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  1. bob.dino
    Does the Cresco not count? I've not jumped it, so can't comment... ...JohnnyMac's Turbine Beaver is pretty good, but'd probably be horribly cramped for tandems.
  2. bob.dino
    Nice . We can drink beer together.
  3. bob.dino
    Happy Birthday you old git! Hope you had a wonderful day . edit: you know you're old enough to be Lainey's dad?
  4. bob.dino
    Is everyone involved ok?
  5. bob.dino
    Brown Recluse bite. Took 6 months to heal and nearly cost the guy his leg. ER. Now.
  6. bob.dino
    Here it is.
  7. bob.dino
    The two AFF courses I've seen in Australia (Picton & Nagambie) both require hop n pops at the end of AFF before you can do a solo. Picton requires three (5, 4, & 3k), and Nagambie requires two (4 & 3? Can't remember). For the record, current APF regs mandate a fully-open-canopy altitude of 1800ft.
  8. bob.dino
    :9:0 8x 4-way jumps with my team. We got winded out on Sunday afternoon, but still had a productive time. I'm really enjoying my Stardians
  9. bob.dino
    'judgement' is also a correct spelling.
  10. bob.dino
    Cool . You're not going to be seen for weeks . I'm in Perris from Saturday afternoon 'til Tuesday, but Sunday to Tuesday evening will be all serious training-type stuff. Will you be around Perris on Saturday afternoon? My plane lands at 11:15 and I'll be going straight from LAX to Perris, so I'll probably be there about 3pm or so. Hopefully
  11. bob.dino
    Another group - best part of 100m and I'll be comfortable. Under 50m and we'll be having a friendly little chat about the importance of exit separation and knowing when you're tracking up/down the flightline. Under canopy: if I know them, no minimum. If I don't, 10-15m and I'm happy. Landing: if I know them, no minimum. If I don't, 5m or so would be nice.
  12. bob.dino
    That message is from 2001. Why bring it up now?
  13. bob.dino
    Yes, we do. We worship there every weekend. There's even a special light to tell us when it's time to attend. We then take up a collection, receive communion, and give thanks. It's called a 'bar' .
  14. bob.dino
    Let's just all make it up on the day. And since I've not jumped at Perris and have little idea about coaching standards in the USA, we'll run it all past a friendly USPA-rated instructor first to make sure we all get down in one piece . But first you gotta get that A
  15. bob.dino
    Oh shush Grandad. Stop fussing and let the nice nurse give you a bath.
  16. bob.dino
    Tonto: riggerrob: darrenspooner: These days it's the swoopers that are the bleeding-edge these-idiots-are-going-to-kill-us-all hot shit hot dogs that get the girlys moist and the older guys are having difficulty adjusting to being called Grandad. Is that a fair summary?
  17. bob.dino
    If it were mandatory the world would contain very few skydivers. There are no functioning wind tunnels in Australia, and I somehow learned to skydive.
  18. bob.dino

    Helmets

    bob.dino replied to psipike02's topic in Gear and Rigging

    Exiting a Skyvan for 4-way, my then teammate's Oxygn visor blew up. It wasn't fully closed - I think he realised half-way through the exit count . I've seen him have trouble on one occasion since with the visor not staying closed.
  19. bob.dino
    There was also a nice article in the June 2005 issue of Skydiving that covered real-world operating costs and the aircraft from the perspective of a 4-way team (the Golden Knights). Oh, and the operators of Nagambie are Don and Louise Cross. Lovely folk.
  20. bob.dino
    Do a search; there's been plenty of previous discussion on the pros and cons.
  21. bob.dino
    Short answer: you're right. Do a search and you'll find loads on this topic.
  22. bob.dino
    Instead of being belly to earth and stable (like you planned) you end up in a pile of wriggling twisting bodies plummeting towards an unforgiving Earth. Very funny to watch from the outside, very common in low-time jumpers doing 4-way. and usually happens when someone messes up the exit .
  23. bob.dino
    If you n Frenchy come to Perris on the afternoon of Saturday July 30, I'll jump with you both!
  24. bob.dino
    Easiest solution might be to pony up for JumpRun.
  25. bob.dino
    It's quite possible to use Access as a front-end (forms & reports) to another database. So the back-end database could be Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, etc. MS SQL Server even comes with an Access migration wizard. That said, it'd probably be easier to design a web-based solution. Handy technical hint for anyone using access as that front-end: use pass-through queries.