TheMarshMan1 0 #1 January 7, 2002 The discussion on licenses reminded me of something I read a while back. Apparently there was some attempt in the works to eliminate the night jump requirement for the D-License....just curious, what ever became of that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #2 January 7, 2002 You are still required to make a minimum of two night jumps for your D-license: one solo and one relative work. Night jumps are fun.ChuckMy webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #3 January 7, 2002 I have only done one but it was AWESOME! I still need to do my 2-way for my D. I was gonna do it over labor day weekend but that whole accident thing kinda got in the way. You will really enjoy it if you try it. Just do the whole safety/training thing and no worries! Yippee! Fun. Next full moon I am there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #4 January 8, 2002 Quote Next full moon I am there! You going to do 'em at Lake Wales or ZHills? I need another night jump, and I'm gonna go to Lake Wales on the 26th to do a couple......or maybe ZHills if they do 'em..Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #5 January 8, 2002 I was thinking Lake Wales... cause Zhills doesn't light up the landing area the way I like. You rely on moonlight whereas I prefer a bunch of headlights for added safety. Haven't asked Lake Wales what they do about that. However, it just occurred to me I'll be doing the AFC Championship game that weekend so I'll have to wait a while. :( Stupid, stupid job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #6 January 8, 2002 I know Lake Wales uses as many cars as they can get their hands on to light up the Landing area. I just did a night jumper there 2 weeks ago. I want to touch the sky, I want to fly so high ~ Sonique Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMarshMan1 0 #7 January 8, 2002 Oh, dont get me wrong...I havent done any night jumps yet, but I sure as hell cant wait to. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE flying at night...dont know why, just something surreal about it I guess.... Anyways, thanks for the answer, I was just curious...Blue Skies,Marshall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Strynx 0 #8 January 8, 2002 Just curious on how a night jump can affect the depth perception. How do you go about timming your landing with shadowa and everything? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dove 0 #9 January 8, 2002 Thanks Phree! Then Lake Wales it is....next time I get some time off during a full moon. Yippee! Night jumps are super fun - very surreal like Marshall said. And cause they are new and different there is a little bit of fear tossed into the recipe which I SO feed on! I didn't have any trouble with depth perception since the landing area was so lit up by cars. Nice sweet tiptoe landing. That's why I prefer a place that does do the carlight thing. One tip if you do go - pay attention to the landscape the whole way up and choose new landmarks as your normal landmarks may not be visible at night! This was especially important to me as I was jumping at a dz with a grass runway so not as easy to spot to begin with! Have fun! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Aviatrr 0 #10 January 9, 2002 Quote However, it just occurred to me I'll be doing the AFC Championship game that weekend so I'll have to wait a while. :( Stupid, stupid job! Ok.....now what's more important....work or skydiving?! And here I thought you had your priorities straight.. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #11 January 9, 2002 Quotebut that whole accidentit wasn't an accident.........marc"...a mind stretched with new idea's will never regain its shape" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dove 0 #12 January 9, 2002 Marc,Please elaborate....dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 174fps 1 #13 January 9, 2002 Generally you tend to flare high.I did the New Yrs midnight jump at Eloy, they had vehicles pointed in the landingdirection, I flared a little high but still managed to stand it up.During the briefing Brian B mentioned that 2 yrs ago one girl landed off, didnt flarein full flight and broke both femurs.I wear a mag light on my helmet for off landings.If you are landing off, go to half brakes, this will slow you down and reduce injuries hopefully.Landing with lots of partying skydivers cheering your landing is soooo coolAndrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dove 0 #14 January 9, 2002 Cheering your landing?!?!?!? I got booed for standing up! They were all screaming "Biff it!" and when I stood it up they were pissed. Now the other guys who creamed in got some serious applause!dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #15 January 9, 2002 I got a good roar for sliding the landing on my feet only to fall over at the end of the flair. Mike X has a scoring game for multiple night jump loads.2 points for a standup landing3 points for a 3 point landingand 7 points for anything more then the 3 point landing.At Lake Wales for Collegates it was Casa Load 1 Army under thier Classics vs Casa Load 2 sport jumpers on everything from VX88's to Astrobe 215's. Load 1 only had like 29 points. Load 2 had that many points with the first 5 people to land. Fun game and it really gets a roar going on the 7 pointers I want to touch the sky, I want to fly so high ~ Sonique Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Krishan 0 #16 January 10, 2002 I was in eloy for the new years night jump. I didnt jump that night, I was a spectator. That was some sick shit. The first guy down, made such a killer swoop, everyone was shouting. Good shit man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 174fps 1 #17 January 10, 2002 The landing was either no wind or ever so slightly down wind.Pat and Brian decided to land everyone to the east where an overshoot took youinto the desert rather than to the west wherethere was the big tent and hangers.Exit order was a 2 way then my 2 way.I only saw 2 other canopies under canopy.I came in parallel to and slightly behind someone else.The first 2 way was a couple from europe (Denmark? Germany?)So the guy was probably first down.Dave (Brit) that I jumped with was flying a fairly small canopy so I suspect his swoop was good also.He had his video on ..... all you can see of me is my glow stick zipping around.Andrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pdj6p 0 #18 January 11, 2002 I was there and those swoops were cooooooooooool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Watcher 0 #19 January 26, 2002 Wow Thats amazing i did not realize our load (2) did that bad, i was coming in on a Nitron 120 loaded at 1.65:1 and landed just before the start of the cars, course after coming in downwind(they pointed the cars in the wrong direction) on a 135 demo when i had 110 jumps it was a piece of cake. Lake Wales was very cool I enjoyed it very much, and the Brit giving the breifing was hilarious. The 3 way full contact sit dive (which they told me afterwords was a full contact dive, Sara is one cool chicka) was the best. The Down plane to about 100 feet was so cool to see.In closeing Night jumps rock, i did my RW night jump when i had 60 jumps, i was on a 8 way that was trying to form a Frisbee, which did except for one person, not me, being just alittle out on his turn. And that with the base funnelling into a headdown on exit Blue Skies long swoopsJonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 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
Strynx 0 #8 January 8, 2002 Just curious on how a night jump can affect the depth perception. How do you go about timming your landing with shadowa and everything? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #9 January 8, 2002 Thanks Phree! Then Lake Wales it is....next time I get some time off during a full moon. Yippee! Night jumps are super fun - very surreal like Marshall said. And cause they are new and different there is a little bit of fear tossed into the recipe which I SO feed on! I didn't have any trouble with depth perception since the landing area was so lit up by cars. Nice sweet tiptoe landing. That's why I prefer a place that does do the carlight thing. One tip if you do go - pay attention to the landscape the whole way up and choose new landmarks as your normal landmarks may not be visible at night! This was especially important to me as I was jumping at a dz with a grass runway so not as easy to spot to begin with! Have fun! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #10 January 9, 2002 Quote However, it just occurred to me I'll be doing the AFC Championship game that weekend so I'll have to wait a while. :( Stupid, stupid job! Ok.....now what's more important....work or skydiving?! And here I thought you had your priorities straight.. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #11 January 9, 2002 Quotebut that whole accidentit wasn't an accident.........marc"...a mind stretched with new idea's will never regain its shape" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #12 January 9, 2002 Marc,Please elaborate....dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
174fps 1 #13 January 9, 2002 Generally you tend to flare high.I did the New Yrs midnight jump at Eloy, they had vehicles pointed in the landingdirection, I flared a little high but still managed to stand it up.During the briefing Brian B mentioned that 2 yrs ago one girl landed off, didnt flarein full flight and broke both femurs.I wear a mag light on my helmet for off landings.If you are landing off, go to half brakes, this will slow you down and reduce injuries hopefully.Landing with lots of partying skydivers cheering your landing is soooo coolAndrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #14 January 9, 2002 Cheering your landing?!?!?!? I got booed for standing up! They were all screaming "Biff it!" and when I stood it up they were pissed. Now the other guys who creamed in got some serious applause!dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #15 January 9, 2002 I got a good roar for sliding the landing on my feet only to fall over at the end of the flair. Mike X has a scoring game for multiple night jump loads.2 points for a standup landing3 points for a 3 point landingand 7 points for anything more then the 3 point landing.At Lake Wales for Collegates it was Casa Load 1 Army under thier Classics vs Casa Load 2 sport jumpers on everything from VX88's to Astrobe 215's. Load 1 only had like 29 points. Load 2 had that many points with the first 5 people to land. Fun game and it really gets a roar going on the 7 pointers I want to touch the sky, I want to fly so high ~ Sonique Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krishan 0 #16 January 10, 2002 I was in eloy for the new years night jump. I didnt jump that night, I was a spectator. That was some sick shit. The first guy down, made such a killer swoop, everyone was shouting. Good shit man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
174fps 1 #17 January 10, 2002 The landing was either no wind or ever so slightly down wind.Pat and Brian decided to land everyone to the east where an overshoot took youinto the desert rather than to the west wherethere was the big tent and hangers.Exit order was a 2 way then my 2 way.I only saw 2 other canopies under canopy.I came in parallel to and slightly behind someone else.The first 2 way was a couple from europe (Denmark? Germany?)So the guy was probably first down.Dave (Brit) that I jumped with was flying a fairly small canopy so I suspect his swoop was good also.He had his video on ..... all you can see of me is my glow stick zipping around.Andrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pdj6p 0 #18 January 11, 2002 I was there and those swoops were cooooooooooool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Watcher 0 #19 January 26, 2002 Wow Thats amazing i did not realize our load (2) did that bad, i was coming in on a Nitron 120 loaded at 1.65:1 and landed just before the start of the cars, course after coming in downwind(they pointed the cars in the wrong direction) on a 135 demo when i had 110 jumps it was a piece of cake. Lake Wales was very cool I enjoyed it very much, and the Brit giving the breifing was hilarious. The 3 way full contact sit dive (which they told me afterwords was a full contact dive, Sara is one cool chicka) was the best. The Down plane to about 100 feet was so cool to see.In closeing Night jumps rock, i did my RW night jump when i had 60 jumps, i was on a 8 way that was trying to form a Frisbee, which did except for one person, not me, being just alittle out on his turn. And that with the base funnelling into a headdown on exit Blue Skies long swoopsJonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
