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The signal to noise ratio is going way down in this thread. I'm very tempted to move it to Bonfire or lock it altogether. And I don't think anyone wants that. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

This thread is publicly accessible to the world. Whilst you are not addressing them directly, I wouldn't be surprised if some people have their attention drawn to discussions like this by others as an example of our attitudes and conduct. Act accordingly. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Be aware that according to the Beer Rules: Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

It was only the previous page where HH said, "Feel free to have an opinionated but civil discussion." and I've since had to hide a few more posts. Do you you really want to be banned from the forum over this? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Found it on the Facebook page. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I was going to ask how it was mounted but I see on Facebook. On the tail rotor guard. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Let's see the pilot's(?) camera on a stick picture? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

How much do manuals cost? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

The angle of the picture makes it difficult to see exactly, but it doesn't look forward of the nacelle, but just underneath. Still, it would make me very uncomfortable. But damn, that's a small door! Doing tandems out of it might be tricky :-P Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

[groan.....] You mean he thought Santa regulated space flight? No, Jeebus. Or NASA. But probably Jeebus. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

And you think people get upset when one tries to open the door on a 747 mid flight, Wait, the FAA regulates space travel? Would've thought it would've been a "higher" body (ho ho). Oh, they do. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

From the Incident Reports of the minutes of the BPA Safety and Training Committee held on the 26th of September, Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4544905#4544905 Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Wow, Ari has 1500 hours Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

http://journalstar.com/news/local/skydivers-celebrate-by-jumping-burning-mortgage/article_2c879ce5-6d62-5178-bbe0-d47d83b092eb.html Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

And make it searchable in the User Search? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Maybe not tandem, but families of experienced skydivers have sued manufacturers before (and anyone else they could target) most likely against the deceased's wishes. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

A good lesson in observation. First time I watched it, I didn't notice the seatbelt. Watching again, it is very obvious and could have been easily caught by the video guy. It's easy to get wrapped up in your own job and not notice the bigger pigger. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I respect your experience and your opinion Chuck and understand what your saying. I'm appalled by the number a fatalities recently from failing to cutaway but I still think it is a grey area and your use of the phrase "fucking with it" implies a futility that may not always be there. I had spinning line twists on my highly-loaded cross-braced canopy after a 4-way and cleared it just above my hard deck. I fought it because it felt like I could recover it, and I did, but I knew where I was and was about to cut it away as I cleared it (yes, I know, "felt like" and "about to". I hope it doesn't appear in an incident report about me one day. I am also mindful of the phrase, "You are not that good".). I had another spinning line twist on a hop and pop recently from about 8k, that I knew I couldn't recover (I guess the risers were more uneven than the previous example) and I felt I was making no progress in recovering it so I was under my reserve well above 6k. Not wanting to spin down six thousand feet was part of my decision making process during that one. I do trust my reserve, but I don't want to use it unless I really have to. And I can think of at least a couple more times I've recovered line twists that would've been reserve rides if I'd given up after "two" goes. As Jim said, it's not true for all people. I'm mindful as an instructor, that my advice to students and lower experienced jumper, is not to mess around with stuff, but that's to simplify things until they have more experience to re-evaluate. The guy in the original video (is the team Hairspeed?) works it a lot and still has the wherewithal and ability to cutaway after it (above what I would consider to be a hard deck). Maybe the fact that he got the canopy to level out for a but, or at least stop turning, gave him some respite. Yes, he could've got entangled with it, but I've heard of people getting hands trapped in risers when they put their hands straight up to start sorting out twists. Should they have not even bothered? I understand you've rested your case, so I expect no response, but I do think it's a grey area. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

12 pointless posts in a serious thread in a topical forum, contrary to site rules. Doesn't really assist the discourse, does it? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

How long are we trained to dick with malfunctions for? We are trained to altitudes by which we should have a landable canopy above our head. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I bought the official GoPro Chesty mount, took all the elasticated strapping off, enlarged one of the holes on the plate slightly since the chest strap wouldn't go through it, and threaded my chest strap through that. The larger footprint of the chesty plate makes it much more stable. Here's a video. Could probably do with angling down slightly, but you get the idea. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Stadium is very close to a DZ http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/cms/topic/17402-skydiving-in-print/page-6#entry233174 Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I'm sure it is only a turn of phrase on your part, especially with such an experienced instructor but harnesses can be too tight. Sounds like it, and you are moving around in 3 dimensions. The effects can be minimised but at some point you do have to turn. Did you get to help with the steering? I liken it to being a passenger in a car; people who drive often suffer from motion sickness when they are not in control due to the disconnect between what your eyes and ears are telling you, without you being the one giving the commands to have those effects take place. If you are part of the process by steering it can help your brain to understand more of whats going on. Or maybe it just distracts with something to think about. I dunno :-) Depending on the student harness being used and how it is fitted, one other thing that can be done, is once the parachute is open, the leg straps can be shifted down (actually up, as the knee needs to be lifted to achieve it) the leg, so that you are sitting more in the harness rather than hanging. This takes the pressure off the femoral artery and allows the blood to circulate more freely which reduces sickness I find. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live