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  1. Contact them off the website. They got back to me real quick and answered everything I needed. Ordered mine today. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  2. Oh yeah, forgot that one! I went from a "stealth mode" black canopy with red ribs to a "damn that's obnoxiously bright" yellow/orange canopy. Know what you mean. My mate's flying it now in New Zealand. It doesn't really jump out at you does it. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  3. I'm an engineer. Some say I'm 'andy with tools. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  4. Had to send them a photo for my Paranz B lic during the week so they must be back on board. The school students though all seem to get USPA licences. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  5. How is it mounted to your chest strap? Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  6. Agree. The idea of doing something to be happy, just once before you die is stupid. We should enjoy life every day. There are way too many people who only have one happy day a month (if that). Too late, they are already dead, the corpse just keeps moving. Agree now. Didn't 12 months ago when I watched the movie. Went to do a bucket list AFF level 1 cause I was too scared to do a tandem. Hadn't even landed and I knew it wasn't going to be a one-time cross it off the list experience. 67 jumps now and I'll be ever thankful for the bucket list Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  7. Yep that's what I got. Works a treat. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  8. Just watched the psycho vids a couple of times and gave it a try. I found it heaps easier than I have pro packing my sabre2 210 that's got less than 50 jumps on it. Can't wait to try it out next weekend on the dz. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  9. Went from student 260 to my own Sabre2 210ft at jump 21. 23 jumps later it still makes me nervous and will for a long time yet. This guy should get one of those small new cameras and throw that into the mix as well. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  10. That one closed last February and moved out to join NZ skydive school at Pudding Hill near Methven (1 hour from Christchurch) Pudding Hill is great. Runs along the edge of the alps, great scenery and people and jump from a Cessna Caravan. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  11. 1. How old were you when you made your first jump? 45 (wish it was 18) 2. How high is the highest you have ever jumped from? 14k 3. Financially does this sport keep you both happy and secure? Bit late for that now I think, but who knows 4. When did you realize that you enjoyed this enough to do it for the rest of your life? after my first jump 5. How many jumps do you make in a year? 37 so far, hope to do 100 next year 6. How do you feel about wing suiting? Want to try it one day 7. Have you ever tried it and if not would you ever like to? One day 8. How dangerous is wing suiting in comparison to skydiving? Way beyond my experience level 9. Have you ever had any situations where you feared for your life while jumping? No, not yet 10. If you had to describe these freefalling sports in one word what would you chose? Epiphany Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  12. Port it to iPhone and I'll buy it Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  13. Hi Dale Met you yesterday at Pudding Hill, New Zealand and got to share the second last load of the day. Pilot said it was about -12 deg celcius at exit so your -12 at 12 t-shirt should be a goer. Hope you get a bit warmer in Taupo. You really are an inspiration. Hope to come and jump in SA when I've got my A lic. Blue skies mate. Ian Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  14. Welcome to the raging lunatics. I'm 46, my mate is 55, and did our first aff jumps in March. We didn't do any tandems, just went straight to aff. I've done 10 jumps plus 58 mins in the wind tunnel, and he's made 22 jumps and 32 mins tunnel. Completely over the top obsessed pretty much sums it up. I'm sure we get dumber looks at our age when gushing about it to family/friends. Enjoy it. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]
  15. Switched to a Neptune after 6 jumps. I look at digital info all day for work and find the Neptune far easier to read than the analogue. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App [email protected]