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some quote me if i'm wrong but i think it's around a 300 way done in russia or the states not sure if thats any help ttfn Allan

not sure on the rules except to try and get trashed at the end of the days skydiving for example if the weather is shit and theirs nopt a snowballs chance in hell that we are going to get off the ground the CCI (DZO) will anounce it is beer o'clock and the shutters are opened and off we go as for 1st am not sure it usually means that theres a good old party however when i got my cat A up in nottingham it ment thanging around while awaiting for the caravan to go up in the air and as i wanted to "get just one more jump in " i waited and the bird i was supposed to be seeing on the other side of the U.K was also waiting in a cold train station, i had to make it sound like my bike had broken down and i could not find my roadway recovery card, however i did get the jump in and i did not have time to celebrate i put 20 quid behind the bar and told the guys n gals to have a beer on me, i ended up meeting her at the train station 10 hours late OOOOPS she was not impressed sorry i am rambling and hope i have answered your question cheers ttfn Allan

we don't use seat belts but we have used fixed slings with carabeenas on which you hook up to the webbing on your harness i think this just stops you from slipping back during take off not much else oh well ttfn Allan

well the best way to describe it for a guy is feel your testicles after a jump, you see they shrink into yourself in readiness for extreme danger, and i can tell you something pal mine are the size of peas which have shrucken in to my body after a jump, and this is the reason why we drink as much as we do after the days jumping ! it's just to loosen things up down there preparing yourself for tommorows jumping ttfn Allan

"haggis and the loch ness monster" are in scotland leprauchans are in ireland achhhhhhhhhh eye wee do noo ttfn Allan

bring me my bow off burning fire bring me my chariot of desire woooooooooooah jeruesalum how's thats ttfn allan

I think my most intersting jump was my AFF level 2, my 2nd jump of the day as had been waiting around all week for the weather to get better. Well my instructor turns around to me and asks if i am happy and i know what i'm doing, i give him a thumbs up not trusting my voice to speak. so then he tells me to do my checks of my rig then put it on, ok! no problem! i go to put on my rig and had been looking at the experienced guys, so i put it on my shoulders and slowly slip it down and then place my first leg in the harness of which i tottaly cocked up hopped around 3 or 4 times and then landed straight on my face with the flightline checkers looking at me kind of ammused. (not a great way to start) so on we get to the pick up and as we are driving towards the runway someone's whistling the theme from M.A.S.H (suicide is painless). as the plane lands in (dornier ) very fast and very noisy we all hop in me being last behind all the tandem guys. well we move up to altitude (no problem ) plenty of thumbs up and false smiles of bravado. the door is open and it is freezing (about -30 degrees celcius) i'm asked if i'm ready to sky dive and i give the thumbs up (voice still not working) "come to the door " he says so there i am right arse cheek inside the plane left arse cheek outside i check in (with a voice that sounds like i'm going through puberty again. as i go to check out i'm wrenched out of the aircraft. "wooooooooooooooooooooooooah shieeete" hang on i've only got one instructor! no problem carry out my checks heading, altitude look under the left arm scream at him the altitude he gives me thumbs up have a look on my right hand side and the instructor comes screaming in and stops right on me and gives me a shrug and a smile (nutter i think to myself). ok practice pulls 2 of no problem! the instructor to the left of me releases and i wobble a bit and i'm thinking to my self "wooooah there big fella" but not a problem he apears infront of me and goes to pinch my nose to make me smile but then thinks twice about it (supposidly a had forgot to blow my nose and the snot was flying out in streams either side of my face and freezing on my goggles) i do a couple of 90 degree turns either way then it lock on at 6000ft "5 5" and pull. it's at that point you realise what you have done and you scream out to yourself "I AM THE KING OF THE FU*#KIN% WORLD " absolutely amazing gets my heart rate up thinking about it ttfn Allan

well it's like they say "it's twice the angle of dangle in relation to the heat of the meat which has diverse affects to the throb of the knob" ttfn Allan

yeh skreamer i guess so! When i get back to englands green and pleasant lands i'm going to bum around langar for a week get current again, then it's off to empuriabrava for a week and a half, am planning to rent my house in the u.k and get a long term rental there for a year (will be scoping it out and jumping as well), to really get some serious jumping in, and then off to texel for the boogie (i believe your going too), then back to the u.k and then off to africa for another 4 weeks. and then hopefully my rig will be ready for america in july i cant wait woohooooooo hellian cheers for the url's i'll check em out. take it easy Allan

Cheers mucker! much appreciated. (looks out of porthole[mmmmmmmmm night jumps]) ttfn Allan

Now i'm no expert but the dytter or pro track is a "back up" if you give him one of those he is just going to rely on that all the time and not on his primary (chest or wrist altimeter). which might make the matter worse!!! just my thoughts ttfn Allan

right i have recently got my cat A and then had to disapear to this god forsaken oil rig 40 miles off the coast of west africa! have been here for a week and am in the safe knowledge that i will be once again jumping into the blue again in 3 weeks time just infuruiating! now could anyone give me any links on the net that will give me step by step instructions (with pics if possible) on flat packing and pro packing, also any advice on removing twists etc so i can at least, visualise it. as do not have much chance of jumping or packing any chutes out here. i'd really appreciate some feedback, as i am here looking at blue skies with 5 knot winds day in day out and knowing that i cant jump grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr thanks all ttfn Allan

did you know that ball jumping's not allowed in the u.k? and i'm pretty sure it is allowed everywhere else ttfn Allan

the best flippers you coud use ise the ones for boogie boards they only extend from you feet by maybe 2 - 4 inches and then for your hands put hand paddles on the ones they use for swimming training, however you need a quick and garanteed release for the hand paddles it would look kind of stupid going in because you wanted hand paddles on ttfn Allan

how about the IN "N" OUTS or i have always liked "the casuals"

Tally ho with a bing and a bong and a buzz buzz buzz. i would just like to wish every one a happy st Georges day ! patron saint of england "what" toodle pip ttfn Allan

i hear kansas mentioned and the first thing i think of is dorothy clicking her ruby slippers together. nope nothing like a good pint of warm bitter on a cold winters day something with a name like "ye olde grumble belly", or "the dogs bollocks" which has loads of sediment floating around so you can literally chew the stuff for lunch bloody marvelous, and well if you want to get shitehoard well just drink absynthe i tried the stuff in prague woooohoooo. ttfn Allan (the barrel is empty the mind is shot but the liquor we still got[flannagans law])

yeh! And?

it's a bit like the 3 min 45 second freefall (i timed it) in point break where they are ammicably talking to each other on the way down mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm??? i think not! but hey it looked good ttfn Allan

if i had taken up skydiving earlier i think my parents would have been glad to get rid off me what with puberty and all ! and with that statement put on the coals all i can say is "dont screw up, it's the second bounce is the one that hurts) ttfn Allan

response to " ich heise wingnut. ich wohne aus trier, deutschland. ich bin ein mechaniker auf die luftwaffe vom den U.S.A.. mien deutsch ist nich gut. sie sind aus oserich, ya?" let me get this your name is wingnut , you live in trier, germany and you are a mechanic with the lufwaffe from the states??? and your germans not so hot , and you are from austria yes??" how was that whats the DZ's like in germany i might get my arse over there in 4 weeks for a laugh if the weathers crap at least the beer is good. ouber Allest ttfn Allan

pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft!!!! as they say "if in doubt arch arch arch and pull every thing possible" ttfn Allan

in reply to "That is an awesome page. Now i will just have to work on my really rusty German language skills. Very cool." ja das ist einfachklasse (a bit rusty i think) ttfn Allan

not to worry it's 03:00 where i am (near enough) and am on the nightshift looking at clear skies and thinking to myself mmmmmmmmmmm?? nightjumps ttfn Allan

amen ttfn Allan