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I.think they were talking sewing machine Model, not federal stitch code. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Okay, don't have a clue what I'm talking about but since no one seems to know how it produces force maybe it won't work in a vacuum. Needs the surrounding liquid helium to interact with microwaves. Energetic liquid or atomic level gaseous helium? Now tell me why I'm an idiot. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You get one of these, take the belt off and put a belt loop on the back, then put it on your chest strap. Run it vertical down your sternum. http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Body-Glove-Adult-Rescue-Pouch-PFD&i=767082 I made one 20 years ago and put a surplus airline life vest (http://www.ebay.com/itm/United-Airlines-adult-life-vest-Switlik-Parachute-Co-25-Sep-2009-sealed-/191264561322?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c884198aa) in it. Photos attached. Of course it takes a rigger to stuff it in there. Hmm, 20 years, maybe I better check the vest. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

http://av-info.faa.gov/designeesearch.asp Make sure you.search.for dpre's only. DME is a mwchanic examiner. Not.every FISDO has.a.DPRE. Nancy at Jump Shack in Deland.is a.DPRE. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I said low And slow enough. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If you WEAR a rig, and you could make a no/little metal base type rig that would fit under clothing, you might be one of the lucky/unlucky ones that finds themselves in freefall after the breakup. IF low enough, slow enough (unlikely), and undamaged by explosion/extraction etc. you might be awake to open it. Not a matter of putting a rig on and getting out. A matter of finding yourself in freefall with a rig on. So, get your hideaway rig today! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Hmm, Alaska may be the only place to find tail dragger pilots qualified to not ground loop a tail wheel 18. If they are there and flying it may be a way to go. Adding skydiving to whatever insurance is currently on them may be the killer. IIRC you don't need any deflector or other modification to jump an 18 with the door off. We used to jump a cargo door 18 and don't think we had any kind of door. I was on the first load out of it after the cargo was put on and it was taking off to ferry to another airport for inspection. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The word prufur doesn't occur in the current manual. They do refer to a senior and master rigger. But only that the manual is useful to them. Requirement seems to be gone. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Is the 2 year recert.a.govern requirement for any german rigger or a Spekon thing? If a common german thing I'd say it doesn't apply to a US rigger under US law under the US TSO. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

In an email. Too large to upload and attache to this post. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I thought we were trying to get rid of beech 18s? To many jumps walking up the "aisle" to get the thing off the ground, watching the leaves get knocked off the trees at the end of the runway, listening to the stall warning all the way to altitude, stalls on jump run and ground loops on landing. But fun when you didn't know better. Going.to have to talk to the oldtimers for stc data and flight restrictions with door off. If my search was right Turboliner is a trycle gear non-radial beech 18. Eliminate ground loops and.maybe some other.issues along with.radials spewing oil. May be better option but don't know if they've been.used before I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Christ Walt! Are you past your expiration date? Nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to pack it. And I thought I was grumpy. Send him to me. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'm glad your kewl with your pillow and know more than a dozen people 10 to 30 times your experience. Your situation is exactly the time you should have a ring. No gripping required for a d handle. Never mind, you know it all and I'm wasting electrons. And I'm glad every newbie has a go pro sticking out of their head. Gave me lots of examples of what not to do for safety day. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The FAA website shows that Spekon holds an approval for.the RE-5L under TSO C23d. As does the manuf. web site. Pack it according to.the manufacturer's instructions and as an FAA TSO'd item it follows FAR's for 180 day repack. As a US resident (I assume) he has to follow FAR's I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

As above, retie, stitch, etc. If knots hard to untie you can always cut the hackey off and replace it with new one. Not sure what all I've done but seem to not have the problem much anymore. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I don't want to have to unpeel my reserve. The D handle works like a dull knife to separate the velcro in peel mode during the pull. But I'm an old fart. The first soft reserve handle I saw was in 1980 and did NOT have any slack built into the cable. They didn't know how to do that then. And it was the SAME color as the cutaway handle. And both were earth tones. The days of bounce and blend. Just didn't look like a good idea. I have that rig now as a water training rig. But your first dummy pull peel WAS easier. Why? Because as part of your gear check you probably run your fingers over the velcro pressing it together. The more you do this the tighter the grip and the harder the peel. The subsequent times you stuck it on and maybe ran you fingers over it once, not 50 or a 100 times. The force was less to peel it free. This applies to d handles also. We learned this on students when every JM would press the velcro together gearing up each student. Eventually the extraction force was pretty high. Either resist the urge to press the velcro together with each gear check or pull it loose every so often. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Tell him to get his rig fixed. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Pull force on a cutaway handle is usually much less than a reserve ripcord once both ar out of the pocket/off the velcro. And while there is a intended legal maximum many rig's pull forces are higher than that maximum. Your cutaway handle is almost always in the same place because your hanging/spinning under your main. Your reserve handle, both for a total and a cutaway can move and be in different places. I seen people with their hand on there reserve when they cutaway let go and have to hunt for it. Your ripcord handle coming out of the pocket was a problem for YOUR rig and should have been fixed. Most never come out of the pockets. The go pro video in an above post is a reason not to wear a go pro, not to change your last chance to live. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You did all of this AFTER you saw 4000'. You looked down, decided you were low, decided to pull, waved off, pulled. THEN you had canopy opening. You don't list a main probably since it's not your own yet but many/most mains take 500 to 1000' to open these days. Then you dodged the guy you saw AFTER opening using a riser and THEN glimpsed 2500'. Sounds about right to me. You didn't descend 1500' feet between 'pulling' and being fully open. You did all this stuff. And opening fast to you and fast to an old timer like me are two different things. If each of the actions after 4000' took you 1 sec that gets you to 3000' before pulling. Experienced folks would do those things faster than 1 sec each but you may not. He "threw" at 3500'. Did he see 3500', decide to throw, wave off, throw and was at your 2900'? Nothing you've said sounds wrong to me. Altimeters can be off. But trying to judge against freefall actions after you've landed is not the best way to check. If you think it's wrong send it to the manufacturer or have someone but it in a vacuum chamber locally. My bet is everything is fine. There is no "pressure" boundary that will screw with your altimeter. The most normal ground pressure extremes (low storm to high clear) is about equivalent to 200'. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If you follow the lines the outside c, the next c line, the next two c/d cascades, and the steering line cascade are all 'tied' up together. That's a lot for a tension knot and I don't see any loose material. A tension knot is like a slip knot. Usually there is a loose loop somewhere but I don't see one. All of those lines show up next to each other during packing. Its a little hard to figure out what might have held them and released. It still could have been a tension knot. Hard to think what else but again that's a lot of lines to be 'knotted' together. Look at all those lines for damage. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Think of it a round and ram air. That's what some of us think it will become and an FAA employee proposed internally. I have a brand new one pin chest for jumping, several old ones, and several seats for training purposes, as well as three or four backs with rounds in addition.to.ram air rigs. And 80% of my work is seats. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Fixed it for you Mark. And of course one or those 100 could be Lap. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Your a light weight. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

And the shot he.would have had is caverject, into the shaft of the penis! Along the the 15 year old girl friend started it. Where's her charges? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

No it's not old. Same design as new. Not going to comment on price but a new line set from PD is $300 plus by the time your done. New lower brakes are line is $10-$30. Have a rigger look at it. I recently rejected one for a client about that age due to excessive wear and some other issues. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE