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  1. pilotdave
    Actually maybe this is you?? Dave
  2. pilotdave
    Well, it's not 100% up to the minute. It might be 10 mins behind or so. Not really sure. Dave
  3. pilotdave
    Here's a map showing the approximate locations of the last 150 visitors to SkydivingMovies.com. Can you find yourself? I'm the firefox farthest to the north east in the US. C'mon people, get with the times... IE's gotta go! Not many Europeans online at this hour huh? Dave
  4. pilotdave
    Just register an account. Don't worry, you'll only get v1agra and pen1s pump spam. As I told someone asking for my email list the other day, I've got an exclusive agreement with the v1agra spam guy. Or the first 50 of you can use this link without registering: http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=guestpass&id=4t43y Dave
  5. pilotdave
    Fun's over. It appears the video was stolen from a dropzone locker and posted without permission of the owner, Grabby McBridle (name changed to protect the guilty), who for some reason doesn't want it posted. Can't imagine why. Dave
  6. pilotdave
    I'm actually surprised nobody's commented on As if it was inevitable. As if "hooking it in" after one year in the sport is long enough to say "finally." I'd expect that sort of comment from someone with thousands of high speed landings who finally misjudged one by a few feet. Or maybe an AFF student that "finally" stood up a landing. It's all relative... but breaking your back after ANY amount of jumping shouldn't be a "finally," especially after just a year or less. If I ever twist an ankle on landing, I'll say "it finally happend." I'd think a little differently about a broken back though. Maybe "holy fuck it happened and I'm lucky my dumb ass is still alive and I can walk." Stupid low turns don't just happen. People read about them and think they know better, as if they are different from the last guy to fuck himself up. But apparently you were just sitting back waiting for the day to come... Dave
  7. pilotdave
    They calculate speed based on the change in air pressure as you descend. Dave
  8. pilotdave
    You don't happen to know your coefficient of drag in various body positions off the top of your head, do you? Dave
  9. pilotdave
    BTW, their lighting designer (or something like that) is a skydiver. Been jumping here while they're performing in hartford. Dave
  10. pilotdave
    http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=2798 Thanks Wendy! Dave
  11. pilotdave
    Probably N21PV. US registration numbers can only end in up to 2 letters. Letters can't be anywhere but the end (other than the N). N270CM here... for now. Dave
  12. pilotdave
    I suggest that they revise the ad for next month. 1. Cut away. 2. Smile. 3. Pull reserve handle anyway It's not a procedure, it's a chain of events. Not the way you'll train, but rather the way it'll realistically happen. Train to pull both handles. But in reality, you'll be pulling the second handle just for the sake of following procedures (it's good practice, so why not?). If the RSL fails, you'll skip #2 and already be heading for #3. But they've laid out the best case scenario for a skyhook cutaway vs a cutaway with no RSL. It's an ad. They're allowed. BTW, in my opinion, the less fine print the better. Dave
  13. pilotdave
    I see your point, but I think it's pretty obvious that they're being a little cute. Obviously everybody needs to train to pull both handles, but with a skyhook, you might just be at line stretch before you clear the cutaway cables. If not, well you'll already be pulling your reserve handle. But the reality is you'll probably be smiling under a fully inflated reserve while you uselessly pull the reserve handle as you trained.
  14. pilotdave
    That's why my motto is "always sacrifice safety for popularity." Ok no it's not. But I do always say "I'm not really into safety" which drives people nuts at work... in a product safety department. Not to change the subject, but does anyone that was there know what positions in the plane the most seriously and least seriously injured people were sitting in? Dave
  15. pilotdave
    Weird. My dad flew in the 60s (and not since). Years ago he found his pilots license in an old wallet he hadn't used since then. It says Federal Aviation Agency on it...looks fake. Course that's what the FAA was called for a while after it switched from CAA. No record of him in the FAA database. I got my private in 1997 but I'm listed as having gotten it in 2004 because that's when I requested one of the new style licenses. It's a weird system. Dave
  16. pilotdave
    Did he have a recent medical? 1945 is pre-FAA... I know they haven't entered records that far back for pilots that haven't flown since that far back. Dave
  17. pilotdave
    Well, flare technique CAN change depending on wind, right? I mean, if a swooper starts his flare while dragging his feet doing 60 mph level to the ground on a no wind day, he can end his flare right there if he's pointed into a 60 mph wind. He'll be stopped at ground level. The end. Right? Dave Dave
  18. pilotdave
    Try http://www.airnav.com/fuel/local.html. Not always 100% up to date, but I checked and it does list Talladega at $4.64. Doesn't look like you'll do TOO much better in that area. Dave
  19. pilotdave
    You won't be able to tell from watching the ground. You'll be drifting over the ground at about the same speed as the wind is blowing. And even that is hard to detect. Dave
  20. pilotdave
    Make sure you've got the latest software version. Dave
  21. pilotdave
    You'd have to get a uspa instructor to sign off each line of the A license proficiency card. Nobody has to do AFF, ya just have to demonstrate the proper skills. Dave
  22. pilotdave
    I know of one. My former rigger, who sold me my first rig, a catapult-equipped reflex, told me the story and even though i later found out he's a compulsive liar, I'm inclined to believe him... He's the rigger that caused the problem in the first place: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skydiving/browse_frm/thread/4ddc8b6de30eedad/c14ac4d6daaa27c0?tvc=1&q=bruce+sully&hl=en#c14ac4d6daaa27c0. According to him, the one jumper was saved by the catapult. That rigger was a BIG reflex fan. Dave
  23. pilotdave
    Coulda used a set of THESE I bet. Dave
  24. pilotdave
    Not freeware (and not cheap either) and I have no experience with it, but just happened to come across this: http://www.sorensonmedia.com/solutions/prod/mx_win.php. Dave
  25. pilotdave
    Whats the popular rock climbing videos website?? I wanna play too! Dave