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1. Bigger canopy is safer?   1 2 3

   By elfanie, January 26, 2004
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   • D22369
   • January 30, 2004

2. ANYONE-- do you ever wish an instructor would step up and say something?   1 2 3

   By kelel01, April 12, 2004
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   • billvon
   • April 26, 2004

3. AFF Pull Signal   1 2 3

   By Hooknswoop, September 11, 2002
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   • SkySlut
   • September 23, 2002

4. Demo vs "off DZ jump" (was: Fatal/S Ga)   1 2 3

   By chuckakers, June 26, 2012
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   • tonyhathaway
   • July 4, 2012

5. Do bad spots really exist?   1 2 3

   By Paulipod, November 19, 2002
   • 57 replies
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   • erdnarob
   • October 5, 2009

6. skydiving for loners?   1 2 3

   By ManagingPrime, September 7, 2010
   • 57 replies
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   • kuai43
   • September 16, 2010

7. Using hook knives   1 2 3

   By Orange1, July 13, 2005
   • 56 replies
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   • airtwardo
   • March 5, 2006

8. New technique for a pilotchute in tow???   1 2 3

   By dgw, November 27, 2007
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   • igoswoop
   • December 18, 2007

9. Sketchy final   1 2 3

   By Teigen, March 24, 2010
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   • pinkfairy
   • July 29, 2010

10. Smoking in the packing area?   1 2 3

    By hackish, July 24, 2007
    • 56 replies
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    • DeNReN
    • October 24, 2007

11. Radios on AFF students: WAS - Bad Tandem   1 2 3

    By davelepka, October 31, 2012
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    • popsjumper
    • January 11, 2013

12. "white out"   1 2 3

    By kewlf, July 13, 2008
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    • popsjumper
    • July 17, 2008

13. Bad exit, big FAIL for AFF3   1 2 3

    By nerd137, October 31, 2004
    • 56 replies
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    • GaryRay
    • September 5, 2007

14. Reserve Pop in Aircraft   1 2 3

    By bigdad510, September 17, 2006
    • 56 replies
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    • MrFreefall383
    • October 3, 2006

15. Bill Dause Recieves "Chesley H. Judy Safety award!!!"   1 2 3

    By DON321, April 3, 2010
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    • stayhigh
    • December 14, 2010

16. do you wear earplugs when you jump?   1 2 3

    By heidihagen, May 21, 2005
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    • Frogusn
    • June 18, 2005

17. spiraling over the landing area   1 2 3

    By happythoughts, January 13, 2005
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    • stratostar
    • February 6, 2005

18. Statement concerning summer Vigil AAD usage   1 2 3

    By billvon, September 1, 2006
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    • Fast
    • September 11, 2006

19. 1st malfunction--probably due to hard inserts in pillows   1 2 3

    By robconway, January 30, 2008
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    • mjosparky
    • February 24, 2008

20. 180 turn to swoop bad?   1 2 3

    By TitaniumLegs, July 1, 2011
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    • rehmwa
    • August 8, 2011

21. Hard Reserve Pull   1 2 3

    By gainer, October 12, 2008
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    • hackish
    • November 8, 2008

22. Calculating the "spot"   1 2 3

    By rifleman, June 10, 2012
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    • popsjumper
    • June 24, 2012

23. Skydivings deadly idea.. COOL VIDEO.   1 2 3

    By rhino, April 26, 2005
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    • rhino
    • May 17, 2005

24. April's Safety Check   1 2 3

    By ChasingBlueSky, April 2, 2004
    • 55 replies
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    • Designer
    • April 5, 2004

25. Canopy Manufacturers' Role in Rapid Downsizing   1 2 3

    By NWFlyer, June 3, 2013
    • 55 replies
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    • mik
    • June 11, 2013

26. Do experienced skydivers jump without AAD?   1 2 3

    By Hagen, October 24, 2007
    • 55 replies
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    • Hagen
    • November 5, 2007

27. Safety notes from the WFFC   1 2 3

    By billvon, August 10, 2005
    • 55 replies
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    • Elisha
    • August 29, 2005

28. Who's raised their CYPRES 2 firing altitude?   1 2 3

    By kallend, April 7, 2014
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    • Skydivesg
    • April 17, 2014

29. Flying a Biplane or side by side   1 2 3

    By dthames, February 5, 2012
    • 55 replies
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    • peek
    • February 10, 2012

30. Coach Jumps??   1 2 3

    By Ducky, January 25, 2002
    • 55 replies
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    • Aviatrr
    • February 2, 2002

31. One Riser Release on Cutaway Video   1 2 3

    By c10edges, May 11, 2010
    • 55 replies
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    • jtnesbitt
    • May 18, 2010

32. Bad tandem lurk   1 2 3

    By RossDagley, August 2, 2007
    • 55 replies
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    • cmnt
    • August 30, 2007

33. Exiting from clouds   1 2 3

    By RustyOats, April 18, 2010
    • 55 replies
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    • Rstanley0312
    • April 29, 2010

34. Dangers of an Expired Cypress   1 2 3

    By clustermagnet, April 17, 2009
    • 55 replies
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    • wdriessens
    • April 28, 2009

35. How many jumps before first mal?   1 2 3

    By airdvr, April 24, 2004
    • 55 replies
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    • lfhower
    • June 8, 2004

36. STUDENT TRAINING USING Two ACTION WITH RSL on the cutaway And AAD on reserve   1 2 3

    By stevepearce, June 6, 2007
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    • AFFI
    • July 26, 2007

37. Jump Run Direction   1 2 3

    By ZoneRat, February 19, 2004
    • 55 replies
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    • kallend
    • February 23, 2004

38. BSR proposal take 5 (or, the details of mine)   1 2 3

    By billvon, March 2, 2005
    • 55 replies
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    • kallend
    • March 6, 2005

39. Soft reserve ripcord banned in Finland !!   1 2 3

    By BMFin, June 12, 2003
    • 55 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • July 15, 2003

40. Cut away w/ Pilot Chute in Tow?   1 2 3

    By jacketsdb23, August 30, 2006
    • 55 replies
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    • fcajump
    • September 30, 2006

41. What canopy should I buy?   1 2 3

    By -Joey-, June 19, 2013
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    • kemaljump
    • September 23, 2013

42. Student CYPRES limitations   1 2 3

    By abyzet, November 22, 2010
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    • DocPop
    • November 24, 2010

43. What's the proper exit order?   1 2 3

    By JohnRich, February 14, 2012
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    • popsjumper
    • June 19, 2013

44. Unstable Exits   1 2 3

    By Namowal, June 3, 2012
    • 54 replies
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    • JohnMitchell
    • June 6, 2012

45. My first chop   1 2 3

    By Neoslim22, September 20, 2010
    • 54 replies
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    • ridestrong
    • June 14, 2011

46. Two canapies out in a downplane   1 2 3

    By mikeLooney, June 6, 2011
    • 54 replies
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    • chuckakers
    • June 12, 2011

47. RSL   1 2 3

    By firstime, March 17, 2004
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    • firstime
    • March 25, 2004

48. Can you get on a jump plane and jump without a rig?   1 2 3

    By highfly, October 25, 2002
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    • Squeak
    • February 20, 2012

49. MARD discussion...   1 2 3

    By fcajump, April 4, 2012
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    • ChrisD
    • January 14, 2013

50. The 'Oh no its cool, I'm a really good skydiver' attiude   1 2 3

    By Floats18, November 10, 2006
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    • yardhippie
    • January 2, 2007

51. Are you willing to land with the jump plane in the name of pilot training?   1 2 3

    By skybum02, May 21, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • May 27, 2007

52. Landing Direction   1 2 3

    By JohnRich, April 25, 2004
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    • JohnRich
    • May 4, 2004

53. Barrel rolls on big ways: Was - Fatality - Z-Hills, FL   1 2 3

    By aresye, December 29, 2008
    • 54 replies
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    • jtnesbitt
    • January 14, 2009

54. Stowing your slider   1 2 3

    By billvon, May 1, 2003
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    • Falko
    • January 26, 2004

55. Is swooping pushing the envelope?   1 2 3

    By bigbearfng, December 31, 2011
    • 54 replies
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    • PiLFy
    • July 30, 2012

56. Maximum Wind Gust   1 2 3

    By Megatron, February 26, 2009
    • 54 replies
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    • PixieUK
    • December 23, 2014

57. hard deck   1 2 3

    By tred, November 26, 2014
    • 54 replies
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • December 21, 2014

58. To Get a uspa A Licence   1 2 3

    By spencer, November 14, 2008
    • 54 replies
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    • pilotdave
    • November 19, 2008

59. Winds   1 2 3

    By canopycudler, January 12, 2004
    • 54 replies
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    • billvon
    • January 14, 2004

60. AFF/AFP Training and repeating levels   1 2 3

    By jigneshsoni, July 13, 2005
    • 53 replies
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    • psipike02
    • September 18, 2005

61. Near Aircraft Emergency   1 2 3

    By VTflyer, February 27, 2007
    • 53 replies
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    • ZigZagMarquis
    • March 15, 2007

62. Have you had a cypres fire?   1 2 3

    By AndyMan, October 19, 2004
    • 53 replies
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    • skydived19006
    • December 30, 2004

63. going low   1 2 3

    By stefd, December 26, 2005
    • 53 replies
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    • bigdad510
    • February 26, 2007

64. Pulling cut-away cables fully out of the housings   1 2 3

    By denete, October 25, 2007
    • 53 replies
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    • popsjumper
    • November 1, 2007

65. Otter Tail-Passenger?   1 2 3

    By JohnRich, April 18, 2005
    • 53 replies
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    • chrisgr
    • April 21, 2005

66. Sky Hook RSL - the discussion   1 2 3

    By mountainman, March 11, 2003
    • 53 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • October 13, 2007

67. Some thoughts after the Holiday Boogie   1 2 3

    By johnny1488, January 5, 2006
    • 53 replies
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    • canedraw4
    • January 21, 2006

68. Advice on cutaways   1 2 3

    By JohnMitchell, December 19, 2016
    • 53 replies
    • 10,744 views
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    • kkeenan
    • January 26, 2017

69. Follow "first down" or landing direction indicator?   1 2 3

    By fcajump, March 20, 2018
    • 53 replies
    • 10,056 views
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    • GoGoGadget
    • April 6, 2018

70. Oxygen saturation on normal skydives   1 2 3

    By billvon, March 8, 2005
    • 53 replies
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    • dorbie
    • April 2, 2005

71. New guy here... How dangerous is this stuff?   1 2 3

    By TrickyMike, October 24, 2012
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    • TrickyMike
    • November 5, 2012

72. USPA Safety Day advertisement POLL   1 2 3

    By riggerpaul, January 30, 2010
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    • MakeItHappen
    • February 4, 2010

73. Shouldn't we Know more about our Gear?   1 2 3

    By fpritchett64, April 17, 2008
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    • chuckakers
    • April 21, 2008

74. Question regarding downsizing   1 2 3

    By Michele, September 23, 2002
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    • bobsoutar
    • October 2, 2002

75. Gear Checks   1 2 3

    By cloud9, April 18, 2002
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    • Ducky
    • May 2, 2002

76. Otter door open on takeoff   1 2 3

    By likearock, August 20, 2006
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    • JohanW
    • September 14, 2006

77. New Guy, Landings   1 2 3

    By Parafoil27, February 19, 2008
    • 53 replies
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    • JohnDeere
    • March 14, 2008

78. Do you worry about how you'd react to a malfunction?   1 2 3

    By Evelyn, July 25, 2004
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    • BIGUN
    • August 23, 2004

79. Hey...it might happen?   1 2 3

    By Zoter, February 10, 2004
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    • Kris
    • October 9, 2005

80. repacks..should be...   1 2 3

    By bigway, July 16, 2004
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    • syntax
    • August 22, 2004

81. Re: [Blahr] CYPRES Save!   1 2 3

    By Ron, September 9, 2003
    • 53 replies
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    • Ron
    • September 12, 2003

82. Cypres saves another skydiver   1 2 3

    By samp76, January 9, 2003
    • 52 replies
    • 8,612 views
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    • faulknerwn
    • January 20, 2003

83. Dealing with the "Crossbrace at 300 jumps" crowd.   1 2 3

    By DocPop, May 23, 2013
    • 52 replies
    • 6,979 views
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    • Ron
    • May 31, 2013

84. coach rating jump requirements   1 2 3

    By 2shay, March 3, 2007
    • 52 replies
    • 11,930 views
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    • DSE
    • March 7, 2007

85. Re: [nicknitro71] Fatality - IL - 26 July 2006   1 2 3

    By anita, August 2, 2006
    • 52 replies
    • 4,214 views
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    • billvon
    • August 5, 2006

86. Often-used safety procedures: the PLF   1 2 3

    By wmw999, September 1, 2003
    • 52 replies
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    • wmw999
    • February 24, 2020

87. Wind gust limitation   1 2 3

    By Conquest150, March 20, 2007
    • 52 replies
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    • skydivermom
    • October 22, 2007

88. Safe to jump like this or not? (picture attached)   1 2 3

    By peek, April 4, 2005
    • 52 replies
    • 4,840 views
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    • peek
    • April 11, 2005

89. Unintentionally Offended   1 2 3

    By jayrech, June 2, 2010
    • 52 replies
    • 5,770 views
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    • flipper
    • June 4, 2010

90. What is the most common cause for malfunctions?   1 2 3

    By jasonRose, July 21, 2005
    • 52 replies
    • 10,796 views
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    • DSE
    • June 3, 2009

91. Some things that will make you a better skydiver   1 2 3

    By Ron, December 23, 2003
    • 52 replies
    • 6,517 views
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    • skreamer
    • August 9, 2005

92. Getting stable after cut away - Altitude?   1 2 3

    By hcsvader, March 2, 2011
    • 52 replies
    • 5,490 views
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    • sundevil777
    • March 11, 2011

93. to cypres or not.   1 2 3

    By shawnstarr, April 10, 2003
    • 52 replies
    • 5,422 views
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    • skreamer
    • April 13, 2003

94. Diploma in Commercial Skydiving, NZ, skydivingnz   1 2 3

    By Bennef, October 9, 2009
    • 52 replies
    • 15,625 views
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    • Ron
    • February 21, 2011

95. pull altitude atitudes   1 2 3

    By petetheladd, July 15, 2003
    • 52 replies
    • 5,115 views
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    • kallend
    • July 18, 2003

96. USPA BOD Age Waivers   1 2 3

    By skydived19006, January 29, 2010
    • 52 replies
    • 7,515 views
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    • mjosparky
    • March 6, 2010

97. Clouds make spotting impossible   1 2 3

    By DeepC, April 28, 2008
    • 52 replies
    • 5,034 views
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    • DeepC
    • May 7, 2008

98. Wait for CYPRES in emergency?   1 2 3

    By dj_smokie, November 27, 2008
    • 52 replies
    • 5,641 views
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    • Tuna-Salad
    • December 21, 2008

99. Isn't it time for a serious talk about exit timing??   1 2 3

    By DBCOOPER, January 4, 2004
    • 52 replies
    • 3,137 views
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    • saramorgan
    • January 19, 2004

100. Seat-belt hang-up?   1 2 3

     By riggerrob, September 30, 2014
     • 52 replies
     • 16,638 views
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     • JohnMitchell
     • November 5, 2014