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We have been working with our local brewery to produce a skydiver specific beer: Sky High Rye Arcadia Brewing Sky High Rye Label It's really nice to work with local businesses to help promote skydiving! SkydiveAllegan.com

Facebook is also now taking down videos that get identified as having "copyrighted material owned by a third party". Hello, We have removed your video uploaded at 10:49am March 18th, 2009. We did this because it appears to contain copyrighted material owned by a third party, such as a video clip or background audio. If you believe this material was removed by mistake, you may file a counter notice of alleged infringement by following the link below. Please note that if you re-upload this video without filing a counter notice, or if you upload another video that infringes on the rights of a third party, we may remove the content. This could cause your access to the Facebook Video application, or your Facebook account itself, to be disabled. SkydiveAllegan.com

Anybody used one of these? Flip MinoHD Creative VadoHD I'm not thinking a full on work camera but as a backup/screwing around because it's so small, light, and cheap kinda camera... SkydiveAllegan.com

Article We just did these tandems; it went fantastically and everybody had a great time. As far as the last statement, anybody know of any one blind and older than 79 that has done a tandem? SkydiveAllegan.com

I've got a rig with that patch sewn on the riser! Just a few weeks ago we purposely hooked a main up backwards and made a few jumps on it. You can land ok, just be ready to backpedal (and have a helmet just in case...). SkydiveAllegan.com

In the Special Investigation Report recommendations, they seemed to key in on initial pilot training and recurrency, weight and balance calculations, and development and adherence to a prescribed maintenance plan. Pretty much all things you should be doing anyways. SkydiveAllegan.com

C. EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY 1. Open Field and Level 1, as defined by USPA and accepted by the FAA (all of the following): a. USPA C license or higher b. minimum 200 jumps c. 50 jumps within the past 12 months d. five jumps within the previous 60 days using the same model and size canopy to be used on the demonstration jump e. For tandem jumps, the above requirements do not apply to the tandem student 2. Level 2 and Stadium, as defined by USPA and accepted by the FAA (all of the following): a. hold the USPA PRO rating (required by the BSRs) b. 50 jumps within the past 12 months c. five jumps within the previous 60 days using the same model and size canopy to be used on the demonstration jump SkydiveAllegan.com

Sorry to hear about the drop zone situation down there, it's always sad when "your" drop zone has to shut down. I've got several people from Goshen that come up and jump with us so I'm aware of the situation. We're going to be jumping and having two Cessnas flying in Benton Harbor (BEH) this upcoming Wednesday, May 21st starting at 4:00p if you or anybody else wants to road trip up and get a couple of jumps in by the lakeshore, it's an hour and a half from Goshen. I can run you through some of the trials and tribulations of owning a DZ. You can check out our Forums for current info. SkydiveAllegan.com

Actually, what would be better would be user programmable function buttons. There's no way to put enough buttons on a camera to access all the functions they pack into them and no matter which ones do have buttons they will always the wrong ones for someone. Let the user pick the functions they want quick access to. SkydiveAllegan.com

Well, I do run a dropzone and I do see it different (than you). I'm with the dz.com junkies and feel that what TP did was a self serving promotional gimmick that at it's best case scenario did no damage to the skydiving community, but more than likely just reconfirmed to the general population what a bunch of half-assed, immature, idiots they think we are for doing what we do. I really don't see his stunt as a positive promotional tool for the skydiving community. SkydiveAllegan.com

There are, but they all run 182's. SkydiveAllegan.com

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground SkydiveAllegan.com

Michigan Skydive Plainwell, Plainwell - NO! Capital City Skydiving, Lansing -Accepts Skyride Skydive Harbor Springs, Harbor Springs/Mackinaw - Accepts Skyride SkydiveAllegan.com

Ha! Actually it does. SkydiveAllegan.com

It varies, of course, depending on weather, actual weight, winds, etc... but typically we get to 10,000' in 16-17 minutes and we plan for 8 gallons per load. We almost always fuel 16 gallons for two loads but adjust according to actual usage. SkydiveAllegan.com

The Wing-X STOL kit will get you a GTOW of 2950#. I actually just weighed my plane yesterday ('56 182) and it was 1733# which gets you a payload of about 1200#. SkydiveAllegan.com

Bob stops by my DZ every now and then either to BS or to toss out his little accuracy tuffet and do $1 accruacy contests. Here's a picture I took last year about three weeks after his surgery, he said the doctor had forbidden him to drive (but he didn't say anything about skydiving). Bob Sinclair SkydiveAllegan.com

Great. What is the expected time frame for this? SkydiveAllegan.com

Are there any updates on this as far as availability and/or pricing? I am interested in purchasing smoke for upcoming demos, particularly Blue if it is available. SkydiveAllegan.com

These had every intentions of being Hot Swoops, but I think the water cooled them a bit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5UCoPZceW4 SkydiveAllegan.com

If you are in the area, come on over to Skydive Plainwell, we've got gear that will fit you. SkydiveAllegan.com

The Skydivers Movie Very easily one of the most bungling and unskilled attempts at film making in history. Kinda sounds like it shows how far movie making has come too... SkydiveAllegan.com

Forum Search! SkydiveAllegan.com

I would be willing to bet that if you reread the waiver you signed before you jumped at that DZ then you would probably see that you initialed a paragraph (or several) that pretty much state "shit happens and it's not our fault" and that you are basically accepting any and all risks regardless of what they may be and that the DZ is not responsible for anything. (you did read the waiver didn't you?) Basically, the DZ doesn't have to refund you anything unless it wants to (most DZ's will be fair about it though). SkydiveAllegan.com

Email me at: [email protected] or you can contact me through my website: Skydive Plainwell and we can hook you up. There are several good riggers in the area. SkydiveAllegan.com