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- 2014/10/23 23:19:44 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: instructors and other qualified pilot fiends
- Replies: 1744
- Views: 879852
Re: instructors and other qualified pilot fiends
If Tad hadn't pointed it out I'd most likely never have noticed.
- 2014/10/23 19:45:58 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: instructors and other qualified pilot fiends
- Replies: 1744
- Views: 879852
Re: instructors and other qualified pilot fiends
It's still visible, going up towards the left. I think you're seeing the end he managed to release.
- 2014/09/27 19:42:23 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: You are NEVER hooked in.
- Replies: 996
- Views: 536113
Re: You are NEVER hooked in.
What did you do, cast aspersions on their asparagus?
- 2014/09/25 02:16:41 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Weak links
- Replies: 1840
- Views: 785851
Re: Weak links
The pilot's timing was perfect, everything was appropriate.(How the fracture piece managed to blow at the precise instant the release was blown I have no fuckin' clue. Any ideas?)
- 2014/09/21 23:28:29 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Weak links
- Replies: 1840
- Views: 785851
Re: Weak links
Davis Straub - 2011/08/26 14:04:52 UTC We had six weaklink breaks in a row at Zapata this year. Russell Brown (tug pilot, tug owner, Quest Air owner) said go ahead and double up (four strands of Cortland Greenspot). He knows I used his Zapata weaklink in Big Spring (pilots were asked to tell the tu...
- 2014/09/19 17:02:36 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Weak links
- Replies: 1840
- Views: 785851
Re: Weak links
Many of us love bacon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGr1PkpDVU
x: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YYcQitVp6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGr1PkpDVU
x: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YYcQitVp6E
- 2014/09/10 14:57:41 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Skyting demolition
- Replies: 123
- Views: 333544
Re: Skyting demolition
It's not a release option. Suggested release option. Brian Scharp - 2014/09/09 16:52:54 UTC Shouldn't you be pulling in at the time of release? Nobody actually needs to be told that when the shit actually hits the fan. It's a question directed at the safety of that suggested option even in the best...
Re: Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvr9P_w5VQ
Hang gliding - Dan explains the double-threaded tow bridle system
jwm239 - 2011/05/02
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Hang gliding - Dan explains the double-threaded tow bridle system
jwm239 - 2011/05/02
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Re: landing
I use the same method to unload the zipper while zipping up. I've added a line that attaches from the top of the back frame - up through a ring on the carabiner - to the stirrup. It keeps the boot from drooping. Not sure if it's common knowledge, but it's easier to do the zipping up before fully pro...
- 2014/08/30 00:06:01 UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Skyting demolition
- Replies: 123
- Views: 333544
Re: Skyting demolition
No need, get well.Three excuses...