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I think I would rather have a Hennessey SRT-10 Viper Venom 1000 twin turbo over the veyron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M47fNO8-HmU Kirk He's dead Jim

This is from a post I did years ago about the Safire1 I e-mailed Icarus and explained that this had been talked about here and if they could give me a reply that I could post so here is Icarus's reply The Safire-1 and the Omega are measured differently to PD canopies. As a rough guide a Safire-1 or Omega is about the same size as the next size down - eg A Safire 149 is about a 135. A Safire 119 is about a 109. Use an equation of 8%. The Safire-2 and Omni (Omni supercedes Omega) are measured the same as PD. All other Icarus Canopies are measured the same as PD. The reason for the difference is due to Precision measuring their canopies differently. Icarus have always measured the same as PD however when we originally commenced in the USA, Precision were building parachutes for us under license and were doing it using their size equations and not Icarus/PD's. We have therefore had to wait to supercede these models to change the size equation. Only the Safire and Omega were affected. Blue skies Simon Icarus Canopies USA: 1S671 Bender Lane, West Chicago, IL 60185, USA Ph. (630) 562-2735, Fax (630) 231-4430 Europe: P.I. El Ramassar, c/ Vallés, s/n O8520, Les Franqueses, Barcelona, SPAIN. Ph. (34) 938 496 432, Fax (34) 938 497 971 www.icaruscanopies.com Kirk He's dead Jim

About 6 years ago, I was doing a 2 way wingsuit jump and on jump run I got a bloody nose. I was wearing a Z1 helmet and decided to jump anyways. In freefall the blood pooled in the visor and was blown back into my face. By the time I pullled I could only see out of a silver dollar size portion of the visor. The liner around my mouth was so blood soaked that when I would try to breath in I mostly got blood. I spent most of the canopy flight almost choking on my blood. I would highly suggest if you get a bloody nose prior to leaving the plane ride the plane down. Kirk He's dead Jim

Grabbing the toggle before the tandem pair has touched the ground is a very bad idea. Always allow the tandem instructor to land before grabbing anything. Kirk He's dead Jim

I can not comment on the current site, but I can give you a success story. I used Match.com 10 years ago for about 9 months during that time I went on 30 meet and greet coffee dates all were great women and better in person than their profiles. I did meet my wife on there her and I e-mail each other for months before we met, next May will be 10 years since we met.

A really good tandem instructor told me once after I got my tandem rating, get big and out fly your student. I am tall and for my first 100 tandems, I ankle locked my students and flew with my upper body, after that I learned that my biggest tool was my legs (from an incredibly talented shorter instructor)and I have never ankle locked a student again. If you get down to the basics find clean air and fly the skydive you will be fine, trust in yourself and the gear. Kirk He's dead Jim

I think a water bed with no sheets and add some baby oil can be quite fun (messy but fun) Seen this one once (not me) port-a-pottie Kirk He's dead Jim

At the base core of being a tandem instructor is you are accepting the responsablity for another persons life that for the most part will not be helping you through this skydive, if that is too much for you or if you question your ability then maybe you should take anogher look at being a tandem instructor. Kirk He's dead Jim

If this is truely the case I would suggest finding a canopy coach and spending a weekend with them to get this figured out. IMHO no one in these forums can come close to helping you ( that is without seeing video of your landings and working one on one with you)as much as someone as good as Lugi did. I would also think if you are starting your flare that high you are not looking to the horizon but looking down. Kirk He's dead Jim

A two stage flare is generally a good way to start: first stage puts hands around ear level this will plane the canopy out so you are flying parallel to the ground it also allows you to take a look at the height before finishing the flare. Second stage is to finish the flare. Two common mistakes that are made in landing is reaching for the ground with your feet, and stop flying the canopy as soon as your feet touch the ground. Remember to fly your canopy until it stops fling not when your feet touch the ground. Also if possible have someone film your landing as video is worth a thousand words. Kirk He's dead Jim

Absolutely not, personally I started when I was 30 and that was almost 10 years ago. There are alot of jumps in the 40's through 60's around. I have even heard of a tandem instructor that is in his late 60's around. Kirk He's dead Jim

Drawing in CAD can differ alot between CAD systems. AutoCAD draws completely different from Keycreator or Solidworks. While the ideas of wire frame and 3D modeling are more universal, each system has a very different approach to composing a part. I would suggest finding CAD systems that has the features you will need and the price you can afford. Three years ago I was researching CAD packages for my company AutoCAD light was $899 is only 2D, AutoCAD 2006 was $3250. I found Keycreator (use to be CADKEY) for $950 full 3d with solid modeling. Kirk He's dead Jim

Some thing else to keep in mind is that if you ever go to crossbraced canopies the pack volume increases alot. Kirk He's dead Jim

I e-mailed Icarus and explained that this had been talked about here and if they could give me a reply that I could post so here is Icarus's reply The Safire-1 and the Omega are measured differently to PD canopies. As a rough guide a Safire-1 or Omega is about the same size as the next size down - eg A Safire 149 is about a 135. A Safire 119 is about a 109. Use an equation of 8%. The Safire-2 and Omni (Omni supercedes Omega) are measured the same as PD. All other Icarus Canopies are measured the same as PD. The reason for the difference is due to Precision measuring their canopies differently. Icarus have always measured the same as PD however when we originally commenced in the USA, Precision were building parachutes for us under license and were doing it using their size equations and not Icarus/PD's. We have therefore had to wait to supercede these models to change the size equation. Only the Safire and Omega were affected. Blue skies Simon Icarus Canopies USA: 1S671 Bender Lane, West Chicago, IL 60185, USA Ph. (630) 562-2735, Fax (630) 231-4430 Europe: P.I. El Ramassar, c/ Vallés, s/n O8520, Les Franqueses, Barcelona, SPAIN. Ph. (34) 938 496 432, Fax (34) 938 497 971 www.icaruscanopies.com Kirk He's dead Jim

Do not forget to add what color it is and how the size of person it was made for !!!!!! Kirk He's dead Jim

Too dumb Kirk He's dead Jim

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One would assume the orignal poster knows next to nothing about skydiving specific thing such as equipment (as anyone that does not skydive would), other than his brother-in-law was a skydiver. I am sure he had a reserve parachute but prabably did not have an AAD, so when he past away in the air nothing was there for fire the reserve. To the orignal poster I think it would be near impossible to prove that skydiving is not what killed him. Even if he had a mid air heart attack one could argue that the extra adrenaline released when skydiving may have cause the heart attack. Good luck Kirk He's dead Jim

Waycool glove with camera eye remote, a Royal .2 lens and a Sony Dcr-HC96. The HC96 is a great camcorder but near impossible to find new as they are no longer made. Kirk He's dead Jim

The first link in the chain was the type of exit, the second link was not waiting to have control before tossing the drogue, the third link was the videographer fling into to help. While the videographer had the best intentions, he caused tandem instructor to have to wait until he(vidographer) left so they could deploy the reserve. Kirk He's dead Jim

You are right, I am just refering to the stat's as they were when I started wingsuit flying in 2003, but the main point being (with an instructor) unless you have 400 plus jumps by yourself and an instructor is highly recommended regardless. Kirk He's dead Jim

Well, in ensence he is asking about an Skyflier 3 as his first wingsuit. Up until my post no one stated anything about starting out with a different suit, so more or less it was OK'ing that suit for someone's first wingsuit jump. I think (personally) that if someone wants to get into wingsuit flying, they should find by any means necessary get a true beginners suit (Classic, Classic2, GTI, Firebird, Prodogy, Phantom, Arco, Intro, Aerobat, or the standard S-fly) for their first (atleast) 10 wingsuit jumps (the more the better), but after that they should upgrade to the next level of suit for the next duration of jumps. Also, they should understand that 200 jumps is a minimum requirement (if jumping with an instructor) but 400 jumps is recommended if jumping without instruction. The Skyflier 1, Skyflier 3, Skyflier 3S, Skyflier 6, Skyflier 8, Blade, Tengu, Ghost, Ghost 2, Vampire, Vampire 2, Vampire 3, Stealth, Rapture, Mach 1, Super Mach 1, Thunderbird(may or may not be not sure at this point), S-fly Pro, Jii-wings Glide system 1( and I am sure I missed some), all of these suits are not for someones first wingsuit jump. These suits are for the advanced wingsuit pilot Kirk He's dead Jim

Wow, I can not believe most think an Skyflier 3 is a good beginners suit. A Skyflier 3 is not a beginners suit. I would really suggest atleast your first 10 wingsuit jumps be done on a more conservative wingsuit. Beginner wingsuit should have easy access to the BOC without have to reach around the wing (as you do with the skyflier 3). I had 40 wingsuit jumps on a GTI before I started jumping a Skyflier 3 and the first 5 jumps on the skyflier 3, I was getting a handfull of wing when going for the BOC. The attached picture is of my Skyflier 3 and you can see how far below the BOC the wing comes and how far out it stays that long. As many have stated if the price is right this suit will do for quite a while. I weight 220 LBS out the door at 6'2" and could substain low 50's for the entire jump in a Skyflier 3. Kirk He's dead Jim

On the checking for cocked drogue, I check my gear on ever jump even it I am turning in the field(so does everyone I work with) and that includes check that the drogue is cocked. I would be very leary of a DZ or instructor that did not to preflight your rig every single jump. Kirk He's dead Jim

Since becoming a tandem instructor the amount I fun jump has dramatically decreased so running the approx. numbers I have made $3 per jump so far. That is taking the amount I have spent and subtracting that from the total I have made then dividing that number by # total jumps Kirk He's dead Jim