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At smaller DZ'S the Instructors will teach packing. At larger DZ'S there is generally a packing class ask your Instructors or at the Rigging loft if there is a class soon. Nice job on the website.(Nightinggales nest) Andrew

Welcome Congratulations on winning the SPECTRE from PD Andrew

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Sounds like they have you do a dynamic exit which is much harder for the student than the hanging exit. With the hanging exit the student just has to push with the hips and let go. With the dynamic, the student is in a dearched position at exit and has to rotate and arch. All I can say is practice, practice, peractice. remember chin up = hips forward Work on muscle memory, one day it will all "click" and you will be left wondering what the problem was. Andrew

The new "solo certificate" is similar to the old(pre 2001) A CoP. The new A CoP allows jumpers to do 2 ways with B CoP jumpers ( and above)with at least 100 jumps. andrew

How much do you want for a 12 yr old computer? How about a 12 yr old TV? 12 yr old car? US$60 is better than a kick in the ass Andrew

Deal rigger to rigger, have the gear sent to your rigger to be checked out, send the cheque to his rigger. Have him hold it till the gear checks out. Andrew

There was a fatal tail strike last year,(king Air) experienced jumper no helmet,no cypres Shit can happen to anybody, Mark Kirkby got his nose broken through a full face at Gap. Andrew

Got to do a C-182 formation load on Saturday I was in the trail plane got to watch our 182 in flight.

They were having a problem due to all the er..... smoke in the area.

'Lost' Air Canada plane nearly hits B.C. Cessna Impeded by fires, Airbus approaches too-short airstrip Tom Blackwell National Post Officials are trying to determine why an Air Canada jetliner with 87 passengers on board appeared on the verge of landing at the wrong airport, head-on toward another plane, after becoming "lost" over mountainous British Columbia terrain recently. A small Cessna was attempting to touch down at the opposite end of the same runway at tiny Vernon airport and veered out of the way, in an incident one aviation insider called a "huge embarrassment." Had the Airbus A319 from Toronto landed, it would have faced major problems, because the strip is too short for such planes. The Air Canada pilots, who were making a visual approach because of restrictions imposed by nearby forest fires, finally pulled back up. After air traffic controllers informed them they were in the wrong place, the pilots flew 60 kilometres south to Kelowna, the correct destination, and landed safely. "The pilots descended low enough that, for all intents and purposes, they appeared to be lost, and that's a concern," said Bill Yearwood, regional manager of the Transportation Safety Board. "It is important for aircraft and pilots and operations to always know where they are and where they're going." The safety board has launched an investigation into the incident, which occurred just before 7 p.m. on Aug. 23, concerned about how and why the plane got so low that it lost sight of its intended destination. Mr. Yearwood said it is unlikely the incident could have resulted in an accident, because visibility was good and the crew would have been able to avoid any obstacles, even if they were lost. They also would have eventually noticed they were at the wrong airport and avoided landing at Vernon, he said. But one airline industry source called the episode unheard of for pilots of a modern plane with cutting-edge navigational systems. "It's a huge embarrassment," said the source, a pilot who asked not to be identified. "My guess is the guys just had their heads out the window and weren't aware of where they were ... Truth is, this could have been very serious." The flight management system aboard an Airbus has a "moving map" display that shows the plane's position relative to airports. It should have made it clear Air Canada Flight 183 was in the wrong spot, the pilot said. Runway 23 at Vernon is 3,360 feet long, less than the minimum of about 3,800 feet needed to land such a plane, a discrepancy that could have led to an over-run of the strip, the source said. Laura Cooke, an Air Canada spokeswoman, said she could offer few comments about the incident while it is under investigation, except that the plane made one approach, did a "go around," meaning the approach was aborted, then landed safely. The raging forest fires in the region helped set up the incident. The flight carrying 87 passengers and a crew of five would normally have landed at Kelowna using instruments. But using instruments could have led the plane into restricted airspace, where water bombers and firefighting helicopters need to fly unimpeded, Mr. Yearwood said. For that reason, the Air Canada crew was told to make a visual approach. While airlines have pre-set procedures for visual landings at different airports, Air Canada has no such guidelines for approaching Kelowna runway 15 in that direction. The crew had to come up with its own plan. For reasons yet to be determined, the pilots descended so low, to about 2,100 feet eventually, that they lost sight of Kelowna airport, Mr. Yearwood said. They were soon "lined up" with the runway at Vernon airport, and pilots at that airfield reported the Air Canada jet appeared on the approach to land there, he said. However, the board has not determined whether the crew did try to touch down at the wrong airport. An occurrence report filed with Transport Canada by air traffic controllers said they got a call moments later from the pilot of a Cessna 152 who said he had been preparing to land at one end of Vernon runway 23 when he saw the Airbus coming in from the other direction. The Cessna pilot with Okanagan Aviation Services "gave way and observed the aircraft in the missed approach," the report said. Mr. Yearwood said it is unclear how close the aircraft were to each other. "Certainly it would make a big impression on a little pilot that doesn't normally see big airplanes in the area, coming at him from the other side," he said. The Cessna pilot declined to comment. [email protected] John Smith posted this on CSPA chat The Cessna pilot is one of the Vernon DZ jumppilots

Looking at the pic the closing loop is clearly too long you can see the grommet from the underneath flap. The closing sequence for "most " rigs is bottom, top, right, left. In the pic it is left .right. how inexperienced was the packer?

http://www.bigairsportz.com/pilot-chute.php

Give them a call (604)465 7311 their website says 7 days a week. though I expect they will need enough jumpers weekdays for the King Air to fly. Ian and Debbie are really nice people you will enjoy it there.

If the DZ requires it they do have temporary BPA memberships good for a month.

Since CSPA changed their requirements in 2001 only 6 people have met the requirements for the "new" D One of those is Dave Brown (Atmosphere Dolphin "C" 12) You only need a D in Canada if you want to be a Course Conductor

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So much for press accuracy, "Great Grandma"Mary is ONLY 81 going on 82. She got her jump on two local TV News broadcasts and a page in the Edmonton Sun. With photo supplied by Pete (Canuck) who I believe owes BEER for his first published photo. http://www.edmontonskydive.com/mary/index.htm Andrew

Our "adopted Grandma" 83 yrs young is coming out for her 4th skydive tomorrow. Got her pic in the Edmonton Sun www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml bottom of page "photo of the day" last time she was out we had the Grand Caravan for Provincials, she'll have to make do with the C-182 this time. Andrew

Lying in a field? Sitting in a hot tub, with friends and a case of cold ones after a fun day skydiving, watching the light show. though what we see here in Edmonton is not as bright as in the pics. I have seen them that bright when I lived in the Peace River country about 5 hours drive to the north. Andrew

If you are married to a Canadian and wish to move to Canada, you will have to get landed immigrant status, as the wife of a Canadian no problem. The only restriction is that you can't leave for more than 6 months, that would only be a problem if you or your husband took a job for example in Australia. So with LI status you can keep your US citizenship live in canada as long as you wish. If you want to become a Canadian citizen you can do so after 3 yrs as a LI. Andrew

We're going to call him 'limpy' instead of 'lippy' for the next few weeks. the toffet was not light, we have had a few really heavy thunderstorms recently, giving them a good soaking.

Never even thought of checking the 3-rings though I do give my chest strap a good tug after checking handles. Andrew

At smaller DZ's that do mostly IAD/Static line the great majority of the students will only do one jump, so the SOS gives them less to do in an emergency. At DZ's that do a lot of AFF the TAS is better as there is no need to retrain. I learned on SOS, had to retrain to TAS Andrew