skydiverkeith

"The 1 st flight has occured this Sunday, April 19th 2009 in Bex, Switzerland. It's been successfully measured by the Flytec 6030, a FAI certified tool. The results are beyond our wildest dreams! This is a rocket!" There you go. These are your words, not mine "FAI CERTIFIED TOOL" Blue skies, Keith Medlock

ROFL! You claimed to already have done test flights with proper instruments. How else would you know the glide ratio and speed? I'll sponsor you. Post the test data and I'll give you 2 pennies and a swift kick in the ass. Don't misunderstand me. I don't have anything against you or your suit personally, but I do find your posts hilarious due to the astonishing contradictions and inconsistencies. Blue skies, Keith Medlock

This is the biggest load of BS. If the data matched his claims he would post the data so fast it would make your head spin. FYI, Anyone with a wife and two kids cares about the money, lol. Also, if the real magic of the suit was internal, he would post more video without having to worry about thieves. And last but not least, if it was just about advancing the sport, ALL INFO AND DATA WOULD BE FREELY SHARED! Blue skies, Keith Medlock

First, will someone please enlighten me as to what a "DGIT" is? As for groundings, I saw an entire 4 way ff group get grounded for a month after having 4 CYPRES fires (all 4 jumpers on the same jump!) because of lack of altitude awareness Blue skies, Keith Medlock

I want to hear more of these stories, so here's mine... It was at Skydive Dallas' Just For Us boogie the 12th of June 2008. It was my 58th jump, I had no business on the dive, but nevertheless, I got on a sunset load tracking dive with a total of 14 people. I had an unstable exit at 13500ft, but caught up easily and set up in the center right of the formation. The plan was to break at 5000ft with the first half fanning out, while the rear half would fan out 180 degrees. Since I was in the middle, I turned 90 degrees right and took off. Another jumper had the same idea and picked the same line as me. However he sunk out, while I floated. I was looking directly at the other jumper below me, but had no idea he was there. Me, being the genius that I was, got onto a sunset load wearing the glacier glasses that I use for mountaineering. Glacier glasses, if you're not familiar with them, are simply sunglasses, but much darker because they not only protect you from the sun, but also the bright white snow that covers mountains (or glaciers). So, with my dark glacier glasses at sunset, the altitude difference between us, and the other jumper's container/jumpsuit blending into the terrain, he was invisible to me. At about 3500ft I saw what looked like a flower blooming in time lapse. I didn't immediately realize it was a yellow canopy, but I knew something wasn't right. I pitched immediately and sniveled into, and through the yellow sub-100 canopy. My Sabre 150 inflated, and his canopy wrapped me completely. I fought and cleared the canopy and lines. As the parachute dropped out below me and re-inflated, I saw a rip down the entire center cell and dangling lines in tow. Then I realized that I no longer had an altimeter. He landed the main in the peas with a PLF, and I landed off a bit. My container was covered with line burns and my jumpsuit was shredded. I had a few cuts from the lines, but neither of us had any real injuries. After making it back to the hanger, several jumpers told me to get a beer, get some sleep, and be on the first load the following morning. They said that if I didn't get back up in the air soon, I probably never would. So I did just that the following morning. As for the destroyed canopy, I bought it from him for $1000. I put his slider on my main, got the jumpsuit sewn up, and have been jumping them both ever since. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but I truly believe that what I learned on that jump has made me a much safer skydiver that should be around for a long while. Blue skies, Keith Medlock

I just got an email from Ward Hessig... "I can't give you an exact date but we are working as hard as we can to get it released to the public. Stay tuned to the website for release information." Blue skies, Keith Medlock

Can anyone tell me what the hell happened to Mirage's DRX (Direct Reserve Xtraction) system that should have been out by now and rivaling the Skyhook? Also, if they couldn't get the damn thing to work, why can't you put a Skyhook in a Mirage? Oops. I just found the existing thread here: http://www.dropzone.com/forum/Skydiving_C1/Gear_and_Rigging_F6/Any_word_when_mirage_drx_is_available_P3274835-2 Any new news? Blue skies, Keith Medlock

I couldn't agree more. When a product is designed to cut closing loops in the plane, its a problem. Also, Vigil has 3 modes, a log book, and several other features. What this means to me is more complex software, hence more chance of software malfunction. My Neptune is what I use for logging because it has these features, but because of these features, I would never use it as my primary alt. For that I have a galaxy. Likewise, I want my AAD to do one thing. Think and fire when needed, not log my jumps. Blue skies, Keith Medlock

A bit of an odd question. I have a Sabre 150 that packs very tight in my container. Does anyone know if a Storm, Pilot, or Safire 2 of equal size would pack smaller? Blue skies, Keith Medlock

I didn't have a problem loading the site... Blue skies, Keith Medlock

Thanks for the input. Maybe I'll try some subterminal openings on my sabre to see if I can get some consistency... Blue skies, Keith Medlock

Hey guys, I'm very interested in getting into wingsuit flying. Currently, I have 180 jumps and a Sabre 1 150 I'm about to replace due to shitty openings. My question is about wing loading. I'm getting a PD storm. If I end up flying wingsuits with this canopy, would I be better served with a 150 loaded at 1.1/1 or a 135 loaded at 1.22/1? Blue skies, Keith Medlock