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Finally a worthwhile poll oops, forgot about the shaving the naughty bits one...ahem, correction Finally, the second worthwhile poll. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

...and is that a radio on the chest strap? Damn, he's good for a student if it is... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

bought it piece by piece. Reserve (round because it was cheap, and I've got some military exp. so I'm not worried about the landing) and container came together, then I put a down payment on a main, and paid the rest off ASAP. I still haven't managed to put an AAD in it, but maybe someday I'll be able to find some cash for that...

*** *** that sounds a lot like the spot I'm in too. Rough isn't it? oh well, time will sort things out....by the way, nice subliminal message

I could be wrong, but I think you just answered your own question...you said it, not me.

I'd buy the stealth rig thing too, but just for the sake of argument...Would you feel confident in getting a pin check on a rig that isn't visible? hehehe S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

To be quite honest, most of my pack jobs are messier than a soup sandwich...I've had about 3 neat pack jobs, and they are actually the ones I was worried about...everything opens fine all the time. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I also missed the 80's...ok, and the 90's...but so far my favorite canopy is a...samurai 120 hehehe

You mean this one? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=1829; hehehe S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

used for fire retardant in body panels and things of the like S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I beleive in the context you used the "shouting," it would be considered emphasis, and therefore be alright, so it's no big thing. Of course I could be just saying that because if you werre in violation, then my initial post was even worse.....hmmmm S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I need a ? by my name...unfortunately S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

If everything goes well, hmmm, better make that VERY well, I would like to be there. It's gonna depend on $$$$ of course. I'm fairly determined though, so.... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

a three legged dog walks into the bar and says... "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw." S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

Micheal Jordan that deer is not...the only way I can think of that picture happening (due to the fact that the front end isn't even scratched,) is that the deer jumped at just the right time...too bad he didn't pull a Jackie Chan and run across the roof.

back to the original thread...sorry guys....this actually happened to me on a jump not too long ago. I dumped in a track (I know, I know..) had some line twists...I kicked them out, was flying straight, so I collapsed the slider, and took off my booties, then went to do my flight control check. Next thing I know I have toggles in both hands, but only one is attatched to anything. I guess somehow the loop flipped over the top ofg the toggle, and detatched itself (now fixed by my rigger looping it the other way.) Anyhow, the thought of chopping did indeed cross my mind, but I decided to try and land it. Everything finished without incident, so I walked into the loft, found Hutch, and said "you're a master rigger, so you probably know some stuff about canopies, right?" "Yeah..." says he. I say "ok, well, is this supposed to be attatched to something?" he looks, figures out what happened, takes the toggle from me, and says "naaw." and throws it somewhere behind him.

ok, a story I have told many times is about to be put into writing, to immortalize it in the freefall hall of shame... It was my level one PFF jump. The plan was to leave the plane with one instructor on each side, do the circle of awareness (look at both instructors,) do a couple of practice touches, then deploy at 5000ft (I think...) then have a good canopy ride down to the big ball of dirt. This is what really happened... Climb to altitude was great, ready to go, door opens, climb out goes smoothly, and we prepare to leave. Immediately upon release of the aircraft I start flipping, spinning, turning, and doing everything else except go stable. I felt my secondary instructor let go, and watched her get farther away. I concentrated on the arch, and went stable very fast...too fast...it freaked me out and caused me to go back to the spinning, and flipping thing again. A short time later, I felt my main side instructor leave me, and watched him get farther and farther away. I think to myself (as it is taught in training, if you lose both instructors, pull.) did he pull my pilot chute? I check, it's still in the pouch thing in the bottom of the container...I think to myself, I guess he didn't grab it. I pull, realize I just failed the level, and would have to repeat it. I check my altimeter (yes, for the first time that jump...) 2500ft. I fly down to earth, and have a good tip toe landing. On the walk back to the loft, I receive several comments on the landing, and all I could think was, at least something went right. In retrospect, I have to give huge props to both my instructors, as neither one of them freaked out on me for being (as I found out they labeled it later on in my jumping career,) "the pff from hell."

quote] not easy from my failing memory of 'sport' rounds..... and those aren't even steerable rounds, so imagine how much fun he's having...leave plane, prepare for planet.

Congratulations! Just out of curiousity, how much do you weigh? S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I honestly don't know how many other ways I can sayt that this post is not trying to get information so I can go out and buy a hot canopy. Yes, it is a LONG TERM GOAL, but nowhere in the near future. I can swoop the spectre, not to it's fullest capability, but I am working on it, I know I'm not flying it to it's fullest, this is why I am not considering making a change anytime soon. eventually it WILL get to that point but, NOT ANYTIME SOON. Thanks. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I agree 100%. Truth be known, I was lucky not to have injured myself with that front riser flare, but the reason I call it a free lesson, is because I did indeed learn a lesson (well, several.) I just kinda dig hearing other people talk adn give opinions of canopies, becasue I guess as is true with everything else, one mans trash is another man's treasure, and it seems that the same is true with canopies. I also find it interesting that depending on the dz, you will find brand or model loayl dz's.I don't know...I suppose you're ultimately going to choose a parachute you've seen flying and had a chance to jump a couple times, and being in Canada and not really being able to demo stuff, you go with whatever other people are jumping...Ok, this has gone way off topic, but whatever, it's all in the name of fun. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I was honestly just looking for people willing to brag about their canopies. This really isn't to make a canopy selection I swear. By the time I am ready to downsize, I'm sure there will be something new out there, or whatever. I was just thinking it would be cool to hear personal opinions of canopies to look forward to.

Well, I rarely claim to KNOW anything, but I think as long as you aren't begging, it shouldn't come across that way. Just don't make a big deal about it, stop worrying, wait at least another week before you ask him, and see what happens. Like I said, I KNOW nothing, but do have opinions and on occasion, they can be useful.

I don't think it's gonna be a big deal either, best of luck.