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  1. bob.dino
    Ah, getcha.
  2. bob.dino
    An 8-way & a 4-way is just fine.
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    I don't believe she's your sister. She's good looking.
  4. bob.dino
    This incident had nothing to do with swooping.
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    What happened in Perris? I can't see anything in Incidents or in Safety & Training.
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    Rule #1 of canopy flight: always keep tension on the lines. - If initiating a toggle spiral, start slow and speed it up. - Don't stall out the inside edge of the wing. Your maxiumum rotation speed is most likely achieved at less than full toggle deflection anyway. - If reversing direction, pull down the opposite toggle before you let up the first one. (Notes happily stolen from Brian Germain.)
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    Do less of the not-so-fun stuff and more of the fun stuff. Set yourself goals. Jump with people that you like & who will help you reach those goals. Problem solved.
  8. bob.dino
    What's wrong with Dan's flying style? He's doing the doggy-paddle.
  9. bob.dino
    Maybe they're not advertising it because it's too expensive to share?
  10. bob.dino
    Who's up for a 3-way with camera?
  11. bob.dino
    The APF Service Bulletin page has a note from Paratec dated July 2006 about the installation of AADs. It mentions nothing about moving the cutter. Read it here (pdf).
  12. bob.dino
    I'm not sure why a regular tandem video guy would consider moving to HD. How are they to get the footage to their customers? Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are far from being consumer successes at the moment.
  13. bob.dino
    Another bird strike story
  14. bob.dino
    No footage. I'm not nearly as spectacular as you.... ...or AG who got completely and utterly soaked. Reserve was due for a repack so he just went for it on his last of the day!
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    Righty-o.
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    We've found 8-ways are fine - we have a couple of intermediate 8-way teams training out of one regularly. And if you've ever been involved with a junior 8-way team, you can probably appreciate how long it takes them to stack up! However, trying to stack a 16-way up like you would with an Otter is asking for trouble. If you're putting 5-6 + camera outside, you neglect to have most inside jumpers stay near the pilot, and have a slow stack-up, you can stall the aircraft. Doesn't help that the static pitot is in the burble created by the outside jumpers. My perspective is based on several hundred jumps out of a 750XL over the last 18-24 months. edit#2: I believe that early aircraft had the battery behind the CofG. Newer examples have the battery up the front, making life much easier for all concerned. If anyone needs more info, PM me and I can put you in touch with the DZ manager or with some of the pilots.
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    I think I can state quite confidently that the options for demoing canopies in Banjaluka are quite limited. Or, if you will, nonexistent. mircan: As others have said, you'll most likely be happy with any of Safire2, Pilot, Spectre, Sabre2 in a suitable size. There may be others that would suit; I'm not too familiar with what's available in SE Europe.
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    There are three teams on 6 pts: Team Diff Last Opponent France +42 Scotland Ireland +38 Italy England +13 Wales Now, you'd expect all three top teams to win their last games, but England need to win by 29pts more than the French and 25pts more than the Irish. Achievable? Yes. Easy? Ummm...
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    I know three at my DZ. Two work in ER/trauma and I'm not sure of the other's specialty.
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    I have a pair on my rig - I know what they look like. While it would be difficult to misroute the cutaway cable, it's not impossible. And if it's not impossible, someone will do it.
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    Location. The DZ's shop was next door to the city centre internet café I was using to check my email. Strange how such a small coincidence can have such a major effect on a life, isn't it?
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    Oops, I forgot about those, ya those are great too. No way they can slide down. One downside to the VSE riser inserts: there's a gap between the hard housing and the fabric pouch that it lives in. This means that a rushed/careless owner could put the excess cutaway cable between the housing and the fabric rather than inside the housing. This could then increase cutaway forces.
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    I'm an Irishman living in Australia. "Ale" is a foreign concept to me. There have to be good US beers out there, but since they're not exported I haven't a bloody clue what they might be. Sorry.
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    And that right there, ladies and gentlemen, is an incontrovertible sign of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire. When a country's defenders are willing to drink Budweiser to mark a special occasion, you know their heart's not in it. Can you imagine a drinker of Bud Lite marching through the trackless jungle for weeks at a time, surviving on earthworms, grubs and rainwater, and still accomplishing his mission? No, a drinker of Bud is the kind of soldier that's lost without his Humvee, mobile canteen, and three square meals a day. Stand up for yourself! Stand up for your country! Make the man buy you proper beer!