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http://www.jumpstart.org.nz/ I think this is pretty cool. In summary it is aimed at giving kids self esteem and also for kids living with cancer. What better way for a teenager to experience life than jumping out of a C130!

A few years ago my brother was on a flight to Ireland and a bottle of Whisky fell out of the overhead and cracked a guys skull. Still a funny way to get a drink injury in that country. I feel Divots pain though, I don't know why people can't prepare and follow instructions. But I do think children under the age of 5 should be put on the no fly list - I always seem to have a screamer within a couple of rows. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

She's talking about a post you made identifying Tina's ex where you subsequently realized you erred and retracted. Who knows why that is relevant. Sluggo - This is the part that I don't get. I mean why? It's a 40 year old case, the perpetrator is either dead or an eighty-ish year old man, the remaining money is probably gone forever in whatever form. Regardless of all this, it's seems likely to be largely unprosecutable (or at least non-convictable) anyway. I get that the FBI doesn't like this case going down as unsolved, but frankly, the majority of people paying 4 - 5$ a gallon for gas couldn't care less. Many of them had probably either forgotten or never heard of the case until the FBI brought it back into the limelight. So....other than the reasons from folks who believe all that they see in M. Night Shyamalan movies, the only reason I can think of for people who know stuff not just putting everything out there is for hopes of monetary gain or momentary fame. I'm really not trying to be facetious - What am I missing here? Smokin99, You are not missing anything. Since there is nothing much happening I thought having nigel99, replying to Robert99 who replied to Smokin99 would be entertaining

Jumping a wingsuit is a much higher risk than a normal jump. Some people choose not to expose themselves to the risks. Actually, it's the mostly incorrect perception that jumping a wingsuit carries a much higher risk. Do you mind explaining? My limited knowledge is that you are adding a fairly significant risk by adding the suit. Very happy to have my views updated. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Jumping a wingsuit is a much higher risk than a normal jump. Some people choose not to expose themselves to the risks. That is why I don't and won't do it. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

http://yayeveryday.com/post/9316 This is pretty cool... Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

See, this is emblematic of how you and I are separated by a common language. In the US, we call that "carjacking". Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Not to hijack the thread, but that really does happen, it's a real problem, and a number of folks are in prison now for it. Crazy, right? It is a thread worth hijacking. I am a little surprised that the geometry of the cockpit allows for it. I sort of expected the nose to provide a shield. It happens here in the UK too. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Yeah but at least if you fall asleep you will be famous Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

All but the Onion are blocked. http://www.theonion.com/articles/well-folks-it-appears-some-shithead-down-there-is,19975/ Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Part of this is culture. I grew up jumping into strangers cars without a second thought. It was not in the UK and a relatively small community so actually very safe. Also don't forget that in the places like London a lot of people simply don't own cars, so not having a vehicle may have seemed logical to them. Maybe they caught a cab to the place, saw how expensive it was and were offered a free lift. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I can't think of a better thread to post this in. I have been considering the role of self regulation in all of this, and how it might help. With time on my hands, I did a bit of reading and found an interesting article http://www.li.suu.edu/library/circulation/Elison/psy4500jeSociometerSelfEsteemRegulationFall05.pdf In summary it would appear that peer pressure is effective IF you have a relationship. So by extension a dz that has a club or family feel to it is more likely to self regulate. Whereas a dz that is more business orientated can't rely on "customers" to self regulate. What is interesting is that BillVon posted the Eloy document that stated visitors were more likely to be injured. This would correlate with the fact that as "outsiders", they have less need to behave in a socially responsible manner. Possibly trying to keep the same instructor(s) with a student through their A license progression will help to build a bond? Also if more responsible jumpers spend time getting to know newbies it will help to draw them into the fold. I realize that this is a bit "touchy feely" but I think it is relevant. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

A couple of years ago I got lost in Orlando. I stopped and asked a cop car for directions and they told us to get out of the area with some haste as it was not safe. As a generalization I would say that we don't have much violent crime here in the UK so it doesn't really compute that you have to be extra vigilant. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Dear God I am bored How the hell do these guys stay sane? I am witnessing FCC testing and it is worse than watching paint dry. Been 2 days of sitting here. Test house has facebook and all the good porn sites blocked As a colleague said you almost start hoping for a failure as it will bring some entertainment. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I want to do it - it sounds like a bit of fun. I'll see how things pan out,I am in a couple of different states over the summer and so I would like to find a slot.(Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky) Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

The firmware on the machine might not enable it to search for the software on the USB bus, it might not have a USB controller/connections, or maybe he doesn't want to lug around another piece of equiptment. When programming software for a piece of equiptment, its not always in the back of the engineers head to make the system updateable or work in ways other than designed. There is no USB bus... The $275 one appears to be the same as the one I found. I suppose I will just have to give it a try. I was holding out hope on someone having a personal recommendation from experience. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Rumor has it that Friday's incident was a 90 degree turn. The "original issue" is not swoopers killing non-swoopers. The original issue is skydivers dying in canopy collisions. Regardless of how the people involved were landing. A skydiver is a skydiver. A canopy collision is a canopy collision. Dead is dead. Landing is a team sport, and swoopers and non-swoopers are not on opposing teams. We are all on the same team. The opponent is the possibility of a collision, not the people who land differently than I do. With higher wingloading, regardless of approach, closing speeds are much higher. That must have an impact on peoples ability to react appropriately. At a 60MPH closing speed, which is not very fast, it is 88foot per second. That requires a significant amount of forward planning and anticipation. Perhaps a proper review of current procedure is in order? We have detailed analysis of freefall separation and fairly well established rules in place. If you take 3 seconds to scan the 180 degrees in front of you, which seems a reasonable amount of time, then on a "slow" canopy you need to be anticipating collisions nearly 300 feet away - if my maths are right. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Sorry to break it to you but Ron is not a cool user name - maybe that is your problem? BTW This thread changed my views. I hadn't appreciated the fact that you guys get people who do stupid things they read on the internet. I used to be mildly irritated when people would knock questions back with "ask your instructors" instead of answering the question. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Ouch sorry to hear about your fall - get well soon. Pot really messes with your co-ordination and shouldn't be combined with ladders. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

It is a fairly high end piece of electronic test equipment with a built in 3.5" FDD. I have two options replace the internal FDD with an emulator, or use GPIB to grab the data - but this ties up a PC and a Labview license although it has other benefits. So in short it must be able to plug into a standard FDD interface and be mechanically the same dimensions. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I think of swooping like flying an F16. I am never going to have the motor skills to do it safely so for me it is not an option. I am a plodder - I think alot and tend to have a relatively slow reaction time (I am well below average at ball sports for example). You all know this but twenty years ago when I did my first jump landing accidents tended to involve bruised egos and the odd broken leg. I would rather stay in that performance bracket as I can't be certain I won't cock up. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

The problem is that changing the gear to make it safer is not really an option. I don't see PD etc stopping selling smaller wings to people. It seems to me that people should have a choice. I think it would be quite legitimate to have "safe" loads at a dz where the grumpy old farts all get on a plane together fly a pattern don't have wingloadings over 1.x. Not so much grounding higher performance gear but allowing people to choose not to be in the air at the same time. We all choose our own risk levels you do what you can to satisfy yourself that you are within boundaries that you accept. The problem comes when someone elses risk profile is in conflict with your own. At that point you need to question how to best mitigate the risk. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Question for the people with USPA B licenses or greater. Do DZ's tend to offer a water training day or is it carried out on a request basis? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

The ratings agencies still have the power to destroy countries though. Look at the effect changes in credit ratings have had on some of the European countries. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Is anyone familiar with a hardware floppy drive/disk emulator? I have an expensive piece of equipment that has a 3.5" drive and it is getting harder to find disks and it is terribly unreliable. I have only found 1 so far and as I have never heard of the company before I am a little wary. http://www.plrelectronics.com/floppy_to_usb.php Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.