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  1. Who is your suit from?

    I am definitely one of the anvil girls too. I am in the process of getting gear to help me fly better, right now I am in the 150 mph range when trying to slow down. I am still a newbie, super excited that there is a tunnel being built really close to my office. Also trying to drop some of the extra weight. Fast is fun, but it would be nice to spend more than 40 seconds in freefall.

  2. NeoX



    I note that Vigil provide an X-ray card - would this be sufficient in future?

    There are a number of other documents on the Vigil website here including an EU Classification document and DGAC - French Authorization letters. Réunion is in the EU incidentally. But it's interesting that these documents are also in French!



    Did you have any of these documents with you? I am assuming you didn't and that they only had your word to go on? I would make sure the next time you have all of the documentation with you to show. When I flew with my rig I got pulled aside on the way home, once I showed them the Vigil xray card they let me through.

  3. Back in the news today

    http://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2015/10/indoor-skydive-center-takes-flight-in-loudoun/slide/1/

    ASHBURN, Va. — Thrill-seekers looking for an alternative to leaping from an airplane will soon be able to fly in a more controlled environment.

    By February 2016, customers of the iFly Indoor Skydiving center will take flight in its 45-foot tall, glass-encased cylindrical wind tunnel in Loudoun County.

    “It’s wall-to-wall air flow,” says Patrick Framel, vice president of development. “You can fly to the left, you can fly to the right, you can fly up near the top — you will not fall off that column of air.”

    The three-story building is several weeks into construction, and will eventually be outfitted with four huge fans in its ceiling, which will keep fliers airborne.

    “It’s exactly like a free-flowing sky dive,” says Framel. “I’ve done 500 sky-dives from an airplane — if you close your eyes inside that chamber you can’t tell the difference.”

    The facility is being built along Virginia Route 7 adjacent to the new Top Golf, less than a mile from the One Loudoun development. County government and business leaders were on hand Tuesday morning for an official groundbreaking.

    In an area stocked with offices parks, “what you didn’t have was real entertainment, unique entertainment, that would draw you to Loudoun – not something you could get in Anywhere, USA,” says Taylor Chess, president of development for Peterson Companies.

    The company and its affiliates operate at 37 locations with 13 more currently under construction.

    Framel says fliers have ranged in age between 3 and 103. All will have an instructor present until they demonstrate mastery of skills needed for safe flying.

    Most initially learn to fly on their torsos, says Framel.

    “The first thing you learn from your flight instructor is stability,” he says. “You learn the body position before you get in the chamber, and you’ll learn to fly in a stable position.”

    “Next you’ll learn to fly forward and backward by moving your arms and legs and to spin around.”

    After displaying proficiency, customers can fly with their friends in the chamber, he says.

    Chess expects the project will continue Loudoun County’s attempt to offer more than expanding residential communities.

    “What it needs is more entertainment and other reasons to stay here in Loudoun, as opposed to feeling you need to go into D.C. or Tysons,” he says.

    The price for a first-time flyer package is expected to start around $69 and includes two flights, training, gear and flight instruction with a certified instructor. Family and group/special event packages will also be available.

  13. Thank you for your thoughts! I have been thinking about trying a Spectre, or a Silhouette, due to the flatter glide, but wanted to see what else was out there that I hadn't considered. I will look into the Safire2. I agree that those characteristics are more student or conservative. I am hoping that resale won't be awful, since I am on a larger canopy and maybe would sell to someone coming off of student status. I plan on logging a good many jumps with this canopy, for sure! I just have zero desire to have a "zippy" canopy, as I jump just for pure fun, and floating around under my sky barge is plenty fun for me!

  14. I have jumped a Sabre 2, Navigator, and PD canopies. LOVED the flat glide of the PD, and the slow approach speed. Was not a fan of the Sabre2, didn't like how the end cells never opened, and was never able to dial in the two stage flare.

    I am planning a new rig for myself, and am trying to narrow down which canopies are most like what I am looking for. Slower on approach, flatter glide, good solid flare, but not "touchy". I like being under canopy, and am looking for something solid to get me safely back on the ground.

    Current out the door weight is 240. I am looking in the 230 size range for my comfort level.

    Thanks in advance

  15. as a follow up to this one, even if he gets through training and gets his license, trying to jump while falling like a cannonball just isn't as fun. I have this issue, currently compounded by extra weight from having just had a baby, and it is one of the primary reasons I haven't returned to the sky yet. It isn't always fun falling super fast, yet all alone.

  19. Looks like DC region is gearing up for a wind tunnel of their own.
    http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2015/05/northern-virginias-first-indoor-skydiving-center.html
    http://www.leesburgtoday.com/business/driving-range-skydiving-center-to-anchor-ashburn-entertainment-complex/article_a1ba2aa0-0f6f-11e5-b387-831b85eb0ced.html

    "If all goes according to plan, Peterson Cos. should receive a building permit in late July to early August for iFly, and adrenaline seekers would take flight by the end of this year."

  24. With the N3, there is also the "normal" volume option, and the "loud" option. the normal is plenty loud enough to hear when it is in the helmet, it is my understanding the loud option is for when you do wear it on your wrist (as others have stated this isn't recommended)