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Weekend before last I dropped my helmet in the mud and took out my dytter to wash the helmut up. Well I handed my dytter to a friend and 10 minutes later I get it back from him put it back in my helmut and dirtdive a 15 way. Get on the plane...go to altitude get out and the dive is going great we turn all our points and are just holding the formation...all of a sudden I hear my 1500 alarm going off just whirling away...I quickly look at my altimeter...6000 ft...hmmm look at everyone else in jump they were all calm and collected look at ground and it still small. I just figure battery was going dead or something. I land return to packing area and ask some guys standing around if that was a sympton of a dead battery and they all just look at me but my friend has this grin on his face....He had set all three sirens to 6000 feet so of course...the lowest one prevails....fun fun fun. Everyone got a good laugh out of it including me...Friend said my face was hysterical. Chip

Looks like it would be easy to strike the tail....Never seen one in person just the pics yall put up....looks like the tail is awfully low? Is this a problem with this plane? Chip

Super lucky..damn.... I downsized to a 150...didnt even initiate any turn onto final.....came straight in...dropped a toggle as I began to flare..couldnt get hands onto rear risers quick enough and hit the ground with no flare....broken femur..torn ligament and compressed vertebrae, L-5.... just luck verses unlucky I guess.. Glad you came out so lucky and didnt get hurt very much....take care of yourself. Chip

Sounds like the jumpers in the group ahead of you were opening higher? is this true? Deployment altitude is important also. Chip

Hey DJL If you sent an email to the address I have listed it is the wrong one....My email address is now [email protected] I am off to fix that problem now...Like I said in my email..I dont have any equipment. Sometimes I can borrow some on the dz. ttyl Chip

Just wanted to see where all our CRW Jumpers come from. and of course I am always looking for someone to jump with in VA...anyone from VA out there. I guess it would be easier if I had my own gear...lol but doesnt seem like an easy thing to find people who want to do crw all the time...I think I could handle doing CRW the majority of the time instead of RW..lol.. I only have a handful of CRW jumps, all on prodigys TTYL Chip

Broke my left Femur, compressed vertebrae L 5 and partially tore a ligament in left knee on jump # 198. I now have a rod in my left leg with 4 screws, 2 in top 2 in bottom. Nothing quite like having a leg and back injury at same time as lots of you know. I dropped a toggle as I began to flare. Dropped other toggle and reached for rear riser to flare, as soon as my hands hit rear riser my feet hit the ground and I bounced and rolled up into a pile on the ground. This happened on Feb 2nd. jumped this sunday august 18th. Went back to my larger tri 190

I would have to say the dumbest thing I have done is to stand in the back of my friends pickup truck going about 40 mph and the bright idea to moon the person behind us...luckily a friend....I proceed to pull my pants down around my knees and his truck downshifted(automatic)...the backs of my knees catch the tail gate and toss me over....now I am hanging upside down by the tailgate like haning on monkey bars as a kid....I then lose grip and fall off...40 mph impact to the ground..first thing to hit..BACK of the HEAD...then bare ass then head...over and over again...friend behind us said all he saw was sparks flying off my body. Well needless to say I had horrible road rash on my head and ass...worst pain in the world was getting in the shower...Oh the pain was undescribable. luckily it was on a friday because I couldnt wear clothes for the next couple days. Free Bags are expensive..LOL

I thought the pic was was pretty good. I thought the same thing when I saw people jumping. It would be a good day to be a base jumper with your rig at work. He made light of a bad situation. If anyone here is a psychology major they should know that the human brain uses humor to make it through bad situations. If someone lost family in this I am sure he isnt laughing at them. This is a very very sad thing that happened. I wish everyone the best and pass out my condolences to all the families. Free Bags are expensive..LOL

Microlines and Crw Dont mix. I wouldnt reccomend combining them together can lead to missing body parts....LOL Free Bags are expensive..LOL

Thanks Shark...I appreciate it. Free Bags are expensive..LOL

I am looking for a crw coach! I need someone who can do crw coaching on the weekends in virginia...I live in richmond so any dropzone near there would most likely be ok...My home dz is in Suffolk. Our crw coach there can really only teach during the week but I have to work then. So any crw coaches in the va area that want to pick up a student please give me a shout. Free Bags are expensive..LOL

You left the best part out...the best 4 way team goes whack, turns point, whack!!!!! Free Bags are expensive..LOL

I fall pretty quickly myself...I was always going low on formations...I can actually float now and have a pretty good range...just have to harness it...lol....I bought a regular tony suit...find somone who knows how to do the sizing and works with tony suit..they can slow you down..they did me...got a regular tony suit with there new material brushed poly cotton in the arms and body and cordora on the knees and down....they add the extra material needed to slow you down and knew what they were doing...youc an always have swoop cords added to really get you back up....good luck Chip Free Bags are expensive..LOL

Wait till you jump out of an ultralight at 3000 feet...into dead air....What a feeling...Hop n Pops should be no problem now that I have done this. I like flying my canopy so these are ok by me. Chip Free Bags are expensive..LOL

I agree....I am done......I had a great weekend and learned I could save my own life...Thanks for the input skymonkey one and Skreamer. All is good...Blue skies for everyone. Chip

You were the pilot, it was your call. IMHO (as a low-timer who has not chopped yet) you did the right thing and the fact that you are posting now and didn't hurt yourself trying to land a crook main proves it. Yep..I know I did the right thing.....why take a chance landing something that isnt right and starts to fly to the right....And both toggles were stowed and the risers on the right hand side were not looking real good. Thanks for the words of encouragement skreamer...much appreciated Chip

I am glad you were under that cobalt canopy that got cutaway to make the assessment that is was a premature brake release...I think I can say that it was not. No one saw what the risers looked like but me and i can tell you that it was fucked up. Not just a premature brake release. I know the difference. Better safe than sorry so when it started to turn after trying to get the twisted risers undone several times I decided to let it go. Other wise the canopy was great I really enjoyed it. Flys great and flares great.....Can get a good swoop straight. Chip

I was totally dissapointed when I watched it...they made it seem like it was all low and shit. They werent even low when he pulled and on top of that the bigges dissapointment was the fact that is was all a farse...He had a parachute rig on his back...he didnt even need the chest mount reserve..that was just there for the effects..to make it look bad ass. It was cool till I saw that.

Buy used equipment from other skydivers. This will give you a chance to jump the actual gear you will be buying and it helps out your fellow skydiver. They will probably be looking to by smaller gear and soon you will to someday.

I dont post very often and this might even be the second time(wink). I jump with Grogs at skydive suffolk and will be riding in with him. Woo Hoo..I am ready to go..Hope to put some names with faces. See everyone there on thursday night/friday morning. Chip