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EnricoPalazzo

Very impressive. But honestly, I don't fully understand the benefit of landing a dog with a tandem if you have a helicopter which could just set it down whereever it is needed.
Much slower, more dangerous, less precise.
I guess it's just for keeping the dog happy, which is fair enough.

There's a few reasons why we use a tandem to compliment whats possible with a helicopter

- the first is that its extremely newsworthy. Anti-poaching skydiving dogs here in SA create many opportunities and publicity for funding. Just delivering them by helicopter not so much...
- helicopters are noisy, expensive to operate and have a limited range and support in some of the areas so the idea is to use fixed wing aircraft which are available almost everywhere and at a much reduced rate. Ultimately the intention is to train specialised K9 handlers to skydive with their own dog and remove the tandem part
- it does indeed keep the dogs (and us) happy as we get to skydive more & in interesting places and situations :)

Swakopmund Desert Boogie in Namibia and if you're from Germany then you will feel at home :)

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Yes it was for marketing purposes before ChuteShop became Parachute Systems so that the canopy could be identified once open - the old ZPs had an equal sided triangle , the Bladerunner had a long narrow triangle and the early Hurricanes had 2 small triangles. When ChuteShop became Parachute Systems the shapes were done away with

twatterpilot

Stupid skydiver tricks never cease to amaze me sometimes...

Thank you - I guess we doing it right then ;)

Most of mine below

Aero Comp - CompAir 7 SLX
Aeronca - 15AC Sedan
Aeroprakt - A22 Foxbat
Aeros - Aeros 2
Aerospatiale - Alouette II / Alouette III / Dauphin / Gazelle / Puma / AS350 B2 Squirrel
Airplane Factory - Sling 2
American Champion - 8KCAB Super Decathlon
Augusta / Bell - 204 Huey / 206 Jetranger / 206L Longranger / 222 / 407
Augusta Westland - 109
Auto-Gyro - MT Sport
AMD - CH640 Zodiac
Antonov - AN2 / AN12 / AN26 / AN32
Atlas - Angel / Kudu / Oryx
Aviate - Raptor
Beechcraft - Bonanza / Baron / Beech 18
Boeing - Stearman / CH-47 Chinook
Britten Norman - Islander
CASA - 212 / 235
Cessna - 150 /152 Aerobat / 170 /172 Skyhawk / 172 Diesel / 172 RG / 177 Cardinal / 180 / 182 Skylane / 182 Diesel / 185 / 205 / 206 U&T / 207 / 208 Caravan / 208 Grand Caravan / 210 / 401 / 402 / 406 Caravan II Rheims
De Havilland - Twin Otter / Beaver (Floats) / Tiger Moth
Dornier - Do27 / Do28 / Do228
Douglas - DC3 (C47) Dakota / DC3 Turbine (Turbo Dak)
ELA Aviation - ELA Gyrocopter
Eurocopter - EC130
Eurofox Aviation - Eurofox
Fieseler - Storch Replica
Fresh Breeze - Xcitor (PPG)
GAF - N24 Nomad
GippsAero - GA8 Airvan
Grumman - G164 AgCat
Harbin - Y12
Jabiru - J430
Jora - Jora Ultralight
Kitplanes - Bushbaby/ Explorer / Explorer Radial / Safari
LET - 410 / L-23 Super Blanik (Glider)
Lockheed - C130 Hercules / C130 L 100 30 (Stretch Herc)
Magni - M22 Voyager (Gyro)
MBB - BO105 / BK117
McDonnell Douglas - Hughes 500
Micro Aviation - B22 Bantam
Mil - MI 8
North American - T6 Harvard
P&M Aviation - QuikR / GT450
Pacific Aerospace - PAC 750XLS
Partenavia - P64
Piaggio - P166 Albatross
Pilatus - PC6 Porter
Piper - Pacer / Tri Pacer /J3 Cub / Super Cub / 140 / 160 / 180 / 235 / PA 31 Navajo / PA 31-350 Chieftan / PA 32 Cherokee 6
Pipistral - Sinus
Pitts - S2B
PZL - 104 Wilga
Rainbow - Cobra / Scout / Safari
Robinson - R22 / R44
Short - SC7 Skyvan
Sia Marchetti - S208
Skyreach - Cheetah XLS / Bushcat
Skystar - Kitfox
Steen - Skybolt
Solo Wings - Aquila / Windlass
Technam - P92
Thunderbird - Thunderbird Ultralight
Yakolev -18T / 52
Hot Air Balloons (11)

I dont know how he did it but I just sat on the wing till jump time and then left but hey this is Africa... ;) BTW it was a test run for a stunt on Fear Factor here in SA

If you want to do AFF in Jhb then we can help you at Skydive Rustenburg see www.skydiverustenburg.co.za for details or if on Facebook join group SkyDiversity . Remember in SA you cant jump around from 1 DZ to another till you have your A Licence with 25 freefalls

Cheers Graham CI Skydive Rustenburg

Awesome - now do it from the front ;)

I have 5 YAK jumps - 3 flat and 2 inverted, both inverted were from a barrell roll and not a loop. I found it really easy to get out onto the wing from the rear seat for the flat exits although you obviously need to have the pilot slow the plane down quite a bit and raise the elevator (put the nose down). From standing / crouching on the wing just roll over the flap area towards the back corner of the wing and dont jump up as its not so far to the rear elevator - if you do f*ck it up from this position you will hit your foot and not your head with this exit... Watch out for your pins and handles on climbout and check the length of your closure loop. There is plenty of place to stand on the wing and lots of handholds on the front and rear canopies - the rear steering column presses against your gut on takeoff when in the rear with your rig on so if you 'large' you may not fit - I think the rear control can be removed ? I have tons of experience on all sorts of inverted exits from Pitts and others so the barrell roll exit where you must leave at the right time is a piece of cake. However I would not allow you to come anywhere near strange exits / inverted etc on any of my demos till you had way more experience and showed me that you were OK with doing some basic aeros and seeing the picture from inside the aircraft without jumping. However whatever, have fun and try not to kill yourself or anyone else and whatever happens make sure you get it on film... ;)

A, I think I saw that pic on the wall @ Icarus IIRC - will look when there again

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So that your first night jump isn't on a demo.

LOL funny - if it wasn't so true...

Also without too much time looking @ Logbooks I have about 1500 demos since early 1990's and average @ least 1/2 of those @ new places each year - real dropzones around 50 in 15 countries on 5 continents. Bandid jumps - well that could get me in trouble... ;) so I would guess getting up to the 1000 or so

The planet is your dropzone LOL

Tswaing Meteorite Crater demo - 5 March 2011

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuiznYdozt0

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A wise old man once told me, "pack your own rig kid, you get out what you put in".... Pretty good advice, packers are for the lazy!

or for the busy who would rather be skydiving than packing

Big SA Flag demo Oct 2010 - Newcastle World Summit SA

Springbreak - Valley of the Waves SA 2010

Powerboating demo Klerksdorp SA - why get wet... ;)

Opening of Nelson Mandela Bridge - Johannesburg SA

Durban Airshow Triple Inverted Pitts demo SA - 2010

Palace of the Lost City - Sun City SA 2009

ICC tourism Indaba Durban SA - 2009

Wanderers Cricket Stadium Night demos, SA - 2008

WesBank double Pitts demos - Virginia SA 2007

Did the triple inverted demo from 3 Pitts Specials this past weekend at the Durban airshow - time for 4 or 5 aircraft next

nice angle from the GoPro on my aircraft

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=65456

Spent some time in the UAE last week doing a few inverted skydiving displays from 3 Pitts

Nice clip from CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/01/31/nat.uae.aerobatic.show.cnn

and pics here
http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=57169

Cheers G