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The 503 is the same body and motor as the 500. The 500 series is often referred to as the Rocketeer. The 503 is a strong machine for a household model. To do zigzag (304 and 308) and decorative stitches, you need the plastic cam wheels. One weak spot on the 500 series. The hinged cover on the left side of the head is delicate. The housing that holds the hinge pins can crack and break if the cover is slammed shut. The manual for the machine is included in the link. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

The Singer 400 and 500 series machines are great machines. Strong gear driven motor. All metal cams to do the zigzag and decorative stitches. If in pristine condition, collectors love them. In decent working condition, $75-125 is a fair price. Be careful of the model of Viking that Terry mentioned. If it has been used and maintained, it is a good machine. If it has been a closet queen, check it very carefully. That model has sealed parts with a lube that if left unused, the lube hardens to a point that the motor will turn, but nothing else moves. I found one at the flea market for $20 and thought I could get it going. After a little research, found out it is a royal pain in the ass to clean and relube. Hey, at least I got a decent case out of the deal. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

This helmet has no value in skydiving. You can't point it at yourself with a unicorn horn type mount so you can record yourself. "Look at Meeeeeeeeeeee" 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

After the race, Jay Mo made a few WS jumps at Davis using the prototype PD canopy. I believe it was a 150. It fit in his swoop rig. These new wings for WSers look very interesting. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Kind of like how many blades can they put on a razor. Pretty soon Gillette will be in the parachute business making a "Penta" or "Quinta" braced Turbo. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

That's is exactly what I did when jumping my WS into the Blue Hole in Belize. Worked great. Didn't actually have to inflate it since I landed about 10' from the boat. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Like hiding the bodies. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Made it easy for you. From TSA. Good for within USA only. TSA information Advice from USPA on traveling with rig. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Before you buy a gear bag, find a box or cut one to size matching any size roller bag you think might work. See if your gear will fit. A larger rig like yours can be a challenge. My girlfriend changed rigs. Her Wings would fit in her roller case. Her new Infinity was a different shape and would not fit in the same case. Airlines are also starting to get more strict on carry on sizing. It is a money maker as it forces you to check on another bag. A friend posted a picture of how just the handle of his roll aboard was outside of the "your bag must fit in here to take aboard" size checker thingy. They charged him for oversize. I have gone through a bunch of different gear bags. I do like the style you posted of the Dakine drop bottom. Costco used to have some decent ones for around $40. They would last about 2 years of hard abuse before the zippers or wheels would break. They now sell the "FUL" labeled brand. Absolute crap. I now look for bags at the flea market. For the number I have bought, most likely could have got a good quality/expensive one for the same price and not be afraid it would break when traveling. There is a thread somewhere on here with an attachment of the FAA doc that explains what the policy is on the AAD. Just takes a while to find it. I'll leave that up to you. When I travel, I want to make sure the TSA folks don't accidentally pull the reserve rip cord when they handle the gear to swab it. I wrap the chest strap through the d-ring handle a bunch of times and tie a pull up cord around the strap. No way it can be pulled. And when it comes time to use the gear, there is no way I can forget to remove the protection because I have to use my chest strap. Never tie the d-ring down by itself because if you forget to remove it, it is really hard to do it at 120mph with the planet rushing towards you. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Most rigs will fill a roll aboard with not much room to spare. I could stuff my small wingsuit in and that would be about it. If you try and fill the outside pockets of a roller bag, that often makes the bag too tall and won't fit into the overhead. And an audible that goes off at 1000 feet will scare the shit out of the flight crew. I found an oldskool commuter style backpack that unzips on 3 sides so I can easily place my rig in, fold the leg straps, lay in a suit as well. The pockets are on the sides of the bag so if I put stuff in them, I can still get the bag to fit in the overhead. One problem with putting a whole bunch of stuff in one bag to carry on, security will want to see what that black spot is on their scanner screen, the AAD. The bag gets opened and now you will have to repack all your carefully packed expensive gear after they have searched through it. When I travel with my gear, I take 2 rigs, both carry on. One goes in a tight fitting stash bag that can fit under the seat. Nothing else in that bag. Second one goes in that commuter bag with maybe one tightly packed wingsuit and my logbook and USPA and FAA document explaining why a rig is OK to bring aboard aircraft. Nothing else. All other jump gear is in a gear bag that gets checked on. Including the hook knives. If that bag gets lost, I can beg/borrow/buy the small odds and sods at the DZ. Having a rig that fits is a much bigger challenge. When I check my bag, I zip tie the sliders together on all the zippers. It keeps them from accidentally opening and lets me know if it got opened for inspection. Several times, after seeing a missing zip tie, I have found a paper left inside saying the bag was searched. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I see you went formal. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

My daily driver is Willie, a 2001 Passat wagon. But when I DRIVE, it is Jerome the Motorhome. Unfortunately, time doesn't allow to take him to LP. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

What else would you expect for the LA basin? Appearance versus substance. Throw some shitty old astro turf in the yard and tell the City to fuck off. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

SkyDance Skydiving in Davis. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I don't go in there. Those folks are nucking futs. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

When teaching wingsuit first flight courses, part of the course early on is telling the student that we will only manifest once they can do a complete dirt dive successfully without any prompting from me. I do lots of ground prep to develop as much muscle memory on the ground as possible. If they are having a hard time, I will give them a break to run it through their head to visualize and hopefully sink in. Often it is just nerves and a break can do wonders. I have had only a few that I felt were just not ready and asked them to come back another time when they could focus on the task at hand. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

All hail Weird Al. You grammar geeks finally have a

Bring condoms. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Come to O-town and try the Atomic Challenge. Just don't be butt hurt if you fail. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Contact Aggiedave. He might be able to help. His FB photo page. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Oh, fuck him. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Only person I can think of would be Chuck Blue, skymonkeyONE here on dorkzone. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Yup, there is only one Jester. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I think one day a year, April Fools Day, all banned Dizzy,commers can come back. Any post they make will be deleted. But let the shit show go stratospheric. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

The system was broken to start. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity