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    There is one operation that merely photographs landings, he prints the photos out and lets the customer see them before trying to sell them. I'd wager he wastes 4 in 10 prints but they do sell.


    Even easier; just show the landing photos on screen and let customers choose. Most get several on a CD; no printer involved.
    It's good money for the photographer and the DZ.
    (I think you've seen this in operation.)

    HW

  4. Look carefully at the info on the PIA web site, even though it's less than I would want to see there. You can get a "day pass" for both exhibits and seminars, and even cheaper passes just for the exhibit hall.
    If you're a Group Member DZ, the DZO conference is helpful. Find out how DZs -- from megaDZs to one-Cessna operations -- promote their business, keep staff happy, and all that other stuff.
    Without spending any money (except for hotel, eats and drinks) you can see your newly-elected USPA BOD in action.
    As noted, Terry Urban is taking on the thankless task of rounding up speakers, previously done by the late Joe Andrzejewski. But last time, we had packed sessions by Tom Noonan on Mt. Everest jumps, Douglas Spotted Eagle on videos and on wingsuits, and many others. If you're a rigger, you can get close up and personal sessions on how to pack and fix just about anything on the market. And if you're a FAST rigger, you can enter the Rigger Rodeo.
    I'd be happy to try to get answers to any questions, either here or by PM.

    HW (wearing PIA hat)

  5. Try sending your $4.95 to the address in the ad.
    Let me know how it works out for you.
    I'm trying to remember the name of the other local bar, inhabited by the Black Hat Skydivers ("No Sky Too High, No Muff Too Tough") after they were thrown out of the Mayfair. I remember seeing episodes of Ripcord on the TV there.

    HW

  8. Yeah, and people want me to do a site on lost drop zones.
    I'm about through with jump airplanes for Parachutist. Porter and maybe generic biplanes, balloons, and helicopters. But until some of these new planes come into general use, I'm at the end of that particular rope.
    Maybe if I repair my relationships with the Skydiving Museum, that will be the venue. I had a forum on their website which would have included both subjects (and more) but it got lost.

    HW

  10. So, what do you know about it? Supposedly "purpose built" for skydiving (a term most Americans would not use, sort of like "bespoke suits.")
    The only other "purpose built" skydiving planes I know about (in current production) are the PAC 750 and the Kodiak Quest.
    Are they thinking about marketing it outside SA?

    HW

  13. Hmm, I thought Gift of Wings was Tibor's place in West Bloomfield. I have a T-shirt.
    I could never sort out the Arcade/Java stuff. I just remember the pissing contests among the upper New York DZs.
    You spent a lot more time there than I did. I was just the poor USPA dude who sometimes had to sort it out.

    HW

  17. More, this time New York.
    Frontier Skydivers still exists, it's just moved to Newfane.
    Sha-Wan-Ga and Shawanga are the same.
    I don't think Lake Placid was ever a full-time DZ; it was used for Labor Day meets for several years in the late 60s.
    The West Bloomfield DZ was "Gift of Wings" Skydiving.
    Seneca Falls was just Seneca Falls Skydiving Center or something like that.
    The Malone skydivers still exist, but have moved to Swanton, VT.
    Stormville was, I guess, Stormville Skydiving Center. It had a Lodestar and was the site of considerable numbers of early SCR/SCS jumps.
    Java and Arcade were two separate DZ; once one, until the owners argued and one set up another DZ only a few miles away.
    More to come.
    HW

  20. Massachusetts:
    Norfolk (fix spelling)
    Add:
    Turners Falls: 1959? - 1996
    Shirley
    Fitchburg (early 60s)
    Northampton - ? - 2004
    And more to come.

    New Hampshire
    Moultonboro
    New Boston
    Berlin

    And more to come.

    HW (who might actually get around to doing the site.)

  22. Hmm.... I'm using Toast to convert (make sure you have the latest version) but I'm not using iMovie, I'm using FCP.
    Of course I could ingest/convert directly to FCP, but Toast Convert allows me to make a quick look and I often use it just to create a .mov that I can make screen grabs from when the movie is not especially worth posting but some stills are.
    I'll check it out again and try iMovie.

    HW

  23. From the SIM:
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    In 1987, the USPA Board removed the batwing rule from the USPA Basic Safety Requirements, since jumpers had long since stopped using the devices and since camera flyers were using a variation to improve maneuverability in head-high attitudes.



    Now that I have a date to focus on, I can see if there's more in the magazine.

    HW