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Well, good news is he is alive (the jumper in Deland). All we can do is pray and hope for the best. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Perris, and no idea what his wingloading today. Everyone at the WC? There wasnt really that many people jumping that high a wingload. Flying skill is what is putting the distances and speeds on the board. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Lol, I know who did it, and it was far far beond the last one, but im not telling. Ok Ok, It was Jay and it was 525 ft. Johnathan beat his old record and Jay right behind him moved the bar a little higher. Round and round it goes where will it stop, nobody knows!!!! Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Im going to Austria for the World Cup, and I need some help on where to fly in and where the best place to stay would be. So far, I think Im flying into Vienna (71 miles away), and I cant find a hotel for under $200 a night, I think thats because only the expensive nice hotels advertize on the web. Also is there a bus system that will get me there or should I rent a car? Any help will do. Thanks. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Can you point out where you found that in the FAI/IPC rules?? ftp://www.fai.org/parachuting/competition_rules/cpiloting_2005.pdf I can't find it, but that could be just me. It might be something the IPC slipped on and diddn't print, but discussion was made and the idea of using water for weight and releasing it during your swoop was the idea. It was quickly pointed out that it wasn't possible because the exit weight and landing weight had to be the same, maybe they forgot to put it in there written, so take advantage of it if you want. If you do it right you can get away with it one time. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Which is exactly what I was wondering. I didn't consider the fact that losing the added mass would also decrease your momentum. I wonder if the fact that with less weight you would have a lower stall speed would outweigh the loss of momentum from dropping the added ballast. It might work, but you cant use it in competition, your exit weight has to match your landing weight. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Lol, Its not my room, thats my friend's living room. I was doing my laundry at his house. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

After two days of the worst itching and burning sensation inside my cast, I finally snapped and cut the damn thing off myself. (it comes off in 8 days). But Im glad I did, I had the nastiest infection growing. IF your sick look at the last pic. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Id love to help you, but alas Im down for a while with a broken leg. There's a lot of wingsuit flyers in Deland, you might want to look up perry, or call Pine at the Dz. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Any song YOU Strip to is the wrong song! Dont do it. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Anyone know where I can find pictures of the Dropzone, or a web site in English with a description of the Dropzone, and stuff nearby. Like Hotels and things to do close. Also what airport to book my ticket to ect would be very helpful. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

I like a girl that doesn't mind what she puts in her mouth when drunk Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

I actually know someone that had to quit jumping turboprops because of an allergy to benzene in the jet fuel. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

"THIS END UP" Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

4 holez and a pole Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

thats why god invented Valium Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Anyone know where to find the changes made at the last IPC/Fai meeting in January. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Sounds like a full load, how did you get all the oxygen bottles on board? Congrats You must be getting old to mistake a CARAVAN for a SKYVAN Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Im going to be up north a lot this summer and the Ohio district makes sence to me, I'll probably jump in Xenia and Greensburg. its not set yet, Im just looking into it. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

SHeduling makes it easier for me to attend the Ohio CPC district so im 50/50 about attending Florida or Ohio. Im looking forward to meeting and competing with everyone up there if I do end up there. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

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Does anyone here have otter, skyvan and birdman stick figures top and side that I can use for making formation designs. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Dammit, April 2 first meet, I get back in the USA from Iceland on the 3rd . That means Im going to have to wait until the 2nd meet to show you how good I can vert. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

Teen Invents Way to Get Electricity From the Ocean A high school senior, 17, wins $100,000 in a national contest. His simple device, called a Gyro-Gen, is aimed at producing pollution-free power from waves. By Peter Y. Hong, Times Staff Writer ENCINITAS, Calif. — Growing up minutes from the waves in San Diego County, Aaron Goldin has long been familiar with the ocean's power and abundance. Now, the wiry 17-year-old with a passion for sailing and physics has found a way to turn the force of the ocean's waves into electricity. Aaron's invention, fashioned in his garage from castoff pieces, could lead to a huge benefit for mankind: practically limitless pollution-free power. It has already paid off in a big way for him. The San Dieguito High School senior won $100,000 in the national Siemens-Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology for his invention, which he calls the Gyro-Gen. Finding clean ways to generate electricity is a challenge that vexes the best minds in science. Aaron's idea came to him one day when he was playing with gyroscopes in his garage. Despite its humble origins, Aaron was immediately aware of the potential for his discovery. "It's the closest I've seen to [a power source] being environmentally benign," he said. The Gyro-Gen is basically a gyroscope attached to the crank of a generator. Mounted inside an ocean buoy, the spinning gyroscope pushes against the force of waves and turns the generator crank. For his work, Aaron won the top individual prize in the Siemens-Westinghouse contest, which draws nearly 1,300 entries nationwide and features both individual and team awards. The 6-year-old competition, meant to encourage young Americans to pursue technical careers, has become one of the nation's premier science contests, along with the Intel Science Talent Search, which had been sponsored by Westinghouse from 1942 to 1998. One of the contest judges, Princeton University engineering professor Richard Miles, said Aaron took an idea for applying a scientific principle and "turned it into reality, demonstrating great independence and originality." Aaron spends his summers volunteering at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute, where his father, Michael, is an electrical engineer. At the institute, researchers were wondering if it would be possible to build a research vessel that could be self-powered. With that target in mind, Aaron said, he pondered ways to draw electricity from waves. When he came up with his gyroscope idea, he could not figure out how to apply the idea to powering a boat. He soon realized it didn't matter and that producing electricity was a far more significant application. In addition to inspiring him to think about wave-generated power, Aaron said, Scripps played another important role in his work: The institute's trash became an excellent source of equipment and components. Everything from hunks of plastic to 1980s-era computer printers was scavenged from institute discards for Aaron's prototypes. He tests his devices with old oscilloscopes from the labs. The family sacrificed for his work. Aaron's first prototype used the front wheel from his younger sister's bicycle. As the project consumed more garage space, his parents parked their cars outside for a year. His father and high school teachers mentored his research. Showing his latest model to a reporter in the garage workshop, where his tools are neatly arrayed on a table topped with a "Do Not Touch" warning, Aaron identified the origins of the pieces. Some came from obsolete consumer items: a flywheel from a reel-to-reel tape player, a small motor from a telephone answering machine, "the kind that used tapes," he explained. Ball bearings came from a wheel of his skateboard, which he surrendered to the greater cause of energy for the world. Before the Siemens-Westinghouse contest, Aaron won several other honors, including a first place in the California State Science Fair. He was selected to attend the national Siemens-Westinghouse competition in Washington, where he triumphed in December. The honor has brought Aaron wide attention. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger telephoned his house to congratulate him. ("He said he's very glad I did what I did, that it's good for the state.") Former presidential candidate John Kerry also called. ("He actually talked about his concerns about energy. He said it's a very worthy thing to look into, and he hopes I continue.") ABC News featured him on the nightly newscast as the "Person of the Week." Linda Goldin, Aaron's mother, said the honors are especially gratifying because "people in sports, actors and entertainment people always get headlines. Not much is said about unsung heroes in math, science and other academics." Even before his Siemens-Westinghouse win, Aaron felt he had a significant invention and sought help from a patent lawyer. Bing Ai, Aaron's lawyer, said he often hears from people whose ideas have little merit. But as soon as he saw Aaron's description of the Gyro-Gen, the lawyer said, he knew the invention was meaningful. Ai is working with Aaron on patenting the device, which could take from two to four years, Ai said. "I was very impressed by its simplicity. It is a genuinely innovative use of well-known technology," Ai said. Ai also believes the basic concept of a gyroscope linked to a generator can be used to generate power from sources other than waves, such as wind. Aaron hopes the Gyro-Gen's simplicity will make it possible to develop generating plants that will produce power as cheaply as coal or oil-burning plants, because cost has been the stumbling block for many alternative energy sources. He envisions Gyro-Gen plants far into the ocean, where they would be less intrusive than windmills or other land-based systems. From the ocean, power could be transmitted through lines to shore, or the energy could be used to produce hydrogen gas from seawater, and the gas could be sent to shore by pipeline or tanker. For now, Aaron is busy figuring out to which colleges he'll apply (he was reluctant to discuss his possible choices). He wants to study physics or engineering but would also like to continue to pursue his other interests. He plays the piano and trombone in a jazz band and is an editor on his school's literary magazine. He hopes to become an academic scientist someday. Although he's happy to have the $100,000 scholarship from Siemens-Westinghouse, he said he is not interested in spending his time pursuing riches from the Gyro-Gen. For him, it's all about the science: "The whole commercial aspect of it, the marketing and applying it, is just not as appealing to me as the actual engineering." Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/classroom/la-me-class5jan05,1,5053468.story?coll=la-news-local-classroom&ctrack=1&cset=true A 17 year old kid designed a way to produce electricity cleanly, this also can be used to produce Hydrogen. Pretty cool idea, also windpower and hydro/electric power can be used to produce hydrogen. We have the means we just need more desire. It would be nice to lower our dependancy for Oil. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!