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You better had! According to Section 4 (Instructors) Para 5 (Tandem Instructor) Sub-Para 5.1 (Requirements) of the BPA Operations Manual Good luck! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

No it doesn't. All of those deaths happened. There is no exaggeration. Perhaps a compromise is to set the tags in the HTML so that the site isn't cxrawled by spiders and robots. How do you propose to manage that? Who would make the decision to who has access or not It would probably appear in lots of news articles so what is different about the Fatality List? Do you think it unlikely your death would result from your failure? I say keep it. It is too valuable. And work to provide some positive PR about the sport. Maybe Nick could link to a resource of yours demostrating as such? Why isn't this on BLiNC? How is this helping those who "you plan to try your hand at BASE jumping" ? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

A similar thing happened to me a few years ago... Or worse, someone with 200 jumps. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

A 'wiffle' ball? And a BASE trick is to either have it attached internally so that snag risk is minimal or even leave it floating inside the pilot chute so that the weight, such that it is, moves from the apex after its job as a handle is over. Edit: and of course, as Ryoder pointed out, a lot of BASE tricks come from CRW Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Is an IPC record not the same as an FAI record? Do you expect for this record to not be ratified? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Irrespective of how they entered or progressed in the sport Tandem Instructor Candidates in the UK have to have made a descent acting as a Student Tandem Parachutist (i.e. on the front) within the previous six months prior to the course. This is a good thing, especially if you've never done one before, so that you can experience what it is like since it is quite different to solo jumping. I think people forget how uncomfortable a (non Sigma) harness can be if adjusted wrongly! However, they are not required to have made a cutaway, like in the States. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Unfortunately this is not an official FAI record. From the latest FAI newsletter: Still fast though Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

And Bruno Brokken too judging by the pictures, which shouldn't be overlooked! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Tandem rated and voted yes. Although, since I'm a weekend warrior in the UK I'm unlikely to be asked to. In the UK, Tandem courses are held during the week, over four days (plus one for weather). Even with the UK's abysmal weather it is usually possible to do the minimum of 9 (maximum of 12) jumps for the course in that time. If a candidate is unable to complete the jumps due to weather, they are evaluated at their home dropzone by an local examiner if one is present or by video if not. I can't remember the last time I saw this happen at my dropzone and I jump at one of the busiest dropzones in the UK. Due to lack of enthusiasm and the mid-week course it is normally quite difficult to find someone to go on the front. The most prepared candidates from the more communal dropzones turn up with a team (a packer, a cameraman and a 'student') to make the most of the weather and speed through the course. Without available people we normally have to rely on the other candidates on the course. That is what happend to me. Woof went on the front of me for my first live jump and I returned the favour on the next jump. This can slow down the course quite considerably so it is very much appreciated when others help out. I'm still very grateful to Robin for helping out on mine. So, yes I would. I needed other people to do it for me so I would do it for others. Just another way of giving back to the sport. Colin, are your jump numbers uptodate in your profile? If not, which dropzone/country did you get your rating(s)? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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Clicky ;-) Congratulations! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Nice idea. Conversely, can a rigger remove the modes if the unit is to be sold to one of the "majority" who have no interest in the extra modes? How come you have no AAD listed in your profile? Not eating your own dogfood? :-D Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Just been waiting for the right time my friend; as they say, revenge is a dish best served cold! Can't take all the credit though, someone did point them out to me! ;-P Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Very nice. Good choice on not being pictured inside the suit or you might have looked like the attached (thanks to Dave Haygarth and the bird-man.com website for these lovely pictures of Jules!)!! That's for the gloves my friend! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Karel Goorts used to be 'half' of Vigil before they split Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

That's tricky. Doing your drills in a controlled environment (i.e. with a bag on the front or an experienced skydiver who knows how to arch, keeps their limbs to themselves and that it is in their best interests not to cause any problems) doesn't really prepare you for a live, unpredictable punter on your front. I guess you are right in that it's down to trusting the examiner's judgement. My tandem skills improved by doing tandems. It's like learning to drive a car; you can demonstrate the skill and knowledge enough to be let out on your own but that initial period is risky. You can't beat experience and there really is no substitute for having someone on the front of you? Is there anyone out there who can say they didn't have a tandem early on in their career that they struggled with? If you can, how many jumps did you have when you started to tandem. Might make an interesting poll along with "Do you think you had enough jumps/experience when you started tandeming" Also, how many people out there had people on the front give them a hard time during their course? I've read several posts on here where friends have gone along and made it difficult for the instructor candidates. I have the impression that this doesn't happen in my country a great deal. Another tricky situation. AFF instructors are worked hard on their courses since most examiners are only doing things that they have had real students do to them but I think the risks are different. At the end of the day, there is a hard deck and all the parties are independent. With tandems, you have two parties connected, with the added complications of equipment such as drogue and handles, as well as decision trees. Like with the AFF, you should be able to handle whatever a student can throw at you but I'm not sure the course is the right place to do it. Perhaps some tandem "consolidation" jumps are the answer; once you've proven you can do your drills, controlled instability and tandem terminal and passed your course, then go out with a friend to make life difficult for yourself. Anyone doing this unofficially? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Interesting points, worthy of being split off into a separate thread I feel, John? Coming from a country with higher pre-requisites for attending a course (800 jumps for tandem and 1000 for AFF), I've always thought 500 jumps were a bit low, but then again, and figure is arbitary. These days people can rack up the jump numbers in a short space of time and the standard of learning is a lot higher, so maybe the requirements are right? Which countries have different jump numbers/freefall time/time in the sport requirements for Tandem and AFF than the US and the UK? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I'm gonna have to pull that old canopy out of the closet at the DZ and take pics of the side panel. Didn't we do this already? :-D And this post talks about 3 different versions. Hialeah? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Simple solution...does the aircraft have a public address system? If so, get the pilot to call out the airspeed. You can here the pilot say "one three zero" on this video Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Your attitude "boils my piss"! If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. You need to get your priorities straight. You bitch about the BPA not paying out for expensive services for the benefit of 3 (?) members, yet you want to take action that would be to the detriment to all skydivers in the UK (not being a member of the BPA or opting out of the magazine makes it more expensive for the rest of us). With regards to the interpreters, this is from the minutes of the Council meeting held on the 19th of October 2004: The seminars are given free of charge, so the deaf community are paying out nothing, along with the rest of the community, and the presenters attempt to make their seminars as accessible as possible. Mark Callend practically had everything he said on his PowerPoint, but then Allan probably knew all of it anyway. With regards to membership and insurance costs, you can not compare US with us. It's just not possible. The costs and markets are totally different. How many alternative insurance solutions have you found and suggested to the Council? It's very easy to go online and moan, but doing something about it is another thing. Why not stand for Council next year and try to be part of the solution? Have you ever offered your services in regards to the BPA website? If you could do it cheaper, then maybe there would be money for other things. The insurance company KNOW they are the only people that will cover us and a lot of that is due to our "good history" with them. I will accept that I am not an expert in this, and I have to accept what I am told by people who are and people I trust, but they are not trying to "fuck us over". They are trying to make a reasonable profit (at the insurance forum, the broker said that motor insurance companies would be very happy to make 1-5% profit...and that is on 17 million vehicles in this country, although he didn't say how much our underwriter wanted to make). Is that so unfair? At the moment they are loosing. Why should they subsidise recklessness or the compensation culture? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

The next one is this thursday (27th). The one after that is February 24th. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

No, they just considered the camera-glove like the one's produced by Total Control or Rob, although myself and some other tandem instructors have considered doing something similar with bullet cams as we have had some experience with them when BASE jumping. However, I'm a weekend warrior with barely 200 tandems so I might give it a while yet before I have a go. My issue was managing the camera deck itself. We considered slinging the camera under the armpit (I know you've said before Rob, but what do you do?), but comfort was a worry (although the cameras are getting smaller all the time) or having it on the front of the student. Have you extended the plug(s) to make it easier to connect and disconnect? Also, are you using a CamEyeII? Leaving the camera in standby and having a remote operation and indication of recording makes it a lot easier and more reliable. A Tandem Instructor at our dropzone occasionally has his students wearing his World Team mass jump streamers for deployment under canopoy without issue, but it is another factor and therefore risk. The problem with legislation is that it usually harder to undo that it is to put it in place. Also, with it not specifically describing the hand-cam as the whole camera on the hand rather than just the lens, it gives those who don't understand, the reason not to allow it. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

According to the BPA, no-one can have enough experience, since they have forbidden their use. From Item 9a (Permissions) of the minutes from the

I'm thinking CamelBak as well as a catheter and bag and then I won't have to move. Better be careful not to get the tubes confused! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Sorry, can't make any changes to the poll. I'm sure they wouldn't but there are as many people out there who will wait for a new product to be proven in the market as there are who will rush out and buy it based purely on the manufacturer's marketing. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live