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I used to slide back about 15 feet, do the half-a-backloop thing, with kind of a sitfly position on acceleration going on the back as the tandem slows down, but now due to jumping together with the same TM all the time i just accelerate on my belly, because I can stay closer to the TD, and the TM makes all kinds of funny signs at the camera. Teaming up is great, I'm learning a lot more when I don't have to adapt to different exits and routines... Do note that I said closer, not close, I wouldn't want a nike-logo on my forehead! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

I'd say it got me good... Fast too... That wasn't such a brilliant plan! Thx... Who's my bitch? "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

... that flying a Birdman suit is schweet ... that I shouldn't be flying a Birdman suit with my Stiletto ... that I stay calm when the time comes to chop ... that brown is the ugliest colour in the world untill your brown reserve takes you to earth safely "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

We really did have fun. My 2nd Birdman was spoiled a bit by my first reserve-ride, but the guys found all my stuff and I didn't throw away any handles... Will be waiting for the arrival of another canopy before I go Birdflying again, but when it has arrived... Man that was cool!!! I loved my cam-wings, but the ones I wore this weekend... Have a cool pro-track log (thx McCordia) Can't figure out how to make it small enough to post... Greetz (the local cam-flyer) "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

After my reline (about 50 jumps ago) my stiletto is opening schweet, but I am always interested in techniques for even softer openings !!!!! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

I can only speak for myself, but I do sit myself up before the canopy pulls me straight. I go into sort of a knee-flying position, hanging in my wings. This is to insure that my head is in line with my neck and spine during the entire opening sequence. Everybody has had hard openings, and they don't always pull you gently into the upright position before going off like a bomb. That's why I want to be straight as soon as possible. I don't feel like the increase in speed by transitioning to an upright position has a lot of effect on the opening-speed of my stiletto, so this for me is the technique I want to use. "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Yup, I do... Something tells me the American ATC companies might not be what you are looking for so... clicky and the selection criteria Good luck! Why? What's the problem? I do not want to work for American ATC companies. I will be applying here, in Poland. You could choose for Polish local ATC, covering everything going up or down from or to the airways, or you could apply for a job @ Eurocontrol, controlling the European airways. Gives you options... "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Yup, I do... Something tells me the American ATC companies might not be what you are looking for so... clicky and the selection criteria Good luck! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Having a smoke as we speak "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

yep "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

It's all over the news here, they're saying he's very good in theology... Something like a bus driver that has a driving licence... "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Caution Wet Floor A sign the cleaning crew puts up in the hallway of the office building where I work after cleaning. A colleague's name is Floor. "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

I actually already bought a second canopy, size 150, that way I have a backup for when my Stiletto 150 dies on me, and my girlfriend has a canopy to downsize to (she weighs close to nothing so with 100 to 200 jumps on the 170 she can easily go to a size that gives her a bit of forward speed...) "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Skydiving doesn't count? In that case I guess I'm not working this weekend... "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

I said something incredibly funny today but it was in dutch, sorry... "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

I am the one feeling like an asshole now, since I have decided to buy a different canopy from a deal that when dealing with eric seemed to be yet another dead end street. Got an e-mail today telling me that if i still wanted it it's mine.And I wanted it more than Eric's, not a question of money, but of type. My girlfriend told me she wanted a Sabre 2, but if that didnn't come trough before the start of the seazon she wanted to go for a Safire 2 or a Sabre I. She has jumped all 3 and that was her "top 3 canopies I want to have" Anyway for this discussion the way we were going to set up the deal is interesting. I would send the money to my friend in California, and Eric would COD ship the canopy to my friend. Great deal. No-one had anything to worry about this way. A tiny advice to all Americans here: the second-hand market in Europe is really crap right now, and the dollar is very attractive to buy stuff when you're used to Euro's right now! Add those up and you see why I spent every evening this week e-mailing and doing research instead of laying on my couch! The one thing you learned here is that we don't know anything about your banking system so you should have an alternative ready if you don't feel like sharing your banking info. I've looked into Western Union, and this seems like a perfect system unless the high costs make the deal unprofitable. I really feel sorry for Eric right now, someone buy his canopy fast please!!! (His rigger already confirmed that it's in excellent condition!!!) I'll vouch for that! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Birds of a feather... They are both ugly as hell, and walk and talk like someone has driven an unpleasant object up theirs... "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

I can only hope that on the day that a situation like this crosses my path I will act the same. Thumbs up to you Derek! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Thx all, I had to make a phone-call from Europe and didn't want to wake anyone up!!!!! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

This is the first time that the term ROFLMAO literally applies. The man is a genius "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

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Is there anything that can go wrong when I use Western Union (except when the seller gets my money and suddenly decides to hang on to his canopy anyway...)???? I was just checking the website, this is what I understood: I get cash to a Western Union place near here, fill out the form, seller goes to Western Union and picks up cash, filling out a receiving form and having his-her identity checked. Sounds pretty good, though expensive but that's another issue. Any thoughts? "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Thx, this is really helping me. One of the people that was very reluctant on first contact has started the other-side-of-the-story-thread HERE. Good intentions but also fear all around as it seems... "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

@ ericmillionaire Hi, that would be me!!! and the funny thing is that I posted that one because my girlfriend Mirjam bumped into trouble when trying to come to an understanding with you on purchasing your canopy. You will recognise her e-mail-adress(mirjam.rijke@minbzk.nl) as you mailed her -and got a reply from her- today. What we didn't know before we started contacting Americans to find a canopy for Mirjam was that things over there and over here work pretty different. Initially we were a bit overwhelmed by some of the replies we got to our e-mails, but after posting the message in the bonfire and reading the replies we are slowly realising why we get these kinds of replies. The upside of this whole story is that I got an e-mail from Brad, an American that regularly comes to Holland and that knows a few people that I know, in which he offers to help us out, by acting as kind-of a middle man. I sent him an e-mail asking him to confirm this story by posting a reply here. I have been around for a while, and I have (aside from my regular job in insurances) just recently started a little company in Holland to bill my video-jumps and sell tandems and courses. I have no desire to build up a bad reputation. You can find my contact-info, chamber of commerce number and Tax-number here. After we have found a way of payment that is acceptable to you and us we can come up with a number of references in the Dutch skydiving-world, and I would like to have some references from you. I am asking this because we will pay someone at the other side of the world and we know and understand that you will not send us that canopy untill you have gotten money, and at that time it's up to us to trust that you will send us the canopy. Let's just get to some kind of situation where we can make a deal that everyone is happy with fast! Blue skies, Tom P.S.: posting this here instead of PM so anyone having an opinion about this can ventilate it, maybe we can still learn stuff to look out for. Secondly taking this discussion into the open space of the forum gives a kind of social-control by an entire community for both of us. I'm sure we'll work this out one way or another! "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

Pretty sure that that will do. "Don't make me come down there" - God. My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio