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As we're already deep in disgusting jokes... reminds me of an old Startrek tagline (good ol' days of Usenet groups): "She's dead, Jim. But still warm. Let's flip a coin." The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Frankly, don't impress me much until you: - jump a WWII round canopy and - fly with Gypsie Moths style Batman wings If ya wanna be DA MAN ya gotta go back to the very basics. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

It's a typo, should read "Sewer not found" - Error msg when too much of garbage comes through the line and your 'puter seeks desperately for a way to dispose of it and can't find anything Back to topic: Haven't come across this msg for ages. Lucky me? The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Well, at least the English seem to be very relaxed when using 'em or suggesting their use: Watch this. BTW: One of the many synonyms (or euphemisms? ) for "condom" is "Pariser" (male Parisian) in German. A little old-fashioned, but still understood. "English overcoat" wouldn't be connected to "condom" but "overcoat" (in its meaning of "Überzieher") would, though. Most people of my age simply don't connect "English" and "Sex", you know. Reminds me of a movie "No sex please, we're British" (Clicky) But this stereotype has faded away and younger Germans will rather envision Katie Price than Maggie Thatcher when it comes to British sex Funny how other nationalities are used for nicknaming certain things (mainly derogatory as in "French disease" or "Spanish disease") The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Quotei cant tell you how many times I tried to put the blinker on and my wipers went off... Not to forget the hassle keeps on after you get home. After four weeks of driving an Australian campervan I tortured my wipers of my car at home for a while because I got used to the Aussie system The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

This is one of the few examples where the British seem to take the obvious route (at least, I do - I pronounce it the way it reads). The first time I heard it pronounced 'airb' I was like, 'what did you just say?' The BBC has an interesting article online that also covers the pronunciation of h: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588 The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I can only give you two examples in German, but you might get some ideas by having a look: Wolli's AFF-Logbook: Clicky My logbook: Clicky The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I've used Airtec (Cypres) pull-ups for about 18 months (mainly on tandem rigs) and they are certainly the best ones I've ever had. No sign of wear&tear at the end and they don't do any harm to the closing loops. I gave most of my other pull-ups to students who needed one The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Gave me a good laugh last weekend: You want butterflies in your tummy? Then shove grubs up your bunghole! The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Good breakdown. I'd set some of the figures a little different but can agree with all of the reasons you listed and I especially like this one: Good to read someone else admits it's quite often (at least after 7+ tandems a day) a physically demanding task the body doesn't bear without sore muscles Or maybe it's just people like me (in the second half of their life, so to say) who feel this way? I agree with all TIs who stated they mostly do it coz it's just fun and we like to share the experience of our guests. We're parasites^T symbionts feeding on their joy The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Facebook recognised I'm daddling on a puter here in Germany, but anyway, it doesn't allow me to watch your vid "Du musst dich anmelden, um diese Seite sehen zu können. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

So do I! By the way: AFAIK that's 200 m below the hard deck for minted TI's. Anyone can prove they do so, they should get a nice smack into their bum at least! The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

To be perfectly correct: It was a so-called "FPV" (frequently posted video) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Ask Shania Twain To be serious: Might also happen in a tandem jump. So just ask your doc. Make sure they understand what modern skydiving is about. If they know about the potential hazards they will come to a decision you then should obey. If in doubt, look for a second or third opinion. There are skydiving orthopaedists around, find and ask them, if need be. Consider: One day you will "thump down", be it a rotor or whatever. Even if you PLF your spine might not indulge it, so to say. OTOH, if was operated on my spine 5 years ago; disk prolapse. Wasn't a fusion, though, something different. Have done ... huhu, just found out I've done exactly 1000 jumps since the operation. Got an OK from my doc, built up muscles beforehand, waited long enough. The usual stuff. Gotta tell him his work was worth the money

The glasses you describe must be flexible ones, a little bigger than standard size? If so, I used sort of them for some years, until they got too scratched etc. Looked for a replacement and didn't find any of them any more and so resorted to the standard sized ones which worked well. But yeah, if you got flexible "plus" sized ones, they should be nice. Got a link? I meant "over-glasses" like these The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

And of course: No animals were harmed making that movie. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Muhahahaha I especially loved the duck in the background (making fun of the freefallers) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Dragon already wrote what I'd like to second: Simply use standard flex-glasses. Most modern spectacles are of a decent size so they will fit under standard flex-glasses, see pic. I usually tell my tandem paxes who wear glasses to use the standard flexes and none of them has ever had a problem while the only two who insisted on spacious "overglasses" regretted it: The "overglasses" got dislocated quickly - both of them had problems seeing anything at all during freefall. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Just some short sentences. To me, Chuck's answers look sensible and well-sorted. I don't see any offence or stomping at you in the first posts. Things got a little hotter then, both of you are sort of exchanging swings now. That's a well-known phenomenon in online conversation that lacks face-to-face contact. Also happened to me quite (too) often. Audibles: I think a student should be able to read his alti as requested after passing level VII so that an audible is not necessary. (Apart from that - most people won't hear an audible in freefall with an open student helmet (ProTec or the like)) But I'm open to new approaches regarding audible use in freefall if they prove to be successful and safe (which will take a lot of time and "numbers") I strongly oppose, however, the idea of using audibles as back-up devices for the canopy ride (based on the arguments I wrote down before). The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

With an audible, the student has no chance of finding out until it's obvious and thus, too late. With two altis he can figure out e.g. if one of the altis gets stuck. I think it's like the infamous SatNav Accidents: "The damn thing told me to turn left and so did I and rode into the river..." A radio instructor will usually consider several aspects and tell the student in a calm and flat voice to do so. The beep of an audible will sort of barge into the student's awareness and might get him started. I won't explore further since I don't want to tell what to do on your DZ and you've got some experience with your new approach. I ack' your attention to teaching students vision and visual awareness. Seems we just have different opinions about how and what to use as back-up. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

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Just some points. Students at our DZ are equipped with both a hand mounted analogue altimeter and a chest-strap mounted analogue altimeter. They are taught to use the "other" alti (depending on which alti they prefer to read) as a back-up device. They are radioed down by people who've been in the sport for more than 15 years and have assisted hundreds and hundreds of students. They are taught to take in the visual information and to connect it to the way they fly. After some time, mainly depending on the student, they get less and less input until they can fly safely without the radio. I suspect a student hearing the "beeeep" for 300 meters might abruptly turn left no matter the traffic or other aspects just because he got an audio input that - especially after a couple of Pavlovian training exercises -triggers a jerk reaction. Good visual judgement is it - IMHO - that we should teach students rather than strictly keeping to certain altitudes. (And comes it to flaring, audibles don't help at all but radios do!) Apart from what I wrote above, an audible can fail and the student won't notice before it's too late, but you've always got your visual skills. I have to admit I hardly check my alti below 300 meters and I don't check it below 100 meters at all but focus on landing safely, avoiding traffic etc using only visual guidance. Last thing: I normally don't pay that much attention to jump numbers, but in your case please be aware that Chuck has got plenty of experience, has done the job for decades and first-hand knows about the very topic you're debating. Young Einstein came up with brilliant ideas, OK. But even he could only do so after a years (more than 2) of very intensive studies No offence, just a tip. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Good example of "I read something useful on DZ.com" I had a pax yesterday who neither was able to lift their shanks nor slide their leg straps forward (although I tried to help as much as possible) so I resorted to your tip and we had a very soft landing. But I wouldn't like to try this method with a 90kg pax P.S.: The TI who instructed her on the ground said she was able to lift her legs. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

One of our freelance TI's here flatpacks his ZP canopy which is still very much like a plastic shopping bag when it comes to air permeability . He usually lays it out, then he rolls over it to "squeeze out" as much air as possible, then proceeds packing. Works pretty well. BTW: After couple hundred jumps things aren't that difficult any more The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

There is a sequel already, look at her channel One might consider her music artificial or whatever but things should never end in taunting and harassing. The same happened to the boys of Tokyo Hotel. (Another example of controversial musicians, but at least they managed to get into the limelight themselves and didn't need any "Talent Show") After they got famous they had a hard time at their secondary school and were called faggots etc pp. Kids/Pupils can be very cruel, mainly due to enviousness and jealousy I suppose. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks