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DougH

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How odd. When I opened Oceanside I was fought by the right wing faction of the city council.

Politics isn't in play here.

More like mental illness.

Bingo!

Good girl, now go buy a bunch of ear plugs then sit down and shaddup!

Parachutist will list anybody earning their numbers prior to publication but only during that month between publications... however, those numbers are rarely given. Just not many do it. I have the day time awards but never got a chance to do them at night.

However, that said, just call or email someone at USPA headquarters and ask for a list.

countzero

4 way canopy formation sequential- actively flying (pulling on risers, toggles) for upwards of 10 minutes. Works out upper body and arms.

Wing suiting- last longer than normal free fall, works out your core and arms keeping things extended to keep flying efficiently.

Having done both, I second the post.

Pobrause

I think you're leaving out a few peeps in this poll that where fortunate enough to start before they turned 18.
At my Dz for example there are two guys that started when they where 14 and one that made his first tandem jump at the age of 9.

I know of a 6 year old girl who made her tandem jump with her dad. That was over a decade ago.

bamber

Which is safer for a beginner, the static line or AFF jump?
Can an instructor jump with a student to help in a static line jump?

Just depends. A Static Line jump is simpler. You don't learn free fall skills right off the bat, it's all about being stable during deployment and flying your canopy to a safe landing.

However, it is a dying discipline. Most of the busy DZs don't teach that method. Not all of the C182 DZs teach it either.

AFF will throw a lot at you, there's more to learn and master, and for some people it can be a little overwhelming. But the learning curve is higher too.

To each their own. But as to your last question, yes, the instructor can jump out after you if he/she doesn't have other students to jumpmaster. Mine jumped after me and got on the ground first ahead of time and guided me in on my first few jumps.

IanHarrop

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Why the extra ring on his harness at the hip?

4th photo

I think you're seeing the arm rest of the seat

He's talking about this one....

Di0

Seriously, the guy is literally looking for ideas with a "Do It Yourself" project.
How can you infer anything about his skydiving or mental skills, that's beyond me, sometimes you gotta love these forums.

Where's the like button on this post?

Zoso

Billeisele –

So by asking for ideas about making something, you infer I don't have the mental sharpness to do demos? That's laughable. I don't know, or care who you are but I do know you can go fuck yourself.

Says the newbie wannabe demo jumper to an old hand with thousands of jumps and years in the sport? Yeah, good luck getting help with that attitude.

I'll put your name on the bounce bingo board.

Good start. Maybe we will be able to hear Cary Quattrocchi's high pitched voice screaming off in the distance. Couldn't happen to a nicer cunt.

SethInMI

that's awesome. I hope a shot like that gets into parachutist.

That is absolutely worthy of a cover shot even. However, to better your chances of getting a photo published, it's best not to put it online anywhere else first, even on here. They prefer it that way, from what I remember.

tkhayes

Skysurfing did not die. All the skysurfers did.

There was an avid skysurfer named Pete, but then he gravitated more to base jumping and eventually died on a jump at the Idaho bridge.

And if that's too raucous, then try Kenny G.

2Cellos version of Thunderstruck FTW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk

michaelmullins

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***Try Chattanooga. Campground really close to the DZ. I haven't checked their availability, but it's a nice, small DZ with good atmosphere, and right along the "100%" path.

www.chattanoogaskydivingcompany.com/

Actually, the DZ is 25 miles from the line of totality. This DZ will get a partial solar eclipse. If you are not truly in the zone of totality it is not very impressive.

If you go to the following site it has an excellent map of the eclipse, you can zoom way in, and if you click on a particular point it will give you all the specs of the eclipse for that point:

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html

Mike Mullins

Are you going to offer a total solar eclipse load in your King Air at some point along the path? I'm sure there will be interest.

Iago

Chester SC looks close. So is Monroe GA.

Youve got two months to work this out, so what you may have to do is arrange to have a plane relocate to a nearby county airport in the zone for part of a day. If you were quick you could possibly get three loads close to totality.

Like Bill said this is probably once in a lifetime for most people. You would not be out of line charging extra to cover the costs.

Chester looks to be very close to 100% totality. Probably closer to 98-99%.

Skydive Monroe, GA appears to be about 95% totality.

Sadly, he passed away from injuries suffered on a jump Saturday June 10, 2017.

Much love to his friends and family at Skydive Monroe, GA.