So far Trump is doing what he said he was going to do. Got voted in so doing it. I admire that. But... I hope he treads carefully.
Of course the left is angry they are finished. British exit... Trump Pauline Hanson in Australia.. The tide is turning the left had there go and fucked it up
ps democrats are not left by Aussie standards our left is far worse !!
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I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
Then why was my jumping ended at Skydive Nagambie in Australia by the CI Don Cross for asking as to why the student rigs did not have Skyhooks. I expected support form Mr BOOTH over this but got nothing. banned from ever jumping there !!! (For asking questions)
I was ahead of my time.. again Soon skyhooks will be on every student rig. Like in 1981 when jumpers laughed at me when I said automatic opening devices will be standard on rigs... AAD mandatory in Australia now !!!
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
As I am australian I will not vote but am amazed with a country of 300 million folk you could not come up with better candidates than this. You have many fine people over there(I know I have traveled to the USA 8 times)
One thing I do not get is why are you scared of free health care(works here OK)
and why pay your minimum wage $7.50 more like $20 here. Maybe if the minimum wage was raised you could get rid of that awful tipping gratutity practice. GREAT PLACE TO VISIT love yanks
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
when your laws will not even ban folk who are on the no fly list or terror watch list from buying guns there is no hope.
When you have background checks but they do not apply to gun shows there is no hope.
When you allow folk to buy Miiltary style guns to keep in the suburbs there is no hope
I understand the self defence thing in the USA but some common sense should apply. I carry a hand gun at work for protection of myself and the community in Australia and would not have it any other way but you folks in the USA have to tighten laws at least.
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
To jump out of a plane.. period everything else was a bonus. Met some really good good people... and a few dick heads but that's the same every where.
First jumps in 1981 in a club environment (read not for profit) took a long time to be accepted in that format but once you were in .. you were really in.
Again jumped again in 2008 in the era of commercial skydiving. Different experience..(Yes safer and better equipment and training) I thought the CI and staff cared about me and welcomed me with open arms but in reality it was only to get my money. (largest DZ in Victoria) as I did a lot of tandems. They dropped me like a ton of bricks cause I asked about skyhooks. Got told by email I was banned from AFF... not even the courtesy of face to face or a phone call.. very disappointing. !! (AFTER 19 TANDEMS)
My faith was returned when I went to Australian skydive and found CI Ralph.. a kind and generous man who really cared.
My story the way I saw it, others will disagree (squeak)
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
Enjoy yourself mate. If ever in Victoria try Skydive Nagambie or Australian skydive near Bendigo. I did some jumps at both and both are great Drop zones with l good people and CIs(Don and Ralph) Enjoy your adventure
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
yeah me just did not fit in. Did ok with jumps but folk took a set against me cause I happened to have an opinion. It was fun but nil interest in ever doing it again particulary at my last DZ (skydive nagambie)
For me it appears to me a single persons sport. The amount of money it cost and time it consumed I do not know how one can maintain a decent marriage (unless married to a jumper). Selfish to spend that much money when one has a wife and kids. Nothing to show for it except memories and the odd video.
What finished it off for me was I got pearl harbored from by CI (banned for asking too many questions) it was the best of times and the worst of times ) Still supporting skyhooks
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
sounds like the experience I had at Skydive Nagambie Australia.. ay Don
ieEach time I ask questions I kind of get the brush off and questions are left un-answered or I get treated like I'm stupid for asking certain questions. Yes people are nice and if engaged they are polite but that is about it. This has made it very difficult to get the training and support needed.
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
Read books, ask instructors questions, watch other students land (and make mistakes), learn about their problems, and learn more than just enough to get by.
I did that!! read lots of books asked lots of question and then got banned from AFF (me thinks I researched equipment like skyhook too much) its a fact that if you ask too many questions its easier to just get rid of you..(At NAGGAS anyway) AM I RIGHT DON !!
dthames
***Hi! Total newbie here. Four tandems last year. AFF & A-License this year (Hopefully!).
Through my DZ's Facebook group, I've been able to I would encourage you to become a student of skydiving, instead of a student skydiver.
What do I mean? Make it your goal in life to understand (as much as possible) what you are doing before you go out and do it.
Not long ago I was visiting a DZ and heard someone ask for a gear check. The person giving the gear check asked a question about the RSL. The jumper could not explain what it was or when it might need to be disconnected. I don't know if the jumper was a solo practicing student or a newly licensed jumper. In either case, they should have known what the RSL was and how it might save them or kill/hurt them.
If a person was equally ignorant about how to fly and land the canopy (as much as this one was about the RSL), the odds of such a person getting hurt would be much higher than the average. Don't be like that.
Read books, ask instructors questions, watch other students land (and make mistakes), learn about their problems, and learn more than just enough to get by.
Have fun.
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
Congrats Bill. Unfort my devotion to your invention skyhook ruined my jumping at skydive nagambie in Australia. (got banned at AFF for asking some uncomfortable questions like why no skyhook on student rig ?) never got an answer to that one.
But thanks for inventing it !!!
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
I did 19 tandems before AFF. That was way too many. I reckon about 3 is right. By then you are used to getting out a perfectly good plane and free fall holds no surprises. I wish the place I went too insisted I do AFF after 3 tandems rather than take my money... but business is business I suppose... and they did nothing wrong.
I went to another melbourne DZ the boss (Bridgewater)... Ralph, said he never lets customers do more than 2 tandems. I kinda wish I went to Ralph in the first place.... things may have turned out different. too late now.
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I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
***It seems that there are a few fatalities every year caused by someone getting fixated and losing track of time/altitude. Trying to fix a spinning line twist malfunction is another one that people way too often get fixated on and end up low with limited options.
About a dozen years ago, I witnessed a skydiver who dislocated both shoulders falling on a building formation. He's walking the earth today because he had an AAD. I and a couple of other "old school guys" installed AADs in our containers shortly thereafter. Such a change of mindset over the last 15 to 20 years such that it almost seems irresponsible jumping without an AAD. The reasons why not to have one went away with the introduction of digital processing units, other than the cost. You simply can not plan for every scenario, something totally out of your control can render you unconscious or otherwise unable to deploy a canopy.
Exactly......couldn't agree more.
At the DZ I jumped at (Skydive Nagambie in Australia .. a good dropzone) AADs were compulsory. Might be time everyone followed that. A reserve is compulsory so should an AAD. I remember at ist jump course at bridgewater we were told an Australian champion was saved by AAD. Seems she could not find her reserve handle after cutaway. if that sort of thing can happen to such an experienced jumper it can happened to anyone.
obviously the swoopers need a special aad. Compulsory AAds and RSLs would save many lives every year.
However you good folk in the USA have a fear about the government telling you what you must do.. but thats a different story. I love the USA and its people by the way.. visit often. but you have a different mindset over there.
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
very sad. he was great !! Cannot get my head around it but I never walked a mile in his shoes. Some celeb you feel like you know. Was gobb smacked when I heard the news..... just like when I heard Elvis and John LENNON died as well. Entertainers are such a big part of our lives (or most of us anyway)
Thanks Robin for the great entertainment ( I hope you knew how popular your are in Australia )
Just hard to fathom !!
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
For me it was easy. The decision was made for me. Did not fit in which was my fault. Made enemies on line. (mainly my fault) It was meant to be. Did 66 jumps without a scratch and met some really good folk like Ralph and Patrik.
Happily retired with good memories... nil interest in jumping again. A couple of folk i would like to get even with. but not worth the energy. It was fun and a good experience. Thanks Ralph Patrik Wooka Boo to the max Don Sarah and KGB (but they would say the same to me)
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
It is my belief and the statistics support this belief - Skyhooks are a very good thing for the majority of the people in our sport. They save lives and more and more people are getting on board with them. And that's a good thing.
^This.
So I have been right since 2008 when I started promoting them.. and paid the price (esp at nagambie Australia) But its nice to be right! Will be as common as AAD in a few years !!
I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ??
so far Trump is doing what he said
in Speakers Corner
Of course the left is angry they are finished. British exit... Trump Pauline Hanson in Australia.. The tide is turning the left had there go and fucked it up
ps democrats are not left by Aussie standards our left is far worse !!
RIP Gene Cernan
in The Bonfire
Mass Shooting - Ft Lauderdale Int'l Airport
in Speakers Corner
... Surely though if your on a no fly list you should not own a gun
and every gun owner should have background checks (no gun show exemption)
........... and why the need for civilians to have military style ie M 16s etc
We prob go too far the other way here we cannot even have a taser at home or pepper spray at home for self protection.
So we have baseball bats and hammers under our beds.
Having said above I have never felt unsafe in the USA Disneyworld Vegas etc. Memphis was little seedy but felt safe around Graceland.
Do most of you folk on here own a handgun ???
Skyhook
in Safety and Training
I was ahead of my time.. again Soon skyhooks will be on every student rig. Like in 1981 when jumpers laughed at me when I said automatic opening devices will be standard on rigs... AAD mandatory in Australia now !!!
Donald Trump Versus Hillary Clinton
in Speakers Corner
One thing I do not get is why are you scared of free health care(works here OK)
and why pay your minimum wage $7.50 more like $20 here. Maybe if the minimum wage was raised you could get rid of that awful tipping gratutity practice. GREAT PLACE TO VISIT love yanks
Is America finally ready to talk about guns?
in Speakers Corner
When you have background checks but they do not apply to gun shows there is no hope.
When you allow folk to buy Miiltary style guns to keep in the suburbs there is no hope
I understand the self defence thing in the USA but some common sense should apply. I carry a hand gun at work for protection of myself and the community in Australia and would not have it any other way but you folks in the USA have to tighten laws at least.
What drew you to the sport?
in The Bonfire
First jumps in 1981 in a club environment (read not for profit) took a long time to be accepted in that format but once you were in .. you were really in.
Again jumped again in 2008 in the era of commercial skydiving. Different experience..(Yes safer and better equipment and training) I thought the CI and staff cared about me and welcomed me with open arms but in reality it was only to get my money. (largest DZ in Victoria) as I did a lot of tandems. They dropped me like a ton of bricks cause I asked about skyhooks. Got told by email I was banned from AFF... not even the courtesy of face to face or a phone call.. very disappointing. !! (AFTER 19 TANDEMS)
My faith was returned when I went to Australian skydive and found CI Ralph.. a kind and generous man who really cared.
My story the way I saw it, others will disagree (squeak)
Hi from Australia
in Introductions and Greets
skydivers voluntarily quitting the sport?
in General Skydiving Discussions
For me it appears to me a single persons sport. The amount of money it cost and time it consumed I do not know how one can maintain a decent marriage (unless married to a jumper). Selfish to spend that much money when one has a wife and kids. Nothing to show for it except memories and the odd video.
What finished it off for me was I got pearl harbored from by CI (banned for asking too many questions) it was the best of times and the worst of times ) Still supporting skyhooks
Doing my first jump soon!
in Introductions and Greets
skyhook incorrectly assembled ?
in Gear and Rigging
G'day from Newcastle, Australia
in Introductions and Greets
Feeling discouraged
in Introductions and Greets
ieEach time I ask questions I kind of get the brush off and questions are left un-answered or I get treated like I'm stupid for asking certain questions. Yes people are nice and if engaged they are polite but that is about it. This has made it very difficult to get the training and support needed.
Well Hellllo!!
in Introductions and Greets
best wishes
AFF Injury Rates.
in General Skydiving Discussions
I did that!! read lots of books asked lots of question and then got banned from AFF (me thinks I researched equipment like skyhook too much) its a fact that if you ask too many questions its easier to just get rid of you..(At NAGGAS anyway) AM I RIGHT DON !!
Bill Booth's 50th Anniversary Jump
in General Skydiving Discussions
But thanks for inventing it !!!
How many tandems
in General Skydiving Discussions
How many tandems
in General Skydiving Discussions
I went to another melbourne DZ the boss (Bridgewater)... Ralph, said he never lets customers do more than 2 tandems. I kinda wish I went to Ralph in the first place.... things may have turned out different. too late now.
New Year's Eve Plans
in The Bonfire
Mandatory AAD's 2 (was: Franklin County fatality)
in General Skydiving Discussions
Exactly......couldn't agree more.
At the DZ I jumped at (Skydive Nagambie in Australia .. a good dropzone) AADs were compulsory. Might be time everyone followed that. A reserve is compulsory so should an AAD. I remember at ist jump course at bridgewater we were told an Australian champion was saved by AAD. Seems she could not find her reserve handle after cutaway. if that sort of thing can happen to such an experienced jumper it can happened to anyone.
obviously the swoopers need a special aad. Compulsory AAds and RSLs would save many lives every year.
However you good folk in the USA have a fear about the government telling you what you must do.. but thats a different story. I love the USA and its people by the way.. visit often. but you have a different mindset over there.
RIP: Robin Williams, Story Attached
in The Bonfire
RIP: Robin Williams, Story Attached
in The Bonfire
Thanks Robin for the great entertainment ( I hope you knew how popular your are in Australia )
Just hard to fathom !!
When is it time to walk away...
in General Skydiving Discussions
Happily retired with good memories... nil interest in jumping again. A couple of folk i would like to get even with. but not worth the energy. It was fun and a good experience. Thanks Ralph Patrik Wooka Boo to the max Don Sarah and KGB (but they would say the same to me)
Buying a second rig
in General Skydiving Discussions
I find that hard to believe !!
Skyhook
in Safety and Training
So I have been right since 2008 when I started promoting them.. and paid the price (esp at nagambie Australia) But its nice to be right! Will be as common as AAD in a few years !!