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Will, you are exactly correct. Once you are planed out and are slowing to a point where you would normally put down your landing gear, you transfer to your toggles. Remember, your toggles are ALWAYS over your hands. Chuck My webpage HERE

Simply doing a search of the forum would have yielded you THIS information. There is plenty of info, pro and con, there for you to read. Chuck My webpage HERE

Fort Carson and Peterson Airforce Base are both on the south side of The Springs; technically the south-east, but the place has sprawled so much I am not sure what they call that now. It used to be that the E/W split was I-25 and you were "south" if you were below the Academy/ I-25 junction. Either way, if you have a choice, you don't want to live anywhere near the post in the Security or Widefield area; they are military slums. Well east is OK if you like the desert, or well north if you want to get away from the military. It's not too difficult since you can zip right up (or down) the interstate. There are several Fort Carson exits right off I-25. Farther away from skydiving, but MUCH cooler in my opinion is living up in the mountains behind Manitou Springs and as far up as Green Mountain Falls. I lived in The Springs from 7th grade thru my junior year and had a blast. Had it not been so late in my career when they moved out there, I would have gladly transfered to the 10th SFG when they moved from Devins to Carson. Chuck My webpage HERE

You sound like a slack-ass Raeford jumper! It makes me nuts when I have to wait until like 10:00 am on a sunny day to get the first Otter load up. As far as my habits go, I am ALWAYS checking my legstraps and chest strap. Legstraps, because it is very critical that they be exactly the same tightness when jumping a main as small as mine. Chest-strap because I don't want to fall out of my rig. I also touch all of my handles, rotate my three-rings, and feel my main lift webs for twists at least three times prior to exit. Just habit, not superstition. Chuck My webpage HERE

You need a minimum of an A-license to skydive at other than your home DZ. If you are through with SL progression, then you ought to have sufficient jumps to get the license. If you show up somewhere else without it, they will either: 1) make you go through their student program; or 2) at least force you to make some Level 5-7 AFF type jumps; or 3) tell you to beat it. Bottom line is that they have no reason whatsoever to accept your logbook for face value. Beer? Bet your ass you are going to buy some beer! Chuck D-12501 My webpage HERE

Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Something. I am a Virgo and my favorite colors are Orange and Blue. Azul sends My webpage HERE

He is on team Maine Stream and used to jump a Cobalt. Jumps a Crossfire or something now. He is the guy that rode the slalom ski into the crowd at last years Pond Swoop Nationals. Chuck My webpage HERE

Now I sho do looooove to swoopy! My webpage HERE

No foul there, Dave. Life is an individual event and everyone has to live it in their own way. If it were not for guys like you volunteering to lead from the front, then where would they come from? Anyway, at least you will have the extra cash that comes along with being an officer; that goes a long way towards new gear and beer. Marine, Navy, and Airforce enlisted promotions are much slower than the Army; not so as an officer. Also, I have quite a few friends in Marine Combat Development who teach alongside our guys at Yuma. In actuality, those guys have fewer restrictions on training than we do in the Army. Chuck My webpage HERE

Right on Dave. I think that if you bought yourself a Bon Jovi wig you would be less threatening to the ladies. I wish I could be there with yall to party and skydive, but I have spent all my vacation lunch money for a while. Still, I expect nothing short of a full-blown fiesta from all of you monkeys. Chuck My webpage HERE

Older than that. He was 19 in '84 when I knew him the first time. He has been back in for two years, so he was 34 when he came back in. He is doing fine in the course so far (phase II out at Camp Mackal) and at least now has the brains to get through the 18D course; at least he hopes so! Chuck My webpage HERE

Jim Cazer in Talladega, AL would be my first choice. E-mail him at jimcazer@aol.com. Chuck My webpage HERE

Nice explanation Paul. Did that make sense Nelson? As paul stated, it's only one method to determine how a parachute "ought" to act over your head. Different parachutes perform differently at the same wingload in most instances, but not so much that you cant use the number as a good benchmark. Chuck My webpage HERE

Not bad, Lisa, minus the silver. Get you some orange on there and you will be OK. Chuck My webpage HERE

Right on. Yall ought to do very well there. Chuck My webpage HERE

Dan, you ought to have that parachute either today or tomorrow. Sorry for the tangled mess, but we were a bit rushed getting it unhooked and the other one on those short risers. It was like a NASCAR pit crew on mushrooms trying to get that thing back together in time. Fascinating. Chuck My webpage HERE

Hey Ann, what's up with you lately? I didn't sense any ridicule or malice on anyone's part. Consider the option; this is not the wreck you know. Lighten up. Chuckie My webpage HERE

Barf Brooks! My webpage HERE

That is wonderful. Now, tell me exactly where your dropzone is located (city and state). I would hate to blaspheme my dad's DZ, but am more than happy to travel around and support my fellow skydivers in their endeavours to expand. Chuck Blue D-12501 My webpage HERE

Agreed Dave. I used to regularly drag people off the side of the UH-1 and put them in an 8-way on their first 45 second delay. Lovely... Now, I refuse to accept that there is not a man or woman among you who can organize at least a 10-way. Come on, make Chuckie proud! C. Blue, esq. D-12501 My webpage HERE

And I normally log 72 seconds for jumps from altitude. My webpage HERE

Actually, that was just a guess as I have never considered buying one of those things. A regular old dytter is what I use. Chuck My webpage HERE

Actually, the first two responses that were given gave you links to plenty of information. Also, doing a cursory search would have yeilded you more articulate answers. I am surprised how few people use the search tool in these forums and repeatedly ask the same questions over and over before taking one minute to punch in a set of parameters and see all that comes up. Still, you are correct in that we should keep the off-topic banter to the talkback forum. That is all.... Azul sends My webpage HERE

Will, there are at least three different ways currently in use to swoop with rear risers with two being the most common. All are tremendously sensitive to stalling under small elipticals, but in the proper hands do wonders to length of swoop. The two common methods are "pushing" and "pulling". Pushing is accomplished in one of two methods: whole-handed or just thumbs. Thumbs only makes for a more seamless transition in my opinion, but whole-hand looks like it gives better control in a carve. Both methods have you pushing out on the risers to get your canopy "around the corner" and floating along. Transition to toggles is conducted at such a point that you know you are getting near rear-riser stall. Using thumbs only, you merely let them slip off the risers and go to your flare, back and to the rear. The "pulling" method has you grabbing the risers from the back with the toggles fully over your palm. This method seems to give the best control in carving courses, but leads to the most spectacular wipeouts when people over-amp and stall their parachutes. This is what Jay Moledski does and he is currently kicking ass. Check out the cover of last month's parachutist to see a full-on frontal shot of this. Transition is just the same as pushing, but you must take extra care not to drop your toggles in the process. Now, is there an application for bigger parachutes? You bet! Is it a good idea for everyone to learn these techniques? I think so. If any of you have ever had your toggles come off in your hand and had to determine whether or not you could land your main, then you know where I am coming from. The smallest main I ever had to land over hard surface was a Monarch 135. I swooped it right over the peas and did fine. This is one of those skills that you want to practice up high. Get out, fly straight, do a 180 riser dive (or 270, whatever your current preference is) then reach back to your rear risers and dial in enough pressure to get around the corner. As you get flying straight for a bit, just pop your hands off AT THE SAME TIME and go to your toggles. Letting go unevenly will spank you in a millisecond. Practicing this technique "for sport" might certainly pay off in the future should you ever have a broken steering line or toggle. Hope that helps. Chuck My webpage HERE

My teammates and I are very anxious for the release of the Onxy, the upcoming tri-cell cross-braced Atair canopy which is very different in design than what is currently out there. We had hoped to have prototypes by The Ranch Pond Swoop Nationals, but it just wasn't to be. Another big-money project is tieing up production currently, so we will just have to wait. Chuck My webpage HERE