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  1. nigel99
    Of course this is Bonfire.. but for example you are the guy with rig on and you're willing to give me a try What do you say to me: "put your hands in my leg straps and lock'em for your life"? or not Ok serious answer this time. Give the whuffo the rig, POP the reserve. Hold the pilot chute for them and tell them to jump. I figure that has the highest probability of one person surviving. If time is to short then I guess you'd have to leave them. I have fun fantasies when flying commercially, picturing which passenger or crew member I'd save if we were going down. Including details like seat belt extensions to secure them. Of course they are small women (can't risk high wingloading you know). Invariably we land on a remote island and have a period of time before we're found. Time depends on how hot they are...
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    Depends how hot the friend is and what she's prepared to do to be saved...
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    Not at all. See note d regarding training when exceeding the recommendations. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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    Here you are Bill. This is what the SIM has under the equipment section 5:3 main canopy.
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    You should do the Alamo. I'm not that much into history, but enjoyed it. If you're staying at the river walk it is right there. They have the best waterpark in the world if you like that stuff. It has diversions from the river and is unrivalled. The river cruise was ok (although a hobo threw some half eaten chicken at the boat and it hit my wife in the face) Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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    I have noticed that you have been posting more after you met me.
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    Sorry replying from a phone so don't know how to cut and paste. Section 5.3 main parachutes has recommendations on wingloading for A through D license. Personally I'd like to see this paragraph become as widely quoted as the camera recommendation. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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    I think there are a few flaws and problems. It seems that forcing people to wait until 500 jumps from approximately 100 jumps to downsize is recipe for people bending the rules. On top of that your table then drops from conservative to about 1.6:1 wing loading at 500 jumps. Why not stick with the current recommendations in the SIM? Also why not reach out to organisations such as the BPA that already have canopy progression manuals and procedures in place? I don't see the point in re-inventing the wheel.
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    I agree with the general premise of your post. My attitude to dz.com changed when I started putting faces to posters and meeting them in person. A bit of empathy goes along way. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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    Yip. See I made the mistake of wanting a sport accuracy comp as a way of spicing up my B license accuracy jumps and making them more fun. The problems started once Andy brought out the tapemeasure For some reason every jump that wasn't measured was dead-centre and the others well Sport accuracy is quite the same as ZONE accuracy. I've not heard that term before. Have you got more info?
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    Yip. See I made the mistake of wanting a sport accuracy comp as a way of spicing up my B license accuracy jumps and making them more fun. The problems started once Andy brought out the tapemeasure For some reason every jump that wasn't measured was dead-centre and the others well
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    jeez you guys is a bunch of whuffo's I said SPORT accuracy. Classic accuracy is for old men... From the scoreboard in the March Parachutist Sport Masters winner - 6.01m (total distance I know). But then go to sport novice and first place is 9.76m, followed by 53.42m. In the masters category by 3rd place it is over 10m. Kudo's to Sam Prescott though the winner of intermediate 0m
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    I am curious. In order to obtain your C license you need to land within 2m of the target on 25 jumps. Then you look at the measured results from competition sport accuracy and even at national level people are struggling to get less than 10m. Why is there a disparity? I'm planning on competing in sport accuracy and this really got me thinking that I am missing something.
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    I believe it should be through proving your ability to meet specific advancement criteria. Obviously a properly structured progression will require you to do jumps in order to progress. Based on jump numbers alone for canopy flight is rather silly. I have friends who have between 1000 and 12000 skydives each, however the bulk of their jumps are tandems. In some cases they haven't jumped a sport rig for a long time. By forcing a proper training regime onto people it means those with focus and genuine skill can complete the progression quicker, and the slower, less skilled people are held back. Don't get me wrong though - a proper training regime may require 500 jumps to achieve all the skills. I am not looking for 'shortcuts'.
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    I fully support a wingloading BSR. I fear that to some extent the cat has already been let out of the bag and whatever is implemented is still too permissive. I learn't on rounds and a Cruiselite used to be considered an intermediate to advanced canopy. People acknowledged the fact that a radical turn on a 220 square foot parachute could seriously hurt you. We have evolved to the point where first time students are put out on semi-ellipticals that are 210 or smaller (of course these are smaller jumpers etc). For the record, I believe that to jump anything over a 1.4 wingloading people should require specific training and meet specified performance criteria. It wouldn't matter if you were an A or D license holder. Leave it to the experts to decide what is needed, but it should not be based solely on jump numbers.
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    Interesting when young kids spout the beliefs of their parents. I honestly don't believe that anyone under about 45 years old can comment on how well Reagan did or didn't do. He was president until 1989 that was 23YEARS ago! A 40 year old was 17 to help with the maths. What always puts a smile on my face, is similarities between many of the people in the deep south of the US and those in the middle east..
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    I wonder if the 10% is real? My wife and I are both lefties. Before we had kids we bought left handed scissors and knives. She was literally beaten as a kid for using her left hand (because it is the evil, anti-god whatever). We are adaptable and I think most left handed people are quite ambidextrous. Maybe skydivers are made up from people who are less easily manipulated and influenced? Either that or lefties are just bat shit crazy.
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    Very cool
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    Just found your song, while looking for royalty free songs. It is really good, and I must say for someone who hasn't jumped it really captures the mood well.
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    Very true. Just upgraded to a smartphone as it made more sense than a tablet. Now I have books, music and dz.com on the train. Just need a nuclear powerstation in my backpack to power it! Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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    On dizzy.com we have loads of ex and wannabee jumpers. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.
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    I don't think that's in the SIM. It is in the SIM. That is one of the problems in the sport. Nobody reads the damn thing in the first place! Read section 5.3 Equipment main parachute section. I support it, but I don't want anything tied to licenses. I want to get the highest licenses available to me, I do not want to jump high wingloadings.
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    It is a really tough call. My parents are really upset that I jump, but I am old enough that what they think doesn't have any influence on my actions. I've got a family of my own. What I do know is that 15 years I stopped jumping and I resented it, every time there was blue sky I would be looking upwards. I've got back into the sport and am really happy with the decision. You can take actions so minimise the risks. The other big thing to remember is that skydiving can become 'your life' and with a family that is not fair. A friend of mine and myself jump together 1 day a month - it is OUR day. No I am not going to progress much doing this. I agree with the other answers to your post as well.
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    HELL NO! Or am I the only one who has an idle to Sky God in my office and skydiving magazines on my desk and a few motivational posters here and there? Whilst you are not the only ATTENTION SEEKER, you are the most obnoxious. Are you so insecure that you have to splash "I'M A SKYDIVER" over your office in the hope people will think you cool? Spot on.
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    And with the above Shah confirms that he is gay. Let's be honest what 'normal' man looks a woman in the eye?