JWB 0 #1 December 11, 2004 Hi all, my name is Jerry. I got my A lic. in Oct, went to Eloy for the Thanksgiving Boogie (only had 40 jumps). Now I'm back in South Dakota wandering who invented snow and what the heck is this work thing. All Blue jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
op5e 0 #2 December 11, 2004 Congrats on the A license and welcome to the forums. I am fortunate in Australia you can Jump all year round. Actually in winter you have better chance to get to height. Just take up snowboarding or skiing the both rock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #3 December 12, 2004 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWB 0 #4 December 13, 2004 Thanks! Learning to snow board would be great. So far I just put on more clothes and keep jumping. I got in 2 jumps yesterday(12-11-04). Congrats on your A lic. Do you live this sport as much as I do?? How is life down under??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWB 0 #5 December 13, 2004 Did I have a good time!! Oh man. Everyone was great. Finding people to jump with was not a problem. The people there tought me alot. Thanksgiving Day was the best jump day I have ever had!! I could go on and on but I wont, lets just say it was a week I will never forget. Thanks for the welcome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renee48323 0 #6 December 13, 2004 Congrats on the A license and welcome to the Forums ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites popsjumper 2 #7 December 13, 2004 Congrats, Jerry! Welcome to the club 40 jumps and you already have boogie fever........man, now youbknow what we all are having such a good time with.....My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JWB 0 #8 December 13, 2004 Sounds like me: 5 jumps in '78, didn't start again until '04!! Should have stayed with it. The sport has changed so much we have a lot of catching up to do. All my jumps in '78 were on T-10s with T-10a reserve. Heavy boots and sore ankles. Got real good at PLFs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JWB 0 #9 December 14, 2004 Thanks, are you working on getting your A lic.? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites popsjumper 2 #10 December 14, 2004 QuoteSounds like me: 5 jumps in '78, didn't start again until '04!! Should have stayed with it. The sport has changed so much we have a lot of catching up to do. All my jumps in '78 were on T-10s with T-10a reserve. Heavy boots and sore ankles. Got real good at PLFs!! My God...yep...the same....I'm a Z-hills trained PLF expert! Funny how the one time I needed to PLF, it all came back as natural as can be...didn't even have to think about it........I did get to jump a Paracommander once and thought it was SO cool that you could actually steer it a little! Do remember "throw in the direction of the spin"? Welcome backMy reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JWB 0 #11 December 17, 2004 I have been trying to remember "throw in the direction of spin". The only thing that comes to mind is we had to throw out the pilot chute of the T10a if it did not deploy itself. Is that what you mean? If we had to cutaway (you remember with the capewells) a Stevens System was supposed to deploy the reserve. All that consisted of was a rope attached to the main risers on one end and to the reserve handel on the other. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
popsjumper 2 #7 December 13, 2004 Congrats, Jerry! Welcome to the club 40 jumps and you already have boogie fever........man, now youbknow what we all are having such a good time with.....My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWB 0 #8 December 13, 2004 Sounds like me: 5 jumps in '78, didn't start again until '04!! Should have stayed with it. The sport has changed so much we have a lot of catching up to do. All my jumps in '78 were on T-10s with T-10a reserve. Heavy boots and sore ankles. Got real good at PLFs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWB 0 #9 December 14, 2004 Thanks, are you working on getting your A lic.? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #10 December 14, 2004 QuoteSounds like me: 5 jumps in '78, didn't start again until '04!! Should have stayed with it. The sport has changed so much we have a lot of catching up to do. All my jumps in '78 were on T-10s with T-10a reserve. Heavy boots and sore ankles. Got real good at PLFs!! My God...yep...the same....I'm a Z-hills trained PLF expert! Funny how the one time I needed to PLF, it all came back as natural as can be...didn't even have to think about it........I did get to jump a Paracommander once and thought it was SO cool that you could actually steer it a little! Do remember "throw in the direction of the spin"? Welcome backMy reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWB 0 #11 December 17, 2004 I have been trying to remember "throw in the direction of spin". The only thing that comes to mind is we had to throw out the pilot chute of the T10a if it did not deploy itself. Is that what you mean? If we had to cutaway (you remember with the capewells) a Stevens System was supposed to deploy the reserve. All that consisted of was a rope attached to the main risers on one end and to the reserve handel on the other. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
