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This doesn't appear to have made the news outside of the UK, but "Rocket"/Jet pack stuntman, Eric Scott, broke the record today for the highest flight in a jet pack (there are lots of people going for this?), in Stoke Newingtion (??), London, for an alcholic drinks promotion. It's not entirely obvious in the web pictures, but I noticed on the TV reports that he was wearing an Oxygn whilst doing it. BBC News ThisisLondon Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Skin, You predicted July 19th 2004 for number 900 and March 1st 2006 for number 1000, and judging by Joris' number that may be a little out, but as you said, this was 6 months ago, and the latest issued number has advanced by about 50 on what you were working with then. Perhaps it's time to re-run the numbers again? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

There is a working group looking into this also. From Item 2. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE STC MEETING OF THE 4 DECEMBER 2003 of the minutes of the Safety and Training Committee meeting, 5th February 2004 From Item 6 at the same meeting, Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

What, like the Roadshows, the AGM, the magazine, the Starter Mag, the website, funding the National teams, the Nationals, the Grand Prixs? Maybe if Ian had quoted everything rather than just the shocking bit, or if you'd read it on the website you would see that they are proposing to reduce cover to BPA Affiliated DZs only and further withdraw insurance from displays. And what good would that do? No insurance, no skydiving. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Correct, as long as the 250 jumps are within 18 months (give or take) and it is normally as little as one jump with a BMI. With 500 jumps, you don't even need groundschool. Theoretically you can buy and jump your own suit without any external interference although most CCIs worth their salt would probably want to know what you are doing and be satisfied that you aren't going to kill yourself. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

That's a pretty dangerous statement since everyone is different. A slight, unfit, smoker, who bleeds heavily and regularly with a diet deficient in iron will react very differently above 10,000 feet to the loss of 475 ml of blood than a large, fit, non-smoking person who doesn't frequently lose blood, with an iron rich diet. This is why in the UK, according to Section 11 (Medical) Para 2 (General) Sub-Para 2.5 (Blood Donors) of the BPA's Operations Manual, we are: This is on the advice of a skydiving doctor. Yes, there are people who can give blood and skydive without any issues, and I know some who do, but that doesn't mean that everyone can and that is why it is not advisable. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Skylark, Have a look at BPA Guidelines for Jumping Wingsuits. These are only guidelines and not rules but they are followed at my dz, Langar, where I am a BirdMan Instructor. We recommend 500 jumps for a solo jump or 250 jumps in the last 18 months when undertaking instruction from an experienced wingsuit jumper, but since your profile is empty there is no way of telling whether you qualify or not. I charge 2 slots plus £15 which covers ground school, hire of suit, loan of Protrack and download, and video with debrief. The ground school takes between 30 minutes and 1 hour and after your first flight you will normally be qualified to jump as you wish, within reason. Suits can be hired for further flights. Let me know if you are interested in coming to Langar to do your first flight. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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And that one speaks for itself. Site naming! :-P Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Aren't there closer places, erm, like England :-) where you could get a BMI to come from?! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

From Section 5 (Training) Para 11 (Restrictions Following A Lay Off) of the BPA Operations Manual The definition of an Intermediate and Experienced Parachutist is given in Section 2 (Designation and Classification of Parachutists) Para 2 (Designation of Parachutists) The requirements for an FAI 'B' Certificate (Red) is given in Section 2 (Designation and Classification of Parachutists) Para 3 (FAI (British Standard) Certificate (Red)) Sub-Para 3.2 (FAI 'B' Certificate) So I would guess Dave that you are an Experienced Parachutist, so officially there are no requirments for you, but given your concern, it wouldn't hurt to have a chat with your CCI and maybe run-through your emergency drills with an instructor (certainly practice them yourself but refer to an instructor if you have any doubt/questions). Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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Most of us are aware of how badly the media represent us when something goes wrong and how'd they'd rather sensationalise rather than get the facts straight. Skydiving is still a good horrorstory for the press due to the crazyness of "plunging" thousands of feet from a perfectly good aircrat, despite the fact that as many, if not more people, die or are killed whilst scuba diving, horse riding, skiing, playing golf (take your pick). This is amplified when the deceased is related to someone in the public eye (however minor). I'm sure many of us were not best pleased with the way the press has dealt with the recent fatality in Australia (although some, including myself, have perpetrated reports in an effort to gain insight and diseminate pertinent information), so it was refreshing to read this article and find that there are some members of the press who find this style of reporting as abhorent as we do. From http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1174754,00.html Here, here. BSBD Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Cool. Any more details? How and where is it attached? I'm assuming it is cutaway before deployment! How does it affect his flight? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Is that a tube being trailed by the guy leading? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

How? Can Amy just about reach her risers with her arms still in the wing? Harness input? Sounds a pretty serious and obvious non-correctable mal, and I'm not trying to double guess her response but I'd still be interested in knowing what altitude she deployed at and was under the reserve for. Why would she? One of the very first things I demonstrate and emphasise to a student is that the suit has no effect on reaching your handles and carrying out your emergency procedures, by getting them to prove it to themselve in the equipment on the ground. Although they are mostly surprised, it's normally enough! Still, you can't beat a bit of real life experience. I realise it was only her second wingsuit jump but I understand that Amy is quite an experienced skydiver and that she's proven she doesn't need to but is she considering attempting to undo her zippers during deployment so that she can deal with correctable issues more quickly? Anyway, glad she's okay and congratulations on the save. For the record, I had a total which I cutaway (canopy not wings - if something's out, my decision is to cutaway) from and deployed the reserve whilst my arms were still in the wings. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Are you sure they are too long? Are they not the original cutaway cables that came with the suit. A common mistake is to assume they are too long whereas actually the excess is designed to fit in the cutaway handle as I believe this gives more slack for flexibility and a greater snatch when pulled. What sort of handles do you have on the cables, pillows or loops? It's a bit more obvious that you can push the cable back down inside on the pillows. With the loops, there is no boundary to stop you pushing the cable down until you flatten the loop out. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

A while ago I bought a sheet of film which only allows IR wavelength through, the idea being that it would be placed over the lens of a regular torch to generate infra-red illumination and the torch could be attached near the camera. I used it with a smallish Maglite but the results were disappointing. I don't know if it was because the beam was too weak/narrow or just didn't produce the correct wavelength to be filtered. I wanted to test it with a much larger torch, on a BASE jump where a torch would have been conspicuous but shortly after I lost the filter sheet (which wasn't cheap) and I haven't been able to find another source since. I'd still like to try it. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

:-O For future reference, Sigma Student Harness Adjustment Guide It would appear that it is fairly common sense. As it says on the page, and Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

No, but had an experienced instructor check the fit before use on both occasions, although the student did seem to be sitting a little lower in the harness than I'm used to after opening. I will get a proper brief before I use one again. Thanks for pointing that out! :-S Even with the laterals still connected? ;-P Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

So why not just reconnect them after they've been loosened? I guess you could clip them onto the ring on the back of the harness (all the ones I've used have them). Might be a bit awkward but it's doable. Alternatively you could retighten the straps so that the ejectors are moved right up against the student harness. This stops the heavy snaps bouncing off the student if they aren't reattached anywhere, but I guess they are still a snag risk, but you'd have to try really hard to do that (I don't get the student to flare for landing and the snaps are quite low down between you and the student being in front of you will tend to bring the toggles forward of there anyway) I think I used one of these this weekend for the pre-second time. Had a lowish chest strap and a belly band with double legstrap keeper webbing as well as a bungee and pop studs on the main attachment harness to keep them flapping about when not connected to the instructor? I wondered what they were for. But since I reconnect the laterals after loosening, it didn't really matter. Still doesn't answer the question why you'd want to leave them disconnected? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I voted "After all the checks I disconnect them, loosen them, reconnect them" The reasons for this have already been stated. My question to those who keep them disconnected is why? What's to be gained from that? The only thing I can think of is a faster release of the student in a high wind and/or off-landing. But then, most would probably opt to disconnect RSL and cutaway on landing in this situation or owuld be aware of the likelihood of this and have the time to disconnect the laterals before landing. In these situations I ask myself, "What would Bill say?" (and quickly refer to the manual, unless it's about pro-packing tandems of course ;-) ). On page 75 of the Tandem Vector Owners Manual, under Section 3 (Instructor Techniques), Chapter 4 (Canopy Control), Paragraph C (Stow and check handles and harness), Item 7, it says, Which would imply that the manufacturer recommends that they be re-attached. Although, I must disgree with not telling them. Nearly all students find it disconcerting when they feel the ejectors release, even if you have them standing on your feet, so I feel it is better to prepare them for it, since knowledge dispels fear. Edit to add: the manual also points out another reason to keep at least one of the laterals connected on page 41 if the drogue release handle is fitted to the student harness (we don't do this in the UK), Although this is more relevant whilst on the ground or prior to drogue release. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Why? On Page 76 of the Tandem Vector2 Manual, it says, Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live