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From http://www.pe.com/localnews/southwest/stories/PE_News_Local_S_skydive22.ef6e.html (requires registration) Hmm, I wonder if his foray into Speed Skydiving has anything to do with his sponsors? ;-P I don't think Mike had any weight on when he set his record. The International Speed Skydiving Association's rules state Would he be competitive without weights? Edit: added picture from article Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

The domain is a frame-based redirect to some free pages. I could only get the link to work from http://www3.telus.net/j_suter/do_not_share/dead_jaap_pack.wmv Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Nice one you "norvern munkee" :-) Any chance you can get the video up on skydivingmovies.com? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Do people who write articles for the magazine get paid for them, or even pay to have them printed? They are for the benefit and interest of the members, as is a memorial. It is not for the financial interest of those who are remembering those who have passed. As members we pay subs that contribute to the production of the magazine. I feel that should include obituaries (although they are different from memorials). I wrote an obituary for a friend last year that was printed free of charge in the British skydiving magazine. However, with the American magazine, lots of people have already paid, so I guess that makes it difficult to change. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

See... Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

The Spy Who Loved Me Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

The latest report says the man was wheelchair bound and the police suspect operator negligence Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Did you know that a dropzone.com member is the one standing on the tailgate dispatching 007? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Seth taught the guy who taught me. Although I never met the guy, I owe him. Cheers Seth BSBD Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I can't get the picture to load and there is hardly any information but this is the official link. 10,000 metres?! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I had posted this in the Wind Tunnels forum as I mistakenly had the impression that it was related until Paulipod pointed out that it wasn't. Still worth mentioning though I think, since it is ironic that most people who go on the ride probably do so because they consider skydiving too dangerous! :-S From http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050418p2a00m0dm015000c.html Edit to add quote Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

From http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050418p2a00m0dm015000c.html Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

[hijack] Whoa! You have both-planes fully manifested (plus a waiting list!!) for the whole weekend? Now that's efficient and you have some dedicated teams there! What happens to Rodney's level 3 if he doesn't pass his level 2? :-P Why is 16:40 on Sunday in red? Woo-hoo, formation load on Sunday! Seriously though, do you not get many people turning up randomly? What happens when they do? Impressed. Please come and manage a DZ in the UK! [/hijack] Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

From http://www.five.tv/media/pdf/11708978.pdf If it's any good, I'll see if I can get it on SkydivingMovies tomorrow. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

From http://www.creditman.biz/uk/members/news-view.asp?newsviewID=4636&id=1&mylocation=News&chksrc=NNow4251 I wonder how big the parachute side of the business compares with the clothing and equipment side. Even with the military I would imagine that it is relatively small? Still I wonder how this is going to affect the cost of sport parachutes. The article in the recent Skydiving magazine alluded to Perserverance Mills being the manfuacturer of the new lightweight material for the smaller packing PD reserves, although bizarely, neither company would confirm it. I wonder how this will effect their release? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Le Roy, the file is over 30 MB for less than 2 minutes of video and why is it encoded using a DVD codec? Dave has told you about this before in this thread I've compressed it into WMV format, reuploaded it and approved it here The file has gone from 32 MB to under 4 (and I was quite generous with the WMV bitrate). If I get a chance I will do a DivX version. Please use DivX or WMV next time! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

From http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prweb224630.htm Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

When did you send your renewal off Vicki? Is it really surprising that people wait until the last minute creating a backlog? If you are not a member, you do not jump, therefore it is in your own best interests to ensure you renew in a timely enough fashion. If you are trying to time your renewal so closely that an extra day's delay matters then you a leaving it too late. When I renewed last year a month in advance, it was turned around in a few days. (says the man who handed in his form at the DZ on Saturday morning) Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Yes, and I've taken yours as well! ;-) Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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

If you actually load the avatar, you will find that it is actually larger than what is shown in the profile box. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Did you contact the Office? They'll send you another copy as soon as you ask... Why? I don't know how we stand with regards to confidentiality when claims are settled out of court. Also, the two major ones (which as far as I am aware are very big and make a significant impact) aren't yet concluded. I'm a bit torn on this; I agree that it is "our money" so maybe we have a right to know but I'd be interested in what you think you might gain by knowing the information. Another question for DH this weekend I think... Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

It may be to do with the "no win, no fee" style of litigation that is increasing in popularity in this country. I'm not sure how prevalent this is in mainland Europe. Where is your evidence? From the 2005 Annual Report of the Chairman of the British Parachute Association Do you think it unreasonable that an insurance company should make a profit? How about a loss? Yes, it's your attitude. If so, what interest do you have in this whole "saga"? Are the two countries directly comparable when it comes to taxation, insurance liabilities and the nature of skydiving? There are probably countries cheaper than New Zealand and more expensive than the UK. What is your point? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

So? The brief of the insurance sub-committee is to Ivan responded well to the rest of your message. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Agreed. It'd be interesting to hear the rationalisation behind this. There is nothing mentioned on the website.If we require £2 million cover in the UK - which we pay a lot for - why do we only need £100,000 abroad. Whilst it doesn't say directly on the web page, the reasoning for this was given in 2005 Annual Report by the Chairman of the British Parachute Association This report was presented to the approximately 450 members (~10% of the membership) at the AGM as well as printed and distributed to 100% of the membership in the magazine, not to mention on the BPA website so that those foreign non-members who have nothing better to do than try and stir up bad feeling whilst not having a complete grasp of all of the details may better educate themselves. Ivan Peters made a post on uk.rec.skydiving, which echoes my own thoughts,as well as DeepThought's. Why have third-party cover abroad at all? No-one should be skydiving abroad without insurance and that insurance as well as covering medical fees and repatriation should aslo cover personal liability and 3rd party claims. In effect, this would take the straing off the BPA's insurers, reducing claims, and maybe premiums in the long run, although these no specific insurers may end of increasing (or even withdrawing) premiums over the years if the claims warrant. At least then the BPA couldn't be blamed and maybe some people would wake-up to the way in which insurance works! Take care. Don't take undue risks. Someone always pays in the end. I will ask DH, who is on the Insurance Sub-Committee when I ask him this weekend. Again, from the Chairman's report, Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live