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AVCHD is a form of MPEG. MPEG-4/h.264. In any case, Apple just doesn't like MPEG. So you get formats like AIC, and ProRes. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Sorry, but if a tandem instructor tells me to stay a mile away, I would say sorry not going to happen. I would also say that I would prefer if after he opens he flies at least a mile off jump run so as to not be in jumpers airspace. If a tandem instructors comfort zone is any bigger than what he could expect from other groups of jumpers that is unreasonable. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

How well is a ban going to work? At what distance is it considered a fly-by? If it is grotesquely close then fine a ban would work, but how far is far enough? Then how do you measure it? Measuring CRW is easy. Things need to come in contact. WS bans on fly-bys are a bit tougher. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

One thing to consider is there have been a lot of things that needed money that are now coming to bear. Our infrastructure for one. I-35 Bridge collapse? Extremely out-dated power grid. Among other things. Everyone, both democrat and republican have been saying, eh don't worry about it we can fix it later. Sooner or later, money needs to be spent on our country. Does this spending scare me? Hell yes. Does it scare me that the attitude of it is "good enough" has been going on as well. Hell yes. On another note, Healthcare came to mind. For those that think that we don't already have a form of nationalized healthcare think again. Where do you think all that money the insurance companies pay out comes from? Us! And that doesn't include the bailout sh*t. Isn't capitalism fun! Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Also, DZ.com is notorious for the "online" skydiver. People have this strange tendency to act much differently online than they do at the DZ. Don't worry, because you have money that you wish to spend at a dropzone they will treat you like a king. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Wingsuit baby! Get your money's worth. And you still get the puzzled looks that the CRW guys get. But, wait there's more! Jump a seven cell on WS and do CRW with your bird buddies! All for the low low price of ONE jump ticket! TWO skydives for the price of ONE. Call 1-800-SKY-RIDE in the next 20 Minutes and you will also get an aimless search for a non-existent DZ! CALL NOW! Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

I apologize if this seems overly argumentative, but for those of us who started our skydiving career with a tandem, would it have made much of a difference if you had an altimeter on or not? When I did my first tandem I had the grumpy old guy take me. He did minimal training and was not the type to encourage continuing involvement. However, I felt something that didn't need any of that. I felt I wanted to keep going. I believe if someone is hooked they don't need all the encouragement to continue. There is an internal fire that keeps them going. As far as the safety of having a second altimeter I can understand that. But as far as a tool to help make the student feel involved, I don't think that is as pertinent. .02 cents Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

You can move the .mts files onto your computer, but without the entire file structure from the Memory Stick programs like iMovie will not be able to work with them. For archival purposes though you can just move the .mts which is the raw footage. Adobe Premier can open the .mts files from finder. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

So with a wingsuit on you shouldn't pull your reserve? As with any other jump, you try twice and go to reserve. In this case, he tried but did not complete the steps that every skydiver is trained to do in a situation where the main cannot be deployed. What would the WSI have said in his training? Re-stated what the student was told in his FJC? Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

One could also globally replace "wingsuiters" with "skydivers". Sh*t since we already have plenty of instruction with skydivers what are we to do? Also the line about gear failure should read: "wingsuiters with mis-used gear ending up dead." DSE considering you are a Tonysuits guy you should know that in the incident this January the suit operated just as designed. In regards to the incident involving legstraps: I may be assuming too much, but I would hope that this discussion has occurred before considering this is not the first time a wingsuiter has forgotten their leg straps. Was it different in those cases because they were experienced flyers? Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

And we will be creating just as much CO2 through the burning of fuels that hold less thermal energy, so we end up having to burn more for them same energy. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Bingo!... Ha anyway, continue with your regular scheduled broadcast. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

So you're saying everyone will stop driving? Also, I still haven't gotten any answers to my original question. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Ok let me clarify. If someone came up to you and said this is how they feel about any country. What would you classify them as. In regards to comments about the U.S. I don't see how, who pays for infrastructure, has anything to do with how important it is. The U.S. does export oil. More than most people realize. Anyway, like I said, what would be your guess as to the political alignment for someone with the views of my original post? Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Whoops Coors is now owned by Molson.. Damn Canadians. Where is John Candy and his invasion force when you need him. Ah! Canadian Bacon. On a side note Surly beer is pretty good and brewed right here in Minneapolis, MN. Oh and about piss beer, don't knock Hamms, til your tried it. It is from the land of sky blue waters. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

I wanted to find out how a person with these views would be represented. No tax breaks to any married couple (straight, gay, blue, pink). All roads should be toll roads. If you don't like it build your own. Infrastructure is more important than healthcare. The more you make the more you pay in taxes. The more you make the more opportunities for tax breaks. You can't speak the language you cannot be a citizen. You are not a citizen the government cheese shall not flow. If you do not know our national history you are no longer a citizen. No welfare. Either you are in the process of getting work or you are SOL. The government shouldn't give a sh*t where you put your nether regions. There are no government drug programs, you get hooked well I guess you have some stuff to figure out. A government education program exists. Either you make something of it or you can again refer to point about welfare. Unless you want our country to look like a barren wasteland, we figure out a way to borrow our resources. Our country stops exporting oil. The country stops acting like we are holding 4 aces and shows we are holding 4 aces. All is requested is a political title. Liberal, Conservative, Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Fundamentalist, etc. etc. Please also look up the definition of title before posting. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

And an obvious humorous post in response to the WSI thread. Butters is an enigma. Never take him seriously. Unless he says take him seriously, in which case continue to not take him seriously. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

For me it isn't that they are awful, but unpredictable. I had a student help me steer and flare. A mistake. We had practiced the flare up high and it went well. When we came into land and I said flare, he slammed down the toggles almost ripping them from my hands. I had to actually pull up on the toggles so we didn't end up getting slammed down going backwards. On a tandem skydive, I am also concerned with my own safety, so I try to minimize the risk posed by an unpredictable student. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Snow Leopard touts the use of OpenCL. Another thing to consider is the FSB, (front side bus). Something has to tell all those cores what to do. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

With the usage of safety equipment, comes the responsibility for safety. Apparently, she wanted it all on me. Another thing, why is a malfunctioning altimeter that big of a deal on a tandem? What do we learn in a FJC? If you lose track of altitude, wave and pull. As far as canopies are concerned, if you need an altimeter to properly land a canopy, not to mention a tandem, you should not be a T.I. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

What if, after you have instructed them on altitude awareness and pull procedures, your student refuses to wear the altimeter citing that they do not wish to have that responsibility? I have had a couple students refuse to help me in steering the canopy also. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

I am not sure where the software support is, but I would get a decent video card too. Therefore when software begins utilizing OpenCL, you will be a leg up. OpenCL uses the processors in your video card to help your main processors. Also, one thing to consider is, sometimes a faster dual core is better than a slower quad core. That goes for 8 core vs. Quad Core. As far as hard drives, get at least a 7200 rpm external preferably using e-sata. Firewire will work, but e-sata is your best bet. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

A couple different things that I have been thinking about. First of all, since this particular discussion began as a response to a jumper not using their legstraps consider if the student had received instruction at the proper time. Who is to say that he would not have forgotten his legstraps at a later time? Is the instructor, properly rated or not, expected to hold the hand of every wingsuiter when they gear up? Consider this person goes the next 20 WS jumps without an issue, but when he wants to hop on a load and has 5 minutes to gear up, he no longer has someone there holding his hand. His accident was not a matter of proper instruction. Now if the instructor was in charge of rigging up the student's suit and mis-rigged one of the arm cutaway cables around the reserve handle then by all means the instructor was at fault. But, then again the jumper should have checked his handles. Secondly, someone with 100 jumps is not going to be grasping for a 96 Velo. Even low time jumpers realize it is quite a process to get to that sort of canopy proficiency. Therefore, they find other parts of the sport to keep them interested while they continue to get there numbers up and canopy skills down. Now, lets consider a wingsuit. Low time jumpers don't see wingsuiters doing what they do. They can't see them like they can see guys swooping the pond. Sometimes making it across and sometimes not. Low timers can't see a flat spin getting out of hand. They can't see a close call when someone buzzes the formation almost taking someone out. All they see is a bunch of guys getting down from a jump with the same smiles as everyone else. Also, when they read about a new Intro suit that is so easy to fly, doesn't get in the way of your hackey, and you can get right to your toggles, no wonder it is hard getting people to wait. While it can be quite convenient to have a suit that zips from head to toe, is it so bad to have a suit that you must sit down to put it on? Instead of looking at the problem from the end of instruction, how about looking at how our discipline is perceived? So easy a caveman could do it, may not be the approach. Say yes the wing can cover your hackey. Yes you could flat spin to the point of not getting to your handles. Yes you can fly yourself into other canopies. Yes the suit covers a portion of your rig and you can forget to use said portion. At my dropzone there are pictures of various CReW wraps, that look just plain ugly. Seeing that probably makes people think twice before going up to try some CReW with a buddy. Keep it scary, keep it safe. Just some stuff to consider before we go and get ourselves regulated, by non-wingsuiters. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

This may seem a bit fatalistic and please excuse me if I offend anybody. However, isn't it somewhat of a benefit for wingsuiting to be viewed as a more "dangerous" discipline? Without the presence of death in skydiving very few people would voluntarily take a big bite of humble pie. Consider CReW for example. Almost all new jumpers have heard crazy stories about CReW and how close people have come. When I ask around very few new jumpers want to get into CReW. While death is a horrible result that can occur in the sport, isn't it what keeps the rest of us alive? I understand this doesn't directly relate to the thread, but it is something to consider as we continue to change and evolve the methods of training and instructing, which in turns affects the attitude towards the sport. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

Jumper with 200 jumps shows up at a new DZ with a 96 Velo. DZO laughs and says not here. Jumper with 150 Jumps shows up with a WS. DZO laughs and says not here. Another perspective.... Jumper shows up at a new dropzone with a WS. How are other jumpers supposed to know if he has done it before or how much? With any instructor comes a training progression. How many flights before you set a new bird loose. You train a new bird out of a Skyvan, and he goes back home and promptly hits the rear stabilizer of a PAC. Every dropzone has at least one instructor on staff, S/L. AFF, TI whatever. How many DZ's have a WS Instructor? A new bird goes home and is the only one at his DZ. Goes out and tries backflying. Promptly flies across jump run. Are you going to require people from smaller dropzones to travel across the country for a FFC? What then they go home and in most cases have no one to talk to about about continuing their learning? A wingsuit instructor rating means little without a corresponding license or certificate. So is that the next step a WS "endorsement" on your USPA card? In response to your post, camera does not require unique equipment that alters flight? Camera wings? Pulling your PC through your wing? What about snag hazards? What about getting fixated on getting the shot. Freeflying, someone with a Vector 2 goes with another jumper with a Flexon. They do a linked exit, the Vector 2 has a premature opening and entangles with the other jumper. Also, I am sorry but I do not see the relationship between a tandem and a wingsuit jump. Your main handle is in the same place as every other jump. Your emergency procedures are the exact same. On tandems, your handles are in different places. Your emergency procedures are much more complex, and you have someone attached to you that has no idea what is going on and has a mind of their own. Oh yeah they are trying to kill you, even if they don't know it. But... what do I know, I only have 160 wingsuit jumps, and a fresh tandem rating, ~50 tandems. Feel free to discount anything I have to say. Sky Canyon Wingsuiters