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    Good job with the student, Steve. How did he take it?



    He was a little clueless to what exactly went wrong, but he knew something did. We explained it to him and when heard the other skydivers screaming while watching the video he may have gotten even more spooked.



    Might have been better to debrief in private?
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    So I thought I would have a go at overlaying GPS data on a video.

    At the moment I am stuck converting my Flysight .csv into a .gpx that gpx2srt.exe can read.

    I have used Paralog to export to .gpx (nice :)
    Any ideas greatly appreciated!:)



    I keep meaning to give DashWare a try.
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    Heard a rumor they were grounded? Any truth to it??

    Avgjoe

    http://www.flyaerodyne.com/download/SB140111.pdf



    Just a few weeks ago a fairly new jumper with a brand new Skyhook equipped Icon had the same issue. Several people at the DZ tried to tell her she must have been mistaken when she said the riser got hung up and didn't release from the cover.

    Sounds like she got it right.



    So she incorrectly packed the main risers under the reserve risers tab.
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    A CX-110 or CX-150... while you still can (I just did)!



    Why would you choose a CX110 or cx150 when the cx160 is exactly the same price as the 150? Or is it solely due to the availability you base your choice upon?

    at least currently on amazon it is



    Image stabilization. Optical on the 160 (could be prone to shake) versus Electronic on the others which can be switched off.
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    Well the gear they were using was not modified for the jump



    Not even the wingsuits?



    The wingsuits change the application but not really the function. Can you actually think of something relating to the gear, that applies to the tandem that cant apply to a single wingsuiter. Please let us all know. Remember its a sigma.



    I wad talking about the harness and attachment. Surely the wingsuits are modified to accommodate this?
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  13. There have been a few links in this thread of previous tandem wingsuit jumps, but they were prior jumps with experienced jumpers, not a tandem student as in the actual jump that inspired this thread.

    This thread contains a link to a video that contains a few seconds of the jump. About 30 seconds in. There's a fair bit of carnage in the video and the wingsuit tandem part is brief/heavily edited. Makes me wonder what isn't being shown. Then again, I don't think the editors are skydivers.
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  16. Interesting that they invert one of the cameras to get the lenses as close together as possible. I thought you needed a bit of space between the lenses for the 3D effect to work. Is it because the lenses are so wide and physically small that they are placed so close together?

    Edit: so rereading this thread I see the images where the mount has both camels in the same orientation but watching the video the mount definitely has one rotated 180 degrees. I also notice the video is a month older so I assume this is the standard way now.
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  18. http://presscentre.sony.eu/Content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6364&NewsAreaID=2&ClientID=1

    Some models in April with have a built in 60" projector.

    CX360VE will have video light and flash.

    Interesting (to me) is that all HD cams (except CX130E) will get the mic jack back and wider lenses than normal (29.8mm)?

    Optical image stabilisation to be used.

    "All HD Handycam camcorders will also be equipped with a new feature called Tracking Focus, which maintains focus of moving objects. Similar to Face Touch, where you can select a person in the frame to be prioritized, you can touch a subject in the shot, such as dog or vehicle"

    USB Cable looks a bit of a pain in that it's another thing to be secured but it makes it a lot easier to get footage from by plugging an extension cable into rather than opening an enclosing box and taking the camera out.
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    I hear you. I have over a hundred 100-ways and feel I am on the outside looking in. I think the problem with unleashing all the "campers" in is that a good chunk of them haven't been on high pressure chance of getting cut dives. No fault camps can't teach performing under stress with a bench. My opinion only.



    There have been and will continue to be events in the run up to the 253 and 500 ways that campers get on such as JFTC, CSR, TSR, 200-way that have significant benches where people can and do get cut.

    These events are qualifiers for the 500-way and I would expect that the organisers wouldn't put people on it who haven't proven themselves under stress.
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    I didnt say 99% waited. I do know most of them (with the added perks of hindsight) do preach this very thing, and tend to mention being nowhere near ready when they started.



    Answer the question, how many fatalities have occured t USPA dz's this century and haw many have happened in NZ...

    I can tell you the answer to the NZ question;

    NIL, nothing, NADA, not one.



    3 by my records

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    Date Location Category Age # Jumps AAD?/RSL? Dropzone.com Report Dropzone.com Discussion
    12/28/2001 Bridge Pa, New Zealand LAND? 46 ?/?
    Description: No further information available at this time. Anyone?
    Lessons:

    Date Location Category Age # Jumps AAD?/RSL? Dropzone.com Report Dropzone.com Discussion
    2/13/2006 Skydive Abel Tasman, New Zealand MED 69 / 173 #2075194
    DropZone.com Description: "During a student jump the student became unresponsive in freefall and the instructor deployed for him. The former military paratrooper had just recently taken up skydiving. After the instructor deployed him, he proceded under a slow spiral until he clipped a building and then was pronounced dead by medics."
    Lessons:

    Date Location Category Age # Jumps AAD?/RSL? Dropzone.com Report Dropzone.com Discussion
    2/3/2007 Skydive Auckland, New Zealand LAND 32 1500 ?/? 234 #2652036
    DropZone.com Description: Jumper was flying his canopy in for landing then it appears the canopy may have collapsed in turbulence during a speed inducing turn. More details are needed for this incident.


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  23. Paratec Next Century Tandem S/N: 2362 DOM: 07.JUL 2010 (Purple/yellow)
    JoJo Wings Hop 330 S/N: 33009X0714OVV DOM:14.7.2009 (blue/dark blue)
    Paratec Twin speed 402 TW402 S/N:0212R DOM: 06.2010
    Airtec CYPRES 2 Tandem S/N: 26771 DOM: 07/06

    Paratec Next Tandem S/N: 1802 14/08/00 (Blue/black)
    JoJoWings Hop 330 S/N: 33006X0310AXB DOM: 3/10/2006 (blue/white)
    Paratec Twin speed 340 res TW340 S/N: 0017R DOM: AUG.06
    Airtec CYPRES 2 Tandem S/N: 45617 DOM: 04/08
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  25. Purple and yellow one is a Next Century Tandem
    Blue and black one is a smaller Next Tandem (340 reserve?)

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    Any possible relation to the Porter dissapearing in the UK ?



    Yes. Lord Lucan is the prime suspect as he was seen riding Shergar in the vicinity.
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