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bridle comes with PC and D-bag. Toggles come with risers (just to be complete) And no, I've never seen a seperate bridle Eightate8at8 - What did you search? I tried "what comes with canopy container" and got a couple threads with this info. "Included with" or "canopy includes" "container includes" didn't do much, but sometimes I have to try a few different keyword combos to get what I want.

Nope. We don't have Black Widows or Brown Recluses up here so there's not too much to worry about. Anything that eats that many mosquitoes is a friend of mine. Bats and toads too. I don't care how ugly they are, they are too beneficial to kill. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

What's in the "cutaway kit"? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I think it depends on your definition of "Horse" Full story HERE "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I don't disagree with you or think you are wrong. I think that by stretching out and doing different disciplines you are on your way to being a "well rounded" jumper. The ones I am scared of (and for) are the ones who think getting a solid foundation on the fundamentals is a waste of jumps. Like the ones trying to swoop without knowing exactly where the stall point on their canopy is. Like the ones who want to wingsuit, but don't have any interest in learning how to track. Or the two guys I heard about 2nd hand recently. A friend of mine overheard them discussing how to transition out of head down. "Why not just flip into a sit?" he asked. "Oh, we don't know how to sit fly, we just do head down". Some of these folks don't seem to realize trying to run before you can walk sets you up for one hell of a crash. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

AFLAC is disability insurance, not health/medical insurance. There is a difference. Health/medical pays your medical bills, usually directly to the provider. It covers the whole bill, no matter how big (some treatments, especially cancer are incredibly expensive) after a co-pay and/or deductable. Skydiving and other "extreme" sports usually are covered. Disability inurance pays out a set amount directly to you. How much and for how long depend on the policy. You can use that money for anything you want. Rent, groceries, utility bills, car payments, beer. Disability insurance very often has exclusions for risky activities. AFLAC has always excluded skydiving (until now I guess). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Make that a bad ass, buffed up Texas Grizzly Bear who can fly! "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I was wondering the same thing, right up until the end of the commercial when I saw the "THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED" tag. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Far better to do it that way than have all the jumpers clustered around the door. IIRC a Twin Beech stalled and spun in, killing quite a few jumpers, way back when(87ish maybe?) because the jumpers put the CG so far back the stall was unpreventable and the spin was unrecoverable. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I don't think so. I think it's kind of like the "good" teenagers. You never hear about them because they don't do anything notorious. You see tons of threads about fast downsizing, wingsuiting, camera, ect. As in: "But why can't I do this NOW?" and [whine] "But I WANNA!!![/whine] The smart, sensible folk aren't going to start a thread to brag about taking 100 jumps (or more) to sort out their belly skills before moving on to freefly or how many jumps they took to get through Billvon's entire downsizing checklist. They also are probably working with local coaches and instructors and don't need or want to have to sort through all the crap on here to get the one or two good pieces of advice (or they search around to find where the question has already been asked). FWIW I'm just starting to fly a camera. I've gotten invaluable info from the camera forums, but haven't commented there much yet because I'm still absorbing as much as I can (and have a local mentor to get direct instruction from). Just my $0.02 "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Ummm.... Because history has shown that they don't make good choices?? Read the incidents forum. Because they haven't seen enough to fully realize the consequences of a bad choice?? Look at how many quit the sport after a malfunction and reserve ride, minor injury, or seeing someone else get seriously hurt or dead. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Not an instructor, take it for what it's worth. But if the canopy isn't flyable, and you don't know if you can fix it, and your hard deck is approaching... CHOP IT!! NOW!! A couple years ago I had a brake fire (one toggle released on opening). I stopped the spin, evaluated the canopy and kept it. A week later, I was on the ground and watched another jumper open up into a spin. After a couple times around she chopped it. It turned out to be a brake fire too. During the discussion that followed, we compared the two situations. My canopy was larger, lighter loading, and I had opened higher. The conclusion was that we both made a correct decision for our individual situations. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

You haven't done a FJC, yet you think you are fully aware of the risks. Afraid not. The phrase "You don't know what you don't know" fits here. This sport has a million ways to kill you. I probably know a couple thousand, have experienced a couple dozen and seen or directly heard of maybe a couple hundred more. The jump requirements give the jumper a better chance to personally experience situations that didn't go as planned. The time requirements give the jumper a better chance to see it happen to others. I'm really glad to see the last sentence. Picking a discipline (like wingsuit Base) and saying "I don't care about anything else, I just wanna do that" is really restrictive. You never know what's going to turn you on until you try it. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Let me see if I understand correctly. Scared silly, unstable exit and line twists on your first jump. But you kept at it. Scared silly in the plane, made worse by watching the H&Ps go before you, but all the scared thoughts went away when you stood in the door. You don't give details about the 3rd jump, but let me guess... Scared silly in the plane, but jumped anyway. Line twists but you dealt with them. And you can't stop thinking about the sky. You "long for the day I can be tracking across the sky..." Nope, no hope whatsoever. You're totally screwed. Just like the rest of us If you haven't frozen up yet, you proabably won't. The fear will diminish, but it hasn't gone all the way away for me yet, and I hope it never does. That fear keeps me on my toes and helps keep complacency away. FWIW, I was going to get to freefall (S/L progression) if it killed me. I was scared shitless in the plane, even on the ground gearing up. But I did it. It was SOOOOO worth it. Tracking across the sky with a big goofy grin on my face is mostly what I think about too. And there ain't no hope for me anymore either. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

The "Rules" sticky at the top of announcements isn't very complete. There apparently are rules that have been put in place that aren't there. They were just added as threads. The animated avatar rule is one. Start Here and read a few posts down to see what I mean. There apparently are rules about DZ reviews too. I don't see them either. It would be nice if this could be fixed. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Ok, that's what I meant. It is "hidden" in a thread on page 5. It isn't anywhere (like in the "Rules" sticky) that I would be able to find unless I was specifically looking for it. Thank you, I'll now go to Suggestions and Feedback before I get spanked for hijacking. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

My 750 Vulcan had a "Major Mechanical Malfunction" last week. I had been thinking about replacing it for some time. It was a 91 I've had since 95. So now I have this.

Not to hijack, but where? It isn't in the "Rules" thread, and I didn't see it in the first couple pages. There was a post about review rules (no former employees, not about money, ect) last week, and I couldn't find that anywhere either. Are these rules "add-ons" in individual threads, or is there a "secret" rules page somewhere? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Best kind of accident to have - #1 Slow speed. #2 Proper gear. #3 Minor damage #4 RENTAL BIKE You learned a lot - don't watch the bike watch where you're going, wear proper gear, all that. YOU DIDN'T GET HURT!!! It wasn't yours. And you had the insurance. I would bet heavy that the rental place buys turn signals by the case (or even truckload). You might ask them how many they replace per month. Oh yeah, most importantly... You are riding. And riding a "real" motorcycle. One with a real transmission. Not one of those silly scooter thingys. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I'm sorry for your loss. Too many people say "It's only a dog", but they don't call them "Man's best friend" for nothing. My little pal (avatar pic) is getting old and I know and dread the fact that that day is getting closer and closer. In time the pain will fade and you will still have the good memories. That's when you will be truly able to appreciate what you did for her and what she did for you. Do your best to comfort Millie too. I don't know how much dogs mourn, but she'll be lost and confused without her mom. Make sure she eats and give her lots of love. You can both help each other heal if you try. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Thanks Deedy, that was silly

NARWHALES!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!! They're like whales with HORNZ!!!! NARWHALES!!!! "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

To take this a little bit further... What about checking out a new pilot in a 182/206? My experience was that the trainee pilot flew the plane (and sat in the only seat) while the experienced pilot sat against the rear bulkhead for takeoff and was on his knees behind the pilot seat on jumprun. This is different from a normal "observer". Clearly he was not jumping, but he was participating in the skydive operation. Anyone with a legal opinion? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

No not really...if ya were to have any problems, ya got the rest of your life to fix it! When Airwarto started, they didn't have those fancy square parachutes, only the rounds, and rounds open fast. They generally put out SL students a little higher these days. Yeah, and when "Twardo stared the Pteradactyls had a hard time climbing higher with a full load H&Ps are lots of fun. The subterminal openings are a little different, slower and smoother. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Dude! The only thing that tastes worse than starter fluid (roasting them before it's all burned off) is Plastic or nylon. They had to taste awful! Note: my dog won't eat lighter fluid burgers. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo