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Never lost much at the DZ, or at least stuff showed up after a while, only a Go-Fast longsleeve remained lost, and a cable here and there. But this year I've "lost": remote for Sony handycam, GPS unit, Carrera sunglasses (out of the showers!), Manfrotto quick release topplate & special screw, 2 A/V cables, a handy small screwdriver that was on my keychain, and a camerabag. Not funny, and if I see my Carrera anywhere ciel bleu, Saskia

One time my 2way landed way way out. My friend took a loong time figuring out the wind and which field to land in and stuff, I was hanging out on a bigger chute, I knew which way the wind came from and where the DZ was, but i was waiting for her to pick a field already. Then I landed next to her. Then a student came flying back and landed in our field as well! Turned out he had only a few jumps, but because of his paraglider experience he knew to land out together instead of flying back to the DZ which he also wouldn't have made but he could have landed MUCH closer. I was pleasantly surprised

It's a camcorder that writes directly to DVD's. That's a DVD writer isn't it. DVD writers can't handle shocks... ciel bleu, Saskia

You think it is a good idea to throw any kind of dvd writer out of an airplane?! ciel bleu, Saskia

AFAIK, big low-aspect 7 cell, very big (high cells, flown at a low WL, good at slow flight and very good at sinking. IE the Classic has holes in the bottom skin to keep it inflated. In fact, sorta like BASE canopies only accuracy canopies probably open a bit better. ciel bleu, Saskia

At our DZ, you start out with ripcord rigs after your SL jumps. Then after you've done a few freefall excersises and you've shown you can get stable quickly after being unstable, so you'll probably PULL stable, you can transition to BOC. This is because it's safer to have a ripcord than a BOC when you might NOT be stable (less chance of the bridle to wrap around your body etc). ciel bleu, Saskia

I've had one. It resulted in a hard spinning malfunction that I had to cut away from. It's when the line stows don't clear cleanly from the D-bag and one or more loops from one stow traps loops from another stow or something similar. It can also, in most cases, cause line twists, lots of them. Not a lot of fun to deal with. Billy, what you're describing is a bag lock. A tension knot is a knot in the lines, I think this is a picture of a tension knot: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Photo_Submissions/Malfunctions&image=reserve4.JPG&img=&tt= (there's definately a knot on there somewhere ) ciel bleu, Saskia

Your A in one week? You'd be pretty beat up I imagine ciel bleu, Saskia

From what I've heard, the A1E can only out put DVCAM/DV if you shot in DVDCAM/DV. Any HDV footage can only be out put as HDV So no good for linear editing (tandem videos!) if your hardware can't handle HDV. The HC1 looks VERY nice though, and is compatible with DV hardware and can output DVCAM/DV even form HDV footage. So you can always shoot at the highest quality. ciel bleu, Saskia

I've ridden the plane down a couple times, mostly because I intended to (just taking pics, stuff like that), one time because it was too low for me to jump (didn't have that many jumps, was 3000 ft or so), and one time because I discovered at 2000ft that I had put one riser on correctly and the other one upside down (i'm used to reversed risers, there weren't) That's what you get for trying to switch canopies right before a call ciel bleu, Saskia

As long as you give credit, and host the file yourself, you can grab stuf off www.12000ft.com too... ciel bleu, Saskia

Just wondering why you would like freefly training?? I personally am not a freeflyer and would rather have a student with RW experience.......my reasonings they are more natural in the belly to earth configuration and probably have tracking experience leaving formations. If you don't mind I would like to hear why you perfer freeflying skills Sorry for being off the topic but I found this comment interesting as I have always perfered the opposite and would like to hear other views (reasoning) We're looking for a few freefly jumps because then you have some experience with corking etc. Most of the belly flyers we get here have never really been unstable, and some of them kinda freaked (maybe too strong a word but still) when something happened with their wingsuit. And trying real hard to get into a stable box position doesn't help either. With the freeflyers, they've been unstable before when trying to learn to sit, so they're more relaxed about it, and I haven't seen any fighting their suit to get into a box either. This mostly goes for people with low jump numbers, though we think some freefly exp definately helps for everyone. Also, tracking is not a belly fly skill only, most freeflyers here are doing belly/back tracking jumps and atmonauti. I also found the beginners with a lot of CRW exp to be the best at keeping their heading and pattern, so maybe we'll start asking for that too LOL And 4way to be able to take docks without flailing, and ... and ... ciel bleu, Saskia

Now you know why usually accuracy guys have a tuffet to land on ciel bleu, Saskia

If you have 200 jumps, in a relatively short time, and have done a few excersises and have preferably done some freeflying as well, you can do a ffc here in The Netherlands (probaby jumping a Classic). ciel bleu, Saskia

Actually, on an original Super Raven, you CAN jump your own reserve as a main. Not only does it have a main bridle attachment point, the manufacturer has in the past stated that it's okay to put a test jump on the canopy as a main and still use it as a reserve. Do the microraves have an attachment point as well? I knew about the super ravens, that's why i said, almost all cases. Might be nice though, if more manufacturers did this, or there were more demo reserves available... We had a Predator 150 reserve lying around, unfortunately even though that canopy has been sold as a main as well, no bridle atachment point. So it got scrapped... Don't want to sell anyone a 9 cell reserve ciel bleu, Saskia

Ever looked at your reserve? In almost all cases, there is no attachment point for your pilotchute. You'd have to static-line it if you want to jump it as a main. Now some manufacturers (PD, Aerodyne) have demo reserves set up as mains, but you can't jump your OWN reserve as a main. I did 2 intentional cutaways (one with a very good reason, to check out THAT particular reserve as it gave me trouble before), and they can't be done lightly. 3 canopies of which you can only chop 1 (as in the setup I jumped) is potential trouble. But I don't regret doing them and I'd do it again too. ciel bleu, Saskia

It's still Premiere Pro 1.0 See this thread if you don't believe me: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1685519;search_string=premiere%20pro%207;#1685519 ciel bleu, Saskia

Nah you can touch and even run all you want for speed, just keep your canopy overhead, and try to run fast BTW we have rabbit holes and mole heaps and stuff here, I got rid of my sliding habit real soon after seeing someone catch a foot ciel bleu, Saskia

So? There are DZ's out there using Safires as student canopies, probably other canopies are in use somewhere, as well. But not on Dutch DZ's. ciel bleu, Saskia

Yes. They have to be, since we have some dutch dz's using them as student canopies. ciel bleu, Saskia

Premiere 7 = Premiere Pro. ciel bleu, Saskia

It's been moved to IV, there've been some changes to the original canopy list: http://www.parachute.nl/fileadmin/knvvlpa_upload/pdf/bvrbb.pdf ciel bleu, Saskia

?? I just use the red record button, and it records the various files on the fly. You told premiere to pre-roll etc yourself, by using the in-out function. ciel bleu, Saskia

The 188 main is a hot canopy for you already, you sure you want one equally hot (and with way less flare) as your last chance? ciel bleu, Saskia

You need to know what thread size you have (ie 30 mm, 37 mm), then find a lens for that. Failing that, find a bigger lens and the appropriate step-up ring. A PC7 has a 37 mm thread size so takes a 37 mm lens. ciel bleu, Saskia