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Clean Up Your Turns Clean Up Your Turns
By Brian Germain - 2008-07-18
Turn coordination is a topic that, until recently, has been mostly unapplied to ram-air parachute aerodynamics. In simplest terms, this refers to the degree to which a flight vehicle is aligned to the relative wind during a turn.
9.20 (Rating: 9.20 Votes: 46 Viewed: 1448)

NeoXS from Parasport  - Review NeoXS from Parasport - Review
By Douglas Spotted Eagle - 2008-05-20
Powerful, small, and flexible, the new NeoXS from Parasport is the newest product in audible altimeters available to skydivers. If you’re a freeflyer, ...
 7.26 (Rating: 7.26 Votes: 51 Viewed: 4286)
Leadership change at Aerodyne Leadership change at Aerodyne
By Karl Meyer - 2008-05-20
Newarc AS announces the following changes to Aerodyne Research effective 12 May, 2008. Bill Legard has been appointed President and CEO of Aerodyne ...
 3.16 (Rating: 3.16 Votes: 19 Viewed: 2706)

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Altitrack great, JumpTrack software, not so good.

Rating 4 Altitrack
Review by: JonnyMac on 2008-07-16 21:07:52

Pros: The instrument works as advertised.
Cons: UI is not intuitive. Jump track software is expensive and not very good.

I loved my Altitrack, but I think the JumpTrack software leaves a lot to be desired, and that takes ...

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