Soo Seng did not know exactly what came with the RB. Our literature is/was
rather vaque in that regard. A real piece of information will be available
shortly before DEMA 99. I am sure Soo Seng had good intentions, but in this
early phase of RB dealer/instructional infastructure development, few have
what it takes-TOTAL committment to DIR.

RMC
-----Original Message-----
From: Phi Le <PLe@Se*.co*>
To: kirvine@sa*.ne* <kirvine@sa*.ne*>; 'RMC @ Halcyon'
<halcyon@ha*.ne*>
Cc: techdiver mail list <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; Cost effective home
improvement <freeattic@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>; cavers list <cavers@ge*.co*>
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 12:51 AM
Subject: RE: Leave bad habits behind-Deep Air, Steel Stages, Solo Buddy,
Etc.


>And he offered free RB training if I would buy a Halcyon from him. I got
>suspicious when he said he would throw in the blower for free, as well as
>selling me the Halcyon rig. When I went to Errol Kalayci for training, I
>found out that the blower as well as the wing/rig are included as standard
>equipment in the Halcyon RB package.
>
>> ----------
>> From: RMC[SMTP:halcyon@ha*.ne*]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 9:15 AM
>> To: kirvine@sa*.ne*
>> Cc: techdiver mail list; Cost effective home improvement; cavers list
>> Subject: Re: Leave bad habits behind-Deep Air, Steel Stages, Solo
>> Buddy, Etc.
>>
>> George,
>>
>> You have not missed any of our graduates. Soo Seng only did a preview
with
>> the rottweiler's, Tom, and Jack, then went for a dive with the primary
>> turned off pulling 2.5 inches of vacuum to engage the secondary for the
>> whole Hydro dive.
>>
>> He survived and was instrumental in moving us to total in-house control
of
>> whom and how we teach. Soo Seng never came back for full training or a
>> unit.
>> He went the cis route and I guess UPS/Fed-x has saved his life on that
>> one.
>> They use the thing for diving dual in-line (one pack mule runnig at slow
>> speed) kling-on style in 10 foot vis 30 feet deep to "sneak" up on the
bad
>> guys. I cannot stop laughing with that thought.
>>
>> RMC
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: KVI <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
>> To: RMC <halcyon@ha*.ne*>
>> Cc: techdiver mail list <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; Cost effective home
>> improvement <freeattic@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>; cavers list
>> <cavers@ge*.co*>
>> Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 8:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: Leave bad habits behind-Deep Air, Steel Stages, Solo Buddy,
>> Etc.
>>
>>
>> >Robert, the next time one of these idiots comes here for training, I
>> >want to give the final exam. If they can not explain to me why it is
>> >necessary to do things right, they fail.
>> >
>> >The stupidity being spread by the other agencies is embarrasing, and the
>> >fact is it makes no sense, none of them can explain it coherently, and
>> >it is no wonder since most of it is born of igorance, stupidity, and an
>> >obvious lack of practical experience.
>> >
>> >Every day that goes by it is more glaringly apparent how dire the need
>> >is for Jarrod Jablonski's training agency.
>> >
>> >I am so sick of strokes.
>> >
>> >RMC wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Soo Seng,
>> >>
>> >> Please remove all mention of HALCYON from your website and promotional
>> >> literature.  I am not interested in being involved with an
>> >> organization that
>> >> takes safety issues so lightly. We (HALCYON) are interested in finding
>> >> quality training operations that dive and understand the DIR methods
>> >> and
>> >> will do their best to increase the exposure of a superior and proven
>> >> system.
>> >> The dive industry has suffered enough bad press due to proven
>> >> stupidity such
>> >> as displayed in your report. I wish you knew better, you are a nice
>> >> guy.
>> >>
>> >> Take care,
>> >>
>> >> RMC
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Phi Le <PLe@Se*.co*>
>> >> To: List - Technical Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>> >> Date: Saturday, October 17, 1998 1:23 PM
>> >> Subject: RE: Famous WW II Wrecks
>> >>
>> >> Let me understand this right.
>> >>
>> >> A bunch of IANTD Instructor Trainers are diving on air with twin steel
>> >> 120,
>> >> multiple steel stages while wearing 3mm wetsuit and OMS wings, taking
>> >> Apollo
>> >> scooters to 67m, deco on Nitrox 60 and 70, (may be butt-mounted) MLS
>> >> lights.
>> >>
>> >> And by the way, those wrecks were visited by another group of 18
>> >> divers just
>> >> weeks before taken the same live-aboard. The films of the subs are
>> >> with the
>> >> Dutch Navy.
>> >>
>> >> > ----------
>> >> > From: Khoo Soo Seng[SMTP:khooss@si*.co*.sg*]
>> >> > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 1998 4:52 AM
>> >> > To: techdiver
>> >> > Subject: Famous WW II Wrecks
>> >> >
>> >> > IANTD SE ASIA has successfully conducted an Expedition to the
>> >> following
>> >> > famous WW II wrecks along the Malaysian Coast.
>> >> >
>> >> > A total of eight IANTD trainned Technical Divers (3 from Singapore,
>> >> 2 from
>> >> > IANTD Sweden, & 3 from Russia) lead by Soo Seng Khoo of IANTD SE
>> >> Asia
>> >> > executed about 80 dives on the following wrecks, which was not
>> >> visited by
>> >> > any Technical Divers before.
>> >> >
>> >> > 1. Battle Cruiser - HMS "Repulse"
>> >> > A 242 Meter (799 ft) 32,000 Ton Battle Cruiser built in 1916
>> >> > refurbished in 1941 with modern Armaments to join the WW II in SE
>> >> Asia. On
>> >> > 10 December 1941, she suffered extensive torpedo hits on her Port
>> >> (10) &
>> >> > Starboard (4) sides and a 250 Kg Bomb on her deck from the three
>> >> groups of
>> >> > Japanese Torpedo-carrying Bettys. Now lies on her Port side at a
>> >> depth of
>> >> > 60 meters (200 ft). Many of her artillery were visible, i.e. The
>> >> 40mm Pom
>> >> > Pom Guns, 20mm Oerlikon Guns, & 102mm Canons. Projectiles for the
>> >> canons
>> >> > were armed and spewed in the Shell Room. Her propellers were buried
>> >> in the
>> >> > sand except one is visible. No penetration dives were made. This
>> >> ship lost
>> >> > 513 lives. Captain Tennant survived.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2. Battleship - Prince of Wales
>> >> > This ten month old state of the art Battleship was sent to SE Asia
>> >> > to show the commitments of the British during the War. She was the
>> >> Command
>> >> > ship of Force Z. A third of its 35,000 tons of steel consisted of
>> >> armour
>> >> > plating (16" thick) and a complex system of bulkheads had earned her
>> >> the
>> >> > nickname of HMS Unsinkable. She suffered extensive torpedo hits on
>> >> her
>> >> > Port (2) & Starboard (5) sides and two 500 Kg Bomb on her deck. Now
>> >> lies
>> >> > completely upside down at a depth of 67 meters (220 ft). Her hull
>> >> looked
>> >> > like a huge reef. She lost 327 men. Among whom were the Captain John
>> >> Leach
>> >> > and Admiral Phillips. Some of the Artillery were visible, but the
>> >> main
>> >> > Guns were either buried in the sand or may have been detached from
>> >> it's
>> >> > base and dropped off as she sank. No penetration dives were made.
>> >> >
>> >> > 3. Dutch Submarine - O16
>> >> > Launched in 1936 using the New Techniques of welding instead of
>> >> > riveting. She sunk more than six Japanese troopships during the War.
>> >> On
>> >> > the night of 14/15 December 1941, she struck a Japanese mine and
>> >> sunk with
>> >> > all hand except Quartermaster C. de Wolf. She was under the command
>> >> of Lt
>> >> > Cdr. A.J. Bussemaker. The wreck is still pretty intact. The
>> >> instructment
>> >> > at the conning tower is still there except the compass, wheel & the
>> >> radio
>> >> > direction finder. The navigation lights are still firmly attached to
>> >> the
>> >> > sail. The periscope is down and intact. No penetration dives were
>> >> made.
>> >> >
>> >> > 4. Mine Sweeper "Banka"
>> >> > This converted Mine Sweeper from Singapore was struck by the a
>> >> > Japanese mine. The wooden superstructure is a heap of rotting wood.
>> >> The
>> >> > front Gun is still visible. The engine room was penetrated during
>> >> the
>> >> > dives.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Equipment Used
>> >> > 1. Dive Rite Superwing & OMS Wings
>> >> > 2. Nitek3 Dive Computer
>> >> > 3. IANTD Hard tables
>> >> > 4. Steel 10L & 12 L tanks charged to 232 Bar
>> >> > 5. Steel 120 cu.ft
>> >> > 6. Stages are steel 7L, & Al. 80 cu.ft
>> >> > 7. Poseidon Regulators (short & long Hoses)
>> >> > 8. Apollo DPV
>> >> > 9. Haskel Booster pump
>> >> > 10. Dive Rite Lift Bags & Reel
>> >> > 11. 3mm wet suit & DUI shell suit
>> >> >
>> >> > Dive Profile;
>> >> > Bottom Time; 20 to 30 minutes
>> >> > SIT; 3 to 4 hours
>> >> > Depth; between 54 to 67 meters (178 to 220 ft)
>> >> > Temperature Around 30'C ( 88'F)
>> >> > Condition Easy diving
>> >> > Bottom Gases used; Air & Trimix
>> >> > Deco Gases EAN 50, 70, 80 & 100%
>> >> > Camera 4 Nikonos V with 15mm lens
>> >> > Video 3 VH-1000 with Sea & Sea Housing
>> >> > Lights Dive Rite MLS & AUL
>> >> > Photographs will be posted at our web site when ready
>> >> >
>> >> > Soo Seng Khoo
>> >> > IANTS SE ASIA
>> >> > 196 Pandan Loop #06-17
>> >> > "PanTech" Industrial Complex
>> >> > Singapore 128384
>> >> > Tel; +65-776.7227
>> >> > Fax; +65-7733.239
>> >> > http://www.iantdsea.com
>> >> > email: khooss@si*.co*.sg*
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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>> >> Robert M Carmichael
>> >> HALCYON / Brownie's Third Lung
>> >> http://www.halcyon.net
>> >> http://www.browniedive.com
>> >> http://www.selfrescue.com
>> >> http://www.technicaldiving.com
>> >
>> >
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