Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > Wendy shows you how to pull the cinches up so the harness fits
> > snugly and position the backpack and wings properly.
> >
> > "The grav belt can support your weight and more, so you shouldn't
> > ever *need* the chute, but regulations are regulations." Wendi
> > says, "The idea is to use the belt to adjust your weight to only a
> > kilo or two and use the wings to glide and fly. See there are
> > controls at the waist *and* at on the handholds for the wings.
> > You'll want to use the ones on the wings to adjust your weight as
> > you fly. As a beginner you might want to give yourself completely
> > neutral buoyancy and just float until you get use to it."
> >
> > "Any questions?" she asks.
>
>  Mira shakes her head, then asks, "Will we be able to hear each
>  other?"

"Yes, it's quiet up there without any sort of engines running, and there 
are also short range radios built into the harnesses." Wendi tells you, 
"Once you flip them on, they are voice activated. The speakers are right 
below your ears on the harness."

"Oh, and last thing. If your grav belt fails...and *never* 
happens*...you can deploy the parachute by pulling on this ring right 
here on the harness. I also have the ability to pop your chute by remote 
control from the balloon, but that's *never* happened."

"Except for that one time..." Jac says with a laugh in his voice.

Wendi gives Jac a look and says, "No, it has *never* happened and it 
won't happen tonight."

Eris
AKU