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- 2003 US Nationals DVD - by Olivia Trach
The 2003 US Skydiving Nationals reached monumental success last October; The Florida Skydiving Center commissioned AirZoneXtreme to produce the official event production with a premiere scheduled nationwide over the Memorial Day weekend.
(Rating: 4.23 Votes: 13 Viewed: 3125 Posted: Fri May 28 2004)
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- PD Demo Program: make it work for you! - by Gillian Parker
So you want to try a new canopy, and you have already asked what your friends, gear dealer, and local sky gods think about the subject, and they have given their opinions-repeatedly. When it comes to gear, pretty much everyone has a strong opinion on the matter. Unfortunately, as you have probably found, opinions have a tendency to be subjective rather than objective. Lucky for you, most manufacturers now have demo programs, such as the Performance Designs Demo Program, so that you can sift through others' perceptions, and create some of your own.
(Rating: 9.40 Votes: 5 Viewed: 2025 Posted: Fri Mar 19 2004)
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- Aerodyne - New season, new website! - by Edward Anderson
The Skydiving season is starting to come to life as spring approaches and boogie calendars start to become published. New canopies & gear, new drop zones and new faces... What's more, there will be another change in 2004: You will now
(Rating: 3.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1414 Posted: Sun Mar 14 2004)
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- Aerodyne introduces its A2 tandem canopy - by Aerodyne
Aerodyne recently started to ship demo’s of its A2 main tandem canopy. The A2 is an elliptical 9-cell canopy with a surface of 389 square feet. It is a so-called hybrid construction, meaning that the top skin is made out of zero-porosity fabric while the
(Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1120 Posted: Fri Mar 05 2004)
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- Aerodyne introduces the Icon harness-container system
Aerodyne is happy to announce that it secured FAA TSO C23d approval for its Icon harness-container system. Although we have already been displaying the Icon rig at various events in 2003 and have started to take orders some time ago, we
(Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1581 Posted: Sat Dec 13 2003)
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- Mandatory Inspection of Skyhook equipped rigs - by Relative Workshop
Riggers (and owners), please be sure that the Skyhook hardware is sewn to the white freebag bridle correctly on all skyhook equipped rigs shipped between October 12 and December 1, 2003. There is a drawing of the correct installation
(Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1324 Posted: Sat Dec 13 2003)
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- Control Systems Malfunctions Information Sheet - by Performance Designs
Performance Designs has released safety information regarding control systems and related issues that may result in malfunctions. The text below is the conclusion from that paper. For a more detailed discussion go to the education section on the PD
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1096 Posted: Fri Nov 21 2003)
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- Relative Workshop - 40,000th rig Essay Contest Winner - by Relative Workshop
Relative Workshop would like to thank everyone that entered the essay contest. We would like to congratulate the runner-ups for their entries; SSG Brian Heft, Maggie Downs, and Al King. A big congratulations goes out to Ben Liston for his winning
(Rating: 9.10 Votes: 10 Viewed: 1063 Posted: Thu Nov 20 2003)
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- Make My Camera an "Extra Small" Please! - by Andy Frey
There's only so much real estate on or around your head for camera gear. The average Joe/Jane tandem camera person will fly a helmet with a 35 mm SLR and a miniDV video camera. Each camera can be mounted any number of ways, but the
(Rating: 7.50 Votes: 2 Viewed: 3059 Posted: Sat Oct 25 2003)
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- Derek's Gear Tips - by Derek Vanboeschoten
Derek Vanboeschoten is a Senior Rigger, Tandem Master and AFF instructor with more than 3300 jumps. Derek also moderates the Gear & Rigging forum on Dropzone.com where he first posted this list of Gear Tips. It is republished here for
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 928 Posted: Mon Aug 25 2003)
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- Preyor Pins Dropzone.com Closing Pin Necklace
Russell Jackson from Preyor Pins recently launched a new closing pin necklace design especially for the Dropzone.com community. This small new company makes a beautiful line of quality skydiving jewelry. You can now order your Dropzone.com
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1230 Posted: Mon Aug 18 2003)
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- Gear Regulations for Parachutists Visiting the US - by Tom Buchanan
Federal Aviation Regulations covering skydiving operations within the United States were updated two years ago. One of the key changes allows the use of otherwise unapproved equipment by foreign parachutists. The new rule has received very little
(Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1654 Posted: Mon Jul 21 2003)
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- MANDATORY Ripcord / Pin Test
Capewell Components LLC has received (3) reports from (3) customers of (4) ripcord pins that broke. All (4) pins were reported to have broken under very low force. All (4) pins are reported to have broken on the blade section of the pin,
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 753 Posted: Mon Jul 21 2003)
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- Mirage Systems - Soft Reserve Ripcord Recall - by Bill Hallett
Mirage Systems has received 2 reports of reserve ripcord pins breaking under apparently normal wear. Although the company and the subcotractor who manufactured the ripcord assemblies have not been able to identify the cause of the
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 735 Posted: Sun May 04 2003)
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- Atair Aerospace wins COMET Award - by Mark Montalvo
Long Island, NY - April 24, 2003 - Atair Aerospace was one of five manufacturers honored by New York State’s Empire State Development and the Long Island Forum for Technology during their COMET expo and awards dinner at the Long Island
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 622 Posted: Thu Apr 24 2003)
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- Jump! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy - by Tom Buchanan
I've been jumping for more than 20 years, but I still remember my very first skydive, and I'll bet you do too. Likewise, I remember the anxiety of trying to find a drop zone, and I remember my concern about the safety of the school, and my own
(Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 836 Posted: Sun Feb 16 2003)
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- Action Products: Skydiving Toys - by Nick Miller
My name is Nick Miller, and I'm 11 years old. I am on special assignment for Dropzone.com, reviewing a new line of skydiving toys by Action Products. The toys are for ages 5 and up and consist of four different three inch plastic skydiver
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1155 Posted: Sun Sep 29 2002)
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- Icarus Release New Products for 2002 - by Simon Mundell
Icarus Canopies are releasing 3 new products for the summer season. These designs incorporate new plan form shaping techniques that Icarus designers have been working on for the past 18 months. 7 years ago, Icarus designers pioneered a new
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 563 Posted: Sun Apr 21 2002)
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- Safer Ringsight Mounting by Brent Finley - by Brent Finley
These quality swivel clamps were machined precisely to hold a ring sight in place. Most machine shop clamps are made to hold gauges, etc. and can't take the high torque that your sight goes through with random bumps and knocks. This clamp has
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 717 Posted: Sun Mar 03 2002)
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- Film Closer, Get better footage, Be safer - by Max Cohn
The 'Diamond .3' wide-angle video camera lens is now available. The lenses are handmade in Japan. The Diamond .3 wide-angle lens gives a video camera a 110-degree field of view with very little barrel distortion. The lens is NOT a fish-eye.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 648 Posted: Thu Feb 14 2002)
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- Sky Systems and Parasport Introduces New Gear
Two gear major skydiving manufacturers recently launched new products - Sky Systems and Parasport Italia. Sky Systems launched the Hurricane. This new freefly helmet together with the NVERTIGO will lead Sky System's attack on the ever
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 825 Posted: Sun Apr 08 2001)
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- Sun Path Releases the Javelin Odyssey
After more than a year of testing, the engineers at Sun Path Products Inc, are proud to release the Javelin "Odyssey" harness/container system. In keeping with the tried, tested, and proven reliability of the world-famous Javelin, the Javelin "Odyssey"
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 659 Posted: Sun Feb 11 2001)
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