Leap Day
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:47:41 -0800
35 days to Leap Day. Does anyone plan to celebrate by leaping out of a
plane? ...
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US rec.skydiving news group
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:41:25 -0500
Greetings from across the pond.
Does anyone know what happened to the rec.skydiving news group? There is a group by that name, however, it does not have anything to do with skydiving. If someone could check to see what you get on that group, I'd be grateful. I wonder if my service provider could have messed this ...
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Hot Shopping,Travel,And Entertainment Marketplace
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:16:11 -0800 (PST)
I really like this site.There was another nice site that I came across
at http://www.justfordiscounts.net . ...
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BPA Calendar
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:16:37 -0000
Anyone know if there was a 2008 BPA Calendar this year ?
If so, anyone got a spare one they will let go for a quid or two (can send
over a return SAE for its delivery).
Cheers
JJ
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Extreme WebPage
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:56:41 -0600
Anything and Everything that is EXTREME...
http://www.kf4dna.net
Skydiving, Storm Chasing, Model Rocketry and Ham Radio
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new World Record claimed
Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:27:56 -0800
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FAI has received the following Class G (Parachuting) record claim:
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Claim number : 14882
Sub-class :G-2 (Group jumps)
Category: General
Performance / Team records
Type of record : G-2-d1 : Largest Canop ...
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FA Big Umbrella history of Parachuting Parachute Bader
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:22:54 -0800
The Big Umbrella by John Lucas ,Foreword by Douglas Bader .VGC 159
pages.
Great old book,a coplete history of parachting and parachutes from the
earliest times,with some fascinating pictures.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320180294534&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
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new World Record(s) claimed
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:31 -0800
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FAI has received the following Class G (Parachuting) record claims:
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Sub-class :G-1 (Individual jumps)
Category: General
Course/location : Sydney, NSW (Australia)
Pilot : Jason MOLEDZKI (Canada)
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Lift due to Bernouilli effect only. (was BPA Ops manual technical
errors)
Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:02:01 +0000
I finally dug out some numbers (from someoen else, admittedly).
A QUANTITATIVE APPLICATION OF THE COMMON (INCORRECT) EXPLANATION
If the pressure, in Newtons per square meter (Nm-2 = kgm-1s-2), on the
top of a wing is notated ptop , the pressure on the bottom pbottom , the
velocity (ms-1) on the top of the ...
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What's this then?
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 08:04:01 +0000
Fooled you :)
Colin Fitzmaurice http://www.theparachutecentre.com
The Parachute Centre
Tilstock Airfield
Whitchurch
Shropshire SY13 2HA
UK
+44 1948 841111 ...
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