BannanaGirl 0 #1 May 10, 2006 I have had one strange weekends adventures in the sky. First jump I did was my Cat 8. Shame it was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Oh well. Next jump was my first real Hop N Pop which was just as strange and funky but I have to admit REALLY good fun.My last jump was a wicked skydive, totally went how I wanted it to. I was thinking at this point I totally rock! Then I had to chop. I am not going to go into the specifics of it and what happened as I am more happy about my A licence, but I did the right thing, I am alive and I am happy and I love skydiving even more so now and that is all that counts.Considering how hard it was for me to get even through my AFF and I stuck it out I am proud of myself...at last!!!! I am glad I had a strange one this past weekend as it has made me respect this sport so much more. I now have my A licence, a whole bunch of friends who I want to learn to skydive with and I am just so made up I can now start having some REAL fun!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ROK 0 #2 May 10, 2006 QuoteI have had one strange weekends adventures in the sky. First jump I did was my Cat 8. Shame it was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Oh well. Next jump was my first real Hop N Pop which was just as strange and funky but I have to admit REALLY good fun.My last jump was a wicked skydive, totally went how I wanted it to. I was thinking at this point I totally rock! Then I had to chop. I am not going to go into the specifics of it and what happened as I am more happy about my A licence, but I did the right thing, I am alive and I am happy and I love skydiving even more so now and that is all that counts.Considering how hard it was for me to get even through my AFF and I stuck it out I am proud of myself...at last!!!! I am glad I had a strange one this past weekend as it has made me respect this sport so much more. I now have my A licence, a whole bunch of friends who I want to learn to skydive with and I am just so made up I can now start having some REAL fun!!!! Awesome! I think one of the best moments in my life was when I got that "A" stamp on my card. I checked the mail with anticipation for a few weeks looking for that license to come! Time to buy gear! Here's to you... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spatula 0 #3 May 10, 2006 Quote"A" stamp on my card Ha! Your lucky...they stamped it on my forhead after the card!!! Took a long time to wash it off the next day... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ROK 0 #4 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuote"A" stamp on my card Ha! Your lucky...they stamped it on my forhead after the card!!! Took a long time to wash it off the next day... The Scarlet "A" HA!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mattyblast 0 #5 May 10, 2006 QuoteHa! Your lucky...they stamped it on my forhead after the card!!! Took a long time to wash it off the next day... Uh-oh! The mark of the "Beast"! Is there a number 666 hidden within that "A"? "DOOR!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BannanaGirl 0 #6 May 10, 2006 Thanks! I have'nt actually sent of my docs yet so I guess checking the mail in anticipation is'nt going to work but I went and got my pictures donw straight away monday morning for it! And I am in the process of buying gear. I have spent money like water on skydiving stuff since I started. Hopefully I will have my own rig by the end of the month. Hopefully! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Orange1 0 #7 May 10, 2006 Congratulations!! now the fun startsSkydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pincheck 0 #8 May 10, 2006 well done on the A licence now for everything else Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #9 May 10, 2006 OK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #10 May 10, 2006 Quoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into English, please? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #11 May 10, 2006 You mean: Can you translate this into EnglishAmerican, please?"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Broke 0 #12 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into English, please? She was probibly unhappy with part of the jump. The thing I was told while going through my coached jumps. Is that the total freefall part of a skydive is about 60 seconds. If we cork it in the first 5 we tend to over analyze the first 5 seconds as a look at what went wrong, and we don't look enough at what went right. You jumped, You pulled, you landed. You didn't hurt yourself or anyone else. Sounds like a successful skydive to me.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bob.dino 0 #13 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into EnglishYank, please? Muppet is peculiarly English slang, meaning crap, silly, or stupid. Locking your keys in the car would make you a muppet. Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites drdive 0 #14 May 11, 2006 LOL"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 Broke 0 #15 May 11, 2006 Quote Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Ugh I can't believe you said "Fo'shizzle" we should have just told him to check out some Guy Ritchie films. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels will help a little.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BannanaGirl 0 #16 May 11, 2006 Quote Muppet is peculiarly English slang, meaning crap, silly, or stupid. Locking your keys in the car would make you a muppet. Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Absolutely spot on how that skydive went!!!!! Put it this way I am going back to stable exits again so I don't bone-fuck half my skydive just because I think it is fun! The "hop N pop" was a "hop N poop" in my case totally kicked me up the arse and let me know how lazy I have got......already! This is exactly why I am so looking forward to having some company in the air again...keep me on my toes and start trying new things like RW. Hopefully this weekend coming I will start getting a few coaching jumps.Pray for sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BannanaGirl 0 #17 May 11, 2006 QuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites shermanator 3 #18 May 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. well thats no fun, I am curious too as to what happened. .. would be good, so i can learn from your experience.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pincheck 0 #19 May 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. thats alright we will forgive you, know spill Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nael 0 #20 May 12, 2006 QuoteTranslated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Thanks for the laugh Dave!www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Joellercoaster 6 #21 May 12, 2006 Nice work BG, on both counts. Hopefully catch you at the DZ this weekend and share that delicious first-chop . Oh and the A-license . And a bunch of other , for no better reason than "because", and it's great to be alive.-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BannanaGirl 0 #22 May 12, 2006 QuoteNice work BG, on both counts. Hopefully catch you at the DZ this weekend and share that delicious first-chop . Oh and the A-license . And a bunch of other , for no better reason than "because", and it's great to be alive. As if I have not gone about it enough already. But yeh...I will be there...beer is stacked up in the back of my car as I speak! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tbrown 26 #23 May 12, 2006 QuoteQuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. That's okay, half the people would probably tell you you "didn't need to " chop it anyway. I'll just believe you needed to and you did a good job of it. And now you know what it's like and don't have to worry about it or wonder what it will be like. Some people have thousands of jumps and have never cutaway - and they even admit they're very nervous about what it will be like when they do. Good job and congrats on your A too ! You sound like you're totally in love with it! Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BannanaGirl 0 #24 May 15, 2006 Ok...I will say what happened. In a nutshell I had a weird feeling on the way up (I thought I would have a cutaway basically), got out had an awesome skydive like I said. When I opened it was a weird opening that seemed to take ages and when I looked up the slider was up and my right toggle had fired and wrapped itself around the lines well out of my reach. It was well and truly stuck. At this point I said a few swear words and stuff as I was slowly turning, so I tried to pull down on the rear riser to counter the turn and see if I had any kind of control over it at which point the slider came slamming down and the toggle wrapped up in the lines went through the grommet and was gone forever. Again I tried to see what control I had using the rear risers. We had a deep spot as well and I could not see the DZ and turning you can lose you orientation. I felt the canopy was not controllable enough for landing let alone try and steer the thing away from a road, tree, powerlines blah blah blah. I knew by this point I was at 2k, checked my alti to confirm and I made the decision to get rid of it. I had twists on my reserve opening but as soon as I got out of them I saw the DZ and I just motored it over there and actually was one of the only people to get back to the DZ from my lift! Yes, at first I wondered if I had done the right thing as I did have a big fully inflated canopy above my head and I was now getting onto my last chance but I made a decision based on my training and everyone says I did 100% the right thing and I handled the situation correctly and calmly. I am glad it has happened in a way as it has made me look at my reasons for doing this and if I am prepared to really except the results of an error in my judgement or a malfunction or as you guys say an act of god. I also trust myself more and I would never second guess myself in a similar situation. And yes! I LOVE skydiving even if I spent the whole weekend on a social drinking beer instead of jumping!!!!! 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ROK 0 #2 May 10, 2006 QuoteI have had one strange weekends adventures in the sky. First jump I did was my Cat 8. Shame it was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Oh well. Next jump was my first real Hop N Pop which was just as strange and funky but I have to admit REALLY good fun.My last jump was a wicked skydive, totally went how I wanted it to. I was thinking at this point I totally rock! Then I had to chop. I am not going to go into the specifics of it and what happened as I am more happy about my A licence, but I did the right thing, I am alive and I am happy and I love skydiving even more so now and that is all that counts.Considering how hard it was for me to get even through my AFF and I stuck it out I am proud of myself...at last!!!! I am glad I had a strange one this past weekend as it has made me respect this sport so much more. I now have my A licence, a whole bunch of friends who I want to learn to skydive with and I am just so made up I can now start having some REAL fun!!!! Awesome! I think one of the best moments in my life was when I got that "A" stamp on my card. I checked the mail with anticipation for a few weeks looking for that license to come! Time to buy gear! Here's to you... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spatula 0 #3 May 10, 2006 Quote"A" stamp on my card Ha! Your lucky...they stamped it on my forhead after the card!!! Took a long time to wash it off the next day... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROK 0 #4 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuote"A" stamp on my card Ha! Your lucky...they stamped it on my forhead after the card!!! Took a long time to wash it off the next day... The Scarlet "A" HA!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattyblast 0 #5 May 10, 2006 QuoteHa! Your lucky...they stamped it on my forhead after the card!!! Took a long time to wash it off the next day... Uh-oh! The mark of the "Beast"! Is there a number 666 hidden within that "A"? "DOOR!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannanaGirl 0 #6 May 10, 2006 Thanks! I have'nt actually sent of my docs yet so I guess checking the mail in anticipation is'nt going to work but I went and got my pictures donw straight away monday morning for it! And I am in the process of buying gear. I have spent money like water on skydiving stuff since I started. Hopefully I will have my own rig by the end of the month. Hopefully! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Orange1 0 #7 May 10, 2006 Congratulations!! now the fun startsSkydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pincheck 0 #8 May 10, 2006 well done on the A licence now for everything else Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #9 May 10, 2006 OK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #10 May 10, 2006 Quoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into English, please? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #11 May 10, 2006 You mean: Can you translate this into EnglishAmerican, please?"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Broke 0 #12 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into English, please? She was probibly unhappy with part of the jump. The thing I was told while going through my coached jumps. Is that the total freefall part of a skydive is about 60 seconds. If we cork it in the first 5 we tend to over analyze the first 5 seconds as a look at what went wrong, and we don't look enough at what went right. You jumped, You pulled, you landed. You didn't hurt yourself or anyone else. Sounds like a successful skydive to me.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bob.dino 0 #13 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into EnglishYank, please? Muppet is peculiarly English slang, meaning crap, silly, or stupid. Locking your keys in the car would make you a muppet. Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites drdive 0 #14 May 11, 2006 LOL"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 Broke 0 #15 May 11, 2006 Quote Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Ugh I can't believe you said "Fo'shizzle" we should have just told him to check out some Guy Ritchie films. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels will help a little.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BannanaGirl 0 #16 May 11, 2006 Quote Muppet is peculiarly English slang, meaning crap, silly, or stupid. Locking your keys in the car would make you a muppet. Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Absolutely spot on how that skydive went!!!!! Put it this way I am going back to stable exits again so I don't bone-fuck half my skydive just because I think it is fun! The "hop N pop" was a "hop N poop" in my case totally kicked me up the arse and let me know how lazy I have got......already! This is exactly why I am so looking forward to having some company in the air again...keep me on my toes and start trying new things like RW. Hopefully this weekend coming I will start getting a few coaching jumps.Pray for sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #7 May 10, 2006 Congratulations!! now the fun startsSkydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #8 May 10, 2006 well done on the A licence now for everything else Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #9 May 10, 2006 OK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #10 May 10, 2006 Quoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into English, please? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 May 10, 2006 You mean: Can you translate this into EnglishAmerican, please?"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #12 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into English, please? She was probibly unhappy with part of the jump. The thing I was told while going through my coached jumps. Is that the total freefall part of a skydive is about 60 seconds. If we cork it in the first 5 we tend to over analyze the first 5 seconds as a look at what went wrong, and we don't look enough at what went right. You jumped, You pulled, you landed. You didn't hurt yourself or anyone else. Sounds like a successful skydive to me.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 0 #13 May 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteit was a rubbish skydive, I was all over the show so I sealed the occasion with a muppet skydive. Can you translate this into EnglishYank, please? Muppet is peculiarly English slang, meaning crap, silly, or stupid. Locking your keys in the car would make you a muppet. Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdive 0 #14 May 11, 2006 LOL"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
Broke 0 #15 May 11, 2006 Quote Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Ugh I can't believe you said "Fo'shizzle" we should have just told him to check out some Guy Ritchie films. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels will help a little.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannanaGirl 0 #16 May 11, 2006 Quote Muppet is peculiarly English slang, meaning crap, silly, or stupid. Locking your keys in the car would make you a muppet. Translated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Absolutely spot on how that skydive went!!!!! Put it this way I am going back to stable exits again so I don't bone-fuck half my skydive just because I think it is fun! The "hop N pop" was a "hop N poop" in my case totally kicked me up the arse and let me know how lazy I have got......already! This is exactly why I am so looking forward to having some company in the air again...keep me on my toes and start trying new things like RW. Hopefully this weekend coming I will start getting a few coaching jumps.Pray for sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannanaGirl 0 #17 May 11, 2006 QuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 3 #18 May 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. well thats no fun, I am curious too as to what happened. .. would be good, so i can learn from your experience.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #19 May 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. thats alright we will forgive you, know spill Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nael 0 #20 May 12, 2006 QuoteTranslated: "Dude, I was like, so out of it that I totally bone-fucked that skydive. Fo' shizzle." Thanks for the laugh Dave!www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #21 May 12, 2006 Nice work BG, on both counts. Hopefully catch you at the DZ this weekend and share that delicious first-chop . Oh and the A-license . And a bunch of other , for no better reason than "because", and it's great to be alive.-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannanaGirl 0 #22 May 12, 2006 QuoteNice work BG, on both counts. Hopefully catch you at the DZ this weekend and share that delicious first-chop . Oh and the A-license . And a bunch of other , for no better reason than "because", and it's great to be alive. As if I have not gone about it enough already. But yeh...I will be there...beer is stacked up in the back of my car as I speak! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #23 May 12, 2006 QuoteQuoteOK now, it's time to tell us about your chop already, so we can blame somebody That is classified information sir, if I tell you I will have to kill you. That's okay, half the people would probably tell you you "didn't need to " chop it anyway. I'll just believe you needed to and you did a good job of it. And now you know what it's like and don't have to worry about it or wonder what it will be like. Some people have thousands of jumps and have never cutaway - and they even admit they're very nervous about what it will be like when they do. Good job and congrats on your A too ! You sound like you're totally in love with it! Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannanaGirl 0 #24 May 15, 2006 Ok...I will say what happened. In a nutshell I had a weird feeling on the way up (I thought I would have a cutaway basically), got out had an awesome skydive like I said. When I opened it was a weird opening that seemed to take ages and when I looked up the slider was up and my right toggle had fired and wrapped itself around the lines well out of my reach. It was well and truly stuck. At this point I said a few swear words and stuff as I was slowly turning, so I tried to pull down on the rear riser to counter the turn and see if I had any kind of control over it at which point the slider came slamming down and the toggle wrapped up in the lines went through the grommet and was gone forever. Again I tried to see what control I had using the rear risers. We had a deep spot as well and I could not see the DZ and turning you can lose you orientation. I felt the canopy was not controllable enough for landing let alone try and steer the thing away from a road, tree, powerlines blah blah blah. I knew by this point I was at 2k, checked my alti to confirm and I made the decision to get rid of it. I had twists on my reserve opening but as soon as I got out of them I saw the DZ and I just motored it over there and actually was one of the only people to get back to the DZ from my lift! Yes, at first I wondered if I had done the right thing as I did have a big fully inflated canopy above my head and I was now getting onto my last chance but I made a decision based on my training and everyone says I did 100% the right thing and I handled the situation correctly and calmly. I am glad it has happened in a way as it has made me look at my reasons for doing this and if I am prepared to really except the results of an error in my judgement or a malfunction or as you guys say an act of god. I also trust myself more and I would never second guess myself in a similar situation. And yes! I LOVE skydiving even if I spent the whole weekend on a social drinking beer instead of jumping!!!!! More money for next weekend!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #25 May 15, 2006 QuoteI felt the canopy was not controllable enough for landing let alone try and steer the thing away from a road, tree, powerlines blah blah blah. That says it all right there. I agree you should be praised, and not criticized, for choosing not to land that canopy. You're still a novice jumper. Once you're under canopy, nobody in the world is responsible for landing yourself safely other than you. You assessed the situation, decided the canopy didn't pass the controllability check in your estimation, all things considered - and your experience as a canopy pilot is certainly an important factor to consider - and acted. Good job, I say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Andy9o8 0 #25 May 15, 2006 QuoteI felt the canopy was not controllable enough for landing let alone try and steer the thing away from a road, tree, powerlines blah blah blah. That says it all right there. I agree you should be praised, and not criticized, for choosing not to land that canopy. You're still a novice jumper. Once you're under canopy, nobody in the world is responsible for landing yourself safely other than you. You assessed the situation, decided the canopy didn't pass the controllability check in your estimation, all things considered - and your experience as a canopy pilot is certainly an important factor to consider - and acted. Good job, I say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
