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I'd pick the red/black combo. Mainly because no matter how good you are, there will always be some nasty landings at some point. Red/black will conceal dirt and grass stains a lot better than white will. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

If I recall, when you pinch a nerve, it inflames the area, and makes you more susceptible to doing it again. My lower back is still sore, so I'm trying to prevent pinching it again until the inflammation goes down. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

It's been between 105-110F here in Fallon, NV. It actually feels a lot cooler than the 90F Jacksonville, FL with 80% humidity. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Just pinched a nerve in my back a couple nights ago while packing. Hurt like freakin hell! Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Clearly, it is not Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

You must all be getting a crowd of bad drivers. Usually it's the other way around. When we get snow in Pennsylvania, you know who's local because they know how to drive through it. All the southerners that may have only seen snow one other time in their life freak out and drive under 5mph. I'm stationed in Jacksonville right now. Aside from Palatka, pretty much all my other views about Florida are negative, especially now in the summer. Way too humid. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

About 94F here in Jacksonville, FL, and humid as hell. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Now that we're getting into the heat of summer, along with some pretty high humidity, it's time to review your basic understanding of density altitude. As most of you know, and some of you don't, density altitude, to sum it up, is a reference altitude to how current weather conditions other than wind speed and direction affect your canopy performance. So for example, if your landing at a DZ such as Palatka, FL today, with a high around 94F, the density altitude is approx. 2500ft. In other words, that means when you're landing your canopy at the DZ pressure altitude, which is only a couple hundred feet above sea level at most, your canopy is going to behave as if it were landing at 2500ft MSL. This means you are not going to be getting as much lift during your flare, your forward speed is going to be faster, and for swoopers, your recovery arc will likely be slightly longer. Pretty much any pilot at a higher elevated airport, or on a hot day, will calculate the Density Altitude prior to takeoff. As canopy pilots, we fly airfoils, so the affects of density altitude are going to impact us as well. So for all of you in the heat of summer, please take the 5min in the morning to calculate the density altitude for your DZ, find out how your canopy reacts at that altitude normally, and fly it conservatively as you are close to the ground. I feel a lot of swoop accidents, bad flares, and fast landings can definitely be attributed to density altitude. In aviation of any kind, the more you know about how mother nature affects your flight performance just makes you that much safer a pilot. Here are some links to calculate the density altitude in your area: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ - You can get all the information to calculate density altitude from here, including the dew point, altimeter setting (barometric pressure), humidity, etc. http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da.htm - Density Altitude Calculator. Just input all your information from NOAA into the calculator to find your density altitude for the day. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I jump a Spectre 190 loaded at 1.1:1. I've been jumping it since jump #27, and I'm still not even close to bored with it. It's very agile, pretty snappy control inputs, and it has a powerful flare. In fact, I've even gotten some nice high performance landings out of it, with a respectable distance and speed. It opens soft, and it's very forgiving when you need it to be, such as a downwind landing, or landing out on a night jump. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I remember reading about a girl who died because her car rolled over during an accident she caused because of texting. First comment posted the guy said, "I hope she had rollover minutes." Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Not Apocalypse Now, but still quite epic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjeKwRqqLk Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Did a night jump as the fireworks were going off. Opened at 11,000. Was during twilight hours, and could see the light on the horizon. Full moon rising in the sky, black thunderclouds in the distance, with lightning. Calm winds both aloft, and on the ground. Could be possibly the coolest jump I have been on yet. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

My buddy had not run anything over 6mi, and then he decided to do a 50mi run with a group of guys who were doing it just for the hell of it. The most he ran to prepare for it was 12mi 3 weeks before the big run. He finished the 50mi no problem. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Anybody ever play 3D Tetris?? Man, that was hella hard! Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Never! I'm always a stickler for proper typing, even when I'm drunk-posting as well Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Since you seem to have been gone the past week, I'll just start off letting you know that all of Slyde's posts have been this way lately. I don't think I've understood one yet. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

It appears from my first read through that you have already begun the drinking. Guess I'll have to join ya. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

WHAT THE FUCK! Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I would like to add The Ninth Configuration to this list of great movies everybody should see. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

That looked like a lot of hard openings. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I'll admit the beginning of the movie gave me watery eyes. Quite possibly one of the best, and saddest intros Pixar has ever done. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Now that's an impressive swoop! Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

While I absolutely have no problem with a student feeling uncomfortable, and therefore upsizing their canopy, I'd just like to add that my landings didn't get better until: 1. I switched from full F-111 to ZP. 2. I went down from a 260 - 230 - 220 Hybrid, and then to a 190 ZP. If you stood up a few of your landings, I would keep the canopy size, and work on light/no wind landings when you can. Upsizing may make your landings worse during no wind conditions, as the canopy doesn't have as much airspeed. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

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