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A NAP friend of mine would like to know from the skydiving community what all the women think is the best feature of a man that makes them most attractive to women.

An incredibly man, father, teacher, coach, and mentor will be missed. Blue ones!

MATT, don't confuse the GOLDEN KNIGHTS with the USASOC DEMO TEAM that jumped into the NASCAR race this past weekend. They are two different teams completely. So by using the "ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM FROM FORT BRAGG", this to most people are the Golden Knights please make sure you post correct information. thanks

Best bet obviously is to demo both canopies and find out what you like best. I have jumped a stiletto 150 and 135 and put 60 jumps on them and also a cobalt 150 and 135 with another 60 jumps. I can tell you that you will get a better swoop out of the cobalt with more speed and that deep in brakes the cobalt handles much better. As for openings, I have yet to have a bad opening on the cobalt ie hard opening. Both have spun up a couple of times. Diff here is that the stiletto dives off and it sucks. Cobalt will fly on heading and let you kick out. Toggle pressure is lighter on the cobalt. The stiletto has to be flown all the way from opening to the ground with minor adjustments during the entire flight. The cobalt you can let the toggles go and it will maintain a heading. The stiletto has a short toggle range whereas the cobalt has a slightly larger one. Overall the one thing that put me off of the stiletto was the off heading openings combined with it spinning up to the line attachment points. Favorite thing about the cobalt was the way it handles in deep brakes. It won't bowtie like the stiletto does.

remember that UPSA is not a governing body, so NO they are not mandating anything!!! The can recommend though! Also remember not all DZ are USPA members either

Having jumped both containers, I can definitely say that I enjoy the Mirage G3 and G4 over the Javelin products. The mirages just fit better and was more comfortable over the day. I jumped the Javelin TJNK and a both Mirage MOS.

1:0:3 1 reserve packed under my own symbol 0 jumps 2 instructor and 1 tandem video jump great weather for it too.

Your second paragraph and two comments don't jive, but thanks for your input though. But what the heck if your behind bars with no chance of parole you probably took someone's life or close to it. But what would I know lol!!!! Your logic not mine!! PM me if you like to discuss it!!

Good example of what might of happened occurred at Skydive Atlanta a couple of years ago. They had a Casa Boogie and the dz has a local airport nearby. Anyway, the load was on jump run and the red light comes on and stays on for a little while, then the light goes out and half the jumpers go. Blind faith I say will get you hurt or killed. FYI the green light never came on and instead the plane was 4 miles downwind !!!! Hence the long red light. The had to make a go around do to incoming traffic! Remember that genius has limits but stupidity doesn't!!!

The question you should be asking yourself is this. If someone was pointing a gun at you and you at him or her, if you were given the chance to shoot first would you???? Think about this long and hard and then think about all those people at the World Trade center that never had that choice. FYI the plane that hit tower one's pilot was imprisoned by Israel in 96, and we the US let him out knowing this might happen go figure!!!! So essentially we did what you might be afraid to do, given the choice above. So we paid for it. Oh and thanks Mr Clinton for letting him go !!!! What a waste.

Hmmm, I see a pattern here for many people posting on DZ.com that are AFF lvl 4 repeats......failure. You all make it sound like it's the end of the world, it isn't!! This sport like many is about learning, so if you are worried about having to repeat a level then maybe you should take up another hobby!! FYI I voluntarily redid a level six because the instructor said I was a go to the next level, but I felt like a needed to work more, her first response was that will cost you more money, my response was it could cost me my life!!!! So if you are not willing to spend the time, money, and effort then you should definitely consider another sport!!!

Gotta have a 130 cause you can jump from it and fly around the world in it. take plenty of friends on the world circuit of skydiving

It's easy, follow manufacturers directions. You should have a copy when you bought your gear. If not then get one from the manufacturer or your local rigger.

Take this with a grain of salt Clay, but when did you become a defense expert???? I see lots of people here post opinions. Please keep it at that. Unless you have personally written doctrine or established battle plans, I would keep general comments to yourself and ensure opinions are NOTED!!! thanks Too much heresay floating around, kinda like much of what goes on here!!!!

Mirage doesn't make a container with velcro tuck tabs. The order forms are referring to velcro or velcroless toggles on your risers!!!

About the AH-64, same deal its a tank killer that supports armor and infantry units. It has 2.75 inch rockets for troop and light skinned vehicles. Hellfire missiles for tanks!!! and a 30mm chaingun for killing tanks!!!! So it was not designed for troops individually, also very susceptible to ground fire and anti-air systems. AC-130 has more counter measures than AH-64. Also you bring in more than one Ah-64 at a time. Requires way too much ground and C2 support than an AC-130.

You beat me to this. I would like to reinforce the fact that 10k is a bit steep for 105 rounds. as for A-10, like Clay said, not designed for individual personnel attacks. Gee maybe that is why they call it the A-10 Tank Killer!!!

Must agree with Ron on this one. If your AAD fired because you were alt unaware then the alternatives are very deserving for you!!!! ie you should be a dirt dart!!! Why do I say this, because having jumped with and without an AAD, I can say that alt awareness should always be in your head. As for those that refuse to pull around 2000-2500 ft because they feel it's too low, you should try it. Why because it instills confidence!!!

JAVELIN VECTOR as for the VOODOO have not packed one yet.

Funny you should be doing this, I did this for a staff rig recommendation. I would recommend you talk with Bill at Mirage and have him send you a couple of swatches that actually show you what the colors look like. I did this because the program and the actual colors differ significantly. just my 0.02 worth.

Funny you mention that you shouldn't have a problem landing your reserve). Have already landed mine, and I think gee its totally different than your main. let's see Spectre 170 and a Raven 181. Loaded 1.2:1 Try it and see the difference. lol!!!!

nice bike, friend in shaflach owns one lol!!! the bike that is!!

also don't forget if you serve 1 term in congress and you "retire" you are entitled to free medical and dental till you die!!!! gotta love that

Funny that those books are being mentioned again, I have book 1 and 2 at the house that I got from my old man. They are actually some really interesting reads, and the camera gear was something to shake you head at!! ie no way am I jumping that gear. Blue Ones

To everybody, Think about my comments below and then about what you have then said above. Skydive U Basic body flight course is as follows: "We offer professional and intensive programs to teach the fundamentals of relative work in a safe, relaxed and fun format. The courses cover all of the basic flying positions and principles for effective relative work, moving from simple skills and exercises to more complex ones. Utilizing the very best training available will drastically shorten the time and expense required to emerge as a safe, skilled skydiver and will greatly increase the fun and satisfaction from achieving successful skydives." Outlined above is what you will learn. Also if you want to spend the money for such a course great, but remember many DZs have people with just as much experience or more. Lastly if you attended such a course with less than say 400 jumps, why would it not impress you. How many people honestly are 4 way champs under 400 jumps in the majority, not looking for exceptions here since they do exist. So of course the skydive U program will seem impressive. It should be for the money!!!!!