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Super Constellation @ WFFC, Quincy? Tom Saunders? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I'm not sure they are big or good enough for backgrounds but try here and some in flight here Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Form 215 - BPA Acceptable Reserve Sealing Method Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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again! http://www.mensfitness.com/Peter_Shankman/exclusives/203 Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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No. In fact it was an experimental design by a Brit called Dick Gays in 1980. He was trying to see if a 'slotted' round could get similar forward speed to a square. Needless to say, it didn't work Al I had the pleasure of meeting Dick Gays a couple of years ago and he gave me a little brochure he produced on all of his weird and wonderful parachutes he designed. I shall have to dig it out, scan it and upload it. I can't remember the name of the parachute of the top of my head, but I believe it's the same one that Rick Boardman had a mal on in Hong Kong that resulted in a broken back? I seem to remember Dick telling me, or rather him relating that another parachute designer said, it was actually quite a good design but it was just a couple of years late as squares had already begun to dominate. Edit: Dick called it the Slots canopy and it looks like it got up to its third iteration. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Or not! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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This is how the incident was reported at the recent meeting of the British Parachute Association's Safety & Training Committee on the 27th of September 2007, along with the subsequent actions. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Sector 11 just received an email (as I'm sure all sectors did) asking to confirm postal addresses as the DVD delivery is "very close" and they are preparing the labels to slap on them and ship them out! Unfortunately, the UK is currently in the grip of a postal strike and the unions are threatening one every week until Christmas! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Try this: http://www.racerxill.com/articles/detail/2473/racerhead-39.aspx Doesn't give any more details except Jolene Van Vugt took the pic in the plane, and Bill Hasley took the freefall one. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

You jump Strong's at Strathallan don't you Callum(?)? Is that the manufacturer's standard practice? Can't seem to find anything online. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Is it ever easy? What if your container is open and you are unaware of it? Unlikely, but never say never. Has it ever happened to you Gareth? If so, were you able to pull the bag out or stop it from deploying? I'm just wondering how practical that is as one is accelerating very rapidly towards tandem terminal? This is the crux of the question, the possibilities are endless and yet the manual states (Vector at least, I should have asked everyone who replied to state what system they jump) what one should do, and that is to go straight for the reserve. By the manufacturer mandating what one should do in this situation potentially leaves them (or the governing body that mandates that the manufacturers instructions must be followed) liable if the TI follows that procedure and something goes wrong (having Uninsured in your name and students signing waivers notwithstanding). Perversly, say an Instructor elects not to adhere to the manufacturers instructions (because they believe they are flawed or incomplete) and something goes wrong, as with this situation because that's the way the die rolls, the Instructor is then himself liable both to the courts and his governing body for not following the rules. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. One would hope that one would be able to rationalise their decision to a jury of peers, but would you be happy to rely on that? Or what if you weren't around to justify your actions? Wouldn't it be better for the manufacturer to offer guidance rather than rules, and leave it down to the discretion of the instructor? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

There were two student fatalities that I know of involving HOPs flying in turbulence. Was there a modification to the airfoil to prevent this? Doug, I'm aware of one that occured at your dropzone on 7th May 2005. When/where was the other? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Why not? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

School - specific... However, I noticed that when she was given the "one opportunity" EP pass or fail in the hanging harness that her thumb was not thru the reserve ripcord handle. I made a student do pushups in class last weekend for not doing that. Yeah, pet-peeve of mine, along with pulling handles out in front rather than down Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Not AFF rated but no. Which hand are you going to put it on? The one you might need to give signals or the one you might need to pull for them with? Or either hand when you are trying to stop a spin or right them? None of which seem a particularly good idea. Besides, would you get anything remotely useful fromt hat angle? Edit: Now I see why you are asking! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

It depends, what do we know? That you can fly slower than 78 mph in a wingsuit or maybe that AADs determination of altitude can be fooled by wingsuit flight? The Argoooooooos can be downloaded, can't it? Would be interesting to see the data from it to see if you did exceed 78 mph going for the pull or whether the unit thought it had only just passed through the activation altitude. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Having watched the video I believe it to be the same incident to which I am referring. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Article here Babelfish translation: They already have a website with what looks to be an information registration form and another artists impression of the structure. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Recently in the UK I've heard of a couple of cases where the drogue and bridle have disconnected during the release. The first happened once the bag was out of the container and most likely the canopy was out of the bag so it was uneventful. However, we also had an incident where it occured before the bag came out of the container, and because the Tandem Instructor deployed the reserve which resulted in a main reserve entanglement and serious injuries, and this is the situation to which the poll relates. Perhaps first we should clarify what the manufacturers (or maybe the governing bodies, who usually recommend manufacturers guidelines) suggest? It is my understanding that for Vector systems, the procedure is to NOT cutaway, but to deploy the reserve immediately as the instructor in that situation did. Is that correct? So, what do people think? Is the manufacturer's recommendation right? If it isn't, do you still do what they recommend, or do you do what you think is right? Is this one of the many rare situations that can happen and it's more luck than judgement as to whether is works out alright? Anyone had this happen to them? What did you do? Would you do things differently if it happened again? Has anyone been taken to task over the actions they took in a similar situation? Has this incident made people think about more about tandem emergencies? What do the manufacturers think? Thoughts please... Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Nothing whatsoever. Didn't think so. Topic please guys

So...if I got my Draft notice while I was in Navy bootcamp at NTC....does that preclude me from being a punk ? That depends...does it have anything to do with skydiving? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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