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tbrown 26
Eighteen years old, April 27, 1974. Had to wait 'til I was eighteen, as my parents wouldn't give me their permission to jump any younger. My birthday's in November and not to many people jump in upstate NY over the winter (though once I got started, it didn't bother me).
Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !
Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !
rushmc 18
18 in 1976
Dam I am old........
Dam I am old........
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
sundevil777 93
The first weekend I turned 18.
And they didn't bother to check my age! I could have done it sooner if I'd known they wouldn't check.
And they didn't bother to check my age! I could have done it sooner if I'd known they wouldn't check.
People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am
17... 18 for the solo stuff
Lainey 0
19 at first tandem
20 when i started AFF in February last year.
And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need
'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie
20 when i started AFF in February last year.
And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need
'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie
15 years old.
I started at a Non-USPA DZ.
Clint D-24352
I started at a Non-USPA DZ.
Clint D-24352
JohnMitchell 14
17 . . .. Didn't have parental consent, Had to sign my dad's name on the release form. 
It was 1991, I was 19 and in college, home on break. I looked up Skydive Long Island (then located at Spadaro Airport, not Calverton as it is now), and made plans for taking the static line course. I knew I could not afford to go all the way through license training, that was for sure, but I really wanted to see what skydiving felt like. I LOVED it!
I did another static line in Duanesburg, NY, as well as AFF 1, and then two more static lines in 1996 back on L.I.
I didn't get to jump again until August 2003, when I went through AFP, and then got my A license. I wish I had been able to be jumping all this time, but anyway it was worth waiting for.
Blue skies,
-Jeffrey
I did another static line in Duanesburg, NY, as well as AFF 1, and then two more static lines in 1996 back on L.I.
I didn't get to jump again until August 2003, when I went through AFP, and then got my A license. I wish I had been able to be jumping all this time, but anyway it was worth waiting for.
Blue skies,
-Jeffrey
-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"
cutaway1 3
I was 16 when I made my first static line jump.
SCR-21
Andy9o8 0
18, S/L jump about a week after my birthday. They put us out in 35' T-10's. I was all of 118 lbs back then (I'm 165 now..heh), so I drifted, drifted with the wind, and the landings under those weren't really all that hard for the skinny kids like me.
All they had back then was S/L progression. I would have benefited from AFF if it had been available. I like to joke that as a student I "turned style" early. In other words, when I was learning freefall I had a few [ahem] "stability issues" at first, several times dumped while spinning & on my back (no, not on purpose). Often got barber poles; I wonder why? Once the lines turned into such a tight barber pole my head was pinned against my chest & I couldn't look up to check my canopy until some of the twists unwound. And that's why they used to put students out on cheapos until they were A-qualified, those canopies were pretty forgiving of back-asswards openings.
All they had back then was S/L progression. I would have benefited from AFF if it had been available. I like to joke that as a student I "turned style" early. In other words, when I was learning freefall I had a few [ahem] "stability issues" at first, several times dumped while spinning & on my back (no, not on purpose). Often got barber poles; I wonder why? Once the lines turned into such a tight barber pole my head was pinned against my chest & I couldn't look up to check my canopy until some of the twists unwound. And that's why they used to put students out on cheapos until they were A-qualified, those canopies were pretty forgiving of back-asswards openings.
BillyVance 34
Hey Laurel!
Nice to see you on here!
Nice to see you on here!
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban
philly51 0
49 on 11/13/99, level 1 of aff.
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, Shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!"
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, Shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!"
aftermid 0
QuoteI started when I was 25... Sure wish I'd started at 16 though... I wasted 9 years of my life before I got into skydiving...
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28, I wasted 12 years
QuoteHey Laurel!
Nice to see you on here!
Thanks Billy,
Glad to be around! Did you see my pictures in this thread! ? Damn I'm OLD!!!
LNM
Laurel Nichols
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If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.-Anon
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If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.-Anon
was 12 when i did my first tandem jump
and i was 16 when i did my first AFF and my first solo jump :D
and i was 16 when i did my first AFF and my first solo jump :D
My husband made his first five jumps in the Army at age 20. We'd been married for almost 18 years & he had said many times that he wanted to jump again someday. I tried to ignore him and hoped he'd forget about it because it sounded scary. I have a horrible fear of heights & falling so I had NO intentions of EVER jumping! But I love him, he wanted to do it again and I was hoping to overcome my fears, so for our 18th Wedding Anniversary WE signed up for the static line course...I was 49, that was almost 3 years ago, and I haven't regretted a minute! 
I'm STILL afraid of heights & falling...but I LOVE to skydive and it's COOL to get to jump with your spouse!
I'm STILL afraid of heights & falling...but I LOVE to skydive and it's COOL to get to jump with your spouse!
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Old age ain't no place for sissies!
Old age ain't no place for sissies!
winsor 186
17
My Uncle (Sam) paid for it.
I was a Trained Professional (tm) after 5 jumps.
My Uncle (Sam) paid for it.
I was a Trained Professional (tm) after 5 jumps.
I was 19 when I did my first tandem at Skydive Atlanta on September 27, 2003. I'm 21 now. Coming up on 2 years. Wow......
I'm so funny I crack my head open!
P.M.S. #102
P.M.S. #102
aerohaga 0
I was 44 on my first tandem (last fall).
For my part, I know nothing with any certainty,
But the sight of the stars makes me dream.
-Vincent Van Gogh
But the sight of the stars makes me dream.
-Vincent Van Gogh
kallend 1,623
52 years and 27 days
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
sixteen.
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you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo
mdrejhon 8
23 for my first tandem.
29 for my second tandem. (Geez, why did I wait so damn long)
31 for my progressive freefall program.
29 for my second tandem. (Geez, why did I wait so damn long)
31 for my progressive freefall program.
That is a sweet story! Thank you for sharing it!
-Jeffrey
-Jeffrey
-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"
As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...
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