Phillbo

"So Luke has admitted to his transgressions and says he withheld the FAA denial from the team."

The denial was all over the interwebs before the stunt (posted here by someone) so how can he say he withheld the information? Something does not add up. 

I like how Red Bull describes the plane as being "damaged".... 

I'm sure the FAA will be all over this one..

So they can sell more product....

If you are landing on your knees, you're doing it wrong. 

Silhouette 210....

I don't think trying to climb into a helicopter with an open rig is a good idea. I'm sure they sent someone out to grab it without a helicopter. 

Anyone else catch the balloon jump out of the Page Az airport? 

22 hours ago, 20kN said:

It's a canopy collapse caused by turbulence or a dust devil. They are quite rare, but they do happen. In 1300 jumps (at mostly windy DZs), I have seen exactly one canopy collapse, and it happened because someone landed just downwind of some very large trees on a very windy day. They are mostly avoidable by not landing downwind of objects that create turbulence and staying away of dust devils in areas where they form. They are 99% avoidable by just not jumping when it's too windy or there are lot of dust devils forming.

We get dust devils in Arizona on calm days as well. They are caused by the hot air rising. 

Well that was a strange reply......

Go to your DZ and talk to the riggers.

21 hours ago, David Wang said:

 I wasnt expecting any malfunction on my first AFF jump but it did happen.

 

 

You need to expect a malfunction on every jump!!!!!

Practice your EP's daily even when not at the DZ. 

Mr Wang you need to slow your roll a bit around here. Like it or not, your advice has very little power with only 1 tandem jump. 

Focus on learning from the people with experience and not trying to teach them a lesson. 

They both should have grass LZ's...

1 hour ago, David Wang said:

Thanks! yes maybe I will try fjc & level 1 first. Then I will purchase that AFF A licence package in college! I have some money in another card but right now it's not under my control but it will. In college If I do AFF I will go jump every weekend!!

This sounds like you will be paying for FJC and AFF1 twice with this approach. I'd heed the advice given to hold off until you can pay for the A license package and do it all at once. 

Then you'll need to think about how you will pay for the gear you will need. 

I hope you don't mean a credit card when you mentioned a 'card'...  Wracking up debt to get into a sport while in college is not a good idea. 

15 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

Some jump until they realize how much time & money it takes to stay current and reasonably safe, or to progress beyond 'sorta good'.
 

This is what happened to me. Not so much the money but I began to struggle with finding the time to stay as current as I felt I needed to. Life got in the way so the smart thing to do in my opinion was to hit pause for a while. I plan to get back in the air when i retire in 5 years and have more time to dedicate to the safety aspect of the sport. 

Well done in my opinion. How were your landings? 

I would suggest you ask your friend to go first.

We get them around here as well. This guy was in a wash about 1/4 mile from my house and came across him on a mountain bike ride. I back up to a preserve in Scottsdale so wild life is common place. I wish the Javalina would stay away but other than that I love seeing the critters... 

8 hours ago, skydave114 said:

 

    So glad I took advantage of the chance to jump from her.

More details please .. when and where and what was the ride/ exit like? 

Yes, Nine O Nine.. 

Eloy is a world class DZ. I'm surprised by your description of your time there.  

Heli Base... Not a BASE. It's a skydive. Where did it start? The sky, not a BASE object.

1 hour ago, noamineo said:

Then the main challenge: something needs to go wrong during the jump,

LOL... oh yeah, something IS going to go wrong

I would recommend you stage it as a hop and pop to limit the free fall time for the rookies. Maybe even a static line since it's military. 

wow... that could have been nasty if not for the quick reaction of the 3.

When I had my A I did not want to jump with other A's... I knew how flaky I still was and did not want to compound that ....