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I stuck to 270° till it was evident that I couldn't go farther. Most of my 270is were still much better than most of the 450ers, 630ers out on the field. I am working on 450° now to try and get that extra power that is needed to be up in the top 10.
Not that with the 270 I wasn't but for sure I couldn't have done any better especially in distance so my advice is:
Stick to a 270° until you are sure that you are it's limit then walk on.

Skydive Thiene or Skydive Salgareda are the closest ones to the place where you will be staying, both of them are very nice, but if you fancy travelling south towards the capital of Italy then you will have to try THE ZOO www.the-zoo.it the fastest growing drop zone in Italy. Nothing can compare ;-) Absolutely the best on the market!!

As dz Manager and owner of THE ZOO, I would like to thank all competitors and organizaers for the awesome days spent in Italy and for the excellent performances given.
We hope to see you back in 2010.

Ciao

I got an Old Sail 89 fits in a JAV TJNK
New Sail 83 fits very veru tight in a TJNK

I might be partially interested in this thread, but let me say that south of florence we have opened a brand new Drop Zone that is absolutely rocking!!!
Ok I'm the owner therefore I might have a different view to the issue, but here are the details:
Brand new Cessna Short Caravan
Air conditioned bunk houses end offices
Free load organizing
Free gear rental for skydivers doing 5 or more jumos per day.
open on friday saturday and sundays.
Currently turning 18 full loads a day.
We are not a tandem factory
Check it out

THE ZOO
www.the-zoo.it

Final rounds on Saturday:

Speed
Zone Accuracy
Distance

Going live on national TV

I have an 83 All Sail "new fabric" an 89 All Sail "old fabric" and a 93 ZP.
I think that there are huge differences between the 3 canopies having in the All Sail material a much deeper dive and longer recovery. I personally would stick to the All Sail, the new fabric is awesome!!

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Thats why I'm not a PD Pilot, and a hardcore JVX advocate.

I copy in full!!

let's wait for the JFX and see what happens in speed other than distance ;-))

Guys,

in my opinion the issue related to Accuracy with the "old" rules was that to many competitors were having an easy time in scoring high points by avoiding gate 4 and having the canopy fligh high and land with a stand up in zone 5 or pretty close. This was because we could miss gate 4 losing very few points.

With the new rules having to drag the last gate will make things more complicated on the landing area and will avoid all those high scores that were killing the other disciplines.
Same thing with gathering points on water, because this way the speed and distance guys will have an easier life than with the old rules and will collect more points losing less on the landing.
What I mean is that these new accuracy rules might make life easier for the powerfull guys making things tougher for the more precise guys. If this will be the case we will have better results because overall the weight of accuracy will be reduced in comparison to Distance and Speed.

If this is the case...........I like the new rules

Final standings of the Italian Swoop Tour 2008 after the last comp held in Fermo from an awesome Ecureil 355 helicopter:

1° Riccardo Paganelli JVX
1° Mario Fattoruso Velocity
3° Ulisse Idra Velocity
4° Marco Canevari Velocity
5° Alessandro Bordini Velocity
6° Armando Fattorus Velocity
7° Ivan Colella Velocity
8° Alessandro Del Cucina Velocity
9° Max Cammattari Velocity
10° Francesco Bonaldi Velocity
ecc

Thanks to all of the competitors.

www.italianswooptour.com

Hey Michaelqld, what's the weather like in S.A.? C U on sunday!!

From the 24th to the 30th of September there will be a week of jumping in Siracusa.

There is an occasional Drop zone near Siracusa. Check out the Sunflyers web site for the dates of the boogies.

www.sunflyers.it

www.microgate.it

This is what we have in Italy and they work perfectly.

I had a velo with Mel's HMA 350 lines and after having it sent in to Pd for a reline with Pd's HMA 350 the canopy changed alot. No idea why but I can guarantee that MNel's line trim was far better competition wise

Jump the pond and come over to Italy. In Molinella near bologna we have 12€ hop & pop tickets from the PAC and a swoop pond just in front of the hangar. Swoopers are welcome and have the right to choose the landing. Other skydivers have to choose othher landing areas if swoopers are around!!
Swooping is not a crime and I can assure that we have loads of non skydivers sitting at the bar during weekends and checking out the swoopers.

Well done Wuzi!!!

We can finally confirm the dates of the Italian swoop Tour 2008:

Ali Marche Fano Beach 19-20 April - Distance & Speed Carve

Fly Gang Molinella 10-11 May - Distance, Zone Accuracy

BFU Reggio Emilia 21-22 June - Distance, Zone Accuracy

All info's can be found by the end of this week at the following website:

www.italianswooptour.com

In Italy we have a couple of guys selling them.
PM me for more details

Sorry, but you got noting close. You should travel north to Fermo Skydive Marche and that should be aprox. 3/4 hours drive or cross over and go to Ponte Cagnano Skydive Salerno probably closer but anyway a couple of hours drive.

Jeffro, JayMo and don't forget Heath Richardson

Voss??

Italians will be attending.
Is there a restiriction to how many athletes a representative can send?

His email and telephone number:

[email protected]
13611072821

They were jumping in Hubei because of reconstruction at the Beijing DZ

In April I got in touch with the DZ manager. He told me that they were moving just out of beijing. I'll try and find his e-mail