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On a brighter note, I am fairly new but know some of these people are still actively flying. Elana Cain Paul Cain Brian Caldwell (on DZ.com some) Scott Callantine (on DZ.com some) Simon Repton (on DZ.com some) Michael Swearingen (Leading grid formation flocks) John Kallend Mark Krasinski Dennis Sattler (recovering last year from an injury) Mark Harris Matt Hoover (less WS and more FF) Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

If you are asking about packing a parachute, PD had some videos. The one on Packing A Large Canopy would be a good place to start. https://www.youtube.com/user/PDBlog Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I was 54 when I started and will be 60 in Oct, So I am right there with you. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I have an eye condition in one eye called Central Serous Retinopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_serous_retinopathy which screwed up my vision in my right eye, 10+ years before I started jumping. It is a little like a detached retina in small spots. Some unknown cause caused a fluid leak and ended up scaring my retina. Skydiving has not had any affect on it that I can tell. When it first happened I worried about shock forces like shooting rifles and such. Like someone said bungee jumping might be a different animal, but skydiving is pretty tame most of the time. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

55, really? It is sad that people make rules and just throw out numbers without considering the individual. I am sure you could find a good number of 60 year olds that were better to train than some 40 year olds that are on the low side in physical and mental condition. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Why: So I could fly a wingsuit. How: I signed up for AFF and started jumping. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

As soon at that thing comes out of the bag, I am retarded. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

up to now i had 66 wingsuit fly and i intend to use wingsuit for speed and distance too . maybe in future , when i gain more experience i am going to use it for wingsuit base . Speed can cause issues and this one place that lack of experience and a big suit can get you in a hurry. I only have a little experience in this area but enough to know surprises are lurking there. Look at Steve as he completes a speed run and makes a tiny mistake. https://youtu.be/u2e58U1m3Po?t=41s Somewhere there is outside video of this and as I recall, he went from fast and normal, to a fast roll, followed by spinning. Someone has already made a statement about the Scorpion's stability. Be careful out there. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I thought the OP was talking specifically about counting to 4 while waiting on deployment after pitching. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I bought a Pilot when I was a student and jumped it for about 700 jumps, and I am still jumping a Pilot. I doubt you will find one that is low cost as they are fairly popular. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

When I was doing SL progression, if you were to pull "in 5" and you didn't, you would not progress, or worst, back on the rope. We started looking at the altimeter when the freefall was 15 seconds or so. Before that, just count. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I was 18 and by the end of the first date with that 19 year old girl, I knew I wanted to spend a lot of time with her. Day 15 I said (without thinking), "If we continue to get along like this we should consider getting married". Married in May, 9 months later. It will be 40 years this coming May. I am not sure when I started loving her. I loved to be with her and still would rather be with her all day long than anyone else.....except when I am jumping. She is not a skydiver. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Thanks. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Is the recommendation regarding wingsuit flight closer than 500 feet to a licensed canopy pilots posted anywhere on the USPA site? Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Zhills is a nice place. Welcome to the sport. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Welcome to the sport. I started jumping so that I could fly a WS. It seems that many say that but not as many follow through. The best advice that I could give would be to be a good student (study/listen) and to make wise choices that will keep you healthy so you can progress in your jumping. After you get your own gear you will be faced with choices of canopy size/speed. You have to find your own balance between risk and reward. I measure success by how many days per year I am healthy enough to jump. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

John, I think the vertical speed data is pretty good. Turn on Closed Caption and you can see both the wingsuit speed and the canopy pilot speed (from the GPS data) on this XRW jump. When we are close together the vertical MPH is pretty close to the same. https://youtu.be/xe1rEhUU5Sc Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I am an avid user of the Flysight device which functions as a 3D position recorder and as a real time feedback device. Outside of wingsuiting and swooping, the Flysight has little normal use in skydiving, today. I hope to see the day that everyone would have a GPS record of every jump. Many of you may not see any benefit at this time, but consider questions about horizontal movement and being able to actually see where group One went and where group Two went, relative to each other both in space and in time. Consider, where did that student actually set up, fly, and turn for his/her landing. Did the wingsuiter/tracker fly back towards the jump run? You couldn't make it back to the DZ, but do you really know where you got out of the plane? There have been several times in the past year or so when a question would come up and I would like to say, “Show me your GPS track and I will show you mine.” Maybe we will get there someday. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I am 6'1", 170lb and when I first started doing RW after getting my license, I was floating up on most group jumps. I had a simple RW suit that I had bought used. I found I needed speed and lots of it. I spoke to one of the suit makers and told them what I wanted. For the legs, I even opted for plain nylon on the legs, which they didn't normally offer. It is less durable, but I normally landed on my feet, so no real need for rugged material on the legs when I really needed speed. I ended up with a tight fitting slick fabric suit and when I went back to jump with those same guys, I went low on the first jump. I was happy. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

The first time I jumped without a jumpsuit, I was in shorts and a T-shirt...major shock and lack of stability for me at that time in the sport. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

The main point of my reply was that opening the corners of the container is not "the" solution. I too analyze my jumps, looking for ways to improve. My “take away” is, 1. Often there is no real single answer/solution 2. When I think I am good, I can get a lot better with more experience/practice I am often amazed at what I have learned without knowing I was even learning. Things start working a lot better and experience is the only thing that seems to have changed. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I started flying wingsuits at jump 201. My container does not have the open corners. From jump 22 until jump 700+ I flew a Pilot 210 loaded at 0.93. In my 700s I switched to a Pilot 190 loaded at 1.07. My line twists events went up when I started wingsuiting and didn't really start decreasing a lot until I had 400 or so WS jumps. Packing method didn't change over that period. I tried to deploy many different ways, in flight, in belly fall position, and many ways in between. Nothing seemed to matter much. Part of my twists were due to uneven inflation that happened as the lightly loaded 210 would open up. An end cell was often a bit late and I would get some twists. That appears to have changed with the 190 that I have now. Today I can deploy in odd body positions (in a wingsuit) and almost never get any line twists. I do things people say "don't do..." and it seems to not matter. One thing that I appeared to have learned is a better way to fly during the deployment. It is not something specific that I can identify. It just feels like I own it now, more like I am in control rather than just hoping it works well. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I haven't done much belly jumping lately but I can remember being in some pretty fast tracks and just needing to slow down before deployment. If you are throwing on the brakes really hard and fast, it might be a bumpy ride....as you bleed off that energy. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

is this change managed by the tunnel operator? If so, how does the operator know what is needed/desired? Just curious. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Hope I live that long. Does that mean 13.5 will be in 2018? Yes, we will do some sort of Wingsuit event and we are working on it being in an exotic location. There will be fun to be had it just won't be on the same full on scale of traditional Flock n Dock. We really enjoy putting on the event and seeing everybody. Is "an exotic location" what it will cost to get your wife's help? Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”