GravityGirl

Currently the lead time is about 8 weeks. When we ship to Europe, it takes about 3 - 5 days. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Hmmm. Speed = Lift. The more speed you have the better the lift. It just sounds like the Pilot had more lift. That is kind of a desirable feature on landings To make a fair comparison, you would have to fly the same wing loading side by side in the same conditions. Some of your observations are directly related to wing loading. In all honesty, it sounds like you really want to jump the smaller canopy and are prepared to justify it because deep down you know your pushing the envelope more than just a little. I know the comment will probably piss you off. In fact, I have had that effect on people before. But I have also made the same comments for years. And just when I think I sound like a broken record and hesitate to offer my advise, someone smacks the earth and I vow to never hold back my advise in regards the appropriate path of a good canopy pilot. As a "professional" in the skydiving industry, I feel that I have a certain obligation to this community. So there you have it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

If someone came up to my shop and wanted to list it, I would value the whole thing at $1,000.00 to $1,200.00. Cypres $200.00 Main $300.00 Container $300.00 Reserve $200.00 - $400.00 Fair Market Value varys from region to region. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

The Sabre two is slightly tapered. Handles better in and out of turns. Bigger slider for better openings. These are the two most notible differences in performance IMHO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

See. I think they should offer a new rating. VAFF-I. Vertical Accellerated Freefall. Do you know what your estimated rate of decent is? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Can we get a list of lost gear. School and Employees. For example, I have a camera I'm not jumping right now.... Who should I call? Hammo? Lob? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

I just got in a demo Pilot 150. I'll let you know as soon as I jump it. What is your exit weight? I'm going to Sweden the first week of February. Too bad the weather is S#!+ or I'ld bring demos with me. Do you have a chance to demo one anywhere? I loved the 120 I jumped. They are really awesome parachutes. And the openings...... they sort of just pressurize instead of searching for air and suddenly inflating. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

??????????????? What ????????????????? How do you consider the Spectre to be old technology? It is one of the most modern (non-crossbraced) 7-cell canopies on the market. Perhaps it was the individual canopy that you jumped? The Spectre offers a fantastic flare with plenty of lift. Now I am curious where you are coming from to make such a comment. Please. Enlighten me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

I know this girl that designs T-shirts.... ....and I'm cheap. PM me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Nice! By the way, the UPS driver might have a surprize for you this week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

You can get a Caravan from Skydive Oregon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Oooo. That will be fun on night jumps. I only say that because I had an all grey canopy with red ribs. It's, well, very stealth. So fly like nobody can see you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

you should try selling cell phones by the sea shore no, in all honesty, selling cell phones gives me pains, i'd much rather jump out of planes, if it happened by shore, you can be sure I would not complain Do you want to quit your day job, move to California, live in a trailer with no running water, work for peanuts and jump tickets? If you do, PM me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Sid, I just re-read my post and I sounded kinda negative. It really is awesome, and I figured you knew that all ready. But if you didn't.... it rocks! I just brought up what popped into my head when I pulled up the first page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

You know. When a child does something unpleasant, like kick the back of my seat. I find it most effective to turn around and look the child in the eye and say, "That is not okay. When you kick my seat, it hurts my back and I get really uncomfortable." When you address the child themselves with no middle man their eyes get really wide. But they actually listen. They've heard their mom tell them 1000 times to behave on this trip. The mom has told the kid 1000 times to behave on the trip. Anyways. That is what works for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

What kind of team? RW or Freefly? Are you from Skane? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Being free from classifications such as this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Maybe you could list your qualifications on the web site. That would be helpful. Also consider one of the two quotes: "This Ain't Brain Surgery People" "This Ain't Rocket Science People" Instead of: "This Ain't Rocket Surgery People" Just a thought. Very usefull site. I'm sure I'll send referralls... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

It's going to make a HUGE difference in decision time. You are going to have to plan your pattern and "outs" in a lot less time on a 120. The landing is the easy part. In ideals conditions you can land just about anything. The question is do you want to cut down your reaction time when faced with an obsticle, off drop zone landing, confusion in the pattern. You have an awesome canopy right now. You can learn a ton on it. If you want to make it go faster, you can learn to be a more aggressive pilot. If you downsize so dramatically, it will take you a lot longer to become the better pilot. Sure you will have a faster parachute, but you won't be a better pilot for it. Good luck, and have fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Ship it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

The very large Sabres IMHO have less than desireable openings. Also the double brake lines are a little tricky. I vote Spectre 210, but would like to know your exit weight..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Me: Mr. X are you swooping Ms. Y already? Jett (2yrs old): You can't swoop her! She is not a lake! I think she meant pond. But you get the gist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

What do YOU suggest a parent do with their child on a flight. I am lucky. My daughter is almost three and she has logged over 100 flights, so she never whines as much as the paying passengers. In fact, when people jump as various noises. She'll say, "It's okay. It's just the flaps." or "Don't worry, it's just a little turbulence." But still. I feel for the uncurrent parents that are all red faced with imbarrassement because they can't comfort their kid and they are getting stink eye. My suggestion is for YOU to take a little blue pill and bring a headset. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Charge Backs take a while to process. Sometimes up to three months. But they WILL come back for their money. RUN! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

DO NOT SELL TO INDONESIA! PERIOD. They have a huge internet bandit ring. I get tons of bogus orders from all over indonesia. Fortunately, I process all of my internet orders by hand, so if something looks odd. I call. I have over 40 bogus orders. I have alerted tons of card holders. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!