Jussi

"-D'oh! Sorry!" don`t worry, it`s no the first time i`ve been confused to be him..... "Ach! I got to try the new Cola-flavored kind. It is the hard liquor that every 8th grader dreams about." oh, i haven`t tried that one fyi, maybe you should refer salmiakki as Salmiakki Koskenkorva, aka, "Salmari" at first i thought you were talking about candy.... hey, you know what, what the hell, pm me yor address

" Dude, the response is "Hey Deuce, that would be ME" " Dude, the response is " Hey Deuce, that would NOT be ME" check my profile, wrong last name oh yeah, salmiakki rocks!!

that would be Jussi Laine, he has photos here on dz.com, http://www.dropzone.com/photography/photographers/JussiLaine.shtml his photos are really cool edit, if i remember correctly, he uses Canons 70-200 L lense....

Haahaa, please call Henri a "orjapiiskuri"

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jeah, i have gmail myself, just not able to invite yet....

if someone has more invites, please pm me, friend of mine could use one...

"Henri Pohjolaninen owner and designer of the Wings, Aided in the Original Javelin Design. (to what degree I have no idea)" in a Finnish aviation magazine(Ilmailu, 2/94), it was said that in 1986 Henri (aka Hena) with Mike Furry started to develop a new harness/container what would be called Javelin,Henri concentrated on r&d and making test jumps, Mike was taking care of paperwork etc, in 1988 TSO was received. But they had disagreements about how to proceed with the project, for example Mike was selling Javelin protoypes abroad before they had TSO, Henri didn´t like that, because it might ruin Javelin`s reputation.... so one morning in 1988 Henri went to work, to find out locks had been changed, and all the stuff had been taken..... in the end Derek Thomas bought Sun Path.... well, thats basically what the magazine said....

Rammstein: Herzeleid Sehnsucht Mutter Korn: Untouchables and talk about contrast: TikTak: Ympyrää

"[dons geek hat] Goose should not have been killed. The F-14 he was in was in a flat spin, which would have spun the cockpit out from under the canopy, leaving Goose free to eject into clear air. [removes geek hat]" well, i found this "accidentally" on the web: Actually, they way Goose died was based on some fact. During the development and flight testing of the F-14, it was determined that in a flat spin, there would be considerable "dead air," just above the F-14 (remember, it is spinning and coming straight down). As a result of an ejection, the canopy would tend to hover above the F-14 (several feet, not just a few inches). Thus, when the aircrew ejected, the canopy would go, and then one second later, the RIO would go, and possibly hit into the canopy, with the ejection seat rocket still firing. Procedures were put into place, for any ejection, that the aircrew should first jettison the canopy (via the canopy jettison handle in the cockpit), and then pull the ejection seat handle. This would give the canopy enough time to clear the "dead air" and result in a safe ejection. This was particularly spelled out in the F-14 Flat Spin Emergency Procedures, of which aircrew were requrired to memorize. Only in extremis, were the aircrew to bypass this procedure (eg, about ready to fly into a mountain), but with that, they would risk hitting the canopy. In the movie, such that a layman would understand how Goose died, the canopy only jettisoned a few inches, and Goose went into the canopy (he did not jettision the canopy first, as per procedures). In a flat spin, many times, the pilot (due to outward G forces) cannot reach the ejection handle, and you heard Maverick say something like, "I can't reach the handle..............Eject, Eject...............watch the canopy." This entire sequence was to "simulate" for the moviegoer, the real facts of an F-14 in a Flat Spin, and the fact that one could indeed, eject into the canopy. They just had to make it understandable to the layperson." hmm.....

"thats the same seat that killed Goose!!!" nope, F-14A and B uses this seat http://users.bestweb.net/~kcoyne/mk7seats.htm F-14D uses the NACES seat...

it´s been out for sometime, do a search here

well, now i think Finland is pretty much covered

well, iirc he jumped couple of years with it, switched to Wings when it came to market... but, after seeing that rig i´ve been thinking getting one for some time now

well, friend of mine waited 1.5 years(!!) for his Vector 3..... 16 weeks? it´s nothing

i´m in!! (edit) Yep, use the dc++, i´ve been using it for a while...

"For this reason, pilot's don't waste time jettisoning the canopy ahead of ejecting under these critical ejection situation (as shown in the picture). The seat punches straight through the canopy, sometimes assisted by pyro-charged threads embedded in the acrylic canopy itself" BTW: on the F-16, if the canopy is still there, you CANNOT eject through it, here is a thread about it: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-460.html

The photo is very real, there is also videos on the web, here is an email taken from www.airliners.net. Subject: Thunderbirds info I have noticed all over the internet the shot I had taken of the Thunderbird crash at Mountain Home AFB, ID and though I am not at liberty to share the photo; it is out there. I would like to end some speculation and let you know the photo is real. I'm a Still Photographer for the USAF and I was stationed at MHAFB during the air show. I was on the catwalk of the tower at Mtn Home along with another photog (video) and about seven other (military) spectators. I have shot the T-birds from the tower before and I was pretty excited to do it again (the sky was perfect blue). I followed Thunderbird 6 from takeoff and watched as he pulled into his manoeuvre. I then noticed something seemed to be wrong, his direction was a little off; he was pulling out and heading right towards the tower. At this point I figured two things: 1. He's either going to fly past this tower and we'll feel the heat or 2. This is going to be ugly... I waited for the aircraft to level and clicked the shutter, what I saw through the lens will never go away... At the same time as I shot I seen a flash of light and horrific sound. I was shooting on high speed continuous and the next couple frames were a ball of fire and my feet, right before I ran. We all ran to the other side of the tower, I tried to get everyone in along with my partner and finally made it in myself. By the time we got inside the 16 had stopped sliding and rested about 100 ft in front of the tower. I then continued documenting the work of our base fire-fighters as they put out the flames. It was an experience and though I can't officially make any comments to the matter, I would like to say Capt Stricklin saved lives... enough said. For those who are wondering the image is not cleared for public release. Also for those fellow photogs I was shooting with a D1x with a 300mm, 2.8 @ 1000 and 2000 Thanks, SSgt Bennie J. Davis III Still Photographer, USAF

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if that is the case, i think they will be only able to tell if they have done it, not if some rigger has done it....

clicky : http://www.cajunchickens.com/files/end of season video.wmv

i found it sometime ago from somewhere, don´t remember where, it will be in my pages for couple of days.... http://www.jfmattila.com/temp/andyhook.wmv

Karhu, need i say more?

klicky http://www.skydivingmovies.com/dl.php?f=wingsuit/birdmanbo.wmv

like skymonkeyone said, i wouldn´t recommend xaos at least for the first jumps, Sabre is in my humble opinion one of the best choices for the new wingsuit jumpers... In Finland you have to jump your five first BM jumps with a sabre like canopies, that was decided after some reserve rides....... good rule imo. but when you get some experience with BM, i guess you could use your Xaos. i don´t currently have a wingsuit, but i jumped with Stiletto, Sabre, Impulse, Velocity, had one reserve ride with the Impulse. Out of those, Sabre was my favorite on a wingsuit jump get a Sabre hope that helps JFM