Tropic 1 #1 Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) Hey everybody, I completed AFF and all other requirements except the 25 jump requirement. I'm on jump 15 and I need 10 more to get my A license. Pretty stoked about getting my license. Any advice for a newbie? Edited May 1, 2019 by Tropic 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PlaneFun 11 #2 May 1, 2019 During your solo jumps, try to work on the skills you'll need for the last 5 AFF jumps (That't what I wish I had done, rather than just doing fun jumps to get up to #20). Probably best to work on stable exits, slowfall/fastfall, front/back flips, barrel rolls, turns, tracking, etc. Also work on flying a predictable final landing pattern and accurate landings (you'll need several landings w/in 10 meters of your target). I needed to improve my diving exits and getting stable quickly. Good luck on finishing (I did in December). Oh yeah, take a packing class too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tropic 1 #3 May 1, 2019 Thanks! I'll be sure to work on those skills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolBeans 11 #4 May 1, 2019 How safe are front/back flips and barrel rolls maneuvers on a student rig that's 100% NOT freefly friendly? Isn't there a premature deployment concern? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nabz 30 #5 May 7, 2019 On 5/1/2019 at 1:43 PM, CoolBeans said: How safe are front/back flips and barrel rolls maneuvers on a student rig that's 100% NOT freefly friendly? Isn't there a premature deployment concern? I had a student rig (rental) while on AFF (the two SOLO jumps) and I was working on backflips, did one and everything was fine did the second and BAM under canopy at 8500 feet...not sure if it was because it wasnt FF Friendly or the BOC/Pilot Chute was out. You can imagine how long it took me to come back to land flying a 280 Navigator Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
