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No she doesn't.. .but holy crap she FARTS!!

Nah.. I just need 700ft of runway to land.. thats all I'll check out the backyard and see what's up

Like.. for me?

I like it.. a lot actually.. What would be funny is to put some metal on those bones

pm me your address and it will go in the mail asap Biaaaaatch

Hi all, If you jumped with EGO Mike or myself during the boogie, there is a good chance your picture is on here There are two seperate galleries, one for EGO's pictures and one for mine. Enjoy!

Bite me

yeah, but has he done it in both directions, in the same day? Actually I did... Although on that one I didn't quite make it back into Florida... ha ha.. the winds were keeping me in Alabama

:12:0 No beer owed this time.. Went to Skydive Elsinore for some freeflying and some party time for Mel's bday! Skydive Melsinore was awesome as usual!

Terry Schumacher makes these, and he sells them himself, I don't think this stuff is available through gear stores.

My swoops are about as long as the requirements for a newbie landing area though ha ha

All.. I wanted to bump this one since I am well on my way with the video already. Anyone that shot some cool footage, send me a pm if you want it in the boogie video and you didn't give it to me already.. there is still some more footage on its way to me right now, so there is still time!! I have about 15 minutes of video ready, and there is about another 25minutes of video to be editted... I'll try to put together a little 2 / 3 minute teaser for all you people that haven't made up your minds if you want the video or not..

I think the reason they are doing HDD cams is cause that's the way to go until they make solid state media (like compact flash) cheap enough to put in these cameras. There is something to be said for putting it straight to disk, it avoids having to sit there again and converting it all into the computer. DSE might have some ideas on this as well, but I've seen external HDD drives made for some of the professional cameras so they could record straight to hard disk.. Just for our application it's not useful since harddrives don't like altitude..

I am.. which is the reason I am not jumping it like that. the still up top is probably only going to happen if I fly stills only with a flash on there or something like that. what I wanted to show with the pictures is the flexibility of changing everything around... I have jumped it with the still on the other side, but then the door for the CF card sticks out over the side of the helmet, which I don't like either.. I try to keep the sides of my helmet completely clear.. Iwan

Spence.. can you post a pic of your backyard?

Here is my new setup.. it's not completely finished, there are a couple more parts coming in sometime soon.. but this is the first pass. Basically the only change that's going to be made is that the HC-1 is going into a roll cage, instead of just sitting out there in the open. The whole top is a design that Terry Schumacher makes and it works very very nice..

All I have to say about that is that DSE has an amazing amount of knowledge about shooting video, not necessarily shooting skydiving video, but shooting video.... He is more educated than most of us, and he was educated before he ever strapped a camera to his helmet.. I wish there were more skydiving videographers that started off that way.. had a clue how to operate a camera and how to shoot good video before actually selling themselves as videographers.. To DSE.. thanks for all your input on here in the forums, and keep the good stuff coming!

I agree, arch more and get lower, you're flying pretty flat. Iwan

Contact Terry Schumacher, I know he makes rollcages too.. I think he built the ones for Greg Gasson, and he uses PC-120s

Geno.. as you know this weekend I started flying without a wide angle.. I love how it looks WAY better, but you really have to throw yourself away from the formation on exit to get at least the grips in frame. I'd say fly wide angle (.5 or .6) and no wide angle side by side for training jumps for a while and see how it works out for you.. Just make sure you put a UV filter on your video camera to protect the lens.. your camera lens will take a pretty serious beating, and they are a bit more than 60 dollar wide angles UV filters run for 10 bucks or less on B&H Iwan

Tallguy, I know you're a tall man.. since I sit on the airplane with you a lot.. I don't think you're going to get away with a front mount still and side mounted video, at least I wouldnt want to see you flying that way.. it will put a huge amount of stress on your neck. Either go by everything on top (and get a FTP) or do video side mount, stills up top.. you'll find that you will adjust how you move around in the plane just fine to ensure you're not bumping your camera all the time. Iwan

I think I am pretty happy I am on the wagon this month.. somehow it sounds like your Friday isnt half as fun as mine..

Tom, Come out to Byron on Saturday.. Iwan

All, Here is the full info on the wake for Tom as well as his funeral. Thomas Paul Dillon, age 31, formerly of Schaumburg, IL, died on December 31, 2006 while visiting friends in Eloy, AZ. A 1993 graduate of Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, IL., Thomas was an avid skydiver and in recent years had relocated to the west coast to pursue his passion. Thomas will forever be missed by his surviving family, father Dennis; brothers David (Laura) and Kevin (Katie); stepmother Patricia; stepsisters Michele (Mike) Hall, Christine (Jason) Holmes and Traci Leach; his aunt Gayle (Patrick) Barkley; many nieces nephews and cousins; and by all who grew to know and love him during his all too brief life. His precious memory will remain forever in our hearts. Visitation will held on Sunday, Jan. 7 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral Home, 330 W. Golf Rd., Schaumburg, IL. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, Jan. 8 at 11:30 a.m. at Saint Matthew Catholic Church, 1001 E. Schaumburg Rd., Schaumburg, IL. In lieu of flowers, Mass offerings would be appreciated. Preceded in death by his beloved mother, Gail Emma Dillon (nee Heitbrink), Thomas will be laid to rest by her side at St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL. For info or directions please call Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral Home at 847-882-5580

Glass makes or breaks your picture.. like in the "olden days" a good lens on a crappy body will still get you a good picture.. a cheap crappy lens on a professional body will never get you the high quality shot.. just cause the lens is what creates the picture quality..