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cAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?? (Damn caps lock!) Did they survive to get the bragging rights? "...the ultimate wingsuit low pull award belongs to Den. He nearly landed a wingsuit a couple of years ago, impacting at line stretch with his slider still stowed in a C-line rubberband. If you have a chance, ask Den to show an impressive Terminator-style x-ray of his titanium lower back. The only way to beat this is to land a suit without a scratch ;-) bsbd! Yuri" More low pulls here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1063439#1063439

...and now the Skyhook makes even bigger difference overall

No, since they are patented. Normal business practice, nothing wrong with it.

He might have been offered a good deal on Raven as a MAIN.

Could you scan it and e-mail to me

From http://speedskydiving.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=Official&action=display&num=1085155264 "Congratulations goes out to Mike Brooke of France as well, but unfortunately for the wrong merit. The Guinness Book inaccurately states: "The highest speed ever reached in a speed skydiving competition is 524.13 kmph (325.67 mph) by France's Michael Brooke at the Millennium Speed Skydiving Competition over Gap, France, on September 19, 1999." This is wrong. Whoever informed the Guinness Book of World Records about this was either lying out of personal interest, or was just terribly misinformed. In either case, the damage is done, and this is the first step to rectify that error. The highest speed reached in a speed skydiving competition BEFORE the change in ways of how we measure speed (in 2000) is 531.77 kmph (330.50 mph) by Italy's Roberto Franceschetti at the World Speed Skydiving Competition over DeLand, USA, in November, 1999. But Franceschettis World Record, along with Brookes old record and all files of the pre-2000 era, was supposed to have been wiped from the history books following the change in how to measure speed in speed skydiving competitions. Brooke was in the forefront of this change. Despite this, Mike Brooke has appeared in several ads for a parachute manufacturer (i.e. issues of Skydiving Magazine) boasting about his false world record, and now also in the Guinness Book of World Record 2004. We can only speculate as to why Brooke continues to portray a false record, and how the Guinness Book of World Records was misinformed about the same inaccuracy, and why they still chose to sanction the false record as a Guinness World Record? Last year, as the originator of Speed Skydiving, I was contacted by the Guinness Book of World Records. I informed them about the current world record of speed skydiving - Mike Brooke's 495 kmph done over Lille, France, 2002. Along with the correct information, I also gave them Mike Brookes email adress. As the originator of speed skydiving, and as one of the many speed skydiving competitors who is working for the acceptance and spread of speed skydiving worldwide, I can not idly sit by and let this pass without a comment. The facts of this post has been forwarded to Mike Brooke, The Guinness Book of World Records, Skydiving Magazine (and other media), Parachute de France, Larsen & Brusgaard, FAI and the parachuting associations of the world. For The International Speed Skydiving Association Ken Hansen With Fabrice Lebiedzinski, Stan Snigir, Mark Calland, Philippe Corthesy. PS. Mike Brooke replied: "Hello Ken nice to hear from you. Thanks for the info, I didn't even know about it! Hope all is well any way, I've got a lot of work right now and not too much time. See you, Mike". The ISSA expects Mike Brooke's cooperation in correcting the Guinness World Record error, the use of the wrong record in ads in other publications, and to stop claiming to have a false record as a record in any other places aswell, i.e. the staff-page of his new dropzone. No reply has been received by The Guinness Book of World Records, yet. As of May 21: Mike Brooke has added his correct world record to the staff-page, but is still listing the erroneous one, abhorrent to all agreements when the new rules came into play."

Please specify where... UK?

Some 4 and 8-way teams wear them like that. It allows teammates to read altitude from other teammates' altimters during blocks.

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.

Thanks again for great comments and input. Anyone alse has anything to add?

OK, it's obvious that a reserve can malfunction. Who opened a reserve only to discover that it was less than 100% perfect? What was the malfunction? Wing loading? How was steering? Landing?

He did, but later he edited his post. You just saw the post after editing. Next poster's question was concerning the pre-edited post...

OK, I am little confused here... By "drogue cutaway handle" you mean the "drogue release handle", right? (the one attached to canopy cutaway handle). You cannot literally cutaway a drogue ONLY, on any tandem rig right? (so that the drogue floats free to the ground, like a freebag). Or can you??? Am I totally misinformed here ?

To relate it to tandem field - impossible to beat Sigma with the Skyhook (or even without).

Do it in a 5 foot or so deep swimming pool. Assume a freefall position and exhale ALL air. You will "freefall"/sink to the bottom. You will know if your arch is good - only a part of your belly should be touching a bottom. Alternatively, you can also hold the swimming pool ladder/stairs in your hands when doing it.

Ditto here. Plus, you get the only rig, which reserve pin cover flap resists a push (like door strike, etc.) from any direction (thanks to a "fold back"). On other rigs, if a strong push is applied from the bottom up, the reserve flap can move upward (and move a pin), even if the flap stays "closed".

Hi there again, Thanks for a load of great info!again, I will be applying in Poland, but I quess work environment is similar across the world. Thanks for great reply! I just got all the posts and messages. I was wondering about few things: Few questions came to my mind: 1. 40 hours seems a lot for a job requiring so much concentration. Do you have to look at the monitor and be very concentrated 8 hours straight? How many breaks/lunches do you get (to keep you "rested" and keep the planes safe)? Are you very exhausted when you leave at the end of the day? 2. I understand that ATC is open 24/7. Do newbies get night and weeked shifts. Do schedules change often? I mean I don't comlain, I used to work like that as a Gateway call center tech, I am just curious if you have to sacrifice a lot in the beggining (having low seniority level). I mean if you work 5pm - 1am Wed - Sun, you don't see you spouse or friends at all... Again, I am not a slacker, I just want to know some of the "minuses", as any job has them, and be ready for them. Thanks, Bart

Well yeah, but what about other 90% of rigs? Do you expect to have your reserve pin checked too if you ask for a "pin check"?

LOL, I know the story and I checked him - he does not accept PMs... Anyone else

I always thought "pin check" means both main AND reserve pins . When you as someone to give you a "pin check", do you mean/expect both pins checked??? Both pins could move...

Thanks everyone for and info and input! I live in Poland and will be applying for the job here. But, like someone said, the job is very similar across all countries. Hence my request for general comments. Thanks again and if you have anything to add, please do

I don't know that movie, I will watch it

That's right! I want to be an Air Traffic Controller

Are you sure you did not mix grommet types with weight? I always thought brass was lighter ...

Watch Tom Sanders' "Quincy 99" video - collision at 800 feet, entanglement, torn canopy and a cutaway initiated below 800 feet. How about "Mike McGowan's Greatest Hits" almost fatal low cutaway. Read about it here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=329086#329086 - SkyHook would have left this guy uninjured. Same here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1471005#1471005