OmriMon

what do ya mean? simple english for simple people plz

I was just watching the news and saw this Israeli dude doing a BASE jump in some kind of new-age wingsuit. Any body heard anything about that? Free Skies, Omri

Ohhhhhh i'm gonna keep asn eye on this thread from now on! Free Skies, Omri

If we r already talking about it, what is the difference between a 2 sided RSL and a one side RSL? Free Skies, Omri

A boogie is a big event where all skydivers get along to skydive, drink beer and have fun! Free Skies, Omri

I didn't have any money left to get any snack, but i did have just enough money for "all u can eat" dinner! Free Skies, Omri

My country need some good news too! Free Skies, Omri

i don't think u can fly from germany to israel this days, all the flight companies r to chicken to fly to israel these days heheh Free Skies, Omri

AHHH you're cheap dude!, 34$ is to expensive for u?? Free Skies, Omri

Hey i don't care what they're gonna do with her, she's a big girl. but hey i gotta get something from that too, aren't I?, some jump tickets will be nice, maybe a ride to the dz from time to time? Free Skies, Omri

No troubles so far, just wondering maybe it got lost in the mail or something... Free Skies, Omri

Hey guys how long did it take u to get your USPA license number after u sent all the forms? It's been like over a month now and i still haven't heard any word from them... Free Skies, Omri

ok i uploaded most of my pictures AND some pictures of my sister

missisippi? i dunno dude, it's in the middle of no where, surrounded with arab countries and camels. and packages takes ages to get here! Free Skies, Omri

thanks for all the kind words guys

Here's an article some local news paper did on me a few weeks ago, i translated it myself from hebrew so it may sound a little lame, sorry! ------------------------------------------- "SKYDIVE EILAT" IS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO SKYDIVING CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY * ROY RITTER, THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR IS VERY PROUD OF HIS 800 MEMBERS * BUT ESPECIALLY OF 16 YEAR OLD OMRI GALILI WHO AT THE AGE OF 10 ANNOUNCED "I WANT TO BE A SKYDIVER". When he was 8, arrived Omri Galili along with his family for a vacation in Eilat. Like any other kid who comes to town, swam in the red sea and the pool, and also visited the different attractions, among them - the Airodion (Vertical Wind Tunnel). Unlike any other kid that visit changed his life. Omri fell in love with "flying". In the next visits of his family in Eilat, he kept going to the Airodium and turned the visit to a "week of flying", described by Roy Ritter which the attraction belongs to his family. "Already at the age of 10 he told me he is going to take the Skydiving course", says Ritter about his young trainee. But Omri had to be patient. The skydiving course can only be taken after the age of 18. So in the mean time he kept getting more air time in the Airodium, and the checks he got from his Bar-Mitsvah he closed in a saving plan in the bank. When he got to the age that he could start Skydiving, Omri came to the Dropzone for a Skydiving course which he got as a present from his mother on his 16 birthday. At friday, April 13th his dream came true, and he jumped out of the plane. Despite of the date (friday the 13th...), Omri the other Skydiver wanted to jump anyways. "I didn't know what to expect, I was frightend and i was screaming", admits Omri. At the first 3 jumps, the parachute opens automaticly and almost right after you leave the plane. At the next jumps the Skydiver pulls the pilot chute by himself. Since that first jump, jumped Omri 31 times. A great achivment for someone who has just finished the course a month ago. Every friday he arrives to the dropzone, and there with the other skydivers he jumps, pack a parachute and right on his turn he gets on the plane and jumps again. A MINUTE WITH GOD What makes people get on a small plane who climbes to the hight of 12000ft, jump out of it and fall for a whole minute? At friday noons, the "Skydive Eilat" dropzone is crouded with many men and women, mostly youngsters, waiting for their turns to get on the plane. The whole procedure starting with gearing up, through waiting at the waiting point, the flight up, the jump and getting back to the hangar, and finaly packing the parachute is very tiring. Between the jumps, they eat, exchance experiences, and also catch a short nap at the shade. Not so is Omri. After the landing, he picks up the parachute and goes to the hangar to do what every skydiver hates the most - packing! Omri lays the parachute on the ground and desperately looks at the mess of the strings and fabric. While his hands dig and turn the fabric over, he exchanges experiences and impressions with his skydiving friends. Later they talk about altimeters and different kinds of parachutes, and all in a totaly professional language, when most of the information is taken from the internet. "When Omri wanted to buy a parachute, he came to me with specific details of what he wants", explains Ritter, "he knew exactly which kind, size and colors he wants, everything". The experience the the older skydivers get on field, the younger ones get from the internet. At the club itself there are no differences. Everybody mingle with everybody: CIO editors, pilots, insurance agents, high-tec people, students and high school pupils. 20 precent of the skydivers are girls and their numbers are rising. Since there is no limitatin on food before skydiving, everybody is busy eating what Dudi is making them. Everybody but Omri. After finishing packing the parachute, he sits on the banches not eating, not drinking and only waiting for his turn to go on the plane again. Q: What does your mother say? "Shes cool with it. Shes not frightend, only calls at the end of the day to ask how it was. I want her to do a Tandem, which is a skydive for two people, when the instructor and the student are connected together with a special harness." You don't have to take the course to do a Tandem, and it is suitable for everybody, 13 year old children and over 70 year old elders. Even people with phisical discapabilities and blind people for example can also do a Tandem. TO SIT IN THE AIR And what exactly are the skydivers going through? After getting on one of the two planes which one of them was purchased lately, the skydivers take off to the hight of 12000ft (4km). at the signal of the instructor, they sit at the edge of the plane and after another signal, they jump. Then for a minute, at a fall rate of 250kmph, they fall. While falling with movements of the arms and the legs, you can sit, stand on your head and also do flips backwards and forwards, or dock with other skydivers for a group formation. After the first minute, which is as the skydivers say, the best part, you open the main parachute and float down. Q: Whats in that freefall? Omri: You can't explain that feeling in words. You have to jump yourself to understand. Your body turns to flying machine. Your arms and legs are like wings of a plane, and every movement effect your body." Q: And what do you think about while you are falling? "While freefall i think only about i'm gonna do at the next moment and just have fun. The thoughts are always focused on the jump." You could've thought that one of the main reasons to skydive at the area of Eilat is the incredible view, but apperantly that's not it. "It isn't the view, it's the people that jump here", explain Omri. Q: And at the sea have you dived? "Nope. And i'm not interested in that either. I don't relay to the underwater view". "It's the adrenaline", explains Omri's sister, Efrat, which is also caught in the skydiving enthusiasm. After landing shes braking into screams of excitement. "I was screaming up in the air also", she laughs. "What a trip it was", said some other skydivers. Omri and Efrat were at the dropzone while the accident of the english skydiver who broke his leg occured. Both of them don't understand why he did the turn so close to the ground. Both of them weren't intimidated by it. "there's nothing u can do, thats a dangerous sport", says Ritter, the chief instructor, who has in his record about 4,500 jumps and second place world champion of 94 for 2-way skydiving. There are two skydiving clubs in Isreal- "Skydive Eilat", and "Paradive" at the Bonim beach. "And thats quite alot for a small country like Israel", explains Ritter. The dropzone in Eilat was openned at 1996, and it's a family club. As mentioned, Roy is the cheif instructor, and his sister Noya with a record of 900 jumps, is the dropzone manager and also an instructor. Their father, Moshe, flys the planes. 800 skydivers are members in the club. Skydivers from all around the world arrive there, among them Kenshy from Japan, who after doing a Tandem while he visited in Eilat, decided to take a course and eventually decided to stay in Israel. Today he works at the Jewlery stock exchange in Ramat-Gan and comes to the club every weekend. COLD FEET Q: did it ever happen that someone got on the plane and didn't want to jump? Roy: "there was a reporter at the US who did a big article about skydiving and she was to jump herself, but she got cold feet at the last minute. Skydiving is addictive. And most of those who tried it wouldn't give up the treat." "I'm looking at the menu in a resturant and thinking that for a meals price and a little bit more i can jump, so i give other thinks up", says an enthusiastic skydiver. For those of you who are interested, we will tell that it's not a cheap story - a skydiving course lasts 4 days and costs 990$. "In the north and other places in the world the proce is much higher. 1500$", says Roy, "we're cheaper, because we have the Airodium. The students fly first at the wind tunnel, and only then get the dropzone. It's a great practice and prevents mistakes". The jumps themselves are also not cheap. A price of every jump 250 NIS (New Israeli Shekel, 64$). Omri who dropped out of school from personal reasons, works at operating a chat room of the israeli children channel, and thats how he finnances the jumps. He also bought a parachute whice he paid for by himself whith a little help from his grandfather. Omri comes every weekend to Eilat to jump, and gets his rides with other skydivers from the north. "And what do u do in the evening, go to parties in Eilat?". Efrat and Omri nod their heads: "after a day of jumping we don't have the strength to move", says Eftat. At the dropzone there are also air conditioned bunk houses, and at the end of the day, the guys continue diving. Straight to bed... THE EQUIPMENT The parachute is made of a teflon fabric and silicone. The fabric is strong, light and can handle large mass. Every skydiver has also a helmet, altimeter, audible altimeter the beeps and tells you when it's time to open. If from some reason, the main parachute didn't open, there is a "babysitter", which is a black box that automaticly opens the reserve parachute. And ofcourse there are the jumpsuits. despite of their beauty, they are not neccessery, and you can jump in the nude. And some did it. A few turist skydivers chose to celebrate the new millenium with nude skydiving, and pictures of that funny jump decorate the club's walls. "Every skydiver has a nickname", says Ritter. Omri, who is today the youngest skydiver in Israel got the nickname FLY BABY. Omri likes his nickname very much: "here the age doesn't matter. We are all skydivers and we are all friends. They treat me like an adult, and only sometimes they call me kid". When the "kid" grows up, he wants to be a skydiving instructor. "he will be an instructor and he will come to instruct here", says Ritter with pride. "I want him to do it all. You are looking at the pride of the club!". SEE U IN THE AIR. Free Skies, Omri

Hey sangiro, i was just checking out my ass in the pub and saw that the link that leads to my dropzone profile and forum profile leads to another dude's profile and not mine nothing major though Free Skies, Omri

something like that happend to me 2 weeks ago i was plying a safire 169 loaded a about 0.75 at about 1000ft i did a 360 to go a little lower duddenly it all collapsed in itself causing me a nasty line twist, a friend of mine that was pretty close got even more scared then i was, i was fighting with the line twist like crazy and it opended after about 4 seconds. i talked to the dzo later, he told me it caused from hot air that comes from the ground and cold air that comes from above that causes those turbulances that shakes the canopies and collapse them sometimes, it happend to me again later that day but with no line twist and popped back open in a sec it also happend to another dude this last weekend at my dz under a hornet 190, he was shaking! Free Skies, Omri

preper for a loooooooooooong long snivel Free Skies, Omri

if i'm not mistaken i think Multi-Flex is both chest and hip rings and F.A.S.T is only hip ring check the rigging innovations website for more information Free Skies, Omri

camels, any one said camels??? where?????? camels r cool.... i like camels too, i have a picture of a camel in my wallet, it's batter then a picture of my little doughter, i don't have a doughter, but if i had, i would still prefer the camel picture, little kids r fat Free Skies, Omri

i think it has to do with the mood in the plane, in a bigget plane u have more people to laugh with and stuff like that and in a small one there is less people and they consitrate more on making themselfes feel more comfertable, we have a c206 and c411 at my dz and it much more fun to go with the big one not just cuz it's bigger and faster, it's also cuz it flies much smoother and cuz theres more people to talk to Free Skies, Omri

actually the forums r open on a seprate explorer window all the time and i refresh it every couple of minutes to see it theres any new posts, sometimes i just keep refreshing even is there isn't any other online people then me

only 5 times a day????? man thats lame! Free Skies, Omri

when i used a simple rw suit when i was sit flying i felt that every little move that i make can ge me out of balance and flip over and when i used a baggy freefly suit i felt much more in control and i was much more stable, i dunno if it slowed me down since i float anyway but it's way batter then a tight rw suit Free Skies, Omri