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As used at my DZ everyone who is not yet A licensed, or A license qualified is termed a "student". Many DZs stopped referring to tandem students as passengers for tax reasons. Amusement rides most certainly should be paying state sales tax, while student training jumps may not. Again for tax reasons, all of us who are earning money from our skydiving are students when it comes tax time. All of those so called "fun jumps" are actually training jumps/re-currency jumps, working toward another rating, etc., therefore tax deductible! Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

Generally as I understand the manufacturers are interested in the tandem student being able to execute a contract. The manufacturers want to be protected by an enforceable participation agreement. If in Australia a parent can actually waive their child's right to sue, then the manufacturer would indeed be protected. It would be best to check with the manufacturer. In this country every state sets the legal age of contract, most are 18, some 19 years of age. Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I do give it one last check while on the step before rolling off. That's the last chance to abort. I will not argue against handle checks, but it was more of an issue with the old student handles and the potential of a floating handle. Now that I think about it I do a handle check at 6,000' and if it's there I pull it. If not I'll move onto the next handle. I have over six seconds of handle check time before reaching 4,500.' I guess I was pretty much wrong after all. Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

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Found this HandCam thesis recently and it made me think of this thread. Couldn't find it posted elsewhere. I get "The file is damaged and can't be repaired." Edit: downloaded and saved with Explorer (as opposed to Firefox). The PDF opened just fine. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I don't quite understand how they "measure" their off airport runways. How is it that he can just barely squeeze the landing in on the 300' gravel bar, then take on another 500 plus lbs and take off? I noticed the airplane switch out (Single otter for Cessna 207 and or Beaver) on Sara Palin's Alaska. Alaska is home to more bears than humans, and apparently every Cessna 207 ever manufactured. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

That reads to me like an open invitation to me. Believe it or not, there are skydivers who don't have a clue what Skyride is, take the opportunity to write an explanation article. Laura indicated that she/they would print it! Anyone,...anyone.... Edit to add: I've met Laura, she's not only female but in my opinion quite physically attractive. Beyond the physical, she's intelligent and from what little I know of her she's also simply a good sweet person. In my book, that combination is simply sexy! Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

As described in the book Lisbeth is less than 5' tall, with a flat chest (until she has breast augmentation anyway). The Swedish chick doesn't match up very well either. And Mikael is supposed to be a hot dude that the girls are drawn to like flys to ..., well you know what flys like. Again the Swedish dude is not hot at all, I can tall that, and I'm not into hot guys. And the chick that plays Erika Berger isn't exactly Jennifer Aniston either, from reading the book I thought Erika would be at least somewhat fuckable. From the turn out of Swedish actors one would think that the whole darn country is a bunch of homely folk. I hope not, I have a fair amount of Swedish blood. But then again, I'm no Robert Redford either. Regardless, the movies are still good. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

Two more. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

Here are a few pictures of Rooney as Lisbeth. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

2500 tandems and maybe 10 pukers. One girl told me just before door that she knew she would throw up. I said "Ok, let's go!" She had only taken in blue gatorade, so had "Smerf puke". Years ago we had two sisters, they both threw up. First indication either of us had on those two was a warm wet feeling on our legs. With hand cam I always ask them to try to get it past us to the left. I stick the camera about a foot above their head for really cool footage. At edit I run it slow mo both forward and reverse. Just as well have fun with it! Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I don't know the answer, hence the question. Would IAD be a better option than PC assist SL out of the cargo door? Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

There's no logic in this though. They currently do not have the expense associated with overseeing skydiving and it's not nor does it have the potential to create funding to help with other spending. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I don't see any upside of this for the skydiving community. How the hell did this end up on this dip shit's radar? Is/was he a skydiver? Who wrote it? Is there such thing as a skydiving industry lobbyist other than the USPA? I don't really agree with the estimation that it could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Realistically one person could administer it, or for that matter a fraction of one person's time could manage it. One guy could spend one day a week, all day at every DZ year round. At least the way it's written it's not an attempt to fund other State infrastructure, the money that goes into "the fund" stays in the fund. At least government is always extremely efficient. Wouldn't it be nice if they would devote this kind of effort to something actually beneficial such as dealing with the skyride issue. This is so stupid it would follow that the State will contract with the Skyride boys to administer the damn thing. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

In a 182, every seat's a window seat, both sides! you don't need a WDI. If the pilot will fly a box pattern in the climb, everyone on board can observe the crab angle and roughly calculate the wind speed and direction. Again, every seat is a window seat, I actually prefer sitting behind the pilot and looking back. I spot from back there all the time, and pass corrections up to the pilot. Obviously you don't need to see straight down to know where you are, especially where there are roads or other lines and landmarks. I can pick up a land mark/road five miles out the side and know if we're crossing the end of the runway, etc. I've also had more than one time exited last after giving the aircraft a 90 degree correction and waiting a mile or more to correct a screwed up spot (pilot got the wrong mile road or was an idiot in a Caravan, etc). The Caravan load everyone was watching, and wondering "where the tandem is." Eventually someone looked upwind as opposed to downwind a mile where everyone else was. I will grant you that we don't much look for traffic after opening the door, but we do talk with the pilot, observe traffic, and know through ATC what's out there. Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

Very cool. Stuff like that is most certainly time consuming. Maybe it can come over to Kansas and haul a few skydivers someday? Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I just caught up on this thread after not looking at if for a year or so. Who's it hang'n, the engine that is, these days? Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I had not heard that Precision was releasing a new tandem canopy. The web site doesn't have any information about it, but then it doesn't have any information regarding tandem at all. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I also find this all very interesting: The novels Main article: Millennium Trilogy At his death, Larsson left behind manuscripts of three completed but unpublished novels in a series. He wrote them for his own pleasure after returning home from his job in the evening, making no attempt to get them published until shortly before his death. The first was published in Sweden in 2005 as Män som hatar kvinnor ("Men who hate women"), published in English as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was awarded the prestigious Glass Key award as the best Nordic crime novel in 2005. His second novel, Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl Who Played with Fire), received the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2006. The third novel in the Millennium trilogy, Luftslottet som sprängdes ("The air castle that was blown up"), published in English as The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, was published in the United States in May 2010. Larsson left about three quarters of a fourth novel on a notebook computer, now possessed by his partner, Eva Gabrielsson; synopses or manuscripts of the fifth and sixth in the series, which he intended to contain an eventual total of ten books, may also exist.[8] The Swedish film production company Yellow Bird has produced film versions of the Millennium Trilogy, co-produced with The Danish film production company Nordisk Film and TV company, which were released in Scandinavia in 2009. [edit] Death and aftermath Larsson died in Stockholm at the age of 50 of a heart attack. Rumours that his death was in some way induced, because of death threats received as editor of Expo, have been denied by Eva Gedin, his Swedish publisher.[9] In May 2008 it was announced that a 1977 will, found soon after Larsson's death, declared his wish to leave his assets to the Umeå branch of the Communist Workers League (now the Socialist Party). As the will was unwitnessed, it was not valid under Swedish law, with the result that all of Larsson's estate, including future royalties from book sales, went to his father and brother.[10][11] His long term lover Eva Gabrielsson,[12] who found the will, has no legal right to the inheritance, sparking controversy between her and his father and brother. Reportedly, the two never married because, under Swedish law, couples entering into marriage are required to make their addresses (at the time) publicly available; marrying would have been a security risk.[13] Owing to his reporting on extremist groups and the death threats he had received, the couple had sought and been granted masking of their addresses, personal data and identity numbers from public records, to make it harder for others to trace them; this kind of "identity cover" was integral to his work as a journalist and would have been difficult to bypass if the two had married or become registered partners.[citation needed] An article in Vanity Fair magazine discusses Gabrielsson's dispute with Larsson's relatives, which has also been well covered in the Swedish press. She claims the author had little contact with his father and brother and requests the rights to control his work so it may be presented in the way he would have wanted.[14] Larsson's story was featured on the October 10, 2010 segment of CBS News Sunday Morning. In this segment Larsson's family claims the fourth and as yet unpublished book is actually the fifth book.[15] Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I should finish Played With Fire today, and have the first movie at home (Netflix). As far as more books, this is noted on Wikipedia: Larsson wrote about three-quarters of a fourth novel before his sudden death in November 2004. His partner, Eva Gabrielsson, possesses the notebook computer with the manuscript. Outlines or manuscripts for one or two more books may exist. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

Rhys is pretty much right on. As I'm sure you've figured out already, the majority of tandem students take a couple of seconds off the airplane to get over the sensory overload, and start functioning again. This guy was extreme with his legs, I would have likely been working with him, hooking with my legs in an attempt to make him conscious of his legs. He was also extreme in that it took him six seconds to get it right, but then some will never arch correctly. I remember at least one, I think a couple who got the arch flipped in their head and went into a tight fetal position. I tapped, and pushed, the response was to get more rigid in the fetal position. Stayed that way all the way through deployment, then asked "Did I arch right?" I'd much rather have someone fetal than legs out, or rag doll. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I agree Rob, The fall rate scares me, but I tend to be bothered by stuff like that more now than I did when I had a couple hundred tandems. Maybe I know more now? I do know that no drogue terminal with two guys in the 210/220 lb range is scary fast. I guess somewhat obviously, worst case is to end up under a reserve and loaded to 500 lbs. Hope for the best, grit your teeth, and flair like hell. Well, or just not load that heavy to begin with. Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

Looks like a nice place to live. Also looks like a nice 700' high bridge close by. From Wikipedia: Unlike other cities in the area, Page was created in 1957 to house workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Its 17-square-mile (44 km2) site was obtained in a land exchange with the Navajo Indian tribe. The city is perched atop Manson Mesa at an elevation of 4,300 feet (1,300 m) above sea level and 600 feet (180 m) above Lake Powell. After the dam was completed in the 1960s, the city grew steadily to today's population of 6,800. Because of the new roads and bridge built for use during construction, it has become the gateway to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell, attracting more than 3 million visitors per year. Page is also the home of two of the largest electrical generation units in the western United States. Glen Canyon Dam has a 1,288,000 kilowatts capacity when fully online. The other power plant to the southeast is the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired steam plant with an output capability of 2,250,000 kilowatts. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

You should touch base with Jay Stokes. He'll come to you and run your course/s. He's even a resident of AZ, though I don't think that he spends much time there. http://www.certificationunlimited.com/ Martin Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ

I wasn't replying specifically to you, just happened to click "reply" on the last post in the thread. Bad forum etiquette on my part. Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ