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    120
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    Sky Knights Sport Parchute Club
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    D
  • License Number
    23380
  • Licensing Organization
    USPA
  • Number of Jumps
    650
  • First Choice Discipline
    Formation Skydiving
  • Second Choice Discipline
    Blade Running

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  1. Those guys who participate are just that good. I would not do anything like this on my sub 100 sq. ft. canopy. Alex
  2. I will take any kind of boobies.
  3. I personally have a collapsable slider and once I stow it, I pull it down behind my neck. Never had a problem with it coming over my face coming undone or anything else [b[yet! Alex
  4. Well, as far as students hanging from the strut, I had a female student last summer who amazed me. It was not bad, just amazing and funny. She must have been no more than 95 lb and it was her first SL jump. well, I figured she would take a long time getting out so I had the door open early, put her feet out on the step and than had her start climbing out early as well. To my amazement she took a lot less than some experienced jumpers take to get all the way out. So I was happy that there was no wind and she would be able to get to the landing area easily. So she is hanging there and looks back at me for the signal to let go. I smiled and gave her 2 thumbs up. She smiled back at me, let go with her left hand and proceeded to wave at me and kept smiling. This whole thing lasted for a few seconds as I am saying loudly "go". I started walking out to get her other hand off the strut and the pilot banked the plane. He say her waving too. She had to let go because of the force of the turn. On the ground we laughed about it for a long time and she remembered waving at me but she thought she just waved for a split second before she fell off. I also saw a student climb out, hang and climb back into the plane. I was doing radio and we have the whole thing on video too. She was out of the plane on the strut for 2min and 38 sec. Alex
  5. Hook, I agree with you 100%. We, above all, should be professionals. I do not mind taking advice from from a more experienced instructor, but as long as it is not in front of students. I think that we have that working very well at our DZ. I have not seen disagreements between 2 JMs or Is in front of students. My biggest problem is that there are some 50 to 100 jump wonders walking around who think they know it all and go out giving advice to students on the ground or to recent graduates. My cry out is for all of you JMs, Is, and experienced jumpers to please watch out for such "know it all" low timers and do not let them give poor, bad, or wrong advice. Direct the students and new graduates to their JMs or to experienced and knowledgeable jumpers. Alex
  6. 0:6:0 for me. I had to teach the FJC this weekend. Hope for more jumps next weekend. Alex
  7. Work on containing it. Use all body parts available to hold the canopy in place. I use my knees and thighs as well as my hands and elbows when packing a new canopy. If it is a bigger size, you might need someone else to help you contain it before you put it in the bag. It gets easier after every jump. Alex
  8. I got 10/16, I guess I should be really more careful. Alex
  9. Rap. I agree with you that all we do is learn. If we stop learning we will get complacent and might get hurt. There is just so much to learn out there. Alex
  10. Rap, I had in mind the plethora of people with under 200 jumps who have never thought a student or jumped anything loaded (as well as they should not be jumping anything heavily loaded). I usually looked at the full profiles of people and also at their posts. I am an instructor as well and I give very conservative advice to students. And yes, I would put a high priority on a comment made by a fellow instructor. Alex
  11. Hey Pammi, I agree with you that your JMs and DZO are better informed than most people on this thread. I personally listen to some and disregard other posters' advice. I made a thread in the "canopy control" section called "what do you fly" and if you go there you will see that most people here have very few jumps and limited canopy experience. There are those who have lots of experience though and their opinion should matter to you. I, for example, will put a lot of thought on something about canopies that Lisa or Chuck would say, but I would not get upset over a remark they make. They speak mostly about the average jumper. Take their opinion, share with your JMs and DZO and come up to a conclusion. I am 100% in agreement with you that the final decision is yours and no one else's. We just need to make sure we make good decisions and are good example for the new jumpers. what works for you might not work for others, just remember that. learning curves are different for different people. Alex
  12. A friend of mine fixed my Z1 with something called "gorilla glue" and 400 jumps later it still holds fine. Alex
  13. And I would need some sort of a bowling ball or two or three in order to go over 250 mph. (he-he) Alex
  14. How about posting how slow you can go. I have done under 100 mph average speed. I almost cut away on the deployment because it took so long. Alex
  15. My decision Altitude is 1800 feet as well. If it is not landable by then, get rid of it. This I will have cut away by 1600 and hopefully be under a good reserve above 1000. Alex