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Haven't flown with, or met Chris, but he's helped me out with learning to be a DiverDriver, through email/PM's/his awesome site. Pilots that I have met and been very impressed with are Chad in Caulita, Roger, Jim West, and Ryan (the guy who flies the Beech 18 Westwind) -- Hook high, flare on time

The latest (I believe) codecs are in the upload section of skydivingmovies.com, it's called "ACEMCP500PROXP.exe" -- Hook high, flare on time

The USPA has a program in place that directly mimics the FAA on controlling what type of wings a person can fly. Both organizations let the pilot decide what the person decide what they want to fly. I think the FAA puts more emphasis on suggesting getting training, and using judgement to decide what would be appropriate for a person to fly. Other than that, the biggest regulators for airplanes are the insurance companies. A person who lands from their private checkride could go out and buy a turbine airplane and fly it with no further instruction (except a high performance sign off, which could be gotten in an aircraft with >200 HP, usually in less than 5 hours.) So far as aerobatics, no special sign off or training is required, but it is suggested that a person gets aerobatics instruction from an instructor. I personally know a guy who bought a Pitts S2-C (aerobatic) with 50 hours of flight time. -- Hook high, flare on time

Hey, bicho, if you still want those soft links PM me your mailing address -- Hook high, flare on time

I kept waiting to see Nathan go by downwind...

I'm not sure about Mirage Systems, but I know Sunrise either gives the inserts to you with purchase of the H/C, or you can get them for free by requesting them. The Sunrise inserts are a smaller version of the cutaway cable housing. You take out the yellow lolon cable, put the inserts in, then re-insert the lolon cable into the inserts and tack them down. This helps prevent a hard cutaway if the line twists go down to the risers which could bind the cutaway cables into the risers without the inserts. -- Hook high, flare on time

Damn man, thats scary and amazing at the same time. Glad you made it ok. I recieved my riser inserts 2 days before I had a major spinner/diver, and worry about what might have happened if I hadn't had them. -- Hook high, flare on time

Mebbe we can get a hi-res picture of each state, and find a person from each state to volunteer to mark all the DZ's in the state. I'll do Florida if the idea sounds good -- Hook high, flare on time

Check out the Racer manual and see how the RSL is hooked up, and think about what would happen if you chopped your main with a two out and it connected -- Hook high, flare on time

I love my Rawa, got a PC101 in it. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_threaded;post=318214;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC; It does have a little flat top thing, but check out the pictures in the link above and see what you think. Ordering information is posted later in the thread. -- Hook high, flare on time

Yeah, I think Sebazz posted it the first 2 times -- Hook high, flare on time

Here's one more for ya.

Aw crap, the online translator I used to use doesn't work anymore (without paying) and I just tried babelfish to find the same thing... Anyone know of a free online translator? -- Hook high, flare on time

Yup, you owe beer too.

Not a clue, a friend emailed it to me this morning -- Hook high, flare on time

Safe for work Check out the guys HD position in the second pic. -- Hook high, flare on time

Yah, very cool guy. His autobiography is a pretty interesting read "Yeager: An Autobiography" -- Hook high, flare on time

You could press and hold Shift and left click -- Hook high, flare on time

Good point, make a copy of the video and play the copy for friends/family so you don't wear out the original -- Hook high, flare on time

Whew, just got off of work, time for a nap.. -- Hook high, flare on time

And here's one of it hooked up and outside of the D-bag... Was hoping to jump it today, but after I dropped off the boss I flew to the DZ and found that the winds were too insane to land an airplane, much less a canopy, so I just spread it out and did a full line check and tightened the rapide link from the canopy to the d-bag/PC to the canopy. Funny, I really hated the colors when I first opened the box, but less than 48 hours later it's starting to grow on me.

Because I have to fly early tomorrow morning and I know if I go out, I'll hurt myself. I keep getting calls from some friends at a local bar, but don't want to go there because they always feed me insane amounts of alcohol there for free. -- Hook high, flare on time

Hrm, perhaps you should seek counseling?

Say it isn't so!!! Buy some SLINKS dammitt!!! Got them for the riser attachments, just haven't gotten an extra set for the d-bag/pilot chute yet... -- Hook high, flare on time

Awright, here ya go...