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    skydive capetown
  • License
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  • License Number
    2341
  • Licensing Organization
    pasa
  • Number of Jumps
    75
  • Years in Sport
    11
  • First Choice Discipline
    Freeflying
  • First Choice Discipline Jump Total
    15
  • Second Choice Discipline
    CReW
  1. The same thing happened to me six months ago also on a solo Sitfly Jump. broke my Left femur, my right hip and three ribs......I also usually check my gear religiously as I am a paraplegic. Video Link below......you certainly don't want this happening to you https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QZV_KkVLdbA all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  2. just a point I'm wandering about. in point 8 the article mentions that Canopies respond faster at altitude due to denser Air at Altitude. I am only an intermediate Skydiver, but my understanding is that air is less dense at altitude, not more. This is why canopies fall faster and are thusly more responsive. am I wrong?
  3. Awesome to to see new people coming in and news of older pioneers, it sucks that I was in fact not the first....but it was never about that anyway all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  4. Very very nice, solid stability and awesome relative work, welcome back! We will have to start flying together soon eh Jarret? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  5. Records are sketchy Minna, I tried to find out all this kind of info when I started jumping, there were some concessions made for an instructor who wanted to carry on doing ground schooling and needed to maintain his licence. But I also could not find a lot of info about that case. I've never heard of Daniel Fairchild though. I'm fairly certain the only Paras jumping are Myself and those we know about. A couple new guys are coming through now as well. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  6. Blowjob?....me me.....me! I'd be willing but it would have to be a PM interview all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  7. Hey Pookie, nice work dude. I Myself do not care if I am the Gimp, Cripple or differently able meat Bomb :-) Just a couple of pointers if you don't mind. I notice that you doing a little bit of that porpoising. I used to get that too, when that happens you need to physically force yourself in to a full body "relax", this will stop the rocking and you will find the sweet spot between having enough control and keeping that rocking at bay. I also notice you went with the pool noodle idea. Just be carefully you don't end up on your back and lose a pilot chute through there, could be nasty. This was the main reason I did not go that route. The webbing also seems to give me a whole lot of stability more than I had without it. I noticed that porpoising also never seems to happen to me anymore since I started using that between the crotch webbing. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  8. Nice, welcome back to the fair Blue Sky's. Its a bit strange that I have not heard of you before since I had my accident a little before yours and also returned to the sport a year after my accident and have been jumping off and on ever since. When I started out I tried to find other Paraplegic jumpers but up to that point it had not been done before. Tell me a bit about your set up, do you just jump without any Devices? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  9. The legs strapped together set up does not really work very well, when I first designed the system Both Dale and I use, (and I think Minna as well) I went through many different designs, but the only one that worked in multiple modes like flat flying and sit flying was a legs locked at 90deg set up and a web spacer between the legs to keep them from moving around. As airtwardo mentioned a device that can change the angle of lock would be most beneficial. This way we could start making moves in to the Wingsuit flying arena, which is the next Para challenge. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  10. Good luck on the documentary, I wanted to do this myself twelve years ago, but did not get enough people that trusted that i would not kill myself. Tell us what system he will be using? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  11. Hey Minna, sorry to get in to this so late, but it's been a while since I logged on. I have done many jumps out of a 182 without any problems. I usually swing my legs out and shift myself out so I am sitting on the wheel strut. Side roll off the strut and away you go. I sometimes do a back roll off the strut while holding on to my legs, to swing them up and over as I go over. This way usually results in rapid stability. Faster than with a usual exit. Possibly the roll helps with this. It all depends if the door is fore or aft and where the strut is in relation to the door.. If you can just sit on the strut and exit as you please. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  12. Just be carefull with those landings bud. I all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  13. I have sent you a private message but in short. It is possible and a totall blast. I have done more than seventy skydives both flat flying and sit flying. All that is required is the right equipment and instruction. Remember, The sky is no limit. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  14. look up the "pieces of eight" skydive team, they are all amputee's, and wow can these guys fly!!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!
  15. machiavelli!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!