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Hi, do you guys know if it's OK for a newbie (17 jumps) to use gloves in cold weather? what kind of gloves would work best? Thanks, it's getting chilly here south of the Equator Line. Check out the Hardcore Whuffo pages at: http://xybe.50megs.com
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Hi, mi name is Marcelo Massat. I'm from Uruguay though my profile is quite international: learned Skydiving in Brazil and got my degree in literature and new media at NYU. For a living I run a small website/CDROM design shop with some friends. Also teach HTML University courses. Still in the sub-20 jump cathegory, shedding off whuffoness. Marcelo Check out the Hardcore Whuffo pages at: http://xybe.50megs.com
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And now for something completely different: A Perl Vs. PHP/ASP/*.* troll... Check out the Hardcore Whuffo pages at: http://xybe.50megs.com
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Laugh as you may... As a kid I had this dream were I was by a lake nearby and the wind began to blow quite strong, it softly picked me up and I realized I could use my arms to navigate it, much like floating in a deep pool whith only your head above the water. At the time I knew nothing about skydiving. During my training I remembered that dream and tears of joy clouded my eyes, I was realizing my dream. I always say that skydiver's don't fall but fly the wind. Maybe it's my memory playing tricks on me, but freefalling it's a lot like the feeling in the dream, since I can't fly by myself I navigate the wind with my body. I pitty those who never experienced this joy and think that skydivers are self-destructive or stupid people. Many of them would be surprised to know that the guy who wrote John Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach) is (was?) an avid skydiver. Blue skies, soft landings and cold beer. XYBe "It's not flying, it's falling gracefully" Woody/Buzz Lightyear Still shedding whuffoness
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Why the conflict? Can't we all just get along? Barra Jumping is a smallish (usually single plane) DZ in a busy airport (Jacarepauá) in Rio the Janeiro (Barra da Tijuca to be precise). Local air traffic is not usually a problem, the (parachute) landing area is a couple of miles off the runway (the ride in the Kombi back to the DZ is the scariest part of the jump ;) Jacarepauá airport has quite decent helicopter traffic (helicabs) as well as fixed wing commuter flights from nearby São Paulo. Jumps are suspended whenever airplanes from a larger airport might use the area, but usually local traffic is not a problem (except for festivals and the like). A local JM commented that flying a jump plane is seen as a good way to accummulate a good takeoff/landing Vs hours of flight ratio by young pilots. XYBe Part-time whuffo Edited by xybe on 7/9/01 08:16 PM.
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Well the paracommanders were so secret that they LOOKED round to an untrained eye, but they were actually ZP 9 cell elliptical high-performance canopies. South African ZP was also a secret project called F-111.
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That would be a plane used by a DZ near Atlanta, GA (Maybe FreakSister can give us some input here). I remember the reference in their webpage but now I can't find the page anywhere. I first saw it when I was planning to get an MA at GATech, so I'm pretty sure it's within driving distance from Atlanta. Here in Uruguay we only have Cessnas (better take a book with you), and jumps are usually 9k ft. One of the reason's I don't jump here :( XYBe Part-time whuffo
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Them powerlines is scary. While learning to jump I once found myself with o broken line heading for the powerlines, landed crosswinds between the powrlines and a ditch. Busted my butt a little bit (the DZ doesn't teach PLFs and my legs were too far appart). Beats the hell out of hitting the power lines. I don't think I even doubted for a second, the JM really insisted on avoiding powerlines and it was second nature to me. I would never make a low turn (brake or otherwise), but I think this is the one exception for me, even while I am still learning the sport. Blue Skies XYBe
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Just pretend you are a fancy lady with a very short skirt. Seat leaning sideways, legs crossed (using one of your cheeks). It'll hurt less and you might make new friends :) In one o my first jumps a line busted, I was quite confused, the guy on the radio was very emphatic about what I should do (but he did not notice the mal), canopy was flyable but I dropped like a sack of potatos in the edge of the safety zone, crosswinds right between a ditch and some power lines. Had to sit leaning in one side for about a month.
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Mmh much fear I sense in you young Skyjumper. Fear leads to buffeting, buffeting leads to instability, instability leads to hard openings, hard openings lead to crotch pain and sorrow! Anyway, I have lost currency just after my last student jump though (motly) due to no fault of my own. Now I get the butterflies just watching my AFF videos! I'll be jumping again in September, so I'll tell you how may more jumps before I my knees don't feel like jello at the door. Xybe