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Skydiver - it looks that way. TK - no. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Perhaps "snag" was the wrong description. I think it was more of just a hard blow to a naked-mounted GoPro as you put it. To add, I wasn't using the little white plug they provide which prevents the release from, well... releasing. I should have known better... I hope this lesson will help to prevent this from happening to someone else. My Drift HD Ghost will be mounted flush via a cookie mount plate on my open face along with my CX-150. No more camera mounts on my full face during inside formation flying. Lesson learned... "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

The GoPro snag hazard finally caught up to me. Inside 8-way (why I was wearing the camera, I don't know) had my air taken away by a 2 low jumpers before I could react and flipped through, right between them. Snag - Pop - $400+ gone at 7K. Hero 2 w/WiFi backpack and 32GB SD card. I'm done with GoPro for inside (or outside for that matter) video/Pics. Drift HD Ghost enroute. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Weather is perfect in Florida. Most usually is. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Just in time for Christmas too. I want one. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

That was NAS Whidbey Island and that varient is the EA-18G. When I was stationed there, we (NAS Whidbey SAR Team), with the Commanding Officers permission, used to grab pilots on their way to their aircraft and tell 'em they just ejected. We would drive them down to a waiting helicopter and fly them out to the mountains where we would put them through a SAR senerio. If they played nice, they would be kept relitively warm, sort of dry and possibly fed. if not... (insert devious laugh here) well, let's just say they had a really long day. Boy, I miss the good old days "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

I only met Greg that day and instantly saw the passion he had for this sport. I wish I had known him sooner. Blue Skies Sir... "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

BSBD "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

There's just something about this picture. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Today is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Never forget the sacrifices made for your freedom. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Looks like Florida is doing this too.

Don't forget the all important rule that if the pilot jumps, you may want to also. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Thanks guys. Looks like I won't have my own transportation and time will be tight while i'm in Nowra, so it's unlikely i'll be headed up to Picton... but you never know. It's still some time away and things could change. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

I recommend pointing yourself south and move forward at as brisk a pace as you can go. "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68

Can someone please tell me if there is a DZ operating in/near Nowra these days? I have a working trip coming up in the near future and would love the chance to jump Down Under. Thanks! "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68