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Good climbing aircraft if you want to go to 12K+ Or are a high field elevation DZ. Not needed for tandems at 10K. Higher maintenance costs and higher operating/more tach time if you don't turn loads. The turbine usually needs about 10 minutes running to cool things down prior to shut down. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

"what part of the building/grass/tent he went over but was clearly near the spectator area. He came next to the tent and was pretty low, he ended up hitting a picnic table first which he broke his femur on and then bounced off and hit Tyfani." Selective quotes, without context, can be very misleading This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Could you elaborate on the alternative explanation? Here is from the original incident thread: Bold added for emphasis by me. This first-hand account sure sounds like an intentional move into an area with spectators and obstacles in it while technically landing in the landing area. Aerial photos show lots of other areas if he was landing short due to a bad spot. So, who has another version? topNo, he only intended to swoop really, really close, not to hit her (or the table), so it wasn't really intentional. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Biggest reason, poor instruction. Students don't understand how important being able to do a good PLF is. Second reason, poor instruction, instructors don't spend much time teaching it because they don't want to spend time teaching it. Third reason, newbs see all the tandems doing it, don't understand why, and assume it must be the right way for everyone. Forth reason, sliding or butt looks cooler than tumbling. What I tell my Instructional rating candidates; “Remember, most students aren't stupid, just ignorant. If they do something that looks stupid, it’s probably because we did a poor job of correcting their ignorance.” This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

If you can't stand-up a no wind landing, you've got no business swooping. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

There is something more that you're not telling us??? The two statements, flaring too early-not flaring hard enough. mean two different things What is actually happening to you on landing? Too much speed and tumbling forward or too little speed too high and falling straight down or backwards? Do you stage your flare or just go from full flight to full brakes? This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

To me, this is a question of personal integrity. The fact that many on the board hold others to a standard they are not willing to impose on themselves or their friends seems assumed by most to be a given..... My point 1. If Rich has any integrity at all, he would have or will resign all positions on the board. 2. If the board members have any personal integrity, if Rich won't do the right thing, they WILL remove him as chairman and member of the Safety committee and then at least temporarily suspend his membership. I still hold out hope for the right thing to happen. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Don't try to remember the formations. Think about what your move is and what you need to do. Example; star--left hand donut Think"keep driving in, right 90 turn, look across formation, feed leg grip to partner, look across formation, don't chase, take left hand grip when presented, look across formation" Rehease where you need to be and what you need to do in relation to others rather than "star-donut" This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

150 is small as is practical This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Body position, body position, body position You must get symmetrical and stay symmetrical through the whole opening. I've found the Stiletto no more "turn-prone" than the Monarchs or Sabres if you aren't twisting you body. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

The best comparison I can offer is that you bought a car that had been in a major accident and repaired, and now you want to complaint to the manufacturer about the cars drive-ability. This canopy was involved in an opening hard enough to take someone out of the sport. You knew that when you bought it. Don't expect the manufacturer to stand behind a 10 year old damaged canopy. Time for something else. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

A flag jump IS a demo jump. Where are you jumping and landing? A flag jump isn't necessarily a demo jump. A demo is a demo. A flag jump is a flag jump. Sometimes they are the same, sometimes not. If one jumps a flag at the DZ for practice for example it would not be a demo. Not that the difference really matters in the context of this thread, but I hate to see blatantly incorrect information spread.My point was that anytime you jump with a flag it's not a normal skydive. Whether you're landing at the airport or landing in a private back yard, a flag jump has to be treated differently than a skydive. I've got a number of flag jumps, with little and with really big, and I treat even the practice ones like a real demo. Where I exit, how I fly, where I fly, how I land. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

A flag jump IS a demo jump. Where are you jumping and landing? This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Don't know if this will work on your canopy, but I had an Interceptor when I was starting. The only way to get acceptable openings was to roll the nose to the B lines. Get rid of this canopy This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

As a former Argus owner, i decided I was better off jumping with NO AAD rather than one that could possibly malfunction and not allow me to deploy my own reserve. You don't need to retract anything, but if you're trying to justify an Argus on any rig it mounts above the freebag, you might want to re-evaluate your statement. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Mainly depends on the size/wing load. We used very large turbo-Z's for FJC and student canopies for years. Easy to pack since only the top skin is ZP This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Just as long as you are aware of the issues that a baggy top can bring (material flopping over handles or rising up since you can't tuck it in), a loose top will help, however during your course you WILL be pulling in the basement on every jump. You will be leaving to track at or below 3500' and must gain proper separation before deployment. Do you want to be searching through fabric for handles with a spinner at 1500'? A good suit will give you a lot better range and be safer for you. I weight 200# and am 5'11". I jumped DiveRites until I couldn't get them. I now have a Bev suit with some poly on the forearms, pleated booties and swoop cords with spandex panels around the chest. This gives me tons of range and I don't have to change suits for different students. The only thing I added to the suit was the adjustable swoop cord fitting from my old Diverite, which lets me change the length on the swoop cords quickly. Get the right suit, or suits, for the job. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

If that were true, then there would be a high potential for a PCIT doing it the "old" way if you were head low. As long as there is an inch or two of slack in the bridal between the pin and the bag this will not be a problem. This is not NEW. This has always been done with CRW canopies with retractable pilot chutes. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

I'm not a Tandem I-E, just a C-E and S/L I-E First thought, call USPA. That said.... My take, the 10 "under direct supervision" would mean 10 with a tandem I-E as your passenger/candidate or flying along side as an observer, see definition of "direct supervision" in the back of the SIM, the other 40 with ratings candidates. When in doubt, call Jim Crouch. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

There are multiple friend requests sent from "my account" that I didn't send. They are all double sent, but I know I didn't send them? This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Over here, 2500' is decision/action altitude for canopy, 2000' is alternate landing site decision altitude. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

At this stage of your skydiving, you don't know what you don't know. What is your decision altitude? 2500'? If you reach that altitude and don't have a parachute you are 100% confident in, you cut away. PERIOD. The fact that you can't tell us why your parachute seemed to change it's flight characteristics and the fact that you're on DZ.com looking for justification should tell YOU something. It certainly tells me something. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

I'm pretty sure you can still use a board in the Denver tunnel. That's where I learned sky surfing. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Skydivers by our nature think that this is the coolest thing ever invented and anyone that doesn't love it as much as we do just doesn't get it. This is not the sport for everyone. No sport is. Anyone that feels the need to be "talked into" making another skydive shouldn't make another skydive. Why spent another $1000-$2000 on something that you don't seem to enjoy? This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

For your benefit, don't try more than 3 jumps per day. Any more than that usually are wasted jumps (I know some do it faster than this). Spacing between jump days, try to keep it to no more than a week. Spreading thing out too far or cramming in too many too fast will just slow your learning. This is based not on my training but rather what I see in students and their performance when I train them. I would question the motives of any place that would have a student do 6 or 7 jumps in one day. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.