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  1. riggerrob
    Several countries require two packing data cards. The first card is easily accessible form the outside, as per normal. The second packing data card is stuffed in a second pocket, deep inside the reserve container and can only be accessed after the reserve is partially deployed. Nice idea about adding a window to look at the second packing data card.
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    Definitely deploy your reserve in front of your rigger. If it is a new system, he/she will probably want to see it SLOWLY DEPLOY as it comes off your back. Also remember to take the manual to the rigger at the same time as you take your reserve to the rigger.
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    Take it to your rigger a month before the season opens. That will give him/her time to do any repairs or order replacement parts.
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    Incomprehensible to anyone outside the u.s. ............................................................................. Incomprehensible to anyone outside the legal industry.
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    Problem is that I have seen placards saying that the toilet is not supposed to be occupied during take-off or landing. Most King Air pilots (that I have flown on insist on everyone sitting forward of the door. A few times I have had to plant my ass on the floor beside the door, but was uncomfortable.
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    There was a similar episode that involved repossessing a Twin Otter form Bill Dause in Lodi, California. A guy who used to work as a TI in Lodi re-assured me that only one line in the entire episode was true.
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    Yes, I have kicked hundreds of students' feet forward just before touchdown.
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    ................................................................................ The key to avoiding spinal injuries is angles. If you load your spine at the correct angle, no risk. But if you load your spine at the wrong angle, you will damage it during the first dirt-dive. That is why I quit rehearsing at the plane with tandem students. Too many tandem students invented exit methods that were never mentioned in ground school. The last time I dirt-dived a tandem exit from a Beech 18, it took a week and a general practitioner to straighten out my neck!
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    ... At least ion the UK the aircraft doesn't even move until the student is hooked up correctly. .................................................................................. In most other countries, TIs hook onto their students party way up. In most other countries, a seat-belt is considered sufficient restraint for tandem students. I only hook onto my student - on the ground - if there is an open door on the airplane, or it is too tight to hook up while climbing. The last time I jumped from a narrow-body Cessna 182, I hooked up the side straps before the pilot closed the door. Did I tell you that I dislike jumping from airplanes older than me?? Normally, I claim the "old man's seat" behind the pilot, so that I don't have to start hooking up until we climb above 4,000 feet.
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    Why did they allow that videographer aft of the cargo door? That is a big NO NO on King Airs because it puts the CofG too far aft.
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    Which allows us to see that it isn't a seatbelt hang-up but rather a 'right lateral passenger band' hang-up. And also to observe (at the end of the clip) they are so proud of this new achievement that they advertise to which establishment one should go for some whole new levels of fast paced adrenaline adventure during one's first skydiving adventure... I guess it is safe to say this is a double fail - first in preventing the added danger by not rigorously following procedures and second in giving yourself a black eye two years after the fact by sending your student on his way with his video to post that footage of 'you with your pants down' on youtube where sooner or later the DZ.com crowd will find it and give you some constructive criticism.
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    Tell them to put their hands under their knees. Keeps their hands an entire MILE away from handles I don't want them touching!
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    AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace a sub-set of the Society of Automotive Engineers hold regular conferences on "aerodynamic decelerators" and publish academic papers in a journal.
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    ...................................................................................... That is the scariest parachute accessory I have seen in a long time!!!!! What prevents it from grabbing your pilot-chute?????
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    I have had lots of customers complain about Type 7, doubled Type 8 and even Type 13 leg straps slipping. I applied the Icon fix to all of the above by sewing on a layer of Type 12 webbing to "thicken up" the leg straps. I also sewed 1.5 inch wide Type 4 tape to the diagonal back-straps on a few Strong tandem student harnesses.
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    ..................................................................................... Why does this remind me of the "lassoo/lariat/riata" that John Sherman (Racer factory) tested and rejected a decade or so ago?????
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    .................................................................................. I only made one jump on an 8-celled canopy, but I stomped a dead center. I was riding past the old DZ at Arthur, Ontario and borrowed a rig to do a fun jump. I vaguely remember that the canopy was sewn by APS or FTS back around 1988. It was made of F-11 fabric and had about 230(?) square feet.
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    ......................................................................... Key point. If you have your hands on the controls and can anticipate turns, they are not a surprise. Ergo, you will experience half as much fear and half as much nausea. Also, having your hands on the controls will help you to learn how to steer and land a parachute. If the TI refuses to allow you to touch the controls, take your money to another school. Clearly your first TI did not care whether you returned. Refuse to jump with him again.
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    ............................................................................. Correct Most chest strap buckles are only rated for 500 pounds. Chest straps are only expected to keep the shoulder straps on your shoulders while your torso rotates to vertical. Chest and back straps' primary function is to prevent you from falling forward or backward out of the harness. Chest and back straps are only expected to hold 5 to 15 percent of opening shock. Once your torso is vertical, most of the weight is taken by your leg straps and MLWs. In comparison, most leg strap buckles are rated for 2,500 pounds.
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    If a lonely Phillipino - who only spoke Tagalog - arrived at your range, would you allow him to shoot. He arrives without an written proof of previous gun-handling experience. None of you staff speak Tagalog.
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    Would you a (single) Korean to shoot on your range if he/she did not understand English?
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    Would you allow a Mexican to shoot on your gun range if he/she did not understand English?
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    ....................................................................... You completely missed the point! If they do not understand the range safety officer, they should not allowed to hold loaded weapons. Period! Bungling amateurs with weapons scare the crap out of me! I would have walked out too. If want to understand my views on firearms, look up "FG-42" in the history & trivia" forum.
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    The last photo looks like you have almost "got it!" A little tension on the tape's tail will eliminate most of that slack around the corner.
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    Agreed. Seat-belts only work if they are snug.