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  3. rehmwa

    You have grippers on them (not much need for tandem/video work). So, likely they are a reclaim from an old jumpsuit.



    They were originally made for a well known European FS load organiser, who works the hot, summer boogies, hence the grips.

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    (grippers do add a bit more drag, so it's still functional).



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    But I wouldn't let a vendor charge you for that feature on your next purchase unless you want to use them turning points too....:D



    I'm ahead of the game for when tandem RW comes back into fashion :P
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  4. rehmwa

    Tandem masters mostly have bought the bootie pants with very positive feedback.
    Seems to also be a decent idea to match up with a camera jacket (especially for tandem video).



    Works for me! Unfortunately, I have no idea who made my bootie trousers as they were made by someone in Europe for someone who they didn't fit and passed to someone else who they didn't fit who passed them to me, and they don't have a label in them. And they are starting to show their age so will need replacing soon.

    The jacket is a TonySuit C-Wing. I wouldn't say they exactly match though :P
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  8. Ah no, the date on the YouTube video is 2010 and I have no reason to doubt that.

    My point was we've been through a storm about similar practices a few years ago and thought a bit of historical context about peoples' feelings (and outcome) about such practices might be useful.
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  10. I could explain but I'm sure that would fuel the reasons.

    Suffice to say, DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!
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  13. Nice one TK.

    From http://tbo.com/pasco-county/champion-parachutists-ashes-spread-sky-high-b82498035z1

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    BY GARY S. HATRICK
    Tribune correspondent
    Published: May 31, 2013
    ZEPHYRHILLS Skydiving friends gave a heavenly send-off to Jim Arender on Thursday morning, scattering his ashes high above Skydive City.


    Fifteen skydivers joined a free-fall formation where Arender's ashes were released after a jump from 13,500 feet.


    Arender, a member of the Army Parachute Team, died in November at the age of 73.


    He was considered a pioneering skydiver. In 1960, he was the first U.S. citizen to win a gold medal at a world skydiving championship. Two years later, Arender was the first American to become the overall world champion.


    Before the memorial jump, Skydive City owner T.K. Hayes presented a certificate from Ed Scott, executive director of the U.S. Parachute Association, to Arender's brother, Eric. The certificate read: “It is my honor and privilege to recognize an outstanding American and member of USPA who as a competitor made a significant contribution to our sport.”


    Eric Arender said his brother enlisted in the Army soon after graduating from high school. Arender served as a sergeant in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division.


    “I think he didn't even know how to spell skydive much less do it until he got in the Army,” Eric said. “He taught me how to swim. I used to marvel as he was going off the high-dive; he'd seem like he was suspended in air. He did it with grace. He was a talented athlete.”


    Several of Jim Arender's friends attended the memorial ceremony.


    Lenny Waugh, 80, an old friend who organized the memorial jump, was with Arender in his final days. Waugh, one of the original Navy SEALs, met Arender in 1959. Arender was his skydiving instructor.


    “He was a genuinely good instructor. I learned a lot from him,” he said.


    Arender died Nov. 14 at Bay Pines VA Medical Center. He was born in Stillwater, Okla., and also lived in Sante Fe, N.M.


    Waugh talked Arender into moving from Sante Fe to Gulfport three years ago. Arender had a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Waugh helped transport him to the doctor.


    Another friend, Muriel Simbro, moved to Gulfport from Idaho to help care for Arender. Simbro, 86, who learned her skydiving skills from Arender, was the first woman to attain a skydiving expert rating.


    Simbro began skydiving with her husband, Hank, and grew to love the sport. She was a 2012 inductee into the National Skydiving Museum Hall of Fame.


    Dave Hanson, of St. Petersburg, jumped with Arender in the early 1960s when they were both civilian skydiving enthusiasts. He tells a special story of a jump in 1962.


    “We jumped for President Kennedy when he visited in Palm Springs, Calif. We jumped a number of times together, but that was the most memorable jump.” Hanson said. “Jim and I landed close to the taxi strip, and … I went down on one knee, but it looked like it was planned that way, like I was kneeling to the president. Then we both popped up and hand-saluted him, and he stood up and saluted us back.”


    Waugh praised Hayes for his work on the ceremony.


    “Lenny Waugh approached me about a month ago,” Hayes said.


    Hayes said Waugh asked him, “What's this going to cost me.”


    Hayes told Waugh it would not cost him anything.


    “Jim was a great pioneer in our sport,” Hayes said. “These guys deserve every bit of respect we can give them.”


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  16. I was jumping a 97 when filming the Brit Rotations team at the Mondial in Dubai last year, loaded at about 2.15:1 :o. It may not have been a final production version (think it was labelled XC97). I did get stand up landings every time (although occasionally it would be a "foot slapper" with the canopy stalling behind me at the end of the flare). I was doing aggressive turns for landing to build up speed and flaring very finely (minimal travel in the breaks) because at that loading it was very sensitive. I was too scared to land it without building up any speed :P I'll see if I can dig out any useful footage of the landings.

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  19. Hi Duke, it depends on many factors; how far you get in the training or your post-student jumping, how well it is all documented, your attitude and the attitude of the people who make the decisions when you come to the UK. The USPA A licence is broadly equivalent to the BPA A Licence (although we have a mandatory hop and pop for level 8 and mandatory Canopy Handling (CH) requirements) plus a Formation Skydiving qualification post-student status to enable you to jump with non-coaches (or their equivalents). You'll likely be encouraged to transition to the BPA system of licencing so you'll be required to do whatever you can't adequately prove what you may have already done.

    USPA membership is not valid in the UK since we require the equivalent of €1.3M in third-party liability insurance to jump here and the USPA's $50k won't cover that so you will need to join the BPA. Whether you get USPA membership in the States is most likely down to the DZ you learn at over there.
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    Holy crap. I'd be bankrupt after that holiday. Hope it's got enough power for head down.



    Allegedly, use of the tunnel would be inclusive of the cruise package.

    Considering these monster have move than 5,000 passenger, I could see there would be a cap on how much time you could fly.



    But what's the demographic of the passengers? I've never been on a cruise but my parents have (a lot), and if that is any indication, the majority wouldn't be inclined to use it much, if at all?
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