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Private pilot, multi engine, insterment aircraft. I have about 600 hours pilot time. Have done aerobatics, flowen to Canada and accross France. I love it, but current priorities have kept me grounded for the last 5 years.

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I was a bit suprised by this stunt, and the record of 8+ minutes and did a bit of research on it. You see I was present for the record setting by Robert Foster, in San Rafael. It was a long time ago and occured at the Bermuda Palms motel, San Rafael CA (where I grew up). It was in the late 50s...

Sorry to resurect this old thread, but I found this after the researching the breath holding record regarding David Blane, the magician. You see I was present for the record setting by Robert Foster, in San Rafael. It was a long time ago and occured at the Bermuda Palms motel, San Rafael CA...

Heck, run that current through a small outlet and make a dive scooter of the thing...

If you are diving as or with a dependent diver then the your buddy team is often weaker than if you are alone. Redundency, as I understand it the goal of buddy team diving, requires that you both be able to take care of your selves at all times. Any thing less than this and you have situations...

I have heard several stories about how this got its name ranging fromthe salmon fishermen catch the weights (salmon balls) on it, to what someone called it on a really bad day. It can be a pretty difficult dive

This is a great trick as there is no buoyancy change during inflation -- the air loss from your lungs exactly matches the air added to the SMB. If you are neutral and take one fullish breath and blow into the bag, then release it, you will rise slightly as you inhale the breath, then sink...

My sister dives dry in Germany in water we would consider really cold (7 C and below). She uses chemical heat packs in pockets over her kidneys. Helps a lot she says. And no shock hazerd.

Only if the military picks up on it. Say 20mil development costs, 2000 units a year, $1000 each (200 for recouping r&d), recoup you investment in 50 years. These numbers are all WAGS (wild *** guesses...). A smaller/leaner company perhaps could do WAY better..

the local diving new group is reporting as follows: > Duane Fey <dfey@...> wrote: > My buddy, who's a Lt. Commander in the Coast Guard, > said a recreational diver died on a commercial boat > today. He thinks it was the Monterey Express. Does > anyone have any info? > > At 11:42 PM 1/28/2006...

Good idea, also make sure that you use a heavy enough anchor, strong enough anchor rode, and enough scope. Size up the anchor and rode at least one size, and enough rode to have enough if the tide comes in or the waves increase. If you are out of the boat never use an anchor rated as a 'lunch...

Right on. There is nothing like local klnowledge and a bit of experience. Remember when you call for rescue you are putting several peoples lives at risk. Aircrews, helo crews, and pararescue divers at the least. And with 5 to 7 ft seas VHF location is problematic at least. This would reduce...

Get the canister. If there is any water in the unit its no good, and you wont know until you need it. Thas why they use the $100 lithium batteries too. Figure about $1000 for the GPS coupled PLB, canister, and other location devices (smoke, flares, dye packs). Read up on how EPIRBs work...

File the report. His customer initiate the discussion. He has NO RIGHT to tell you who to talk to or to photograph. He has NO RIGHT to attack you under any circumstances. The customers don't belong to him. We don't need people like him in the buissness, it gives us a bad and brutish...

Of course not

You are right; this is a great, practical article. I will have to find the Pain-Wessex dye packs, I have the OMS stuff. Only thing that this doesn’t mention is smoke. I prefer to put a pocket with the dye pack, mirror, spare whistle, and strobe in a pocket on my arm, rather than on my tank. This...

What equipment are you talking about? VOR receivers, which were the main navigational aid from about 1962 until recently, or ADFs which were the main navigation aid before 1962, and are notoriously inaccurate and hard to use. VORs only work with special transmitter sites, and work in the 108mz...

This is an EXTREAMLY RARE type of accident. There are many other, much more common types of accidents to consider first. Remember solve the common problems before the unlikely ones. Even for this one there are other things to consider before going this route. There are many tens of thousands of...

I have a vytec and love it, had it two years and have about 60 dives on it. The local techies seem to like them too. Never had problems with the transmitter, and like getting SAC rate computations from the software. Have not yet diven up the SPG though, other than a check at the start of the...