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Read the whole thread... Its not a good idea to sign your own log book. If you intend on getting any ratings or awards, its just a good form of checks and balances. Why even open yourself up to question? I've yet to have anyone say, "Nah, I don't want to sign your logbook" and it takes 3 seconds. The only exception to logbook review for the AFFCC is the 12 hour Freefall badge, which one's books are reviewed by an S&TA, BOD, etc. for award.

Exactly. St. Thomas Aquinas' entire postulate...One cannot be an atheist if they deny the existance of God. To deny, means acknowledgement. Therefore, a true atheist would not debate the existance of God, because the argument lacks enough evidence to debate.

So, some quick math... A 42 inch Base Pilot chute (42 x 3.14) = 131.88 square inches; 10.99 square feet. So the Cobalt 24 is about 2 1/2 times larger than a base pilot chute. Is that about right ?!?!?!

They would doof. The ancestor of modern chickens, the wild red jungle fowl, wasn't a great flier, but he could get around. Enter us. We took the wild red jungle fowl and started selectively breeding to produce bigger pectoralis muscles and eventually we got a bird which can't get off the ground and winds up in a bucket.. The entire poultry family (chickens, turkeys, guineas, etc,) have adapted to living on the ground. Their beaks are better adapted to pecking off the ground, their feet to walking instead of perching, and their wings are smaller than other birds their size. End of thread.

Contact Grant Meeker from this site's user database. He lives in merry old England. He jumps with freeflyeuphoria.com

Hi Roger... I got in the sport in 1981 and stopped around 1990 (Desert Storm, then grad school, then work) and didn't come back till 1999. THings had changed significantly in just those 9 years I was gone. On a separate note... I'd like to invite you to the SkyFest Boogie at Skydive Dallas in July this year. This is a memorial boogie for Jerry Schrimsher organized by his sons and SD. It is a tribute to those "older" skydivers that have helped so many newbies attain their SCR's, SCS's, etc. Last year, we helped 33 newbies achieve their SCR awards. The award ceremony (fireworks, about 30 cases of beer was poured on them,etc.) was one of the largest that Bill Newell had ever heard about. This year, Bill Newelll (SCR Administrator) will be attending. The SCR's now have their own website www.scr-awards.com Stay in touch and if you can make it, that would be a wonderful thing.

Congratulations, JOHN!!! Did my 1K last weekend. Did you know it's difficult to breath with pie up your nose?

Borrow someone else's and order an IRM overnight from USPA.org

I can fix that. Some of us are members of the WWII Airborne Demonstration team and we have a rigger's shed filled with flat circulars. PM me if you want more info on getting a reserve for it.

Oh my gosh... All this yakkin - Send the damn thing out here and I'll jump it and send you the pics. By the time this thread wears down, we could have jumped the damn thing already. I'll send it back with a fresh reserve repack.

I feel the need to step in here since I am responsible for pointing Steve to this forum for some research. Steve sent me an email about a week ago asking the same question he asked the forum. I was aware when I pointed him here that he would receive a wide spectrum of feedback by which to shoot his azimuth (go in a direction). It has been interesting to read through the threads and as Steve points out, "Was what was expected." What I found most interesting was the "perceptions" of previous experience versus Steve's sense of "presence." When Steve shows up at the DZ on his Harley, his "presence" has never influenced the climate of the drop zone. Folks still cuss, drink, chase and act just as they do at any drop zone. Steve may be a bit at fault for not communicating his full methodology at the beginning of the thread and I think most locked into the "tent" and groaned with apprehension of some bible-thumping preacher passing judgement for this lifestyle and calling them "sinner." This is not the case. Steve accepts skydivers for who they are, what they do, no matter what. When Steve mentions a "presence," he just means making it known for those who might want to talk, clear their head before a jump, etc. Offer a 3 minute service for those who would like to attend and if you don't, he'll join you to celebrate the sunset dive. He doesn't approach people, they have to approach him. He doesn't sell, he just listens. No judgement. Think about it; a Harley riding, Rock & Roll playing, tattooed, former Special Forces Medic, skydiving pastor. How cool is that?

I just want to make sure I understand... You want to, But you're disqualifying Wings because of: Do you date a lot?

Recent past or past past, the feeling is the same for a lot of folks. I will remember the night between my first and second jump at Airborne School... I laid there all night thinking, "What was I thinking about when I signed up for this?" After the finest training the world has to offer, I had these whole algorithms of what could go wrong going through my head. That was around 1,200 jumps and 23 years ago. Stay away from the chemicals, Bro. Couple of beers and call it a night. It'll go away and you'll come to find that your most restful nights will be those after a good hard day of jumping.

I just made this really kewl gear case and thought I'd share. 1) Go to your local Lowe's and buy the large plastic "Contico" SUV bin ($47.00) 2) There are 2.5 inch casters at Lowe's also, buy all four that pivot. Check the holes on the bottom of the SUV Bin to make sure they line up with the holes on the casters (each caster, $3.50 x 4 = $14.00) 3) In the hardware section, the casters require the 5/16 x 1.5" bolts. Buy 5/16 washers, lock washers and nuts (~$5.00). 4) Buy 4' of nylon 5/8ths rope (there is a symphony of color choices) Place and mark the casters on the bottom of the SUV Bin and drill the holes for a 5/16th hole. Place all four casters with bolt heads on the inside with a washer and the lock washer and nut on the outside bottom. Drill two holes in the side of the SUV bin and stick the 5/8ths rope on eihter side and tie it off. Makes for a perfect rolling gear bag for about $65.00, is very durable, takes 30 minutes to build and has a lock & key that comes with it.

All, One of our local skydivers had her home broke into three days before Christams (ya know, the Christmas robbing spree) and they grabbed her gear bag. She lost everything. Fortunately she had replacement insurance on the house and was paid for the gear and submitted the receipts for the new stuff which they paid. While her gear was stolen and replaced, what she also lost was her most valuable piece of skydiving gear.... her logbook and had just done her 350th jump. Lesson learned..... DO NOT KEEP THAT WITH YOUR GEAR!! On a separate note; she registered everything that was stolen on dropzone.com, itsbeenstolen.com, ssk has a stolen cypres database, police reports, everything. Becuase she did all this... her gear was found in the back of a stolen car and was registered as stolen by so many different agencies, the police immediately knew they had found some stolen gear. The story ends where the kids driving the stolen car fingered the burglar who had broken into her house and this was his third strike. Because the insurance agency had paid for the gear, the best she was offered was the opportunity to make a bid on her gear... what was never found was the logbook... make copies and put in a lock box, keep it in a separate part of the house... anything different not to lose that.

Wendy, You're crackin me up. I remember those little plastic tubes flappin in freefall and me in freefall thinking, "Someone thought this was a good idea?" 3 Rings were "new" and I thought, "Anything's gotta be better than this." And, here we are 20 years later!! Thanks... I wonders if the tykes know how much experience is in this little room?

Well... My Lord, when I asked for someone to feel free to jump in, I didn't think that someone older than Curly Roe and me combined would show up. Thanks for the class. I'm fairly confidant we called the R3s, single shots also... pull once and they were supposed to be gone. Well... that's what they said. Thanks, Mark.

Visual.... Look at your Paragear on page 192. Look at the picture labeled 373 One on each side where your 3 rings now are located. We would flip open the cover, underneath is a ring that we would insert our thumbs thru and pull with "equal distribution." When you did that, the male portion left the female portion and your main canopy released. Later versions called the single shot (R2s & R3s) had the same male portion, but were wrapped with velcro and had little plastic tubes and when you pulled the plastic tubes the capewell came apart. In all honesty, I don't remember too much about the R2s & R3s (somebody feel free to jump in) as I went from 1 1/2 shot capewells to 3 rings VERY quickly and only had a couple of jumps on the R3s.

Even if you can't jump, there's always something to learn. Watch the teams doing their dirt dives (watch the ones that use creepers, the standup ones won't do a lot for your learning curve). Use a creeper yourself to practice. The same movements on the ground using a creeper are the same ones you use in the sky. For example, if you wanted to move forward, lay down on the creeper in the box man position., then put your arms and feet straight down on the ground, now gently push back with hands and feet to get forward motion. If you wanted to move backwards, boxman, lay your arms and feet down, push gently away (creating rear movement) and bring your legs up slightly. I bet if someone sees you doing that, they'll come help and talk to you about movement. Enjoy the day...

Feet straight out, arms at a 45 to your rear = serious forward motion (keep reference on horizon) Arms out [front] and feet up @ 90 degree angle = backsliding. If you can't afford a Coach, you and someone else go out together. Each taking a turn at being the "Base" fall flat and stable while the other moves forwrd and backward to that person.

If you decide to jump it, I would STRONGLY encourage you to practice emergency procedures from a hanging harness with shot & a halfs.

I jump an Eclipse which has the same requirements... even for the videographer.

Sorz Goggles work best for me. Para Gear Page 109, No. G1147

Isn't that what I said, only longer? You must be an attorney.

Same thing happened on my Nvertigo. L&B did the same. I'll only buy there dytters as a result. You can't beat that kind of Customer Service. BTW, I put a black zip tie around the whole clip and dytter. Haven't lost it since.