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In Reply To 2 jumps on borrowed Raptor while snap was being fixed by local rigger Oh how nicely it fit you though......Laugh In Reply To # unknown of future pictures posted and torment due to color of said Raptor I only know of one........see below ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He sure looks pretty in that there pink suit... Though I think he lost his card carrying privledges to "SAPS".. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Come on Paul your more resourceful then that... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2953561;search_string=Shadow;#2953561 that should get you some info and a few pictures Scott "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Damn Glen, line um up and smack them down! Though I tend to agree... When I started WS jumps I did a lot of looking into it, read about it and did my risk/reward calculations, obviously I think it is easy to see what won in my case. But I do firmly believe that short of a Tandem which you get minimal training and are really trusting the person strapped to you for your life. I can even see it to some degree to a first jumper who is still trusting of the instructor/"s" but at least have been given a knowledge pool to draw from in their FJC, anything you do in this sport is fully under your own decision. Can it be influenced, yeah just like anything that we do but the ultimate responsibility does rely with us... There are numerous resources available online for information including the manufacturers pages and fly like brick site to name a couple and I would question someone who does not at lest try and see the whole picture when going into a specialized area like WS that poses some extra risks. No matter how "good" or "natural" that person is. Personal responsibility but Hell, maybe that is just me... I look at this the same as when I talk to people about small fast parachutes. "Sure you (low time jumper full of piss and vinegar and tons of natural ability with way too low a jump number) you will probably be fine jumping (fill in the blank) 99% of the time, Hell maybe a higher % but and the BIG BUT is if that small % decides to jump up on YOUR jump, you have to RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE correctly, IDENTIFY THE COURSE OF ACTION correctly and finally IMPLEMENT SAID CORRECTIVE ACTION correctly... THAT is exactly where the experience you do not have comes into to play to save your life.... But what do I know, Its not my life..." Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I really like gettiing that reaction from a student! Definantly adds to doing a tandem, either hooked to them or under the camera! I needed the smile with the weather we have been having.. Scott C. and yes it was sunny some on sunday and tody but John M said in another post it was cold so I feel better about not going Now if I had a student to hide behind.... well that is a different story.. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

OH YEAH, PACK R LOOOOOOOOSSSSEERRRSSS "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

What the hell was that?? Some of those were pretty cool.... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Looking forward to hearing how the 1st Elsinore weekend went. I am guessing some pics will follow as well! Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I am pretty sure those pictures are of the Flockus... "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I have been out of town for a bit so just browsing through and Spot, if your doing lows of 50's with averages of 60's that is tremendous improvement over what you were getting just a few weeks ago! Congrats.. Is that with Sean's former suit you left with?? If so, like we talked about in Eloy, it just takes a few jumps to dial it in as no suit is plug and play! As for solo, I always seemed to be trying for time early on and found myself getting tired with not the best results.. I found I was over tensioning the suit and really going too slow forward. Translated to performance loss which felt twitchy in flight along with feeling like the envelope was small and things like "Popping" up in the suit were not good... When I started seeing what was going on I concentrated on a little more forward, remember were not trying to shoot video so don't be afraid to "tip" forward a little. More speed forward, using my hips and tail wing more with not overly tensioning the suit gave better results, at least it did for me. Play with different body positions and just take the neptune readings as a ballpark as there will be some variation. Also the things said are very general comments. With out seeing your body position or flying with you, any specific info you get is tough to take as legit set in stone advice.. The best was given earlier being to just play with different things, yes even ones mentioned here, in the air and as you do that you will discover what works for you! Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Your just talking technicalities, skydivers, organizing, beer.... If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..... Monkey is still a Whore... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Your a Boogie WWHHHOOORRRRREEEEEE!! "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Open fine in Mozilla Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Offering Breakfast to a woman as I see it is a sly way of asking her to spend the night. Have to work up that appetite for the morning feast... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I have been know to make a few good meals.... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

wow, 3 boobie reference posts at exactly the same time... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I think the picture should have zoomed in a little more to the left.. Basically "yadda yadda" on the food but a subtile view of the boobies from that angle would have been better. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Don't you mean "Hillarbilly" Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I just looked on the PF site and the coloring program has the Stealth up and running... Why not just order one! The suit is big but really looks nice if you need that big a wing.. I did not see a SM1 when I was there to compare the 2 as Bdrake had already left but looking at pictures I am guessing the wing size is similar though the Stealth has a cable arm cut away which looks well thought out. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I am flying it "Old School" I do love the space up on top of the BatRak though.. That is a really early one as well given the forehead is neoprene. I never understood why BH stopped making them given the people that I know who have one love it.. They come up in the classifieds now and then. There was one there recently that was demanding a premium price Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Cool.. Sounds like a good time. I like Pic 6 Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

All it take is $ Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I seem to remember that Michael sold teh operation to another person awhile back... I could be wrong but I seem to remember noting something about that.. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

according to the Tony Suit site that is the new "INTRO" suit I am guessing.. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

It would depend if the two states are talking to each other and they probably are not... "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Nice to have rich friends but remember if your going to do something extremely stupid, get video... Also don't do it out of an airplane to keep it out of the statistics page for skydiving if something goes not quite as planned... But with all the engineering and planning your putting into this, by your posts, what could go wrong.... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"