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I am currently deep in the bible belt. I find it quite amusing how similar it is to islamic society. For example I have seen a number of priests in their black robes and the ONLY differences between them and an imam are it is a bible not a koran and a cross hanging from their neck. It is funny how similar parts of the US are to the middle east. Even funnier that it is those parts that misunderstand the middle east the most. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Now we know why Canadians hate being mistaken for Americans Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Yes, but for legal purposes, an "interracial marriage" is just considered a "marriage." Eventually, this will probably be true for same-sex marriage as well. Remember I was talking about language and not law. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I don't understand how these two types of marriage can not be identical. Please explain? A man and a woman in a relationship is not the same as two people of the same sex, purely based on the biology. The love, the commitment, the responsibilities are all the same. Why is the word lesbian used for a female-female relationship and what is the equivalent word for a male-male relationship? I know Bill has given an example of race but even in his example he adds detail "interracial marriage" to communicate detail. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

i always wanted to as a kid. The trigger was seeing someone die though for some reason as a 16 year old kid I believed that reduced the odds of me going in. My parents signed the waiver but never believed I would jump as I am so scared of heights. 4 years of jumping and then a long layoff. I got back into jumping because I liked the farm so much having spent the weekend there just before christmas. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

+1 Correct. She/he is a glamour model Lisa Du Preez and was on a documentary. I was very surprised. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Anybody got an idea on how these pictures are related? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8W6_0UcQWA Think laterally old chap Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

That was the original plan and how I know Atlanta flights are gone. To get there would take nearly 20 hours with a couple of flight connections Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I havnt been following what has happened with the argus but if what i gather from this thread makes sense a cutter fired and failed to completely cut the closing lop which caused a total of the reserve? did this actually happen or is it just theoretical? How can this happen if the cutter is not on top of the reserve pc? This has actually happened 3 times that we are aware of. Once, in Poland, where it ended with a fatality, twice where it did not, but was discovered later, I may have missed some detail but I have a question. There is clearly a difference between a reserve container being "locked closed" where even pulling the reserve handle does not release the reserve and the reserve simply not launching as a result of an AAD failure. If I understand correctly, the AAD has not cut the loop correctly on a number of occasions and as a resulted prevented manual activation. Is that correct? If you pulled the reserve ripcord in the 3 instances cited would nothing have happened, or was there a high probability of nothing happening? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

speedflying is probably what you want to look into. No I don't think so. If I understand correctly speedflying is close proximity to the ground. I am interested in flying in close proximity to another parachute. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Last I heard, they have more old buildings there than roller coasters. True - but nice mountains. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I assume this is the correct forum and not the CRW forum. What are the requirements for doing proximity flying with another canopy? I am guessing that finding someone who is experienced at CRW as a mentor is probably the ideal first step. At the moment I am a nomad and don't have a home dz. This is pretty close to the top of my to do list and I'd like to do my homework. I'm still getting back into the groove with jumping but I find it useful to plan my jumps towards an objective. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Peterson's analysis of Cooper is probably the best part of the artikle. Peterson probably could have saved the FBi a lot of time - 37 years ago! From that article I am puzzled why he puts so much emphasis on an alti or stopwatch. It is easy to count off a 5-10 second delay and this will put you less than a 1000 foot below the aircraft. Sure riding a round from 8000/9000 foot AGL is not going to be pleasant but it won't kill you. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Thanks guys. I am leaning towards Italy I like seeing new countries and places and have never been there. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I agree with you to some extent. The danger that most companies have in translating engineering parameters to "user speak" is that a lot of the nuances are lost. It would probably be wise for manufacturers to have a caveat to protect themselves maybe they do somewhere in the documentation. It is naive to think that we should have access to and understand every single parameter that forms part of their algorithms (whoever they are). Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

That sounds interesting I'll look into it. I have no intention of ever base jumping but skydive sounds good. We have fixed dates that aren't flexible so it will take a stroke of luck for it to line up. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Yes Australia is next month - never been before. The joys of air-miles 2 free return tickets to Auz. that has been booked for a long time though and my mom is looking after the kids. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

sod off. I just can't bear the thought of having 4 days without kids and staying here in the UK. I KNOW that it will rain and be crap weather despite it being June. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

In June I want to take the wife on a trip while the kids are away. I have airmiles that will take us anywhere in the world so cost is not a consideration. Naturally time zones and travel time is a consideration. Also "free" reward flights can be limited and need to be booked in advance. We are both happy with up-to around a 10 hour flight for a 4 day holiday so it is quite a big chunk of the globe that is available. 1) USA direct flights to Atlanta and Orlando are already no go. Other US destinations might be available but most of the big destinations are gone already. 2) Anywhere new in Europe sounds good. I am vaguely interested in Croatia but know nothing about it. We have been to Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark and Austria before. I have been to Bratislava, Slovakia and although it has cheap beer it felt fairly gloomy but wife hasn't been there. 3) Pretty much anywhere in the middle east or North Africa is an option but don't want to go on to exciting a trip and end up on tele. We'll camp and both like the outdoors. She is into roller coasters and waterparks. She is keen to learn to paraglide and is happy for me to jump somewhere. Neither of us are into historic buildings or city/night life. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Must be a scammer ... if he was really from the U.K he'd have tried to buy TYRES Do Canadian tyres work or do they also go on the wrong side of the road? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Sorry to hear the sad news. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Yes Remmie Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Sorry Friend, I'm not 100% following your post. Yes, I am assuming that the test firing is done with a closing loop through the cutter, they all were ~ and variable tension (0-22+++ Pounds) on the loop. My thought process is simply that if 2 incidents in the field show that the cutters have a problem severing the loop completely, then it is highly unlikely that they never witness this happen during laboratory acceptance or qualification testing. Edited: See, if the problem were of this magnitude, ANY reasonable quality, acceptance, or qualification program would have had a few red flags pop up. That is my point. I think it is quite plausible that the test method in the lab accounts for the "known" failure modes and provides test coverage. If there is another mechanism that contributes towards failure then it would pass the test and not rouse suspicion. For example what happens to a cutter that has been through the swoop pond a dozen times or that has "aged" allowing oxide layers etc to build up? This is a hypothetical question and not meant to imply that either scenario has ever occurred. I still find your post interesting - it is fascinating to have engineers and riggers mulling over a problem. Certainly makes one think. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Strange behavior and I am not sure I would sit there and laugh with little kids I remember my dad going bright red and getting us away from the chimps when one started to play with itself (no frog involved) Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.