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  1. Avion
    I woke up in the middle of the night once with a craving for a peanut butter and onion sandwich. So, I made it, and it was good. Although, I can honestly say that was the one and only time I ever ate such a thing.
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    >>>Caution! Only Partial Explaination
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    Excellent!
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    Wha'at 'n insult thead. Did you get too little attention as a child? Piss off you jiggy bastard.
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    The loss of altitude awareness stemmed from stability issues. Tunnel time would allow him to work on that and other maneuvers, gaining confidence and experience. Then on the next jump, which should go a lot smoother because of the tunnel time, it will be easier to pay attention to altitude and accomplish the dive plan maneuvers. Derek Yea, what he said That was reason I went to the tunnel in the first place before I ever jumped to remove that exact stress AFF. Being able to maintain stability and turn without thinking much about it, frees the mind to concentrate on the tasks of the dive flow Cheers
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    I Wrote a Song

    Avion replied to Avion's topic in The Bonfire

    Be my guest. Just post your result if you please. I wrote it with Anvil. For some reason Cakewalk refuses to run on this computer. Cheers
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    I Wrote a Song

    Avion replied to Avion's topic in The Bonfire

    Thanks... I know it's simple, and just repeats three times. I just got a midi editor where you write the notes and the computer plays it, a very different style of composing than I'm use to. When I play guitar, rythm tracks just flow out of me spontaneously. Lately, I've been listening to 'Tublar Bells' by Paul Oldfield, and wanted to experiement with that that kind of repeating melodic figure. I also wanted to get my feet wet concerning voice leading and creating bass lines. The bass here is really too simple, but that's all the came to mind durning the initial inspiration. I would like to elaborate it, after I let it settle for a while. Cheers
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    Tunnel time could help. I think everybody should have 10-20 minutes in the tunnel before getting into the sky. So, they can get stable and be able to turn. Cheers Brian
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    I had a rather brisk opening on a hop 'n' pop too. I originally thought it might have been the packer. All I know is that cobalt owners say that if they deploy at normal speed the often get a hard opening. Its only when they deploy at speeds faster than 120 that the designed slow opening happens. Maybe is kinda the same thing with deploying a 'regular' canopy at slower than usual speed. ?
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    In my pants

    Avion replied to hollyhjb's topic in The Bonfire

    I just wrote a song. So, it would be, "Opee's in my pants! Woops, that's the alchol speaking. I meant to say, "Opus's in my pants" Oh damn, I mean, "Opus in my pants!" Hmm, maybe I should go see a doctor...
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    I Wrote a Song

    Avion replied to Avion's topic in The Bonfire

    I just spent a whole day day writing a song. It's a bit on the classical side: Scalar movement, chord lead voicing, bass propulsion etc... Strings can be such a joy. It's a midi file. So, you can download it and play it through your computer. Let me know what you think. Cheers
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    Yep, looks like a Water Moccasin. Keep Away from it They can be nasty. See attached photo. Cheers
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    Launch.yahoo is cool. I listen to U2 Vertigo. Is that ever a rocking tune or what? Other than that I been rocking out to Evanescence(Fallen Album)and the Donnas(Fall Behind Me) lately. Also, Michele Branch sings a hellava good song: Breathe, Are You Happy Now etc. Cheers
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    I've been rocking out to my own music lately. Ever since I got my new ESP guitar, Johnson Millennium Head, and Berhenger 4x12 Cabinet. Hehehehe
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    Hear, hear! As far as I am concerned the PLF is as necessary need to know as your cutaway and reserve pull proceedures. It's already saved my ass once durning a fast downwind landing where I flared too early. I got that on tape, hehe Cheers
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    100mg Benedryl It's OTC and non-addictive, but watch out you can get used to it, then miss it when you stop taking it.
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    That's basically what I do. I have spectra and use large bands and double stow them above the cascades(a single stowed small band is too loose for me here, really double stowd large bands are kinda loose too, but it's impossible to double stow the small ones here). That's the two locking loops plus one more. Then use small bands and double stow them below the cascades. It took a while to figure out how to double stow those small bands Cheers
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    Try a Spectre, they got loads of flare All the F-111 and hybrid canopies I tried had significantly less flare than my Spectre. Cheers
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    So Chelle, [Matt LeBlanc raised eyebrow look]How you doing?[/Matt LeBlanc raised eyebrow look]
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    I just remembered, I had another harder than usual opening when I went back from a demo with dacron lines to my canopy with spectra lines. The large bands must have been stretched out from the big dacron lines, I noticed that the stows were a bit loose when packing it. When I jumped it, I guess it sort of line dumped. I use big bands and double stow them above the cascades and little bands and double stow them on the part of the lines below the cascades. Seems to work good, without hang up or line dump. Cheers
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    It's in the incidents forum. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1409537;search_string=titusville;#1409537
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    Hmm... How humbling, my bad. But, my point still is that in the earlier days of skydiving, before the advent of high performance canopies that take 900' feet to open, people use to regularly open below 2500. It's posts like this, see below, and conversations I've had with older jumps concerning Sabres and hard openings that I got my info from. Is there any source of documented information about regular practices durning the history of sport jumping? Do I owe beer for that?
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    My focus on altitude awarness tended to drift durning my first two jumps after my tasks were done, around 8000'. My instructors made little mention of this, because other than that I did well. But, I realized, from my point of view, it was a real problem. I made it a point to adjust my attitude at that time. I made my #1 priority: "I must maintain altitude awarness for the whole dive" That meant constantly checking my altitude every 3-5 seconds, and consciously avoiding sightseeing, playing, sticking my head up my ass, or any other kind of distaction. My third dive went much better. I even remembered every altitude I was at when I checked my altitimeter. It's been good ever since. Cheers Relax, pay attention. You have plenty of time.
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    I have a Protrack now, accordingly I record my time exactly. Before that I used estimates to the nearest 5secs. Cheers
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    OK, tell me where I went wrong