GordonH 0 #1 July 30, 2008 A new Irish Record 51-way record was set today We used four aircraft (Skyvan, 2 x Dornier, Porter) to haul the jumpers to 14,100ft, and held the formation for about 3 seconds. All the squad are either Irish, Northern Irish or permanently resident in Ireland. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elightle 8 #2 July 30, 2008 Congratulations on the Irish 51-way record! I bet there was a lot of drinking afterwards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #3 July 30, 2008 Congratulations Gordon! Heard the women got a 10-way too and were trying for a 15-way. Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpah 0 #4 July 30, 2008 I had read somewhere that the Irish skydiving fun jumper population isn't very large...like 100, which seems terribly small. Is this the case? I'm curious how many of the participants on the jump were Irish nationals and what percentage of the total jumpers that accounted for in the country. If a 51 way was made of 51 Irish jumpers, and you've got 100 jumpers in the country, that's another level of congrats on top of what you already deserve! Congrats!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strollerweb 0 #5 July 31, 2008 Quote A new Irish Record 51-way record was set today Thats really cool, how many skydivers are there in Ireland? Would be interesting to see which country has the biggest ratio or is that the smallest ratio? total jumpers to national record participants.Totally Free Skydiving Software/blue] www.strollerweb.co.uk www.gravity-power.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #6 July 31, 2008 Quote If a 51 way was made of 51 Irish jumpers, and you've got 100 jumpers in the country... I heard they were going for a 100 way, but the other 49 went to the wrong DZ. This is Ireland after all!Up the Irish! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padraigbrowne 0 #7 July 31, 2008 Oh what a party 100 regular jumpers would be about right , Based on estimated total population in millions (no idea how many jumpers is in each individual country) Norway 108 - 4.8m -> ratio 0.044m/person Ireland 51-way - 4m -> ratio 0.078m/person Finland 58-way - 5.2m -> ratio 0.089m/person Switzerland 84-way - 7.6m -> ratio 0.090m/person Denmark 55-way - 5.4m -> ratio 0.098m/person Belgium 80-way - 10m -> ratio 0.125m/person Australia 81-way - 21.4m -> ratio 0.264m/person Austria 24-way - 8m -> ratio 0.333m/person Germany 156-way - 83m -> ratio 0.53m/person Canada 59-way - 33.3m -> ratio 0.564m/person UK 100-way - 60m -> ratio 0.60m/person Poland 45-way - 38m -> ratio 0.844m/person Russia 100-way - 142m -> ratio 1.42m/person Brazil 80-way - 186m -> ratio 2.325m/person Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JanuszPS 0 #8 July 31, 2008 Hi Padraig, I think I saw somewhere those calcs Don't forget that you had three PolesWhat we didn't in Poland we did in Ireland, haha waiting for more, and glad to be part of it (thanks to all guys in charge) Janusz 100 regulars jumper and one Pilatus Porter and lots of traveling in the meantime Back to Poland... back home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GordonH 0 #9 July 31, 2008 Quote Congratulations Gordon! Heard the women got a 10-way too and were trying for a 15-way. Thanks Jim. Yes, for your database, during the same event two other National Records were set: Irish FEMALE FS big-way = 13-way, built Wed 30 July 08. Irish POPS FS big-way = 12-way, built Sun 27 July 08. The 51-way record was built on the 2nd attempt. On day 1 of the record-event we set a 36-way national record which completed on the 3rd attempt...that record lasted only 48-hours All participants in all of the above records are Irish, Northern Irish or permanently resident in Ireland. The official criteria here (set by the Parachute Association of Ireland) requires the records to be slot perfect (above FAI standard). Hold time is same as FAI standard (no set time, but must be static, in control, and recorded on video and/or stills). The 51-way held for around 3 seconds. Both the POPS and Female records held for around 10 seconds. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #10 July 31, 2008 Well Done !!!! and a fine picture, as well. i had to look really hard, but i finally did find That green jumpsuit i was lookin' for... I was surprised at how Little green, there was... amongst the colors of the formation... "Q - Ball" green suit , red and white grippers....!!i had remembered that there was a large boogie planned for this summer. it looks like it's going to be a success...Jimmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GordonH 0 #11 July 31, 2008 Quote and a fine picture, as well. The four man camera-team (3 on the 51-way) was also all local, and all got great shots. The one I posted at the top of the thread is by Mike Barrett who also nailed a great top-shot of the same formation (on a 3-second hold! ). Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldgit 0 #12 August 1, 2008 51 way over Ireland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Lj9VQzejw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldgit 0 #13 August 2, 2008 Working link 51 way over Ireland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPPkM4a7x0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveom 0 #14 August 2, 2008 Hey Gordon, Could you put up a nice shot suitable for a desktop image? Well done to all concerned! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
