Redline165 0 #1 August 28, 2008 As it says, ill be leaving the house in T-minus 12 hours or so. Cant wait. Im even playing hookie from work tomorrow. haha. Ive got 2 tandem jumps from CSS in louisburg, but they offer no AFF program, and im ready to get on with it. I had a great time at CSS, great place and people, but i drove down to Raeford and just watched for an afternoon about 2 weeks ago. Hell, the people from CSS even refured me to Raeford saying "they dont have enough instructors to do the AFF". Either way. Im not taking anything away from CSS, i had a GREAT time there, everything went great, im just ready to get going on AFF. Any who... just Excited and ready to go!!! Anyone from here going to be around there? if so ill more then likely be wearing some Camo shorts and a Black t-shirt. My names Kevin, so come find me and say whats up. im all about meeting new people. -Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #2 August 28, 2008 Do you know who your instructor will be? If it's John, he's a Mod on here named "slotperfect". That means you have to behave at the dz AND online now. Sucks to be you. Just kidding....good luck! 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
mouth 0 #3 August 28, 2008 LMAO....Big John is a teddy bear. You know everyone worries about you That said Raeford is an amazing place. Enjoy and listen to the instructors on landing...that Dragon can be a b*tch. Tell all MOUTH said HI. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galvar2439 0 #4 August 28, 2008 BEER!So i just broke up with this woman who wasn't even my girlfriend! Hellfish #782, POPS #10664 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #5 August 28, 2008 Hi Kevin, Eat 'em up, Bro . . . The very beginning is the best part, the rest is just practice. We'll be expecting a full report . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #6 August 28, 2008 Whatever you do Redline, just don't go no lift! "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerRoo 0 #7 August 28, 2008 awesome!!! have fun!! (I.C.D#2 VP) ""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deisel 35 #8 August 29, 2008 We welcome all that CSS refuses to train! And even if the fridge is full, you still owe beer... BTW, CSS is a great DZ. I had a great time there.The brave may not live forever, but the timid never live at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 18 #9 August 29, 2008 Hi Red, You'll have a great time at Raeford!! Great bunch of troops. As "Mouth" said,"Beware of the Dragon!!" They'll check you out on that, it's the quirky winds that bend around the tree line. Just remember that your primary job is to make your instructors "Look Good!!" If you do that then you look better!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #10 August 29, 2008 Quote Whatever you do Redline, just don't go no lift! yeah, remember what happened to TurboYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redline165 0 #11 August 29, 2008 Quote Whatever you do Redline, just don't go no lift! Details? Turbo? haha. Im a car person migrating to this side of things, and as far as i can tell it can be equally expensive. haha (explanation of my user name) Well its starting out good so far, Good to see people online here and at the DZ. As far as making the instructor look good ill do my best, haha. As i said i have 2 tandems. My first jump was routine (jump and enjoy,) except i was near about hurting myself trying to arch hard. (we jumped out of a casa and i was taller then my TI, so i was already hurting a little from squating and head back) After we landed from my first jump my TI told me that i had a good arch, but he said it appeared like i was straining. He then told me that its hard to portray on the ground, but to just relax and just let the wind take you. i assumed it was easier said then done, but after i went up my next time (Randy was my TI) we jumped a King Air which i liked alot because it climbed 10000 times as fast as the Casa. I didn't know how i would like the side door, but it wasn't bad at all and actually made the tandem exit easier. Only Crappy part of the whole day was the jet fuel high we got after they started the King air, haha... a good 3-4 minutes of just plain breathing fuel. Anywho as i was saying my 2nd jump wasn't flawless by any means, but i did just somewhat relax after we got out of the plane and we leveled right out, kinda like one of those "oh, thats how this works" moments. but i thought it went pretty well, had good turns, and my biggest worry was finding the handle on my first reach. But after i did it probley 100 times after we were hooked up in the plane, i found the handle on the first reach when it came time to pull. :D and then we landed dead center with some moderate wind. (i did get my shoes full of gravel, haha) Either way im excited as hell and ready to go! any advise is welcome and thanks for the warm welcome! -Kevin Forgive me if i didn't use correct terminology in my jump summary haha. im learning tho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #12 August 29, 2008 , but i did just somewhat relax after we got out of the plane and we leveled right out, kinda like one of those "oh, thats how this works" moments. *** That's the key! Relax, breathe. We won't discuss how long it took me to figure that out! I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #13 August 29, 2008 Quote Quote Whatever you do Redline, just don't go no lift! Details? Turbo? haha. Turbo was a little too slow, so we killed him."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertimeunc 0 #14 August 29, 2008 Congrats, and welcome! I started my AFF at Raeford with Roy Harper Jr., and jumped for a long time after at CSS (closer to school at the time). Both are great DZ's. I consider CSS to be like family to me. The best things in life are dangerous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redline165 0 #15 August 30, 2008 Well, quick summary, I had a blast. Roy was my classroom instructor and i jumped with Carrie and Rob. Both of them were Awesome, Carrie helped at the tunnel as well, Hand signals fucked me up some in the tunnel and on the jump seeing i was more concerned with running out of time then actually stopping and thinking exactly what they meant. (tandem jumps weren't a mistake, but from what i can tell it sorta trained some bad habits on exit and as far as the arch goes) altho once i got going i think it went okay. I definatly want some more tunnel time, and $$$ permitting ill probley go try to get some the day off the next jumps. Landing i thought was decent, tony had me stray off the landing pattern on the X-wind section some because myself and another AFF student were relatively close to each other in the pattern. but either way i waited to flare until he said too and landed it standing up. I liked how when we de-briefed the jump they actually told you what you did wrong instead of just the "great jump and good job" Either way Roy was great in the classroom and Carrie and Rob were awesome on the jump. (Carrie at the tunnel as well) I cant wait to go back. Sucks that it was a slow week at work, (and that there P-I-S-S-E-D that i played hookie today to go jump :D) -Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites