Liemberg 0 #1 October 25, 2010 Can anybody direct me towards a scientific publication on Personality traits of experienced skydivers vs. beginners/quitters by the late Jens Henrik Johnsen? If need be, you 'greenies' can relocate this question in History and Trivia. Please don't throw into the Bonfire, Yet. "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 October 25, 2010 http://www.parachutehistory.com/products/jens.html 5th link found by googling the author's name."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liemberg 0 #3 October 25, 2010 Quote 5th link found by googling the author's name. Thnxs and much obliged. (I remebered the research and the faith of the researcher, wasn't sure about how to spell his name...) Google is the atheists surrogate for God probably, as good as al knowing and a better recall than Borges's "Funes the memorious"... best thing, it answers! Not to me, I'm afraid, but then again I had to learn all this stuff at a later stage in life. "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #4 October 30, 2010 Jens-Henrik Johnsen, Norwegian skydiver, researcher and Secretary General of Norsk Aero Klubb, was dedicated to safety in air sports. It was a cruel twist of fate that he should die in a skydiving accident on 14th March 1992, only 38 years old, cutting short a promising scientific career. What's THAT tell ya?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liemberg 0 #5 October 30, 2010 Quote Jens-Henrik Johnsen, Norwegian skydiver, researcher and Secretary General of Norsk Aero Klubb, was dedicated to safety in air sports. It was a cruel twist of fate that he should die in a skydiving accident on 14th March 1992, only 38 years old, cutting short a promising scientific career. ________________________ What's THAT tell ya?! [Wink] That redundancy may seem a good idea at first but should be well thought through, for it can complicate matters? (From the top of my head: he was jumping a PdF 'Atom' with the double LOR (RSL) system with two extra thin cypress loops. In stead of one separate loop over each successive curved pin, both loops were on both pins. When he chopped and the two curved pins were pulled one loop had gone over the other, keeping the reserve tray closed. Since they also were connected above the cypress cutter, they remained closed as the cypress fired...) "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
format 1 #6 October 30, 2010 Quote Jens-Henrik Johnsen, Norwegian skydiver, researcher and Secretary General of Norsk Aero Klubb, was dedicated to safety in air sports. It was a cruel twist of fate that he should die in a skydiving accident on 14th March 1992, only 38 years old, cutting short a promising scientific career. What's THAT tell ya?! To keep low profile?What goes around, comes later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rover 11 #7 October 30, 2010 Quote Quote Jens-Henrik Johnsen, Norwegian skydiver, researcher and Secretary General of Norsk Aero Klubb, was dedicated to safety in air sports. It was a cruel twist of fate that he should die in a skydiving accident on 14th March 1992, only 38 years old, cutting short a promising scientific career. ________________________ What's THAT tell ya?! [Wink] Ain't life a bitch...... That redundancy may seem a good idea at first but should be well thought through, for it can complicate matters? (From the top of my head: he was jumping a PdF 'Atom' with the double LOR (RSL) system with two extra thin cypress loops. In stead of one separate loop over each successive curved pin, both loops were on both pins. When he chopped and the two curved pins were pulled one loop had gone over the other, keeping the reserve tray closed. Since they also were connected above the cypress cutter, they remained closed as the cypress fired...) 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #8 October 30, 2010 Quote with the double LOR (RSL) system with two extra thin cypress loops. In stead of one separate loop over each successive curved pin, both loops were on both pins. When he chopped and the two curved pins were pulled one loop had gone over the other, keeping the reserve tray closed. Since they also were connected above the cypress cutter, they remained closed as the cypress fired...) I don't quite picture what you're saying, but was this some experimental setup or is it common? I don't think I like the sound of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocPop 1 #9 October 30, 2010 Quote Jens-Henrik Johnsen, Norwegian skydiver, researcher and Secretary General of Norsk Aero Klubb, was dedicated to safety in air sports. It was a cruel twist of fate that he should die in a skydiving accident on 14th March 1992, only 38 years old, cutting short a promising scientific career. What's THAT tell ya?! Even the so-called experts don't know what they're talking about so we should ignore their recommendations about minimum jump numbers for wingsuits, cameras, wing-loadings etc... "The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls." ~ CanuckInUSA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liemberg 0 #10 October 31, 2010 Quote I don't quite picture what you're saying, but was this some experimental setup or is it common? I don't think I like the sound of it. Common set-up on that system. It has RSL's on both left- and right riser, with each their own curved pin. It was to prevent 'open-reserve-one-main-riser-still attached'. Don't know who to give credit for, but the 'one-yellow-cable-slightly-longer' solution achieves the same a lot simpler. They are an interesting puzzle to pack correctly though. But by now I would think most of them would be retrofitted by their owner (or his rigger) - however it is extensively described in their manual how to go about and when the seperate micro loops end up on their separate pins it'll work... "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
