billvon 2,434 #1 December 12, 2005 Some pictures from 10-way this weekend: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #2 December 12, 2005 Some canopy and landing pictures (I liked the clouds/shadows) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #3 December 12, 2005 Sweet. I'm jealous.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 94 #4 December 12, 2005 Did you have some wind or rain to push out the crud in the air? Very clear day out there.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #5 December 12, 2005 >Did you have some wind or rain to push out the crud in the air? No rain and zero wind for most of the day. There was a fire nearby; the smoke just sat in a big ball most of the day, but the rest of the air was clear. It was really odd. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #6 December 12, 2005 is it a Bel-Vue you have or some other setting ?? great picsscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #7 December 12, 2005 >is it a Bel-Vue you have . . . What's a Bel-Vue? It's a Sony DSC-V1 with a wide angle lens and a homemade shutter release timer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #8 December 12, 2005 QuoteDid you have some wind or rain to push out the crud in the air? Very clear day out there. Actually this was a very typical day as far as winter visibility is concerned. Visibility gets better thoughout winter and if it's not cloudy in February one can typiclally expect to be able to see all the way to Mexico over a hundred miles away. Of course, we make up for this in July and August. MOST of the visibility issues in Southern California have nothing to do with man made air pollution. MOST of what people assume is smog is actually haze; simply small bits of water wrapped around salt molecules in the air. True, there IS some man made stuff floating around too, but the majority of what you can see isn't. In the winter we suffer the inversion layer less so the particulates aren't trapped and the air quality can be quite stunning.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 4 #9 December 12, 2005 That can't be real 10-way, it doesn't look close enough to funneling. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #10 December 12, 2005 >That can't be real 10-way, it doesn't look close enough to funneling. Well, I didn't post _those_ pictures. I was last out, and all day people were telling me "go no lift, Turbo!" It got a little old. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blithedj 0 #11 December 12, 2005 can1.jpg is now my background. I love shots like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dqpacker 7 #12 December 12, 2005 You need to clean your visor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdive 0 #13 December 12, 2005 Thanks Bill, makes me anxious to get out of this 15 degree weather and get to Florida next month. Ed"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #14 December 12, 2005 Quote>is it a Bel-Vue you have . . . What's a Bel-Vue? It's a Sony DSC-V1 with a wide angle lens and a homemade shutter release timer.it's Bonhead composite's belly mount.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #15 December 12, 2005 It looks scary! I use a very simple belly mount. One strap and one piece of aluminum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #16 December 12, 2005 any pics available ?? I was about to spend the 300$...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #17 December 12, 2005 >any pics available ?? Well, the problem there continues to be that I can't take a picture of the thing with the camera unless I stand near a mirror or something. I keep trying to remember to have someone else take a picture of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 94 #18 December 12, 2005 QuoteIn the winter we suffer the inversion layer less That is strange, because in Phoenix the inversion is in the winter.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #19 December 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteIn the winter we suffer the inversion layer less That is strange, because in Phoenix the inversion is in the winter. I can't really say I know enough about the micro-climate of Phoenix to discuss the -causes- of the inversion layer there. During the warmer months, the inversion layer in SoCal is fed by the relatively cooler air of the ocean being drawn under and then trapped by the warmer air above it. Mountain ranges surrounding most of SoCal also block most of this ocean air from travelling laterally so over time it accumulates particulates of all sorts but mostly its visible component is simply moisture that can't -quite- cool enough to form a "proper" cloud and doesn't have enough energy to to rise any further. The word "smog" comes from a simpler time when folks didn't quite understand the exact nature of air pollution, but the combination of "Smoke" and "Fog" isn't too far off the mark. It's just that there's a heck of a lot larger component of "fog" than most people usually consider when they're talking about that "grey" stuff over LA. The really dangerous stuff (ozone, carbon monoxide, ect), for the most part, you can't really see.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jackpunx 0 #20 December 12, 2005 QuoteSome pictures from 10-way this weekend: Was that at perris with Christy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HydroGuy 0 #21 December 12, 2005 QuoteSome canopy and landing pictures (I liked the clouds/shadows) Why did you land so far away from the packing area?Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,434 #22 December 12, 2005 >Was that at perris with Christy? Yep. Christy is the one in black. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #23 December 13, 2005 ya need to do some hybrids with that thing. they come out looking pretty cool. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jackpunx 0 #24 December 13, 2005 Quote>Was that at perris with Christy? Yep. Christy is the one in black. I was on loads with you guys all day.. Myself and another new guy were working with MJ and Chris all day. Lew videod a couple of our exits in front of you guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #25 December 14, 2005 The pictures would be so much more gratifying if your nipples were showing linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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