hobie331 0 #1 May 11, 2009 I'll start it this week, 0:10:0 Took lots of driving, two states, weather dodging and three dz's. Could all that mean I need a 12 step program? If so I'll need a sponsor. Preferably one with mad ff skills. It's a gift, I don't try to explain it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmills0705 0 #2 May 11, 2009 ;3;beer I made 3 jumps today. A hop n pop, a great four way and then I was crazy enough to be a tandem passenger. I had NEVER made a tandem jump before and I gotta tell ya I didn't love it!!!! So first tandem = beer! My boyfriend was getting current on his rating and also getting rated on a couple additional systems.... lots of trust was given today!!!!!Kim Mills USPA D21696 Tandem I, AFF I and Static Line I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdive 0 #3 May 11, 2009 Another recurrency/coach jump and 2 fun jumps. My new wingsuit came on Friday, I am holding out for the caravan return to try it out next week - will owe beer for that oneDoc"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buff 0 #4 May 11, 2009 :Spent Sat replacing the A/C compressor on my truck. Of course it could not f*ing lock up during the winter. Screw all y'all SAE folks. Putting one damn belt on an engine is part of the reason nobody buys your Dodge trucks. Quote Could all that mean I need a 12 step program? If so I'll need a sponsor. Preferably one with mad ff skills. Yea Troy you need help. I heard that the Midwest FF Legend is available for sponsorship if you give him a kiss, feed his ego, and contact his marketing crew up at Wamego.It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #5 May 11, 2009 0:6:#three jumps Satruday at Kapowsin in my new jumpsuit. Thanks you so much Valinda. It is beautiful. Then 3 jumps Sunday at home with my new geer. I've gotta admit I was a little nervous on the first jump. I went from a Triathlon 220 to a Pilot 188. That Pilot sure does fly nice. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #6 May 11, 2009 0,0,0 Damn its been a month since my last jumpThis weather has to break some time or another! Texas weather has been shit for the last month. Were did you get your jumps in at? Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdive 0 #7 May 11, 2009 Congrats on the new gear, Pat. I sure like my Pilot. Cindy is stealing back her 168, so I am going back to my 188. By the way, when Cindy posts, she owes beer - don't let her sneak out of it "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #8 May 11, 2009 How do you like packing that new canopy? What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #9 May 11, 2009 WEll, I had to pack it before I could jump it, but after 3 tries, I gave up and had our packer do it. After the jump, It ried again and got it in the bag on the first try. I've decided it's not impossible after all. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobie331 0 #10 May 11, 2009 Quote 0,0,0 Damn its been a month since my last jumpThis weather has to break some time or another! Texas weather has been shit for the last month. Were did you get your jumps in at? 3 at SDD on Thursday. So, just remember, next time you ya'll blame the KS crew for bad weather, we did as many jumps on the one day I was there than ya'll did for the entire month since last tme I was there, which was 10 in one day. Then I went to Wichita, KS and did 2, then over to Osage City, KS same afternoon for 2 more then 3 the next day. It's a gift, I don't try to explain it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobie331 0 #11 May 11, 2009 Quote WEll, I had to pack it before I could jump it, but after 3 tries, I gave up and had our packer do it. After the jump, It ried again and got it in the bag on the first try. I've decided it's not impossible after all. I feel ya! I was jumping a new canopy that only had 6 jumps on it. It was so humid at SDD that it wanted to pack itself. Once I got back to KS and it was dry and cool I really had to work. It's a gift, I don't try to explain it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #12 May 11, 2009 No humps, eight jumps for my Anniversary Dive and, I suppose, for all of that and my first jump on the Micro Sigma. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobie331 0 #13 May 11, 2009 Quote Could all that mean I need a 12 step program? If so I'll need a sponsor. Preferably one with mad ff skills. Yea Troy you need help. I heard that the Midwest FF Legend is available for sponsorship if you give him a kiss, feed his ego, and contact his marketing crew up at Wamego. While Jimmy is one sexy dude, I just don't swing that way. And even if I did, I like a little meat on my potatoes. It's a gift, I don't try to explain it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PolluxSJ 0 #14 May 11, 2009 0:2:0 AFF 4 and 5. I failed level 5 I just wasn't in the right head-space and couldn't relax into it. I'm aiming to complete AFF this week. As long as work doesn't get in the way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladydyver 0 #15 May 11, 2009 And it is such a pretty wingsuit! Your welcome - : 5: 1 1 hop and pop on friday 3 jumps on saturday including a solo free flail 1 today....another solo free flail ------ I am thinking RW is my calling Beer owed for jumping my new camera helmet. DPH # 2 "I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~ I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #16 May 11, 2009 : 3 : - two jumps saturday, multiways head up, sunday a solo playing with head-up/head-down.. good weekend! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #17 May 11, 2009 :-) ; 4 ; 0scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #18 May 11, 2009 :Zip:nada Still no jumps this year..and now... it will be even longer... to let my leg heal....in the battle of chainsaw v left knee.. chainsaw wins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #19 May 11, 2009 : 2 : 0 2 really nice wing suit flights, 1 2way (Thanks Macca) and the other solo.... I just love this discipline (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heatmiser 0 #20 May 11, 2009 :6:1 Got 4 from various altitudes ranging from 7000 to 10000 during the day, then two night jumps, (hence the beer), one solo from 4500 and one linked rw from 7000. Not bad for the cessna dz!What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmills0705 0 #21 May 11, 2009 I have a brand new Pilot 168 and I had trouble with about the first 10 pack jobs. After that no problems at all! No packers for me thank you!Kim Mills USPA D21696 Tandem I, AFF I and Static Line I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #22 May 11, 2009 more patience,1,The internet dating- bring your date to the DZ angle can be fun, but crappy weather can also turn it into a freeking disaster and a miserable long drive home. Fortunately my DZ let me do a hop and pop below the cloudsTHANK YOU VSA!!!! you guys rock! Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #24 May 11, 2009 : 0 : 0 No jumps - but another big static line FJC at my DZ this Friday/saturday. The previous class of seventeen students was originally intending to jump on Friday but they were confronted by bad wind conditions. So on Saturday, we had a total of at least forty static-liners at our DZ. Again everyone came through. No jumping for me as I had to leave at three o clock, but I did countless pin checks, assisted at manifest and packed a few chutes. The instructor and deputy instructors were dropping static liners and returning with the plane in order to speed up the process, jumping only once every (I think) five or six loads and then switching over to duty on the ground for the next cycle. Videots were wearing out their arms hanging from the strut to shoot stills and video of every student at least once. Experienced jumpers and novices alike patiently waited until all student gear had been jumped open and had to be packed, meanwhile assisting where they could. Packers, well, packed their asses off. AFAIK all students of that first class obtained their military wing that saturday - before the new students came fresh from the classroom and all eager to jump. I quote Quote Not bad for the cessna dz! ....Especially since our 206 is still down for maintenance and we only have our trusty old 182 to rely on at the moment. Go PCMN!"That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #25 May 11, 2009 0:7:0 6 FF jumps and 1 2-way RW with a younger jumper (we turned 20 points!!)diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
