eric111996 0 #1 May 17, 2010 Hi all, I will be 45 next month and i just got my A today!!! What a trip it has been! Lots of fun and some learning too. I jump at AerOhio it's a great dz with great people. I had no problem getting on three 3ways right after I got my license. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites guppykf 0 #2 May 17, 2010 Congrats!!!THRIVING IN MY DASH!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BIGUN 1,051 #3 May 17, 2010 A fellow Special Forces veteran came to the DZ one day when he was about 45 and began jumping. After a few jumps, he took me aside and asked if this was something a guy his age with grandchildren should be doing. I told him I could not tell him what to do in regards to his family life, but that I had known guys in their sixties to start jumping. Today he has virtually every Instructor rating and is still hard at it in his mid 50's and quickly coming up on 2,000 jumps. As to AerOhio. I've been there and their leadership, staff and atmosphere is top notch. My first time there, I was invited up to the house for an evening barbecue and was immediately made to feel as part of the family even though my status was transient skydiver. You will have a great time at their DZ and will learn many things. Welcome to the forums and skydiving. Blues, ~KeithNobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #4 May 17, 2010 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 Reno1967 0 #5 May 17, 2010 Congrats on the license! I started skydiving in August of 2009 at the age of 42, now at age 43 I have earned by "B". It's a great feeling and I feel younger than ever. Blues! No regrets..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marcslove 0 #6 May 17, 2010 I also am a late starter. I'll be 44 in a couple of months. I have 23 jumps, and have hopes of getting my A license in a few weeks. Congrats Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jim_32766 0 #7 May 17, 2010 Congrats on the A license! Don't feel old, I just got my A license at 50. Sounds like you have a great place to keep learning and keep jumping.The meaning of life . . . is to make life have meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jhnhll 0 #8 May 18, 2010 Im 43 and just finished my AFF this past weekend. Congrats!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eric111996 0 #9 May 18, 2010 Thanks for the warm welcome. I hope to jump for along time, and visit some other drop zones in the future. What a great sport and community we have. Blues! Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 1,623 #10 May 18, 2010 Quote Hi all, I will be 45 next month and i just got my A today!!! What a trip it has been! Lots of fun and some learning too. I jump at AerOhio it's a great dz with great people. I had no problem getting on three 3ways right after I got my license. Cool! But you're just a youngster; I was 52 when I made my first jump.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grannyinthesky 0 #11 May 18, 2010 Got all of ya' beat. I did my first jump at 57 in October, 2007 and got my A as quick as the winter weather in Idaho let me. I've done a few since then. Sure is fun! "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airathanas 0 #12 May 18, 2010 You're not growing older- you're growing BOLDER!!! http://3ringnecklace.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWernig 0 #13 May 18, 2010 We all find the things we should when the time is right! Nathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites andyvaughn 0 #14 May 18, 2010 That is AWESOME! I'm right behind you, at 40, and creeping up on my A (if the weather would ever cooperate, that is ). best thing said to me so far, by one of the youngsters also on student status "so, uh, what made you take up skydiving, at, you know, THIS stage of your life?!?!?!" Hahahaha. Andrea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grannyinthesky 0 #15 May 19, 2010 Quote You're not growing older- you're growing BOLDER!!! Still finding a few new things to try too, like CRW. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #16 May 20, 2010 Quote Still finding a few new things to try too, like CRW. How about freeflying?! 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 eric111996 0 #17 May 20, 2010 AerOhio has us sitfly as part of our training. Great fun and great video! Intro to freeflying is in the SIM but not required for the A license card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grannyinthesky 0 #18 May 20, 2010 Quote Quote Still finding a few new things to try too, like CRW. How about freeflying?! What I do is more like freeflailing, but I try periodically. I've managed a sit for a few seconds occassionally and did a bit of back-flying the other day. It has occured to me that I would probably have better luck with freeflying if I'd leave the rw suit with its booties in my locker, though. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #19 May 20, 2010 Quote It has occured to me that I would probably have better luck with freeflying if I'd leave the rw suit with its booties in my locker, though. LOL...probably! 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 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. 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guppykf 0 #2 May 17, 2010 Congrats!!!THRIVING IN MY DASH!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,051 #3 May 17, 2010 A fellow Special Forces veteran came to the DZ one day when he was about 45 and began jumping. After a few jumps, he took me aside and asked if this was something a guy his age with grandchildren should be doing. I told him I could not tell him what to do in regards to his family life, but that I had known guys in their sixties to start jumping. Today he has virtually every Instructor rating and is still hard at it in his mid 50's and quickly coming up on 2,000 jumps. As to AerOhio. I've been there and their leadership, staff and atmosphere is top notch. My first time there, I was invited up to the house for an evening barbecue and was immediately made to feel as part of the family even though my status was transient skydiver. You will have a great time at their DZ and will learn many things. Welcome to the forums and skydiving. Blues, ~KeithNobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #4 May 17, 2010 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
Reno1967 0 #5 May 17, 2010 Congrats on the license! I started skydiving in August of 2009 at the age of 42, now at age 43 I have earned by "B". It's a great feeling and I feel younger than ever. Blues! No regrets..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcslove 0 #6 May 17, 2010 I also am a late starter. I'll be 44 in a couple of months. I have 23 jumps, and have hopes of getting my A license in a few weeks. Congrats Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim_32766 0 #7 May 17, 2010 Congrats on the A license! Don't feel old, I just got my A license at 50. Sounds like you have a great place to keep learning and keep jumping.The meaning of life . . . is to make life have meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhnhll 0 #8 May 18, 2010 Im 43 and just finished my AFF this past weekend. Congrats!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eric111996 0 #9 May 18, 2010 Thanks for the warm welcome. I hope to jump for along time, and visit some other drop zones in the future. What a great sport and community we have. Blues! Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #10 May 18, 2010 Quote Hi all, I will be 45 next month and i just got my A today!!! What a trip it has been! Lots of fun and some learning too. I jump at AerOhio it's a great dz with great people. I had no problem getting on three 3ways right after I got my license. Cool! But you're just a youngster; I was 52 when I made my first jump.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #11 May 18, 2010 Got all of ya' beat. I did my first jump at 57 in October, 2007 and got my A as quick as the winter weather in Idaho let me. I've done a few since then. Sure is fun! "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airathanas 0 #12 May 18, 2010 You're not growing older- you're growing BOLDER!!! http://3ringnecklace.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWernig 0 #13 May 18, 2010 We all find the things we should when the time is right! Nathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andyvaughn 0 #14 May 18, 2010 That is AWESOME! I'm right behind you, at 40, and creeping up on my A (if the weather would ever cooperate, that is ). best thing said to me so far, by one of the youngsters also on student status "so, uh, what made you take up skydiving, at, you know, THIS stage of your life?!?!?!" Hahahaha. Andrea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #15 May 19, 2010 Quote You're not growing older- you're growing BOLDER!!! Still finding a few new things to try too, like CRW. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #16 May 20, 2010 Quote Still finding a few new things to try too, like CRW. How about freeflying?! 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
eric111996 0 #17 May 20, 2010 AerOhio has us sitfly as part of our training. Great fun and great video! Intro to freeflying is in the SIM but not required for the A license card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #18 May 20, 2010 Quote Quote Still finding a few new things to try too, like CRW. How about freeflying?! What I do is more like freeflailing, but I try periodically. I've managed a sit for a few seconds occassionally and did a bit of back-flying the other day. It has occured to me that I would probably have better luck with freeflying if I'd leave the rw suit with its booties in my locker, though. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #19 May 20, 2010 Quote It has occured to me that I would probably have better luck with freeflying if I'd leave the rw suit with its booties in my locker, though. LOL...probably! 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
