Hellian

You'll pick it up quick enough, i got a video of me screamin like a girl coming in with no wind on my first jump on a 200, (i know that's still big but i'm heavy, heh) little wind = nice hehe have a blast mate, i just did my aff a week ago, you'll absolutely love it. Ed

I cannot stand how much sueing appears to go on in America, and I don't think either of the two unfortunates mentioned should have sued, but, remember they are stuck in a wheel chair for life, they may be to blame, but without being in that situation how can anyone say they would accept the blame? A broken leg is a mile away from a useless body for life. just food for thought Ed

We've had this thread about 20 times before, and i'll tell you what will happen. A lot of newer people want one, seemingly a lot of more experienced jumpers disagree with them. I personally have one because i jump student gear, however, i don't think i will have one on my first rig i buy.

That's gunna get you a better response isn't it, well done lad

I totally know what you mean. Having just finished AFF last week, where it seemed only milliseconds before I was "locking on" to my alti waiting for 5 grand and pulling. Now it's more like, have fun, have more fun, practice some stuff, (intermitently checking alti of course ) and then still be at like 7grand. OOOOOOOOOH it's time to track. Heh that is sooo much fun. Ed (P.S. Nice one mountain )

Yeah, this was a mistake on my part. I meant a BOC throw-out with 6-7foot of bridal. But AFF was awesome! Ed

Finished AFF in 2 days! one repeat, and today finished my 10th consolidation jump, also having converted to pull out, and i did my hop and pop from 5000. Grasshopper I can see how you enjoy those, wow! So anyway, might have to cruise over and try out some Skydive U tomorrow, or maybe sneak over to the Babylon Freefly team and see how they do their stuff (PS Empuriabrava rocks 110%) WOW THIS SPORT IS INTENSE!!!!!!!! Ed

Yeah Langar is supposed to be really good. Skreamer, Mooose and BenW jump there I think.... Ed

Where are you jumping when you live in London? (Or are you already there?) Ed

WHAAAAA!!!! HAVE A GOOD ONE MAN! oooooooh, 9 days till i start **g** Ed

Did I miss it?! I remember reading a good while back about the fact that they were televising it, but i've been so busy recently i never checked the dates, i know the event is nearing an end/over but the telvising of it, anyone have any idea? HH, wanna shed some light on the issue? btw, when you live in london, where yah gunna jump m8? Dunkeswell, Hinton, Langar and Headcorn are the options i believe. Ed

Ahh nice one. Cheers for the replies guys :) Ed - 16 days to go

cheers mate, good luck with your Physics course, i can't say i'm not happy that i'll never have to take anymore physics again in my whollllle life. (and no i don't check the forums every 10 minutes my email beeps when i get a new one, ie a reply ) righty-ho, off to sleep off my drunken state. Ed

It was my final Physics paper, the questions were fairly unrelated, but there was one where i had to draw a graph of height fallen against time taken. A couple of things explaining about terminal speed... erm, something about falling without air resistance, and calculation terminal speed from the graph. I got a value of about 220mph and it's normally more like 120-140mph yeah? so either i got it wrong or Edexcel didn't bother investigating into the subject matter This time in 16 days i will have done AFF ground school. Hell yeah! Ed

Yeah I know you're supposed to throw out your pc very hard, but on the realtively few deployments i've seen on film, there is a marked distinction between how hard BASE jumpers throw it out compared to "normal" skydivers. But thanks for the explanations guys, first day of my holiday and i was puzzling over it, too much beer last night made me a tad sluggish Ed

Ok, i come to my last A-Level exam. I sit down, turn the page, first question, fairly simple. Feeling quite happy about how the exam is progressing, i turn the page, guess what the second question is all about. Skydiving! There goes me, drifting away into a day-dream about my pending AFF in empuriabrava (IN TWO WEEEKKKKSS!!!!) and bang goes 10 minutes of my exam. If i fail i blame skydiving and how much i wanna fly! Ed - glad exams are over

I can't imagine i will ever take part in BASE jumping, seeing as i don't even skydive yet, but, i was watching some on television today, and I have a query if anyone could answer me. I know the various "safety" measures they have, quick opening canopies, mesh sliders/no sliders, etc etc. But, what if they get PC in tow, is that "it". I see that they reallllly throw it out hard whereas most deployments from normal skydiving that i have seen it's more "placed" into the wind stream, is there something on BASE rigs which prevent pc in tow occuring? Thanks Ed

In reply to: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- now this brings me to a question of my own...how many less deaths does the u.k. have compared to the u.s. when you factor in population diffences.? (deaths/jumps) (from thread about frap hats) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer : I'm not saying this is fact, these figures are all recalled from last year when i was trawling through skydiving sites waiting to do my FJC. In america there seems to see somewhere around 25-30 deaths a year. Maybe a little less? In the past two years in england, 3 people total have died. (plus or minus one) So that's 3 deaths : 50 deaths (over the 2 years) Obviously a heck of a lot more people jump in america, but, i doubt it's 18 times as many. (50/3) Anyway, wingnut, they are the rough figures, interpret them how you wish. Personally i think it's because in england people are usually less current due to the weather, and so, no-one hook turns. Quite a few of the deaths in america are attributed to hook turns, (*****i am not saying either way for or against hook turns, as i have 14 jumps and i am not qualified to comment*****) But... nobody hooks in england, not really. At langar someone said 2 people hook, i've only ever seen one at Headcorn and that was from a visiting crw team. Just my 0.02p. Please don't flame me, i'm fragile and not fire-retardant!! Ed

!!!! Sounds like fun! Anyway, all depends on results on August 16th, /me crosses fingers, toes, arms, legs... errr We'll see. Ed

Ok, now you're all scaring me! I start my AFF in 3 weeks and although I can see how an early mal (providing, obviously, no-one is hurt) could be a good learning tool; I still don't want one!! Anyway, glad to hear you all got out of trouble safely!, as for the JM mal, i think (if i was able) i would have done exactly the same thing as was done. Ed

You'll (hopefully) have to put up with me come October!!! Doign my AFF in 3 WEEKS, OMG IT'S SOOOOOOO CLOSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 5 MONTHS!!!!! at Empuriobrava, then, if i haven't failed my a levels, it's off to nottingham university I'll be living 12 miles from the DZ! YAY Had to have something to spend my student grant on Beer + Skydiving = me poor Ed - HAPPY

well, unless i'm mistaken, you have to wear a helmet to jump in england, and they're the cheapest one i would think

now now skreamer i think you are getting a little too over excited we're merely going to empuriobrava IN 4 WEEKKKKKKSSSS so i can learn to fly

basically i just wanna know if you're all set. and when you get back. i've got my bpa form coming through, that's sorted, parental consent is sorted, paying for it is sorted, plane is sorted. lemme know when i can speak to yah, hopefully not just the day before :p

reply if you can see this while you're at work, cheers.