nigel99
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Woohoo, I got to jump an otter this weekend. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Disregard this reply completely. It's not BF and if you're serious, you might want to educate yourself. To the OP. at 32 jumps your rig is probably going to be to big or heavy to take as carry on. I have traveled all over the world quite a few time and around the States about 5 times and I have never had issues with TSA folks.or had issues when put through as luggage. You can try and carry it on but you are better served putting it in a suitable case and just check it. My 170 just fits into standard carry on, but it does exceed the Qantas weight limit (although they didn't give me any problems). I saw a guy in the US travelling with his Javelin and no gear bag - I wouldn't recommend that. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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I took a couple of extra pullup cords in case I was forced to open it. I also had copies of my AAD x ray card and TSA letter. My rig fit in a standard travel bag that is just inside the limits for international carryon. Make sure there is no hook knife and that if you turn the AAD on, you also turn it off before flight. I had trouble in Singapore on the way through, but only in terms of confusion and not knowing what to do. The screeners were polite and friendly, it just took a long time. So I would suggest leaving more time than normal. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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FWIW I emailed Vigil with a question on my AAD and never got a response. Admittedly I have never followed it up and it is slightly plausible that my email (from a gmail account) got caught in a spam filter. But I agree the manufacturers would be the best source of information, just bearing in mind they are there to sell product so views will naturally be biased. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Why are incidents in USA not reported to USPA?
nigel99 replied to GLIDEANGLE's topic in Safety and Training
My guess is that a large part of the lack of reporting is due to the general US skydiving populations anti authority/rules attitude. The general attitude comes across somewhere between anarchist and spoilt child. I was recently surprised to have full life insurance granted with no penalty for skydiving, while the same insurer put exclusions on skydiving for disability and income protection insurance. Proper reporting definitely has value, it's a pity we don't have better data available. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. -
Scary Stuff.. misrouted reserve closing loop
nigel99 replied to shibu's topic in Safety and Training
And exactly how do you check the routing of your reserve closing loop through the cutter now? Good point obelixtim & glideangle. I do a better gear check now but wouldn't have picked up on this. Honestly for someone with 70 jumps you are showing a serious lack of knowledge on 'what' a gear check can pick up, and also how a reserve is assembled. Do yourself a favour and watch a reserve repack. (Of course it may be poor communication over the internet and you do know your gear) Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. -
Congrats
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I've been accepted into a part time Masters degree at Curtin. The other good news is that there is funding in place for specific skills shortages within the defence industry. So 100% free for me, paid for by the government. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Congratulations. You are going to have fun when you get to do your hop and pop under AFF. All the other AFF students are going to freak about how low it is! Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Earlier this week I saw an article that women are now cleverer than men. I found it interesting. The dynamics of employing women can be tricky in a small business environment. Especially if they are of child bearing age. As someone who ran a business, there is no way that we could have sustained maternity leave and a replacement with a total staff of 5 employees. Btw Australia is very woman friendly in the employment environment. I guess a huge skills shortage makes people flexible. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Damn Andy sad to hear the news - you'll have to come this side of the world. Hope you have a good time, I thought you were joking about finding a spot on a nude beach
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1st time tandem landing, broken ankle, would solo landing be easier?
nigel99 replied to bochen280's topic in Tandem Skydiving
I'm also pretty sure it was an experienced jumper and poster having some fun. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. -
Thanks. On the bright side, at least I know I didn't pick up something nasty from surfing dodgy websites Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Out of curiosity, did you specify AGL? That seems like a potential point of confusion, in the unfortunate event of a claim. No, but fortunately we are at sea level here. For the Australians it is TAL ( Australian super underwriters) they accepted death cover at ordinary rates, but income protection and permanent disability have skydiving excluded. That's not a problem for me, as work provides a scheme. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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I've just adjusted my life insurance, and they have a revised disclosure statement. I disclosed skydiving and they asked for number of jumps per year. I got a follow up call and they wanted to know the equipment used, and the height. I answered with the brand and model of my container (tse teardrop) and altitude not higher than 14k. Anyone see a problem with that detail? Does it mean I might not be covered if I borrowed someone else's rig? I found it interesting how detailed and knowledgeable the skydiving questions were, compared to previous encounters. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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I'm also getting the ads. Often makes it impossible to read the first 2 or 3 posts in a thread. Fingers crossed it gets sorted soon. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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I'd love to look under the hood of a Cypres. Interesting about the plastic bag, pretty obvious that it could cause a problem (in hindsight of course). Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Those MI-8's are the best! They carry as many or more than a twin otter, have a nice tailgate and, well, they're helos. Vskydiver and I jumped those down in Acapulco years ago. I'm jealous of anyone who jumps them all the time. Most helo specialty jumps are out of smaller helos. Cramped seating, new sets of snag hazards, and that tricky, slicky skid to climb out onto. I've even seen video of a woman jumper getting her chest strap caught on the skid. Such a jump calls for a little more ability and awareness than just flopping out of a Caravan door.
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As a picky eater, I'd be happy to prove to you that you're wrong Best pick up line of the week, sir.
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I really wish I would push boundaries more. I am way too conservative for my own liking, it's just hard to change the way you've behaved for nearly 40 years. The jest example of too far that I know of, a draftsman that I worked with. He was in his 60's and no woman at work was safe from his advances. I'll never forget September 11th. As the news broke around the office, he walked up to a couple of the female staff and said "shit we all could die, fuck me now and at least you'll die happy". How he never got into trouble I don't know, that kind of stuff went on all the time, it's just the most shocking incident. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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As a picky eater, I'd be happy to prove to you that you're wrong Best pick up line of the week, sir.
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As a picky eater, I'd be happy to prove to you that you're wrong Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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Have you heard the saying 'slap her on the thigh and ride the wave in'? Fat people need loving too. I shouldn't be joking about this stuff, I just spent 2 days doing sexual harrasment and discrimination training. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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I want to barf. Woman sitting across from me in the train probably weighs 250lbs. She's in a tiny mini skirt and chewing gum loudly. No problem though, I'm an engineer so I'll just buy her roses and ask her out to dinner :) Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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it is a vintage piston plane. What do you expect ? a rocket rate of climb ? Plus sometimes you MUST level or descend, due to ATC/other aircraft/changing weather etc... I have my choice of AAD, and it is of "that other brand" Just stating my view that a vigil is more likely to 'misfire' in a slow climbing aircraft. Just remember that the very strength of a cypres means that in a reasonable number of scenarios, you may as well not have it, as the safety will kick in and it will not fire. Look carefully at the diagrams showing the restricted zones when jumping into different elevation dzs, and then remember the whole climb, descend and hold limitations. Not at all saying this is wrong of the device, just jumpers often don't know enough about it. For what it is worth, I'd choose Cypres if selecting an aad new off the shelf. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.