George, excellent thoughts on the handle and lazy-8 themes. The lazy-8 has worked well for me to learn inverted flight. My mentor also taught me to chant to myself, "Down is up" while inverted. He's flown for years and still says that to himself once in a while. Sounds flaky, but it was the last ingredient that stopped me from crashing out of inverted.

Another item that doesn't get a lot of play is the type of handle you use and how it is set up. I have an excellent how-andwhy sheet that Ted Fancher put together with the handles that he designed and sold. (Carl Shoup has them now.) If anyone wants a copy, e-mail or PM me an address and I'll send you a copy. Changing handles improved my flying about 1000% in one jump. I had something that just didn't work with my hand and wrist.