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Holy shit. Ok thanks for the info. Looks like I'll be going with a vertical suit. I just ordered a new vector that I wont see until August so waiting that long for more gear just won't do! "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

Can anyone give me a guesstimate on Liquid Sky's current build times? Maybe I'm not looking in the right place but I don't see anything on the website and no one is responding to my email. Thanks for any info y'all. "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

Well I went down yesterday for the first time and bought a 15 min block to start with, I was lucky enough to end up flying with a well experienced instructor who also coached me through my level 1 belly fly stuff on the body flight progression list., It was a blast and it felt so good to be in "freefall" after not jumping for so long. I ended up hanging out a few hrs till close to get another 15 min coaching session. So I spent about 560 on a whim, and this is just the beginning. I started skydiving to freefly so for someone like me thats really nothing considering thats 30 jumps worth of freefall experience WITH a coach, no plane ride, no packing all in about an hour of my day. Im hooked. As for the facility and staff, specifically at Rosemont I give major thumbs up. I'd be happy to let any of the instructors I saw flying yesterday coach me. I did both of my sessions with Josh and I certainly dont regret it, I highly recommend him. Matt B is also a pretty impressive flyer if you're looking for a coach. So for other noobs like me: if you want to fly with other people you have to be cleared for it by getting yourself checked off on a certain number of specific skills. You can see the progression list at www.tunnelflight.com If you plan on visiting a tunnel, go to the site and make an IBA account to log your time and skills, they have the full list of skills, and a bank of instructional videos to mentally prepare yourself with (the videos are actually pretty informative). As for cost, it could be different with every instructor depending on their experience. "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

Even better! Thanks much. Im just surprised I never actually saw it being done before. "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

Good to know! Thank you both, especially for the video! "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

So ...total noob question but I was never told so I just dont know... What is the purpose of this braided, knotted or weird looping process I've seen whenever canopies are off risers (storage/shipping etc..) Ive also seen this while people are wearing their rig. I would assume its to not make a mess of your lines but is there a name for this, and how is it done? If Im not making sense, see attachment below "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

Excellent! Thanks man! You just answered most of the questions I had for when I got there. I just bought a 15 min block for next sunday to pop my tunnel cherry. Which was $285 btw Dusty. That made it $19/min which is still better than a ride to altitude. "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

Hi y'all!! I'm an A license jumper 2 years out of AFF @ Skydive Milwaukee and haven't been able to jump much. Work is starting slow down but the cold weather is coming so I'm looking for people to work on belly/freefly RW with through the cold months. Only 35 jumps so far, so I think someone with similar experience would probly make it fun. But would certainly appreciate flying with any level experience so long as you don't mind helping a newbie. Chicago is only a 3 hr drive for me so I'd like to shoot for once or twice a month. "I live my life 2 miles at a time. For those 60 seconds or less, Im free" ;-)

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