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Thanks ! I was in the military for 9 years so takes a lot to scare me away. I think the level of disfuncality it was partialy atracted me to the group. Chess Clubs just don't seam to have good keegers -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

Congrats ! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

that sucks dude! I went through that got tired of other people DS and started my on Biz. Now I do I.T. consulting and sub most my jobs out to other people. hope things work out -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

I've meet some great people and have had some good conversations. Can't wait to complet my A and get some traveling in !!! I feel I'm part of something with out it being ordered by a judge ! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

so what did you think of my first review? god or bad to much useless information ? -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

I did a review on it in the gear section. I've only had 7 jumps with it but the dial is as smoth as butter and the computer is great $299 I didn't find it a bad price but starting with no gear it was eaven more atrictive to me for all the functions and features. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

Heres some *hey any one find a granade pin ? this was one of the Troopers in my Troop when in Bosnia. *It kills when I piss. some one when back of leave. *hey my ears feel funny must be from the air pocket in my head. Our blond unit medic as going up a mountian road (Would rather shoot my self then have her treat me -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

That's just from co-workers. I won't even go into the things clients told me when I worked with the mentally retarded and insane! Walt What part of the skydiving industry do you work in ? -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

you mean like thinks that I live at 555 main st. I'm out of the house 3-4 random nights a week , I own 2 shot guns kind of two much of information ? lol No but seriously that some good comments on how much is to much information but it can go futher than that. Most peopl don't realise the amout of personal information they leave when dealing in the real world. The thing you don't hear about very often is that many times the stalkers and home breakins are results of people close to us telling others about vacation plans ec. Work place is another big source. The internet is in my mind just a small small source of information. Because most people out to do harm don't travel half way across the country for a person they have only knowen on line . Yes it has happened and the new places it front page but thats because its so uncommon that it makes better new then the same type of incodent that hapes with a coworker. I'm not saying being safe online isn't requierd but being safe in real life is more important in my mind. Most stalkers are knowen to the Victim !! http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ProjectSafe/stalking.html -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

no problem use to work for HP and have seen this issue a few times -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

What an awesome weekend I did 7 jumps of my PFF at Grand Bend on Thrs, Fri, Sat would have been more if it wasn’t for the high winds on Friday. Can’t wait to get out and complete more jumps and get my A completed!!! at this rate shouldn’t take long . Saturday was busy day at the DZ only got 3 jumps in and got to jump my own pack job at my last jump of the day. The hanging exit and ride the slide turned out to be a lot easier then what I was stressing out over. Got to try my new ALTITRACK and today closed the deal on some used gear!! Just need to find a good cypress and I’m all set I did find that doing the number of jumps in only a few days really helped me progress and build one what I was learning. I completed 360 turns, ride the slide and hanging exit. Rear riser turns. My next thing I’m still stressing over is spotting. Had a good talk with my instructor and learnt a lot when we were on wind hold on Friday but still get really nervous over the thought of picking the correct location I guess I’ll have to wait till next time because that when I’m going to bite the bullet and work on it better to get it out of the way and do it I guess. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

Lol pissing out any german beer would be at a better quality then Budweiser -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00259897&product=385145&dlc=en&lang=en most likley the battery or worst case the charging control on the mainboard went and eaven a new battery wont fix that , I would see if you can test a battery from a local HP repair shop befor spending $$ on a battery that may not resolve the issue -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

What a great place! Every one really makes you feel welcomed there and the instruction safety and attention to details second to none. Bob and Mary Wright the owners are two great people. Their experiences, professionalism, opinions and honesty are something I definitely trust and the extra mile they go makes it by far worth it all. 1 C182 and 2 indoor carpet packing area one in the main building with another carpeted area in the Hanger. Lots of couches to for lounging around in. Couple of picnic tables out side and a gazebo. There are two landing areas both with windsocks and one hell of a great view on the ride up of Lake Huron Grand bend and surrounding farming communities. Lots of things for non jumpers to do, with the Town of Grand Bend 5 minutes down the road, many beaches in the area, Driving range and Golf course near by. Camping at the DZ or at the Pinery Provincial Park 15 minutes away. Or several Inns located in the area. Lots of choice for food in town Quite some time ago I did my introductory jump as it was the closes to where I live at the time. I recently had enough money and time to do my PFF so I gave a call the them and talked to Bob for quite a while on the phone the straight up answers and the time he spent really made me feel confident this was the place I wanted to continue to learn at (even though the number of time’s I’ve called and the pain in the ass I could be) Bob was always accommodating. Recently I went out there to pay for my PFF and ended up hanging out there on Saturday and meet some great people (Mat, Brian, Greg , Andrea , Butters)and ask some more information and really felt this was the right place for me (and worth the three hour drive from Toronto). This past few days I started my PFF course and did got in 7 jumps Bob made arrangements to make these past few days great!! I took off Thursday and Friday from work and pitched a tent there to start my PFF course Having a single plane and many first jump students on the weekends I wanted to get in as many jumps as I could to really build and progress and Bob really helped make that happen. He arranged for pilots to come out Thursday and Friday. (Thanks to Ken and Ernie) on those two day I got 4 jumps done (Would have been more but the low cloud ceiling and winds picking up made the Friday a short jump day) Ken really gives you your moneys worth for the flight and Ann’s great to she’s one smooth flyer. Thursday I had PFF Level 1 jump done with two instructors thanks to Marry wearing 20lbs of weight (apparently due to my height weight and build I fall like a human brick) then the next 4 jumps were one on one with Bob who really detailed at the points that need to work on the progress well. Saturday was quite a busy day lots of great people around and 10 full loads up. Did two jumps with Mary and she makes it a lot of fun and really enjoyable. So in three day I completed 7 jumps of my PFF course and even jumped my own pack job! Thanks to some great packing instruction by Teresa their multi talented packer, manifester, phone answering Rigger (and to believe after all the she had enough time to catch some suntaning) The people there are great and are really helpful and encouraging in helping you progress as a beginner. I can’t wait to begin working on my “A” and get some jumps in with Mat, Brian and Greg three great coaches there that are really infectious people to be around and have a good time with! This is going to be one expensive but fun summer !!!! Blue Skys :)

Once I was signed up for and paid for my AFF course I started to look for my first piece of gear. My only other experience with altimeters was on my introductory Jump with a chest mounted altimeter. After looking at various models and prices I decided that the cost to get the ALTITRACK to have an easy to read analog faces but with the log book features of a digital would be worth it. In 3 past days did seven jumps of my AFF and found it extremely great to use. For jump tracking purposes you can put in a starting jump number and accumulated free fall time from previous jumps On my first jump with it I found that the needle did not move on take off right away which had me a bit concerned but on flipping it over I did find that it was showing it was in flight mode and showing the altitude climbing on the digital display. At about 500 feet the needle jumps and then moves smoothly from there this was pretty much standard I observed on all takeoffs. I did find that on Saturday being 33 Degrees C extremely humid and 4 jumpers in a C182 makes for a sloooow climb to altitude that the needle at times would not always move and then jump at increments but the digital was always showing the correct current altitude extremely accurate I compared this several time to the planes altimeter on different jumps. One of the jump we got up too 7000’ and hit a cloud ceiling popping up through a break in the clouds and climbing to 8500’ and the top of the cloud base it was deemed the break wouldn’t be in a location for a good spot so the pilot dropped down to 7000’ pretty aggressively the ALTITRACK did not record this as a jump (I had it and AFF mode) but some of the other modes may pick that up as such. So there is a jump deletes feature to erase a jump for such a case VIA the menus screens on back or if you loan it to some one that way your jump # a free fall time remains accurate for your use. One easy use but important feature of the ALTITRACK is the altitude is adjusted automatically for you DZ location but if you are taking off from one altitude but jumping in to a different one you can put in this altitude off set in to the ALTITRACK to factor in the elevation difference. On the Back you get displayed Date Time change screens you get total jumps and freefall time. As you scroll through the jumps you get exit altitude, deployed altitude, freefall time and dive type and speed Max Min and Avg. On the dive screen you can replay back the jump with pointer movement in real time ¼ speeds or double or view the digital read out of the jump playback showing the Altitude and speed. On exit and during free fall the needle moves very smoothly and the position sits on such a nice offset position my hand that that it was very easy to glance at so much so that I had to start turning my head for altitude checks as my instructor wasn’t sure I was doing them I had set mine to track both free fall and under canopy. This reduces the number of full jumps as it can track. There is not a jump number limit but a time limit of 400 minutes that it will log and then start over writing the first jumps once that limit is reached which it wasn’t a concern for me as all the details are downloaded in to JUMP TRACK. Jump Track 3.0 software and the USB adapter for the ALTITRACK the setup was pretty straight forward and went without issues (I’m in I.T. by trade so the computer stuff comes second nature to me) but looking at the instillation instructions it has all the steps that most non computer savvy people should be able to install without issues. The Various settings for the ALTITRACK such and MPH/KPH/FPS Meters or Feet for altitude on the digital readout, Fahrenheit or Celsius ect. can be change VIA screens on the ALTITRACK itself or the JUMP Track software allowing you to change all the settings on the ALTITRACK. The back up feature is very easy to use all you need to do is select the folder to back it up to and the click! I would strongly suggest doing this on a regular basis and save it to a CD or USB thumb drive (2 gb can now be gotten for $60 or so) loosing all you electronic log books to a computer crash is something that can be easily avoided buy this step. Jump Track 3.0 now uses standard Microsoft Access Databases for the log books now so all you advance computer users of Database people will see a wealth of opportunities this opens for presenting the data form jumps. The default reports are pretty decent to start. There are several other great features in Jump track that I like such as Gear Track which will track and alert you to repack cycles cypress maintaince cycles ect. Linked with the jump track will track number of jumps on your gear. It can track a number of different rigs at once. Also tracking gear costs and serial numbers in one handy place. I had down loaded the Demo from L&B and found all the tings it could do was going to be worth the cost. You can enter all you jump DZ’s you jump at Jump ticket prices to track all your costs and so much more The battery is a fairly common one to find LS 14250 Lithium and L&B says it should last 2 years through normal use or less if you use the backlighting. They say the ALTITRACK really only needs to be turned off when on a commercial flight or driving in the mountains. The backlighting is not overly bright to affect you night vision but not to dim either (haven’t done a night jump but have tried it dark and dimly lit room) The finger loop (black glued surgical tubing) that came with it is sized for single finger but a a two finger one is available or due to it being attached via Velcro pretty much any type of finger loop you want could be easily be but on. The wrist loop I found to long about 1 ½” even wearing over jump suit cuff that I will be cutting it with a hot knife and a quick sew to keep the Velcro from separating. The wrist loop is very secure with long length of Velcro in contact and is very easy to replace. I have fairly small hands and found it sits fine for me with no issues. I order from http://www.skydivestore.com the shipped it Via USPS witch I’m extremely happy with. I live in Canada it did take a little longer for it to arrive the Fedex or UPS (If your in Canada do not ever use UPS if you don’t want to be gouged by customs brokerage fees!!! and this is from more than one costly experience I cite this from) Via USPS it took just a week to arrive but only cost me $28 GST and $5 customs brokerage fees. I don’t have a lot of experience with gear but after talking may people at the DZ this weekend many who use various digital altimeters the response about the ALTITRACK I have gotten I don’t feel any buyers remorse about the product or the price I’ve paid and feel I’ll get a long and good use out of this altimeter. I would have no problem recommend it to others who want a very detailed computer for jump tracking with the extremely easy to read Analogue face. Overall looking at it you’re getting 2 very high end products wrapped in to one I will update this latter as a I get more use in the different jump mode and one of the wing suite jumper would like to give it a try