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well here is a comforting thought, If a canopy fails to deploy every 750 jumps (statistically) then a double mal happens every 750 x 750 = 562500 jumps, therefore only one in five of the (statistical jumps ) jumps inwhich you die will be a double mal, Doesnt that make you feel better, Cos the other 4 are all your or someone elses fault, Fly like an aardvark

well it was nice of the more experienced people at the DZ to be looking out for the less experienced, Do they expect everybody to be fully up to speed? if there are dogy winds, turbulence etc, why wasnt there a limit on? Ok you might have been p****d off at the lack of jumping, But your teeth would still be OK. Sounds like you learnt a painful lesson and got off lightly, just seems a shame to me that others didnt forewarn you, Hope they get smoother in the future, Have fun Fly like an aardvark

ok So I wanna come play at Xmas, What are the dates , where is the best place to find flights to AZ, and How do I book a room or bunkhouse, Or can I be brave and use a tent? Fly like an aardvark

The one really serious question I have is this........ if someone pads their jumps and you know it, Do you ever see them jump when they have to buy the BEER. or are the BEER jumps always done , in their dreams, Dont mess with the beer man, lol Fly like an aardvark

everyone says the cypres is foolproof, they register all the lives saved etc.. BUT how many times has the cypres FAILED... then again who has lived to tell the tale? Fly like an aardvark

Of course you are expecting the reserve to open with no problems, a million sounds fun, BUT your cypes is only there to release your reserve, If there is a problem, ouch... Still you wouldnt have much time to worry about it, Fly like an aardvark

there is a post on the next page of this forum about evolution altimeters , I jumped a standard one last week worked real well and felt so high quality, I wanna get one with just normal numbers on it, Or you can go to the freefall accessories website, I just don't have the address at hand, but it is on the same post, Fly like an aardvark

Sometimes with the smell on the plane you dont want to breathe, perhaps thats what they meant,lol But we have all seen point break and know that you can talk in freefall, well you can, the only problem is nobody can hear you. But has anyone heard about the woman who did ground school couldnt afford the jumps so went to a seperate DZ with a forged logbook , hired a rig and then jumped, she screamed all the way down until her Cypres fired and she landed OK, Fly like an aardvark

Ok all you peeps, I am sure there are lots of Urban myths to do with skydiving, So who knows some good uns, if nothing else they make for good stories for the wuffos, lol Fly like an aardvark

Hi there, does anyone know where the good deals are happening at the moment, I wanna buy a new rig, all custom colours, preferably a teardrop with sabre 2, is there a particular place in the uS someone would recommend? Fly like an aardvark

As a most wise man once said, " would you rather be down here wishing you were up there? or Up there wishing you were down here?" Its the individuals choice , for how they feel , ( illness, hangover. etc) or if the weather looks dodgy, but still jumpable? etc. I enjoy this sport, and I can enjoy sitting in the bar watching others, Cos if I don't feel right, then whats the point of me going up, I wont be having fun, But thats me, Your choice man , but if it gets messy I want you to post some pictures on here Fly like an aardvark

have you tried carrying a firearm on a passenger jet, DOH, now that would be crazy, I think I would just open the door myself and throw Mr Wally out, at least i get some fun that way, LOL Fly like an aardvark

OK so lets get this straight, watching a wally open the door of the plane whilst sipping my glass of wine, and then calmy putting on my rig,like thats gonna happen ( screeeeeeeeeeaaammmm!!!) IS not possible cos you are gonna end up sucked outta the plane , probably getting a severe beating and discarded into the sky, DAMN BUT if i did Then I have to hold my breath, again probably not possible cos of the pressure difference, and I only have 20 seconds of useful conciousness, so I am gonna black out, DOUBLE DAMN Then i am gonna fall, But if my rig has an AAD, and its set,chance in hell? like an icecubes , then my chute is gonna open and save my life, providing I get a clean opening, and I wake up to clear the twists etc. Of course knowing my luck this is where I wake up to find either, a) I am over the pacific, atlantic, a big piece of water, Cant swim, gonna sink b) a nasty animal is sat below ready to receive dinner, picture lion mouth wide open, all in all, I think the best option is to drink the wine very fast, bend over and kiss my *** goodbye, BUt thanks to all for the useful info, it makes you realise all the things that can go wrong , and should be taken into account, if Mr Wally did open that door, Fly like an aardvark

OK let me define the question, If the plane did suddenly decompress, And I survived, the initial shock of that, Would it be possible to go head down and get to a "safe" altitude to deploy my chute, lets say 15,000 ft , cos I dont want hypoxia. Or am I going to get into difficulty just cos of the pressure differential? when the plane decompresses? No oxygen saturation , just having a glass of wine, and some wally opens the door, and I have my chute near me, and can put it on, like I am a 13 yr old gymnast , Well you know stranger things have happened, Fly like an aardvark

Heres a question I got asked the other day, ' if you are in a passenger jet at 30,000 feet that is pressurised, if you opened the door and jumped,WITH A PARACHUTE , could you survive the freefall, if you held your breath, until you deployed at 15000 ft? ' has anyone tried this ? well maybe not the passemger jet part Fly like an aardvark