gremlin

Cool - thanks

Hey,

Am coming over to the USA for a couple of weeks work and have been told I have the weekend in the middle off. Have skydived on the East and West coasts but have little idea what might be going on in the middle.
Any suggestions on the best way to spend a weekend in that part of America?

Thanks

I have just bought a HDR-CX105 and a Tonfly camera helmet with top and side mountable box to put it in. I don't do professional video jumps but want a wider lens for videoing 4 way and FS coaching jumps.

What lens would you recommend?

Thanks

Gremlin

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Slang term for a sandwich.

Another one is banjo, as in "Bacon Banjo."

You cannot get a bacon banjo. There must be an egg component so when you bite into it and the egg squirts down your front you can brush it off in a manner resembling someone playing the banjo - hence bacon and egg banjo.

Just come across this from the BBC, covering the Armed Forces Parachute Championships currently running in England. Good to see positive coverage for a change.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7570794.stm

Gremlin

Having been up country in Iraq for the last 5 1/2 months I have now been sent to Kuwait to train up the next lot to go through.

Just wondering if there is anyone out there down here?

At least it is not long til I can get my knees back in the breeze - but I bet the weather in the UK won't be as good as it is here.

If these 2 people wish to complain then let them do so. In writing. With their names and addresses included. They are unlikely to have the bottle to do so and unlikely to be able to take the response when those of us who do put our lives on the line for them reply.

Can't beleive the French have just won.

How did they ever beat NZ?

Gremlin

Hercules. It has a tailgate and you can do 85 way from 1 aircraft. Perfect.

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don't stand still, you will either become a plant or snake food

Apparently we have a very aggressive snake out here. One of the blokes out here previously saw one and tried to take a photo of it. All you can see on the photo is the inside of the snake's mouth as it went for the camera flash. I am worried about one dropping from overhanging branches onto me.

I will give skydive Cancun a shout - thanks.

Gremlin

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It's been nice knowing you.

LOL

I am currently in Belize and off into the jungle in a couple of days.

Firstly, as I have never been anywhere near the jungle is there any good advice from those who have?

Secondly, we have a week or so off after the exercise, I was thinking of going to Cancun, is it any good and is the DZ there any good?

Thanks

Gremlin.

I always use Holiday Autos because their price includes all the insurance so if you get hit you just drop the car off and walk away. Top Tip though is to ensure you get your paperwork signed when you hand it back in - they once tried to claim I had handed my car in in the middle of my holiday!

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Prince Harry would be refered to by his fathers surname.

So that would make him 2nd Lt Hewitt, or Cornet Hewitt in B&R parlance.

The British Secret Service would like to know when you will next be travelling through a long dark tunnel... preferably in Paris...no reason...

When Harry goes to Iraq he will not wear nametags. They tried to make us wear them 6 months ago until one of the Jewish officers pointed out that it would dramatically shorten his life expectancy.

The only giveaway that it is Harry's vehicle will be the Royal Flag flying at the front and the 2 butlers strapped to the top of it.

Gremlin

Would it not be far more relevent if you had to grade the IQ level of the person who posted above you? This may produce a considerably different result.

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North of the Thames is up north. Where civilisation ends and people fight to survive on the poverty line ....

Hmmmmm. Are you referring to Westminster and the City of London??? With the recent round of bonuses in the City I don't see many of them on the poverty line.

I have been on the receiving end of some hard core hint dropping about present wanted for VD. I have been given a business card so I can make sure the flowers are delivered to her work, I have then been e-mailed the same address, just in case I lost the card and have had daily reminders to get her flowers.

Do you think that this behaviour is worthy of flowers o should I not give in to such demands?

If the members vote against the blank cheque then once the quote is received the members would have to agree to it - this could be done via post or via an EGM. Post would cost about (5000 members x 24p) £1200. An EGM would be effectively undemocratic as I was be surprised if more than a handful of people turned up, due to time needed to get to Leicester for a 5 minute debate and vote.

This is just my understanding.

The insurance is 3rd party liability - if a parachutist hits a car the car owner can claim but the parachutist cannot claim. Unfortunately if 2 parachutists collide they could claim off each others insurance or if a parachutist has his own insurance that insurance company may try to claim off the BPA insurance. These types of claim are rare but tend to be expensive.

I do not know the details of the 2 cases in the letter.

The BPA insurance is 3rd party insurance - you do not have to pay anything if there is a claim. There is no medical coverage. How much is the insurance in the Netherlands?

The DFV coverage if for E1.5 million - this equates to approx £1 million. This is worldwide coverage. To compare the BPA offers £2million in the UK, £100,000 in the rest of the world and specifically excludes the USA.

I have been told that the E1.5million is a European minimum and that therefore the BPA's £0.1 million is illegal in Europe. I can't comment on this though.

The DFV also offered to up their insurance coverage, at no extra cost, to allow their members to jump at BPA DZs, but the committee rejected this.

The aircraft graveyard is great fun and you can get a tour of one of the old intercontinental ballistic missile silos. there is a park to wander around on the way to Tuscon and erm....

Or just relax with a massage at the dz.

I am insured with the DFV - the german equivalent of the BPA. You just call them up and get insurance. the key difference I beleive is that the DFV picks between different companies depending on whether you are an instructor etc. As a member all I know is that it was extremely straightforward and the insurance certificate is even in English (and german obviously)

You do have to do an exam and German law treats you as a pilot but I don't think that we could replicate that in UK.

Oh and I have just re-newed for 2007 and it cost me £86 including membership and insurance, bit cheaper than BPA!

If anyone wants to know more please PM me.

ADAM

PM sent.

That was excellent, I just wished you could have seen her face when he told her why she wasn't getting the ring.

Superb