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Thanks for the advice, I'll call them tomorrow. Didn't know doug. I started jumping about a year and a half ago.

Riisgaard, I just called them and didn't get an answer. I'd love to get a jump in Thailand just to say I did. Has anyone here actually been to the DZ? I'm tempted to go out there just to see for myself.

Well observed. Do you have a book recommendation for explaining parachute gear?

Start flying jets?

I was a little freaked out but I called my rigger right away. It looks torn but it runs through every rib and connects some cells together. All in the same place between the A and B lines. There are always some (not every cell) about midway through the cell. Is this common for canopies in general or mostly used for crew? I'm taking it in to the DZ tomorrow to get a full inspection regardless.

My wife bought a spectre from the classifieds. It has holes between the ribs and some holes between the cells. My rigger is going to look at it tommorrow but I was curious if this is common for Spectre 150's

I don't see how they say that jumping higher is going to cause you to be dragged across the ground after landing... What is really funny is that the new "technologically superior" CARP system is complete BS. The Air Force generally requires CARP for all operations they fly. GMRS turns the green light on 2 minutes from the DZ. The JM spots the panels and releases the troops. CARP turns the green light on at the release point. CARP is simply the Point of Impact 300 meters from the leading edge of the DZ. They don't calculate winds and adjust the release point. They just fly to the PI and turn on the green light. GMRS requires trained jumpers. CARP requires trained pilots. Trained pilots who never enter the winds into the computer as far as I've seen. Units like the 82nd rarely ever jump higher than 1,000 feet so the stern warning of the memo above 1250 feet is ridiculous. So you're saying that a parachute with a slower rate of descent from a higher altitude on a spot that was chosen without respect to the wind conditions leads to soldiers landing off the DZ? The increased risk of being dragged is likewise ridiculous. All they are saying is that a bigger parachute which by design delivers bigger jumpers with bigger loads has a propensity to drag soldiers across the ground. Conscious soldiers simply activate their canopy release assemblies and stop the drag. There's something about safety officers that really upsets me. Soldiers don't typically like to become safety officers. Units don't typically like to assign up and coming soldiers into the safety officer assignment... Then they release a memo saying that obvious flaws are obvious without pointing out the causing factors.

The Mamba is pretty good. I like the fact that its quiet enough to hear my audible. I've had problems with my Protec and Nvertigo. If you want a quiet ride this is a good helmet. It goes on super quick in the aircraft so I don't have to worry about getting it on until the plane levels out. It only takes a couple seconds. What I don't like about it. It doesn't fit very well. Sometimes it seems tight, sometimes it feels good, last time air was rushing in on the left side of my jaw. The visor doesn't quite marry up with the unit all that well. It makes me think the pin and hole retaining system will fail someday as 3/4's of the pin doesn't get into the hole. There should be some type of tightening system that runs through the back of the helmet. All that retains the helmet on your head is ergonomics and a chin strap. I particularly dislike the internal audible pockets. I don't understand why the designer thought putting an expensive audible right next to the only nuts and bolts on the helmet is beyond me. I solved the problem by building a little pad of electric tape and cardboard against the nut but it almost makes the audible not fit. The only other thing I don't like about this helmet is that you cant talk to anyone else once you've put it on regardless of having the visor up. Its annoying when someone says something at the last minute or you can't alert someone on the dropzone that you're coming in on final near them. The helmet is very secure. I've made about 15 sitfly skydives in the helmet without issue.

I might have a bright orange jumpsuit someday. I'll use it to pick up trash on the highway instead of jumping.

I'm seriously considering a polycotton suit. I am a heavy drop at 5'10" 225 lbs. My exit weight is around 250ish. I sink out on every jumper I jump with. Some jumpers I jump with can't keep up with me when they are sitting and I'm on belly. I'd really like to increase my range so I can fall with the majority of jumpers. The options I'm looking at: swoop cords cordura seat and knees cordura booties afterburners fat grips inside leg grips My questions: My rig is tan, black, and green if I get a camel jumpsuit will it match fairly close to tan? Will it be difficult to spot a tan jumpsuit tracking away (safety issue)? Is a suit with booties and afterburners sitfly capable? Do afterburners and booties complement or antagonize each other? Will fat grips and inside grips create more drag making my leg inputs more pronounced? Can bev suits make this with a 2 piece option and would I even want that? My main concern on this is taking my top off to pack between loads versus having another component that can fail or be less effective in freefall. Any other advice you have would be helpful as I don't want to feel any buyers remorse by buying before I knew what I really wanted.

Jumped my first pack job yesterday. 20th jump. Didn't get nervous until 6000 ft. Opened like a dream.

If you live for your hobbies and have a lot of spending cash you should do it. BTW I live very close to New Braunfels.

My dz has a policy of 3 AFF levels per day. I don't know if that is strictly enforced or not. I started in October and finished in December putting in about 9-10 jump days to get through AFF 1-7 and coached jumps 8-14. Whatever your plan is, make sure you spend at least an hour after training before getting on the load visualizing all the tasks in the dive flow. Start from exit and go through pull time. Make sure that you are keeping your feet, knees, legs level etc. I'd rather spend time practicing a level than paying big money to repeat a level because I wasn't prepared. If you can get trained, practice, ride up, jump, debrief... then keep going. Stop as soon as you feel less than 100%

Nice rig Huskers! I got to see it for real but don't forget to put a picture up for everyone else! When you're ready for something smaller let me know and I'll sell you mine...since you like it so much. LOL. Here's a photo to refresh your memory: I love that sick liquid sky rig. Here are the pics.

I have no strong opinions here, but I would like to point out that when standard practices of American banking become the litmus test of business ethics, something has gone awry... Como se dice ZING

I'm glad to see you are following the wise (cautious) advise. Shoulders are not really joints in the anatomical sense. The humoral head rests against a pad of cartilage and is held together by connective tissue. Once it has been dislocated the connective tissue (tendons and ligaments) are stretched and do not regain their shape. This not only makes it significantly more likely that it will dislocate but also makes it more likely to dislocate in the same manner stretching the same connective tissues even more. Making it even more likely that it will reoccur. Having the corrective surgery does not guarantee 100% recovery. The physical therapy is important. If there is one suggestion I would make that hasn't been offered yet. Take 1 gram of Vitamin C daily. Vitamin C is a precursor to collagen formation. Collagen is the protein that is most neccessary for repair and maintenance of connective tissues. It sounds like such a small thing but it is a major factor in a good recovery. Think of it like protein supplements for weightlifting. If you're not using them, you're not serious about weightlifting. Here's a link about Vitamin C and collagen formation: http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/v_c.html The only real caution to taking 1 gram of Vitamin C daily is that it can lead to kidney stone formation. The 2 major factors with this are family history and water intake. Personally, I would still take 1 gram of Vitamin C daily even if I had a family history of Renal Calculi and drink a lot more water. Another major factor in connective tissue repair is smoking. If you smoke add 2-3 times the recovery time at the tissue level. Connective tissues are not really vascular. They are also not really avascular. They need a small amount of blood supply. If you smoke your connective tissues suffer because your body constantly shunts blood away from the areas that don't need a significant blood supply because you live in a mild state of hypoxia. This is really only important when you have joint problems...like you do. Good luck with your recovery.

My rig shipped last week. Will post a pic when I get the real deal.

I'm a cornhuskers fan through and through. We were the greatest college football team in the 80s and 90s. I say the 80s because the teams that kept beating us proved to be paying their players. Hence they weren't college football teams but pro teams wearing college jerseys(Miami, Oklahoma). In the 90s we finally got into the speed, speed, speed craze and produced some of the finest defenses college football has ever seen. Dr Tom is truly a class act and the perfect ambassador for our otherwise unremarkable state. He is also the perfect ambassador for college football at large. He is a man of deep principle and a humble personality. People often confused that with apathy. He had a burning desire to win and generally had more injuries on Tuesdays than he did on Saturdays. That was when the huskers had good on good full contact scrimmages to keep their place on the roster. I thought about transitioning to a longhorns fan as I am never leaving Texas. The fact of the matter is that my heart bleeds crimson and cream and I don't really care if other programs rise or fall. Cornhusker for life, for better or worse. I finished AFF a couple of weekends ago and have made a couple of 3 ways while I'm waiting to get my A license. I'm impatiently waiting for my infinity container to arrive so I can jump my own gear. I've got a Pilot 210, PD 193R, and Argus. I lreally like the fun jumper community at SSM. Hope to see y'all out at San Marcos, Blue Skies

Hello, I'm an AFF student at Skydive San Marcos. I was hoping to finish the AFF Program this weekend but the weather won't cooperate. I have been reading the forums quite a bit and decided that I should at least introduce myself.