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  1. GordonH
    Two tunnels - a 12 footer and a 16.5 footer sharing the same carpark. Amazing! Great staff at Freezone - I can't wait to see the new tunnel. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  2. GordonH
    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 ;-)
  3. GordonH
    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
  4. GordonH
    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 ;-)
  5. GordonH
    Prior to Sat 5th - grounded for about 2 weeks We jumped Sat 5th - fast turnarounds everyone happy. Our group did 8 jumps in half a day Sun 6th - 2 loads up, then crap weather for rest of day. Mon 7th - Great weather, but DZ grounded again, no lifts, no info from dz. At 18.00 we were told we'll be jumping again tomorrow (8th). Very frustrating with lack of info coming from DZ, but at least the Skyventure Moscow windtunnel (12ft recirculator trading as "Freezone") has cheap rates at nighttime and we've been in there every night - :-) Fingers crossed for jumping tomorrow. For those thinking of travelling, you need to decide for yourselves. The DZ is mega efficient when they get going and you could realistically do 10+lifts a day very easily with briefs/debriefs, but then again you could just sit around like we've had to . Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  6. GordonH
    Friends on the ground at Kolomna say they've been told by the DZ the restriction is lifted, but still awaiting paperwork They expect to be jumping later today (4th) or tomorrow. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  7. GordonH
    Still closed as at end of day Thu 3 July, still no firm date for re-opening Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  8. GordonH
    The next All-Ireland big-way record attempts will take place 28-30 July 2008, at the Irish Parachute Club. The current record is 30, and we will have lift capacity for a 50-way. So any Irish or Northern Irish ex-pats out there with big-way experience or aspirations, get in touch at fsorganising@skydive.ie. Foreigners are welcome to jump on a big-way skills camp running alongside the Irish Record with organising by Kate Cooper-Jenson, Derek Thomas and me. The big-ways will take place during the Irish Boogie with all sorts going on - four turbines, maybe more
  9. GordonH
    Woohoo! I had an SMS to say it's been confirmed. What an amazing achievement for all involved, especially the organising team...well done to all. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!! Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  10. GordonH
    Wendy - just a quick note to say thanks for writing the daily updates on the record website and here. It's great to follow the progress - keep em coming!
  11. GordonH
    That sounds good. The UK and Ireland records both had 'National' defined as anyone who has that country as their Nationality + foreigners who now live and regularly jump in the country. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  12. GordonH
    Here's a list of National Records I compiled by emailing a few people. Thailand 400-way International team USA 300-way International team Germany 156-way All German (built over USA) Bavaria – 50-way Baden-Wurtemburg – 47-way Belgium 126-way International team Norway 108-way All locals Sweden 107-way All locals UK 100-way All locals + residents Russia 100-way France 100-way All female, international team Switzerland 84-way Australia 81-way Brazil 80-way Canada 59-way Finland 58-way Denmark 55-way? Plan to go bigger in 2008 Venezuela 32-way All locals. 40-way planned 2008 80-way with international team over Venezuela. Mexico 31-way All locals Ireland 30-way All locals + residents Peru 26-way All locals Austria 24-way Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  13. GordonH
    12, inc 8-way, CRW, formation loads, AFF and a hybrid. Top weekend
  14. GordonH
    You need to have the pic in 8-bit mode, not 16-bit, to be able to save as .JPG. got to Image > Mode > 8-bit - after doing that you'll get your .JPG option back in the Save > As dialogue. :-) Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  15. GordonH
    Only went for half a day and did 1 - a great AFF level 2 - I was main-side and it was SWEET. I'd hoped for more, but the DZ was busy with tandems Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  16. GordonH
    Also, Irish National CRW record is 7 - built Sun 26 Aug 2007 Irish National POPS RW record is 10 - built Sat 15 Sep 2007 Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  17. GordonH
    Been doing lots of freeflown 9-ways + video this season from a Porter. 10 people is busy seating, but the climbrate is fast so it's not that big a deal. For freeflown FS groups, we normally have 5 floaters, 3 divers in the door + 2 later divers. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  18. GordonH
    A document (MS Word), with a list of the missing gear can be found on the downloads section of the Irish Parachute Club's website... http://www.skydive.ie/downloads/ ...it's still a part-complete list, so if you download it, please check back in a couple of weeks and look for an update. Please help spread the word on behalf of all those who lost their gear. Thanks. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  19. GordonH
    Bump. Anybody heard when the DVD will be despatched? Coming up to 18 months now. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  20. GordonH
    The Irish National RW Record is now 30, with this 30-way Shamrock-shaped formation, built on Monday 6th August 2007 using a Skyvan and Porter at 15,000ft. The criteria for a National Record here, is for all jumpers to be either Irish Nationals or Northern Irish Nationals - or other nationalities who have more than 50 jumps in Ireland and more than 6 months jumping here...basically true Irish or ex-Pat's who are now living and jumping here. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  21. GordonH
    Anybody got any experience of clamping video cameras and/or stills cameras inside an aircraft to record the exit? For video - how do you dampen down the vibrations? For stills - how to control the shutter release? Wireless shutter release triggered by jumper? Extra long-cable shutter release triggered by the pilot? Clamps - any particular clamps recommended? Any other thoughts, tips, suggestions greatly appreciated. We're just considering some special shots of an event out of a Skyvan and Porter. Cheers Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  22. GordonH
    In a book I read (need to check which one when I get home) he described giving a verbal commentary on the way down that was recorded on some sort of tape recorder. In the book was a transcript of parts of his commentary, so the recording obviously worked. What would be VERY cool, would be to get hold of a copy of that transcript and play that as part of the interview on Skydive Radio. It'd give us a great experience to hear his words during the fall...and I'm sure would be very nostalgic for him. Perhaps he has a copy, or knows who to approach to get a copy? I can't wait to hear the interview - have fun. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  23. GordonH
    I just joined yesterday. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  24. GordonH
    I'm also a new TI this year, and after the training jumps, I started doing exactly the same thing as you for exactly the same reason. I also wondered about how sensible it was, so asked my Tandem Examiner. He told me it was a very bad idea as it gives the student an opportunity to grab onto your arms - at exactly the time when you might need them to deal with a mal. I've now stopped doing it, but each time it is still tempting. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)
  25. GordonH
    My 160 is exactly the same, WR trim but 0.5ft shorter lines. Blue skies! Gordon Beware of advice from those with more posts than jumps ;-)