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I have to agree with FallingMarc. No superstitions here. Just gimme my rig and I'm good to go. I once had a discussion somewhat like this with one of the chaplains in the 82d Airborne. We were talking (secularly) about jumping then he asked me if I prayed before I jumped. I told him that I didn't believe in a god, but that I hoped the riggers hadn't screwed up.

Damn scary edumukated answer, Apoil. Justin My Homepage

Remi, I said right up front that I'm a geek about this stuff.

Once the data was in, it would be easy to run queries, or use OLAP. Personally, I was never considering electronic logbook entries as any form of replacement for the signed paper ones. I can't imagine any DZO accepting it. But for those geeks among us, it is easier to share an online logbook than a paper one. And your whuffo friends (if any ) can read about what they are missing. Justin My Homepage

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=forumsafetytraining&Number=42929&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part= ;-) Oh yeah. This one too.... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=forumsafetytraining&Number=38299&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part= Justin My Homepage

Omar, you forgot pickup trucks.

Damn, that sounds bad. Especially consider you and Merrick have been together for... how long? Justin My Homepage

Okay... My ProTrack and JumpTrack just arrived 20 minutes ago. A day early! It seems pretty easy to import and export. So I could take files generated from people's JumpTrack software also and import it right into the database. For those that use it, this would be really easy. Justin My Homepage

Since my wife is 4 months pregnant, all I have to do is survive for about another 5 months. After that, I'll have successfully reproduced and be exempt from Darwin awards. After that, I can resume doing really stupid stuff. Hurray! Justin My Homepage

Brandon, ParaQuip actually sells them for $285 now. About the same as Square1 and Paragear. Expensive little boogers! Justin My Homepage

Sangiro, I'm too much of a lazy bum to write one that would work on your site with your database. My ProTrack is on the way (from the Rabid Canopy Nazi ), so I'll start messing with that soon. As for the stats, I've started some of that on my stats page. It could turn into the type of thing you are talking about if people want to log that much detail. Justin My Homepage

Yeah, Microsoft has issues. So do I. I just put this up this morning. On which page did you get that? Nevermind. I found it. Error fixed. Justin My Homepage

Okay, here is my idea. Comments, suggestions, but no flames please.... I've put my logbook online. I'm storing it in a database, so it is sortable, searchable, etc. You can take a look at it here . If I spiffed the reports up some, would anyone be interested in keeping their logbooks online? Well aside from me, because I'm a geek? I could set this up so anyone that wanted could enter information into the database and have "their own" pages to view their logbooks. It could be put in a frame in your website so it would basically look like it was part of your site. I understand that people with thousands of jumps are just not going to go and type all that stuff in, but are any relative newbies interested in this feature? You could also each have a statistics page like mine . It would be a reasonable amount of work getting it set up, so I wouldn't do it unless there was sufficient interest. I wouldn't be charging either, so you'd have to be patient with me. In the words of the Head Honcho, "This ain't no damned democracy".

Chuck, I got into a surprising amount in the 1972 family Volvo with 130,000 miles on it at the time. It was the 142s model, with overdrive, no less. Air Volvo! Justin My Homepage

I have to agree with Merrick. Watch out or the xenophobic Americans will flagellate your derriere most zealously.

Beer! From my understanding, it takes about 10 seconds to reach terminal, which is generally about 110 mph or so. It can vary based on your body type (skinny, dense, tall, short, etc.) and your body position (arched, flat, cupping, sit, etc.). I think the USPA says approximately 5.5 seconds per 1000 feet of belly-flying. So about 10 seconds for the first 1000, plus 5.5 per thousand thereafter. Ballpark estimate, of course. Someone will probably post more specific data, but that is the general idea. Justin My Homepage

Two words: Hell No.

Missed one? Slacker! Justin My Homepage

Yes, I suppose that is true. Please give this a try and see if it works for you. http://208.6.12.17/skydive-jumplog.asp Geekus Maximus Justin My Homepage

ProTrack and JumpTrack are on their way.

I had a bizarre and annoying dream the other night. I had a good skydive, but had a nasty spinning malfunction when I deployed. In the dream, I had to struggle to reach my cutaway handle. I finally made it and everything released just fine. Then I woke up, pissed as hell. My dream just ended right there, without my pulling silver or burning in. I tried to fall back asleep so I could pull my reserve handle, but it didn't work. Man was that annoying! Justin My Homepage

My bad, Clay. I forgot about your incredible constitution and your ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Justin My Homepage

Points to Bill. I'm sure many people **cough.. clay** wouldn't have had that wisdom. Justin My Homepage

I replied 7 minutes before the Pooh-Bah? Man, you are slacking, Clay!

Bill, All your points make sense, except: Care to share the details, for safety's sake, of course? Justin My Homepage