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Hey Viking, No one has yet extolled the virtue of drag packing rounds.............Always preceded by "scuse me miss, could you stand tension for me?"Great way to meet girls................

+ 1.................Recommend highly

JSE.......Thankyou , thankyou ,thankyou ! Finally a lanky guy gets an accurate reply to rig sizing..........Lift webs , yoke 1st .

NZ manufactured xfires stayed at original specs .Only issues on record related to specs were xfires made elsewhere

As well as the riser cover issue. rigs with the rings and risers snug to your shoulders can hang up because the rings will not flip through each other until your shoulders achieve some degree of movement toward the vertical .

Cape Canaveral also known as Disneyland East (pre Disneyworld)

Was that the Terry that went into the trees for Masters of the Sky ?

No section related to out of sequence deployments, ie hesi or bag liftoff from older style open plan containers as P/C is launched .Quote

Didnt he do the Vortex rings jumps ?

Hi Rick, Anyone who knows harness construction will talk about MLW length ,ie torso length ,Its a very broad statement to say who this wonderfully priced rig will fit............I agree with the others who have posted.........Beware Mike

Thanks Nick

Sign found on inside of toilet door . " Dont squat on the toilet seat, The crabs in here can jump 6 feet. Dont squat in the one next door , The crabs in there jump 4 feet more."

BSBD.........Lots of Aussies remember Jerry.....A great bloke...........Kind thoughts to his family and friends....... Mike

Nope..........Kenny Hills...........Still alive and jumpingtoday

Just for information. SOS system designed and patented in Australia and the USA by David Smith of Parachutes Australia in 1979. First production model, PA Pigmee with "Frap Wraps" Quickly superceded by Pigmee 1 with " 3 rings ". Pigmees went from model #1 to #5 and are no longer produced. A couple of US manufacturers produced SOS rigs under license and once the patent lapsed in the US SOS became an option taken up by others. It was identified very early on that the ease of which you could cutaway with SOS compared to 1 and a half shot , 1 shot ,R2s ,Tapewells etc was great for those with time in the sport . In introducing SOS to new or low time jumpers we had to do what all instructors have to do and go back and think "what is it like if I have not done this before". Thus......Clear cables..... Add an RSL...... The skydiving community and certainly the manufacturers have identified the cutaway .....no pull scenario..........They all offer RSLs as an option. Hope this helps . Mike PS......Pros and Cons of TAS , SOS or DOS are another discussion.

Als Wednesday Ghetto loads...... BSBD....

A " Punter " is a down under term for someone who gambles / bets on the horses or dogs....."Tandem student " more accurately reflects the Tandem masters who introduce novices to our sport.

PLF s certainly have earned their time in parachuting history.Consider the following......... WW2 jumps into hostile, unprepared territory..at night..with shit hanging off you.....low to very low exit heights....800ft or lower..windspeeds in a lot of cases faster than we would jump our pocket rockets on a good day .......Gymnasts and martial artists all use a vertical conversion to horizontal roll to get up and do it again.......Slide works ONLY if you are inside your " comfort zone" ie landing on the DZ.....IMHO.......Slide if you have the knowledge/experience and know where you are landing(Case in point ,a friend who habitually slid until he encountered an unknown , unseen A/C tiedown that separated his Patella and a significant section of his scrotum and arsehole.............As an instructor I will continue to teach PLFs to my students because I believe the military got it right 1st time and it has kept them( and me ) still playing from roundies through to squares over a good few years

Friend broke leg......Went back to see Doc for clearance to jump..Doc not keen but finally gave him the OK on the proviso that he only did "little jumps"

PrairieDoug is on the money.....has had the best post in this thread so far.If you do not suffer from Parrot Passions thats fine...........But for those of us that do............Well, we cant help ourselves.......... Lets post our birds......

Rick Collins,former APF Director of instructors. Mike

Im with Steph, Hand reared birds are amazing. Mike

Nippon Clippon.....Japanese Tandem. Deceleration Trauma.....No explanation needed. Pavement poisoning..See above. Gig...Golf is good.....Please dont come back. Bounce Lotto. Winner has picked and paid for Grid references of the DZ f when anticipating the accident waiting to happen Mike.

If the arsehole/asshole had lived we would hear some crap excuse like,"Iwas cleaning my knuckle dusters and they went off accidently" Do that shit to me or mine, or for that fact ,anyone.........,Reap what you ......... Mike

Hey Grue , where is home? Cheers, Mike