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The fact that women are not attracted to thier own breasts has always amazed me. If I were a chick I would never leave the mirror. Also I don't think you've had them 27 years. Maybe 15 or so.
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most of the pilots i know use tarot cards
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I don't post to this forum often but I feel very strongly about this NO, you can never get too much T&A
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On my rig the cutaway handle is on the right. All of the student rigs we use are SOS systems. The cutaway cable is on the same handle as the reserve cable. The advantage here is the student doesn't have to think about which handle to pull first. The disadvantages of a SOS don't really apply to a static line student (Because the main will probably deploy and will need to be cutaway) In the US, the USPA requires an AAD on all student rigs.
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According to his jumpmaster, he was flailing around and didn't pull. The jumpmaster said he reached for the main ripcord, bent his head down to look, flipped over on his back and was just falling out of control. The DZO (who was on the radio for the student) saw the reserve deploy at the low altitude. Inspection of the rig when we picked him up showed the AAD had fired. The student was unclear on what he did when, so all the rest is just speculation. The general consensus was that the AAD fired about the time he pulled the main ripcord causing the two pilot chutes to entangle. He definitely did pull the reserve handle because the main had cut away (The student rigs are all SOS, with the cutaway cable and reserve cable on the same handle.) I am not sure when he pulled the silver handle, but I believe that was what cleared the mess and allowed the reserve to deploy.
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Since there were a couple of other incident reports, thought I'd post my two cents. Sunday, a good friend of mine hooked it in. Sam is known as a very aggressive canopy pilot but it still came as a shock. He is in the hospital now with his left leg fractured in 5 places, a broken hip and two cracked vertebra. Second incident a licensed but low number jumper made a downwind landing on a runway. She got the breath knocked out of her and got skinned up pretty good but was otherwise OK Third incident: A student on his first 10 second delay failed to pull his ripcord until the AAD fired. He didn't have any canopy at all until about 400 feet. He landed way off the drop zone and I went with the DZO to find him. We found him scratched up but OK with the reserve draped over a small pine tree. We took the student back to the DZ and then I went back to look for the main/free bag. I found the main, still in the bag with the reserve pilot chute bridle knotted around the main pilot chute. This was a very lucky guy.
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Skydive Walterboro is just a short drive from the coastal city of Charleston, SC. Charleston is a beautiful, historic city with tons of whuffo stuff to do. Skydive Walterboro is a terrific dropzone with a lot of super people jumping there.
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Never met any of you weirdos but I'll try anything once.
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You know nothing!! My job ends 12/31 and **ALL** development work has stopped. (At least I don't have trouble keeping up with the forums.) The only work I am doing is when a disgruntled employee sabotages something. PS minesweeper is an alternative to solitare
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We had a couple get married in the air at Skydive Walterboro. (I wasn't there, just saw the pictures.) We have an ordained minister that jumps there.
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Whats your Name and what do you do for a living?
JeffGordon replied to Viking's topic in The Bonfire
My name is Jeff Gordon and I am a C++, (Perl, Unix, whatever) programmer. Soon I will be looking for work because the company I work for has been sold. I'm looking for something near a dz of course. I have a little over 200 jumps. -
I have a skydiver friend (Chris Zieman) who I believe has the silk screening stuff. I will probably see him this weekend and will ask. By the way anybody from the Carolinas going to the Chester boogie this weekend?
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I'll be there.
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A friend of mine has his BASE number (I think it is BASE476)
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At Skydive Walterboro packing is taught as part of the regular student progression.
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Broke mine as a student. Sat down on a runway with no flare and couldn't sit down for a month. A friend gave me a round child's floatation device to sit on. It helped a lot.
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You need a place to put them on the web. If you don't have somewhere to put them, email me JGordon@sc.rr.com. If you do have a place to put them, put them there and make a link. (See the FAQ for inrtructions on how to make a link.
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Really?? You only date you enemies?
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I think a lot of it goes along with what you posted in another thread. Most people don't understand the thing that is most important to us and are unwilling to try.
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Funny?
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Statistics? We don't need no stinking statistics!
JeffGordon replied to Michele's topic in The Bonfire
how about this? I drive around 150 miles per week to work, grocery shop etc. I drive 400+ miles to and from the drop zone on the weekend. -
I agree with diver123. You have to adjust to meet the situation. There was a nonfatal incident report in Parachutist magazine where a skydiver could have died because she could not get to her reserve handle. She survived because she reacted to the emergency and not automatically.
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Michele, you are AWESOME!!
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sent my 2 cents to the gm.