r6clair 0 #1 November 15, 2010 Hello Everyone!!! Just got my A-License, actually haven't got my actual license yet but my proficiency card has been sent into USPA and I am anxiously awaiting my shiny new lic. #. I went through AFP at Skydive Chicago along with two of my friends and can't wait to continue jumping next spring!!! In the meantime, as much tunnel time as I can afford!!! Thanks to SDC and all the amazing staff for the experience of a lifetime!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #2 November 15, 2010 Quote Hello Everyone!!! Just got my A-License, actually haven't got my actual license yet but my proficiency card has been sent into USPA and I am anxiously awaiting my shiny new lic. #. I went through AFP at Skydive Chicago along with two of my friends and can't wait to continue jumping next spring!!! In the meantime, as much tunnel time as I can afford!!! Thanks to SDC and all the amazing staff for the experience of a lifetime!! Welcome to the Forums! Sorry it's all cold up there - Vacation down in the south, there are a lot of DZ's open all year, and all the cool kids are there anyway.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #3 November 15, 2010 Quote Quote Hello Everyone!!! Just got my A-License, actually haven't got my actual license yet but my proficiency card has been sent into USPA and I am anxiously awaiting my shiny new lic. #. I went through AFP at Skydive Chicago along with two of my friends and can't wait to continue jumping next spring!!! In the meantime, as much tunnel time as I can afford!!! Thanks to SDC and all the amazing staff for the experience of a lifetime!! Welcome to the Forums! Sorry it's all cold up there - Vacation down in the south, there are a lot of DZ's open all year, and all the cool kids are there anyway. +1"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 November 16, 2010 You sure picked a good place to start! SDC is nice! If you're free to travel south a little, we'd welcome you to come visit with us anytime 24/7/365. Give us a call, we'll leave the light on for ya'. 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
skymama 35 #5 November 16, 2010 Welcome to the forums! Congrats on getting your A! 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
Dr_Tuls 0 #6 November 17, 2010 Hey there, welcome. Let me second the DZs open year round in the south. I'm a noob but jumping year round is gunnah be great! I too got to jump from an SDC plane at our halloween boogie. Sweet ride! I can't wait to get my A so I can travel jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #7 November 17, 2010 Quote I too got to jump from an SDC plane at our halloween boogie. Sweet ride! that 400 extra horsepower really made a difference in the climb time compared to our super otter."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_Tuls 0 #8 November 17, 2010 Seriously! I was impressed. It's funny how much you feel it. 400 hp in a plane that size didn't sound like that much. Glad I got to experience that so early. Either way I'm just glad to have any otter. They are sweet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r6clair 0 #9 November 17, 2010 Thanks all for the warm welcome and invitations. I would love to head south for the winter but unfortunatelly I shook the piggy bank dry (and maxxed a credit card or three) to go to get my license @ SDC. I guess I could have gotten it here in CO and saved a little scratch. But I did my tandem jumps about 4-5 years ago in Eloy and was immediately addicted. The problem was I couldn't afford to go any farther with it at the time. So I've spent the last couple years just reading, watching, and learning about the sport as much as possible. (This was me and two lifelong friends/roommates that did this.) We had talked and planned to get our licenses but that was as far as it ever went. :( Last winter we made a pact that this summer would be the one, NO MATTER WHAT!! So we made it happen. This whole time reading everything we could about several different dropzones, we decided that SDC would be the best place to go. Very happy we did!!!! But now I have not a penny to my name, my credit card is 2 months behind, my cell phone has been turned off, and I still haven't been able to pay rent this month!!! But I have no regrets, instead a license to fly!!! And I would do it all over again. Anyways, thats why I wont be able to come jump with ya'll this winter. But after saving and repaying all this winter, I'm gonna quit my job, sell my shit, and move to SDC for the next summer season!!! Then where I end up!!! Well that's in the clouds!!! Blue Skies!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #10 November 17, 2010 Quote Seriously! I was impressed. It's funny how much you feel it. 400 hp in a plane that size didn't sound like that much. Glad I got to experience that so early. Either way I'm just glad to have any otter. They are sweet. i wasn't being sarcastic, i really did enjoy that plane. it was awesome except for the blue mat on the floor, that shit was slippery"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r6clair 0 #11 November 17, 2010 i wasn't being sarcastic, i really did enjoy that plane. it was awesome except for the blue mat on the floor, that shit was slippery yes it is! A few times during my AFP there were only 4-5 of us in the plane and we were messing around a bit sliding from the front to the rear for kicks waiting to get to altitude! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r6clair 0 #12 November 17, 2010 SSWWWEEEEET!!! Just got my license in the mail!!! I'm A-59215 and I'm super stoked!!! I feel more accomplished today than I did walking across the stage for graduation!! Probably not that big a deal to most folks on here, but I'm goin to celebrate!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #13 November 18, 2010 QuoteSSWWWEEEEET!!! Just got my license in the mail!!! I'm A-59215 and I'm super stoked!!! I feel more accomplished today than I did walking across the stage for graduation!! Probably not that big a deal to most folks on here, but I'm goin to celebrate!!!! Yes! It is a big deal! Congratulations, and have fun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
