up with "I need to land into the wind", this usually results in bruised, broken, or dead skydivers. Sounds to me like you did O.K. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Like Quade, I disagree with this statement. Exit order needs to be based on horizontal separation. Who has a faster canopy is irrelevant when there is a premature deployment on group in front of you. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Go to the source and figure it out. http://www.tanita.com/consumer/consumer.html It looks like you might want the TBF611 or TBF612. Good luck. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Cincinnati, Ohio I believe. IIRC Jerry got busted for passing a check to a prostitute. Let this be a lesson to you all, pay your hookers in cash. Edit: Here's some more about Jerry - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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It will most likely be uncomfortable, but the only real way to know is to try the rig on. If you do have to get them replaced it will probably cost around $100.00 USD (That's only a guess). - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Nope. Wasn't me. Nobody saw me do it, can't prove anything. I wish I could claim credit for this one, but I've never been to Sebastian. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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I don't think so. Let's set the way back machine and see how things come to be. Kirils said this: You responded with this: Finally, I responded to your response with this: My response was not out of line or off the topic of this thread, rather, it was a direct response to your question of why Kirils chose to remove his Cypres and replace it with the Astra. Now, to answer the question about documented cases of Cypres misfires WHILE SWOOPING, I don't know of any. Nor do I know of any legitimate Cypres fires that occured during a swoop. Swooping as we know it today is in its infancy, as the envelope is pushed we can't be sure how the Cypres will react. Some people who are truely pushing the limits are concerned enough by this to remove their Cypres, deal with it. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Do we? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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By paying attention to what those who came before me have to say, they were there and I believe them. There have been at least two cases of the Cypres misfiring during the short time that I have been in the sport. Don't believe that it doesn't happen just because Airtec doesn't publish it. Please don't believe that your Cypres is infallable. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Because never is a very tall order. I don't believe that Airtec warns jumpers about Cypres misfires, unfortunately there are dozens of documented cases where it has. When a swooper is in the middle of a high performance landing, absolutely last thing he needs is a surprise reserve deployment. The device that was designed to save his life could just as easily kill him. Some feel that it's safer to simply remove the Cypres from the equation. Some do this by switching to an Astra or another AAD that can be turned off, some simply remove the AAD completely. Those that do so have analyzed the risk and believe that it is acceptable. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Condolences here please: Blue Skies, Black Death - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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I'm in the same boat, hell, with all this rain I might need a boat... Anyhow, 0:0:0. Someone told me today that it's rained the 18 of the last 23 weekends. I think I believe them. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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There's nothing wrong with doing a hop and pop from 4 or 5k if that's what you want to do, but if you're looking for canopy time then why not do a hop and pop from 13k? The only way to get experience flying your canopy is by spending time under canopy. "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Agreed. But you know what they say about a woman scorned. She seems to be dealing with it, as far as I"m concerned it's over. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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*drool* I have 9 in my closet right now. They're coming up on their first birthday. *drool* - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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From the first link: I didn't know that laws expired. Is this common? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Doubtful, I think she'll just try to play it off by pretending it didn't happen. Ya know, she's a nice lady, I don't want to make this difficult for her, so I won't be actively pursuing an apology. Thanks. It's unfortunate though, I always had dreams of sleeping my way to the top , now I've found that I can't. I guess I'll have to do like everyone else and actually work now! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Probably to her husband. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Why? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Take them off? You wouldn't be the first person to fly canopy without your goggles. You and every other AFF student. It happens, don't worry about it. They taught you the PLF right? That's a tumble. We expect AFF students to tumble when they land. You jumped, you lived, you didn't kill anyone else, and it sounds like you pulled. What more could you ask for? Sounds like a successful level 1 to me. Stay with the AFF program and LISTEN TO and LEARN FROM your instructors. Don't second guess them, they know how this is supposed to work, you don't. It's perfectly normal to be uncomfortable during AFF, but when your instructor passes you it is my belief that you should accept it and move on. Maybe it's me, but I think you second guessed them and that's a bad, and potentially dangerous, habit to get in to. Good luck and stay safe. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Come on dude. It was my unit she held, not that of new born baby. No, actually it happened in a parking lot as the night was ending. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.