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  1. This feature is only available on units manufactured in 2012 or that have had their 4/8 year service done in 2012. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  2. Is the rep willing to put that in writing or not? With out it being in the manual or in writing then nothing they say matters if its a departure from what is illustrated in the manual they publish. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  3. I'm glad I am not the only one that is frustrated that the manuals do not match what is in the field and that there was no notification of this change that occurred about 12 months ago now. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  4. On this recommendation I ended up watching it last night. The story as it was shown I think was best summarized at the end that for any woman or man that reports sexual assault the chances or their attacker seeing a court marshal were only about 1 in 15, the odds of their attacker seeing jail time was only around 1 in 20 and with an estimated 500,000 sexual assaults in the military over the last 30 years only around 1000 of the attackers were ever in jail. You were more likely to get injured in battle than you were of getting punished for any sort of sexual assault or rape that you were charged with. I did find it interesting that Commanders in the field had the ability to dismiss the charges against the attackers directly with out having to wait on NCIS or JAG to investigate or move forward with a case. If I remember right our of 2700+ charges in 2009 over 1500 were dismissed at the command level. Another issue was the reporting of the assaults had to follow a very formal chain of command, this was leading to a situation that around 25% of all assaults were not being reported since the attacker was the one the report needed filed to and another 15% were never filed since the attacker was a friend of the person that the report needed filed with. It did make me angry when the Brigadier General in charge of dealing with sexual assaults for the Army was interviewed and said essentially "If you don't feel that you can report it a crime via your chain of command call your congressman". I'm sure that is going to go well to have to contact a congressman, have them figure out what is going on and then to have them via a hearing or committee try and get an investigation started for an individual that way. That is giving someone a brush off treatment if there was ever one. When women are told "If the charges are dismissed you will be charged with filing a false report and will be demoted or dishonorably discharged" that is just creating an atmosphere of intimidation that no one is willing to risk reporting a crime since until middle of 2012 it was up to the commanders anywhere in the chain of command that could dismiss the case and that would trigger charges back against the woman. If commanders could have it reflect that they were unable to control their subordinates if thy had reports of sexual assault in a unit I could easily see the push to sweep those allegations under the rug so that the commanders career was not going to be impacted by the actions of some enlisted member that would be gone in another year or two. This was an interesting documentary that shows that the issues from Tailhook all the way back in 1991 have not been addressed at all and in fact it seems that the only thing they have done in the mean time are some PSA videos, some posters that say "Wait until shes sober" and allowing the "Boys will be Boys" attitude to persist by not aggressively investigating all claims and having channels that places independent parties into the process. I would highly recommend this to any female that was about to enlist in any branch of the military to make sure they knew of these issues. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  5. I wanted to create a chart to help newer riggers and even to help myself in getting the reserve bulk to be correctly spread out for every type of rig out there. These are the ones I am somewhat sure of but would like additional input if I am wrong. Mirage - Majority at the bottom. Best done by having smaller ears Javelin - Evenly split, best done by using long ears Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  6. Its not an event but look at swinging past Start Skydiving in Ohio. Plenty of loads even mid week and with a few Turbines they should get you in the air quickly. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  7. The "Canceled" ones are that way since this was assumed completed on the fleet as a whole, not because they issued them incorrectly. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  8. Leading works great if you have a leg count but if you are working with a "shake" team it is extremely easy to get burned since what you see as a shake might just be a leg adjustment and then you end up leaving way to early. When in doubt - trail. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  9. Come on Remi... that ad had sooooooo many complaints when it ran that people were bitching about it for months. It was awesome in that regard! Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  10. Pretty sure that is a Tempo reserve with thee Black tape on the full sail slider and the lack of tapes on the bottom skin. 130 jumps, with camera, never practice flared the new canopy and yet I could could tell it was not responsive due to the slow turn rate.... What was the expected outcome? Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  11. Can the Girl in the bath tub with the hotdogs get an honorable mention at least? Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  12. ZP. They were very similar to the original Sabre1. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  13. Part of the issue with Fish eye lenses is the glass is much thicker than traditional lenses and this leads to the glass not warming as fast as the air around it as we descend from higher altitudes. In lower humidity environments the lens is able to stay above the dewpoint and it does not accumulate any moisture or fogging. In high humidity environments with large temperature changes it makes it much more likely for the fogging to occur. The thick glass of the fisheye will just hold the colder temperatures longer than the thinner glass of other lenses so it can fog for longer. You can either keep the glass as warm as possible so that it does not suffer the thermal changes that would raise the probability of it fogging or try to wipe the fog from the lens to keep it from building up. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  14. If you are looking for something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2IIpNkSKs its called kinetic typography. Its usually best done in a true effects program at allows for layer manipulation like After Effects. You've started to ask a lot of video questions and based on your questions its looking more likely you need to look into a full editor like Final Cut Pro, Premiere or similar. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  15. Skysystems has a new helmet also that I am aware of. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  16. That is walking distance to O'Hare! Sweet! Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  17. One issue as I understand it with a "universal cutter" is each cutter on the market today uses a slightly unique plug and has slightly different voltage requirements to fire the charge. This is basically meaning you need to produce a uniquely wired cutter for each AAD and then that will make the costs much higher. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  18. One thing to look into is the local DZ's to verify that it still around, there has been a lot of changes in the Indiana dropzone scene in the last 5 years so factor the location of the new DZ into your plans also. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  19. I'm waiting for MagicLantern to be supported on the T4i then I am planning on getting one. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  20. I've been thinking about getting one of these for a toy and for use as a video platform for a while now and I wanted to ask around and see if anyone has a ny first hand experience with some and have any recommendations. Ideally I want to get one to eventually put a GoPro on but I need something that is pretty beginner friendly so I am not opposed to getting a cheaper starter to learn on and then upgrade later to something larger or with more options. My sodering skills are fair so I am not opposed to building from a kit but RTF is a great option also. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  21. There were a lot of names in there that bring up memories from early on in my skydiving history. Grand Lakes closed shortly after the plane crash and two jumpers landed in the lake in the middle of winter after attempting Canopy Formations and died. If you can get some of the information of the parachute by looking for a piece of paper that is usually tucked into a pocket on it or you can take it to any of the dropzones that are still around come spring we can help you in person. The local area DZ's are Xenia Ohio, Middletown, Ohio, or Waynesville Ohio. Most of them open again in April so you could go by on a weekend and see someone there to help you directly to make sure you know what you have and what it is worth. That being said depending on the exact items it might be worth a hundred dollars or up to a thousand or more. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  22. Background: The deceased was an experienced jumper with an APF Certificate ‘C’. He had made 30 jumps in the past five months & had made four previous hop ‘n’ pop jumps on the day of the incident. The APF has no previous history of malfunctions by the de
  23. You got lucky - he is From Arkansas Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  24. All units that are shipping from Airtec now (and I understand none have shipped for several weeks) should be addressed so new units are clear of the issue. I would suggest waiting a few days to see if Airtec and/or SSK can expand on some of the questions that have been posed to them to get additional clarification on this. Please contact Airtec or SSK directly to get information on the unit that you are jumping to see what the best options are. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com
  25. I am working to get this ad removed. The latest scam that scammers are using is they are taking an existing legitimate ad and waiting until it is removed from the site and are reposting it as their own. They have the info that the original poster used as well as photos so they then are able to pretend that they are the seller of an item and will ask for the payment to be paypal personal transfers or donations "to avoid fees" or other reasons and then run with the money and kill the paypal account. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com