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Everyone else's shit-talking aside: I've been looking at this helmet myself, actually. I jump a protec right now because it does the things I want: It protects my head (better than most skydiving helmets could even pretend to), it holds my protrack, and my gopro mount stuck to it. I haven't had a chance to look at a Fuel in person yet but if it's essentially a higher-quality protec made for skydiving, I'm gonna strongly consider one. The price IS a bit of a turnoff, though. cavete terrae.

Appears to be. I just double checked mine, and it appears fine, but I don't have a lot of jumps on these risers. cavete terrae.

By and large, yes. My issue is with blanket requirements on AADs. It's already fucking expensive to jump here, and that doesn't help :P cavete terrae.

Just a heads up, first I've seen of this and didn't see any mention of it on the forums http://velocityrigs.com/service_bulletins/Service%20Bulletin%20VSESB001.pdf DATE:June 1, 2013 SERVICE BULLETINVSESB001, REV 0 # PAGES: 4 SUBJECT: MAINRISER, LOCKINGLOOP WEAR STATUS: MANDATORY INSPECTION INDENTIFICATION: 1. Allmain risersmanufactured by Velocity Sports Equipment(VSE) BACKGROUND: Severalmain risers have been found in the field with frayed/partially cutlocking loops(the white type 2A loop). The amount and location of damage on the loops varies, leading VSE to conclude theremay be several contributing factors. A loop failure can resultin an out ofsequencemain release and reserve deployment which can cause an entanglement. Due to this danger, VSE feels allmain risersshould be inspected according to the following Service Bulletin. WHOCANINSPECT: Any FAA certified senior ormaster parachute rigger orforeign equivalent. INSPECTIONPROCEDURE: 1. Remove the cutaway handle / yellow cutaway cablesfromthe rig and disconnectthe risers. 2. Closely check the locking loopsfor damage. a. See “WHAT TOLOOK FOR:NORMAL WEARORDAMAGE” to determining ifthe locking loop shows normal wear orsigns of damage. If in doubt, please contact VSE. b. If damage isfound,the rigmust be repaired before it can be jumped. See “RESOLUTION” c. If normal wearisfound,the rig can be jumped, but VSE suggests periodic checksmoving forward. See “RESOLUTION” formore details 3. Reassemble the system, being careful notto reverse the risers orintroduce a twist. WHATTOLOOKFOR:NORMALWEAROR DAMAGE? Please review the following picturesto see the difference between loops with normal wear and damaged loops cavete terrae.

Wow, just how high are you going? Warm day in a Cessna, sounds about right cavete terrae.

Door fear aside, is this the first jump that you weren't happy with the results of? Regarding difficulty of various exits, it seems to vary between people. Honestly I'd rather dive out of a door towards the rear of the plane than present to the RW, it feels more natural to me. Your mileage may vary. cavete terrae.

Oh the memmmoorrrries! I was a static line baby at a cessna dropzone, I haven't seen that point of view in so long When I did my first "5 second delay" I'm pretty sure it was about a 0.00000000000000004 second delay in all actuality …damn, I really want to go jump a Cessna now. cavete terrae.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88Z7YOh_us cavete terrae.

It is still less people than are killed daily on the roads of the US! Yet no one cares for traffic safety. pertaining to this: Why do some police never seem to pull people over for not using signals, following too closely, etc – even if it's happening right in front of 'em? cavete terrae.

I never saw one at my original DZ, but that was a small club in the upper midwest. Saw a couple at Eloy during the holiday boogie a few years back, and I've seen one at Elsinore once I think. I've never seen one in Australia. cavete terrae.

Guys this was a simple misunderstanding. They heard "You can use a head to play the ball" and didn't realize that refers to one's own head. cavete terrae.

Jesus christ. I pictured Curly from City Slickers, and i'll admit I laughed. cavete terrae.

Not to mention risking creating an atmosphere that straight up pushes people out of the sport. I quit jumping in Australia for several years because of the nanny state safetycrat attitude that permeates the entire culture. It's still here, and it'll keep be from being able to do nearly as many jumps as I would like, but I'm not traveling to the US enough to do my jumps anymore so I'm going to put up with it because I am weak :P cavete terrae.

I wouldn't recognize many by their pics, but it seems like during my non-posting period, a lot of the ol' regulars disappeared too… hopefully most of 'em are still jumping (not to mention alive), but I'm almost scared to ask cavete terrae.

How could I not make that joke? That's how I roll cavete terrae.

This - a million times this. I think there is a blind spot where smokers think a cigarette end is not litter. Even if there is a trash can 3 feet away. ETA. I like the word Twatwaffle. Yep, and fuck those assholes who flick the butts out the window when driving. And especially FUCK that shithead who flicked one out at night and it exploded in a shower of sparks off my windshield. Took one to the visor on the bike once. While I feel my reaction was perhaps somewhat over the top, I expect he won't be likely to forget it. Yeah? Right on. Wha'd you do? Assuming the statute of limitations have expired. Followed him until the next light, swung around him and stopped the bike in front of him, got off, and informed him (he was in a convertible so I didn't have to get him to roll down his window) that throwing burning objects out of a car is not only stupid but dangerous, and if I didn't see some immediate regret I would burn him down with the fuel from his own car. I don't recall the exact wording because it was several years ago, but it was something along those lines. cavete terrae.

I can't speak for the Virgin ones specifically, but the United ones have various foods and beverages, in addition to comfortable seating and power for your devices. cavete terrae.

holy shit. cavete terrae.

I'm reviving my own long dead thread, because I just rewatched that video and was dyin' cavete terrae.

This may be irrelevant info, but I had the super basic coverage from BCBS Iowa until late 2006 when I left the US. It didn't cover day to day basics but it was only $80/mo and covered skydiving so it was the go. cavete terrae.

oh god dammit him too cavete terrae.

well done, sir. cavete terrae.

I feel it's important to derail this thread a bit and turn it into a general "complain about gym behaviour" thread. My contribution: Motherfuckers who don't wear deodorant. There's nothing cool or broly about smelling horrible. DAMN. cavete terrae.

Currently the algorithm appears to basically be: if anyone replies to one of $user's posts, and notifications are enabled, then an email goes out. What might be better, at least from my perspective: if anyone replies to one of $user's posts, and notifications are enabled, then an email goes out and a server-side flag is set, linked to $user's last viewing of the thread (which we know is tracked anyway by the "new posts in thread" system). While this flag is set, no more email notifications of replies to $user's posts in that thread are sent. Upon $user viewing that thread again, the flag is removed, and he will again receive one email advising of a reply or replies to that post. Granted the email would need to be rejigged a little to note to the recipient that there may be more than one reply. Might be too hard, nobody else might give a rat's nut, but figured I'd throw it out there :) cavete terrae.

Australia might not have Independence Day, but if there'd been an open flame anywhere near my desk a moment ago there might have been fireworks anyway. We all know that rides to altitude are where the worst farts are, but what are your horrible ground fart stories? Actually, in the spirit of completeness, feel free to share the in-plane gas chamber stories as well. cavete terrae.