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Can I reduce my pictures with iPhoto to make them postable? or do I need something like photo shop to do that? Thanks, marc

Well loved stilleto with new dacron lines with norman kent flames on the bottom for 400 bucks.

Hiya Grant, ok couple of answers for ya. Still green right at this very moment no less.... I have ran my head back through this very situation...but there just wasn't any. I had a nice smooth reach back...with a nice smooth forcefull toss into the airstream. No delays at all that I can recall. it was all so smooth. well...till i felt the speed pick up...then it wasn't so smooth. Went to silver at about 3500 feet and was under a full inflated reserve and had controlability check done on it by 3000. I knew I had plenty of time considering I was doing a hop n pop out of a cessna from 5000. But once I saw that my second attempt at pulling the pin was doing nothing but pulling the PC towards me to the point it would drop and hit my side i pulled silver. my decision altitude is and always has been 2000. I was not going to wrangle with this dangly thing behind me to the point it horshoed around me or worse. i figured get the nylon over me...slow me down...then figure it out from there. I think i did it ok. some things I might do different. like the whole landing thing. I spaced out on the landing...but I was also thinking I am over soft territory and was just wanting to get down now. after going through all that crap i just wanted down. do you have any idea how SLOW my Dash-M 218 feels compared to my usual stiletto 150??? damn it's a tank. but that's why I have it there. hope this helps clear some more things up for people. this was truly a learning experience. i am going to send wings some pics of the PC tied in a knot in the way I found it. also of the length of the attachemtn from FF handle to the PC. also...my PC is actualy 34". it's F'ing huge. I ordered my container for a 149Xfire and Dash-m 218 and that's the PC they gave me. so I dont know. *edit* couple of pictures of the attachment point. and also how the knotted PC looked when I got a good look at it after I landed. there was no bridal involvment at all. all PC. I am wondering if I had a smaller PC if this would of been a possibility. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

I couldn't of said it any better. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Mine is more of a pud than a hackey. and it has a good inch of what appears to be type 2 or 3 tape. attaching it. it tends to dangle on the end of the PC. I have a feeling of anything this related to it. on top of it being subterminal...and me being a big fella moving lots of air out of the way did not help even with a strong throw that I definately did have. just voodoo air over vandalia. Wierd thing is I had a great hard throw out too. not a weaker than normal throw out. it felt good coming out of the pocket and into the wind. nice strong throw. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

That's the exact one Jimbo. Thanks. I've been packing it that way for the past couple hundred jumps and even more pack jobs without issue on my rig or on Anne's. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

This was not the bridal knotting around the PC. This was the PC tyeing it self in a not. the bridal was not really even involved. It was more of the handle involved. That is what pulled through and knotted up the PC on it self. Also one other thing. I have a very large PC. I dont know if it is standard on the wings. I didn't ask for it but they had sent a 32inch F111 PC. i personaly think it is too big. I also am now going to get rid of my freefly handle or figure out a way to sew it all the way down to my PC. I just am not comfortably with how it is now saftey wise. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Yes those are my normal EP's for a PC in tow. that is what I was taught. The sim says you can do eather. My thoughts are why waste time in a high speed malfunction with cutting away ontop of going for silver. If I get two out I can eather deal with that or cut it away then when I am now slowed down with nylon over my head. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

My fear was if I left it out back the pc would pull the main on final. and yes your right I did stuff it in the top of my jumpsuit. but not tight in the least bit. just placed it there more than anything. I'm not saying what I did was right...it's just what I thought was best at the time. it was definately a high stress moment Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Not sure if I should post this here, in the saftey and training, or in the incidents section. Moderators can move as they see fit. So here goes. I have been very uncurrent over past few months. Actualy last time I had a chance to jump was almost 6 months ago. Although i practice my emergency procedures weekly at least in my head. Mind you I had the knowledge to borrow Anne's Sabre 1 190 for my jump so I wouldn't jump back into my Stilleto that I was becoming so used to at the end of last summer. I figured I'd play it safe and upsize and square up for a couple of jumps. I was doing a recurrency jump with one of our coaches at Archway...figured saftey day was a good day to do it. I was going to just make a nice easy hop n pop out of the C-182 as opposed to going to full altitude as I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to cold jumping. We got to 5 grand over the DZ. checked the spot...it was perfect...right over the DZ. Then I made a nice exit into the airstream....Ahhhhh...what a great feeling...well that's when it went kinda goofy. I took about a 5-6 second delay still somewhat on the hill but picking up some good speed. I wave off and throw out.......and waited....and felt my self still accelerating. NOT FUN. Look over my shoulder to see my pilot chute flapping around at bridle stretch but also bobbing up and down. It was NOT inflated just a brief look I saw a big blob of nylot and bridle. I just knew I had cocked it and had checked it more than three times before putting it on my back. i felt my bridle slap my left side a couple of times. reach back to see if I could clear it. pulled once and it just pulled the PC closer to me. Well...I went to silver. had a beautiful yellow dash-M 218 over my head right on heading. (thanks Jack). check my reserve it's flying good. now I look back and see my non inflated pilot chute back there main still in the container. I real it in and kinda stuff it in the top of my jumpsuit. concentrate on making smooth moves as I was paranoid the main would come out and I'd have two out situation. I got so paranoid about this whole thing that I kinda crash landed...not flaring my canopy all the way. all though I did a great PLF. no injuries really. just feel a little sore here and there. Well....collect my self after i catch my breath. I take a look at my PC and it seems it did a overhand knot to it self at some point. It appears my Wings freefly handle might have been a culprit in this. it is only attached by one peice of what appears to be binding tape to the top of the PC. somehow when I pitched out it had looped it self and knotted it self. I had packed my PC the same way i have been doing it for almost 3 years now. the Brian Germain way...it has always worked. I dont see this as being the reason it knotted it self. I also know it did not inflate then knot off it was just never knotted. I just think the design of my wings handle is kinda crappy and was a major contributor to this absolute freak overhand knot that was put into my PC and bridle. I pulled the pin after it was on the ground...less pull force than even a normal pull for my packed main. I just dont think it was cause I upsized. her WELL loved main packed up into my 150 D-bag with out even so much of a grunt. just a really wierd thing...Wish I had pictures but one of the people out there untied it before I could. it was a total overhand knot. So...what did I learn? That my practicing of emergency procedures all the time, even when I know I can't jump, is a good thing. I truly believe that making this secondary nature to me saved my life. I also really need to get an AAD(not that I ever would rely on it..but it'd be nice to have). I obviously handled the situation...but having a high speed mal like this at lower altitude was an eye opening experience. nothing worse than the feeling of NOT having the deceleration there. oh...kept my handle and got my freebag back too. it was one HELL of a crazy recurrency jump!!! Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

But you can use iDvd 5 and a stand alone dvd burner by using the make a disc image feature and then transfer it to a burning program of your choice. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

exactly....last year at rantoul it was raining free bags with all the cypres "saves" Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

oh...one other thing. Every birthday to me is a blessing. being a 3xcancer survivor i constantly am prooving to my original doc that told me over ten years ago that I'd be dead in 3months that he can still go bite me!!!! Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Yeah...I'm not nearly the post whore I was about two years ago!!! I have fallin by the wayside...but it's all good!! Good thing about being 31 and me...is tha I still look 25ish...or younger. it's a beautiful thing. plus I got a great woman too. she helps me stay young. the TURKEY that she is!!!!! Love ya babe!!! Andy/P...get ready...we only have 150 some days till the wedding!!!!....AHHHHHH. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

I'd say closer to 600...considering most hornet owners love theres and they are a good dependable canopy... Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

but this time ya better spread the love to me!!!!!!!!! Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Don't psycho pack....as everyone at the DZ will give you a hard time and call you crazy....your asking for a lineover...etc..etc...etc.....But then again...I find it incredibly easy and have been psychopacking since I got my A license. I also disagree on the whole increased lineover issue. I find it is alot easier to control where my lines are when I am packing. they are right in front of me and can feel them in the pack job...where as the pro pack as you fold the canopy under you are potentialy pulling those steering lines around the front end of the canopy. just my opinion...

yep got them all recovered...just had to ad hoc a network together to make it work. me a net work geek...well...I made it work...wasn't pretty but got it done. I am real interested in the DVD writer by lacie that uses the burner to also burn images to the front of the media....looks cool.

that guy was a paraglider.....a bit different than us... Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Did you use an external non superdrive DVD burner? from what I have read in one of the mac magazines is with the new disc image feature of iDVD 5 you can now burn them using non supported external dvd burners using roxio or some similar program. I am just wondering if someone has actualy used this feature as my brand new iMac does not have a superdrive. oh...LOVE OUR iMAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

I like how he swears in english and then speaks in spanish at the end. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Just remember you can buy a refurbished powerbook or iBook from apple and they are just as good as new if not better and have the same warrenty as the originals. look under the special deals tile on the apple store website. they update every day if not more often. also can get good deals on iPods and such. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Buy the mac....so happy we switched away from the winblows world. SOOOO much better. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

I can vouch for them also. they truely are awesome. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

Sounds like a classic PE.... .I'm so sorry Chris... Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....