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Fucking nice, Dan!

your old lady is flying just like Cathy Jean Albert in those photos. Nice.

Phil was dead-nuts on when he said people tend to try to 'overfly' big suits.

I would stick his headlin a toilet if I were yoi, Tony!

Wade, why don't you just get with greg windmiller or punisher at Raeford?

You beat me to it! Stacey Carl wrote that more than five years ago.

repeated full altitude flights will definitely wear your arms out until your body becomes conditioned enough to tolerate them. The worst problems with flying to near-muscle-failure are the pc's in tow and linetwists that typically are caused by weak throws. All I can tell you is that if you jump your suit enough ffrom full altitude your body will get the conditioning it needs, then you won't have that problem anymore. Chuck

it's Ray Stone. Read all about him in the wingsuit forum

sorry, but Rzy Stone succesfully landed a wingsuit without a parachute back in March.

Definitely not my fault. We did not have non-jumper ads back when I was a moderator!

Lee will always be a physical part of at least four of us. He was truly my brother from another mother. I only hope that my true friends pay me the same tribute when I pass. It is truly a defining act of respect. Chuck Blue

Gail, if you are reading this, I really recommend that you find a rich, mentally stable, around-30-year-old boyfriend. Someone who can drive you around, pay for your jumps (and medical bills), and protect you from thieving mexican roommates. Seriously. You are a great girl, but you really do need looking after.

I flew with you at Dublin. as a smaller guy like me, You really won't ever ¨need¨ a suit bigger than a firebird, Phantom (or Phantom2), or S Fly Expert. A Tony Aerobat or raptor, a BirdMan S6, or a PF Ghost would be great as well if you ¨wanted¨ a larger suit. Fwiw: my personal primary suit is my S6, but I really love my Phantom for most things and I fly farthest in my Tony Super mach 1. Chuck

it's just all the sun, bro.

Sorry, bro. My brain could not process the difference between "Gray" and "gay". Therefore, you two are safe and only Chris Gay qualifys.

Yes. I do all of my tandems in an RW bootie suit. I really like the leg power And I dont like flailing arms in tandem videos. The booties work exceptionally well when shooting handycam (which I do most of the time). Chuck

you and your brother are two of the tree gayest people in skydiving, so I will leave that determination to you.

The Tengu has a slightly llonger wing root than tne Blade. The legwing is slightly larger as well. There are no scallops on any of the wings on the Tengu. There is no back vennting on the Tengu that was at flock and dock.

hopefully, mine will be waiting on me when I get back from Hawaii on the 15th.

there was a Tengu being flown at FnD 4.0 be both Terro and Marko. You might see it in Phil's video. It is the white suit with dark red accents

You are wrong, Glen. I was at CK for a POPS meet the ddayy Adam Rosen made his 500th jumpp. He had been on the monkeyclaw “team” roster for two yyears. The only person in that organization who had real skills was Heath Richardson. They all sucked in competition when they went to nationals. On your other topic, there are two of us at Z hills with over 2000 wingsuit flights.

if my spelling is fucked up its because i am responding on my pda..We did not charge norm because we got fantastic stills in trade from other boogies. Ultimately, pros get paid and hacks do not. We ate not hacks at Z Hills.

It was actually jeff and I that went to DeLand and taught Norman to backfly out of the PAC 750, but I did not get or ask for a penny. Me and norm have been friends since 2001. Hell, he made out with my ex-wife back in the day zt the specizl olympics!! That does not bothet me at al;.

great post, Phil It's my guess that the majority of the people reading this do not jump at dropzones with four Otters on the ramp or in the hangar like we do at Z Hills. Likewise, most of the people reading this who teach/coach wingsuiiting do not have the overhead that we do at Z Hills. The Birdhouse is not a gift from management. I don't stop jumping when there is no one to organize in wingsuits. I own my own tandem rig and my own AFF student gear to make money with. No money to make? I am still jumping for fun out of pocket. Skydiving is expensive.......Period. Even the most experienced skydivers pay for packing and what I will now deem "continuing education", even within their primary discipline. There are TONS of jumpers out there more than willing to pay for the knowlege and expertise that the very-accomplished have worked long and hard to perfect. This, regardless of any specific USPA rating. I possess the highest BirdMan instructional credentials because I helped revise the sylabus some time ago. Do I think that there will ever be a USPA wingsuit instructor rating? No, and I don't care. It won't happen unless they create aa freefly instructor rating/requirement. If it ever does happen, though, I will obtain it, just like I did with my AFF, tandem, and SLRatings. I will do it just like I did when USPA created the PRO demo rating, even though I had already jumped into three different bowl stadiums prior to its inception. As a skydiving professional, it's my duty to be as “qualified” as I need to be in order to do those things safely and within the confines of the BSR's. I don't really care that there are some non-rated guys (without even the rudimentary Coach rating) teaching wingsuiting. So long as that wingsuiter really DOES have the experience to effectively train. Make no mistake: a first flight course IS instruction and it needs to be comprehensive and taught in a logical manner. Some "experts" out there simply do not provide that level of competence and professionalism. We provide all of it here and will simply not feel bad about flying aBMCI flag alongside my other "real" ratings. Chuck

As was just stated, we have demo S fly Experts and one Pro Fly at our school in Z Hiills. PM me for sizes available.