RemiAndKaren

Andy: Where do you jump, the bible belt????? I'm not saying I've seen pilots get trashed on a regular basis, but there is a difference between betting trashed and having a beer. Remi Muff 914

Rob: correction. its not ALL the dash M built in 1999. Ours were build in Nov and Dec 99 and their serial numbers are not on the list. Remi Muff 914

Kelly, in case there is any confusion: its this DZ http://www.gna.es/dlleure/Paraca/eng/index.htm Remi Muff 914

OH OH I've got one too! How about when the Taliban took over YEARS ago and denied the most basic human rights to a good section of the citizen of Afganistan? OH OH I've got another one again! I come no ones still doesnt care about whats happening in Algeria where women, journalists, doctors, teachers are butchered? Remi Muff 914

Freebird, I don’t think anyone here is pissed off by your comments. We’re just (at least I am) a bit shocked by the advice you have been getting. If the person who recommended a 1.7 loaded swooping canopy at 60 jumps (or 70 or 80) is an instructor with USPA, then whatever is the equivalent of the Coaching Committee (in Canada) should be notified as this is goes against anything I’ve learn as a CSPA coach or instructor. In the end, it’s your call on what you get. You did the right thing asking for advice, unfortunately, you got awfull advice on this from that person(s). I am by no means a god’s gift to canopy control, but at 780 jump, I believe I have enough experience to handle a 1.5 to 1.7 wing load. I jump a 1.55 loaded canopy. A big canopy (170 Stiletto.. yes, I’m fat!). A big canopy, regardless of its wingload, will not be as responsive as a small one due to geometry. I got this canopy at about 650 jumps. Could I handle a 2.0 loaded FX or VX or Velocity? Probably. Everytime? Probably not. With only having time to do 100 to 150 jumps / year, I would not keep current enough to “stay on top” of such a high performance canopy. Before that I was jumping a Diablo 170, and before that a Sabre 170 (at a slightly lower wing load... yes, I’m fatter now!) since about jump 200; and a Sabre 210 from jump 75. A sub 100 jump person, under a 1.7 loaded sub 100 sqft canopy? Please don’t, you’ll only hurt and possibly kill yourself. If you still want to, its your choice, but good luck. If you MUST, call Atair who make the Cobalt, they have very progessive views on wing selection (to the despair of the canopy nazis here). Even they (I hope I’m right Dan) will NOT let you demo a 1.7 loaded canopy. Remi Muff 914

No one's mentioned Gigolo? (i know your asking seriously, but you should have though about that before asking a bunch of skydivers) Remi Muff 914

blue skies, back death... old saying that should definetly still be used as the possibility of death is all too often forgotten or put asside to make the sport more media or marketing friendly. Remi Muff 914

Sorry to burst your bubble, but once its bottled, spirits no longer age. Even single malt scotch: a 12 year old that has been sitting in you bar for 10 years is still a 12 year. That being said, it may have sentimental value, and you may have grown attached to it, but better hurry, coz it will be hard to ask her for a date if you're friends! Remi Muff 914

Anyone who thinks 5 is tight in a cessna need to give a try to 10 in a porter... Remi Muff 914

And I bet there's a forum on the net right now with a bunch of chess players bitching about being compared to skydivers too! lol Remi Muff 914

BEER! mmm... underaged at 18? This being an international forum, us folks living in civilized countries will remind the beer owing ADULT that there shall be no escaping the beer payment if he travels to Canada (well, the civilized parts of Canada) or Europe.... Remi Muff 914

Can someone take Skreamer and leave him there? Remi Muff 914

uuummm... justin? does jenn know about your apparently well designed and though-of plans? lol Remi Muff 914

Clay: they have pictures of you at Heathrow... skydiving would be the least of your worries When we moved to the UK, we never had any issues (but then again, we had about 600 jumps). And getting a C licence is as simple as getting the DZO to sign a form (dont knwo what it is in the US, but CDN is a bit more complicated)! AND, Karen send away for hers via mail, and we got her BPA "passport" type doohicky with the licence the next day! Now, I dont want to give too many compliments to the Brits, but that is FAST.... Remi Muff 914

mmm... now we're slipping into this PC crap where you can make jokes about anything! Remi Muff 914

yea.. and someone turned into a veteran this AM... Remi Muff 914

Allthough I agree with you Lisa, I often see on this forum our community described as idyllic.... For all the teams that have both sexes on their teams (all the power to them) there are others that will stick to their 1920's gun that women arent aggressive enough to do hard core competition. all I'm, saying is that the misogyny and homophoby that exists in the real world exists in our community too... Remi Muff 914

As much as you would like to think its true (and you should know better having been in the sport for afew years), its not. Lots of competitive skydivers will not want women on their team. Lots of male skydivers are very homophobic. Its sad, but I think its fact. Remi Muff 914

Was it Andy? (dont know if he's still there) Remi Muff 914

What about Easter Bunnies! Dont tell me Skreamer got to the Easter Bunnies! Remi Muff 914

really? Remi Muff 914

hehehe... you guys are funny... like if skydiving required one to be in good shape! lol Remi Muff 914

no comment.... Remi Muff 914

I bet Skreamer whishes that this was the same jump.. Remi Muff 914

I've never ever heard of such a tent at Quincy.... ever... Now, a tent with a cylinder of NOx burried under it and tubes comming out of the ground, thats a different story.... Remi Muff 914