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Okay - here's the deal - I was shooting a 4way tyesterday and one of the people in the formation discovered she had exited without securing her helmet. So, she held it down on her head and promptly flailed herself low (she had less than a hundred jumps) as soon as they keyed to the next point. I dropped down to her to see what the problem was and found her not doing much but checking her altitude and trying to reclasp her helmet but not making any progress. She spots me (I was right there) and takes a grip. Now she's only holding on to the helmet with one hand. I figure this is all a major distaction to turning points so I grab the helmet off of her head, shake off the grip she has on me, and pop back up as the rest of the 4way docks on her builds the next point. Flew the rest of the dive over the formation holding onto her helmet (hardshell "free-fly type"). They turn some points, break off, I dump, and get under canopy without losing grip of the helmet which I clasped to my chest strap. Landed safely and returned the helmet to her. Never quite done that before...so - beerable offesense??? -Jerry

Thanks! I'll mention him that next time I see him. -Jerry KittyHawk #96 (almost as good as 69) BTW - the video of our adventures in North Carolina is DONE!!! I should start burning DVD's tomorrow! It rocks!

Actually, we've never strung up more than two people under it directly to it's risers though there have been a couple of attempts with a large aluminum "gondola" out of a CASA but opening shock easily shook off the 4 people holding on's grips both times. Something else is being plotted. -Jerry

It's a tried and tested deployment system for our 100' round. -Jerry

Pics from our 20way!!! http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/skycamjlk/my_photos DVD/VHS about two edits and one rendering from completion - will run about 35 minutes. I like it. Email me for details. And to all you folk who were out at Kill Devil Hills with me - Woooooo!!! Blue Skies Red Peril -Korshak