Skybaby9 0 #1 Posted February 20 Hello all. I realized lately that my life has gotten pretty boring, and I'm looking to change that. I used to skydive, but I haven't in 20+ years. When I started looking into returning to the sport, I noticed that there are more USPA members than ever, and the fatalities are down to 10 or so per year. I think there were about 30k members when i left, and closer to 30 fatalities per year. The gear looks about the same, so does anyone who's been in it for a long time know what has changed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,460 #2 February 20 This gets asked every so often. This is what I wrote a couple years ago. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kleggo 143 #3 February 21 primary changes since 2000? Automatic activation devices are mostly mandated and are socially acceptable (i have one). Canopy flight mode training has stopped many people (not all) from killing themselves 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fcajump 158 #4 April 19 Deployment altitudes, both BSR and in practice... When I got my C, if you weren't doing CReW or a cross country, it was considered concerning for experienced jumpers to open higher than 2,500.... what's wrong with you if you do... Now C/D licensed are required to be above 2,500. But even more its common for the openings to be up to 5,000'+ Emphasis is on giving yourself time to deal with canopy issues, especially for the faster/smaller canopies. (it does lead to the backward condition of potentially have large slow canopies opening lower than small/fast. this then leads to pre-jump planning to ensure no conflicts.) Finally, depending on where you did and do jump, the larger turbine aircraft are more common, so higher exits are more common. JW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
