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A number of tower workers complained about that statement in the video, Owned by Remi #?

starwalk - not free but worth 5 bucks nasa has a great free app evernote if you use it hulu+ and netflix if you use them savage love - well worth a few bucks paypal / ebay if you use them google earth fluent news i.tv if you have a tivo sirius /xm if you subscribe Owned by Remi #?

My experience is that humans step over lines and avoid tripping over rigs but dogs barrel through the hangar snagging lines and peeing on rigs. Guess it depends on the training the humans / dogs get. Owned by Remi #?

I checked a student's 3-rings before they donned their rig once, and then again before we walked to the loading area. On the second check, I discovered that the middle ring had become "jammed" inside the large ring. It's hard to describe, but it may have prevented a cutaway. It unnerved me. I also remember a thread here some years ago about someone who had a packer accidentally pull their cutaway handle and then re-assemble it improperly, without saying a word about the accident. Owned by Remi #?

Ummm...... The last time I had linetwists, both of my 3-rings remained connected. I must have been doing it wrong. Having linetwists in no way changes the number of connection points you have with your canopy. It just changes the angle of force on your connections. Owned by Remi #?

Depends... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UhaeWFX8I or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih6W19KTlZo Owned by Remi #?

The cover reminds me of.... Owned by Remi #?

Soooo..... if you didn't mean it as derogatory then you were using in a way that meant you actually like the cover? Owned by Remi #?

It's very difficult carry groceries riding a crowded bus. Are you proposing using the money to make room on the buses for groceries? Or buying more buses so that they are less crowded? Owned by Remi #?

It's been suggested that some species may produce more homosexual offspring when resources are limited than they do when resources are plentiful. Species that have those sorts of built in safety valves for reproduction might survive over species that don't. In those terms, the existence of homosexuality may be one of the reasons the human species evolved at all. Owned by Remi #?

gawd-dammed right! Owned by Remi #?

Students are generally taught to react to situations they are most likely to encounter. Subtle situations are things they are expected to learn later. Most students are only in the door when the plane is configured for jumping. If a student is near an open door with the plane climbing and the flaps up without knowing the subtle differences, their instructor(s) have dropped the ball. Owned by Remi #?

Right on. I agree. I spent 13 years in the military and it just gassed my ass to hear about some men's wives and girlfriends and gratuitous encounters with female strippers and prostitutes. The military really, really needs to get rid of anyone who discloses their sexuality. Everyone should just shut the fuck up about it... and if some guy slips up and admits that he had sex with a woman, it's more than reasonable to deprive him of a planned career and write off the cost of his training. Owned by Remi #?

"Western Civilization" and democracy have their roots in a culture that accepted homosexuality. Things started to go south when vocal Christian minority groups conned enough money out of gullible, mostly ignorant (as in uneducated, not dumb) people to start having enough capital to become influential political lobbyists. Take a look at world history.... Alexander the Great Fag wouldn't pass muster under DADT. Owned by Remi #?

I would consider telling a student to cut away if I could clearly see a major problem with the canopy and as a last resort to save their life, but only if there was a single student under canopy with radio. If there were multiple students in the air, I wouldn't risk having one with a good canopy panic and cut away because they thought I was talking to them. Owned by Remi #?

Ummm... he's always been a sociopath. Owned by Remi #?

So easy even an American can find it in 3 minutes with Google: http://www.bpa.org.uk/file_uploads/File/Operations%20Manual/Ops%20Manual%20Sep%202010%20pdf%281%29.pdf You might have to read through it carefully to get your answers though. Owned by Remi #?

They should be and they probably are. One big problem I feel is that when you ask a student to learn freefall skills and canopy skills on the same jump, they focus more on the freefall skills. It's human nature. It comes up every time the static line vs AFF argument is raised here that static line students appear to learn better canopy skills earlier than the AFF students do. I'm not making that claim, I"m just saying I hear the argument a lot. And there's really no reason it has to cost a dime more. We already require 2 HnPs, right? Make it 4 or 5 instead, have the student do them when they are near licensing, and use them to really focus attention on the canopy skills they've been introduced to in the ISP. At most DZs, low altitude passes are cheaper than full alti. If the DZ's staff are so focused on money that a coach isn't willing to hold a video camera for 5 minutes and debrief the canopy flight, then give 'em 5 bucks for it. It doesn't seem all that complicated and while it's just my opinion that it may help, I honestly can't see how it would do any harm. Owned by Remi #?

It's easy to fail a student for poor canopy control. One of the points being made was that you can't usually see if the student is properly practicing the actual canopy progression skills they've been taught while you're negotiating a place in the pattern and landing your own canopy. It's a lot easier to observe that aspect of the coaching from the ground Owned by Remi #?

As a coach, I try very hard to devote enough time to the canopy progression part of every level when I train someone but it's a LOT harder to get that stuff to sink in when you've got an exited, amped up student who's thinking more about the freefall portion of their skydive. They "know" they need to "pass" the freefall requirements. They "know" the coach may or may not be able to see enough of them under canopy to tell whether or not they're practicing the canopy progression as well. If you change that dynamic to focus the student on canopy control alone, knowing someone on the ground is watching and evaluating, like a canopy course, it may sink in more. Owned by Remi #?

They are, but you could end up spending a lot more than double trying getting your license requirements signed off if you do a bunch of solos and don't learn how to do the things you have to do to get your license. Owned by Remi #?

gremlins living in the computer housing Owned by Remi #?

5700? Regardless, the self test will fail if the voltage is too low. http://www.cypres-usa.com/english_users.pdf Owned by Remi #?

An unconscious person is most likely to roll over and fall with their back to the ground. The reserve handle will be "on top" Owned by Remi #?

Yes, I would. A couple of times I've made statements here that were technically incorrect. A few of those times, an experienced, respected person here has PM'd me research suggestions or advise that worked well as guidance for me to make my posts more accurate. Owned by Remi #?