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Sorry to rain on your parade (literally!) but it's not even the oldest club in the UK...Check out Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club), which was founded in April 1960, and still does 10,000-12,000 jumps a year on weekends. Oh, and Netheravon isn't a club, it's a centre... (And they have a mandatory AAD rule now ) --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

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I teach SL FJCs at a club, so I don't get "paid". I get to claim up to £65 ($105) expenses (travel, accomodation, food) for teaching a SL FJC. That is the same whether it is 1 student, or 7 (the maximum we take per instructor). I also don't pay for jumps where I dispatch students. --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

EGE14 Strathallan - Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) EG26 Hibaldstow - Target Skysports EG32 Langar - British Parachute Schools EGCT Tilstock - The Parachute Centre EGDN Netheravon - Army Parachute Association EGSP Peterborough Sibson - Peterborough Parachute Centre EGSV Old Buckenham - UK Parachuting EGTU Dunkeswell - Devon and Somerset Parachute School EGQB Ballykelly - Services Parachute Centre Those are the only UK ones I could find at a glance... --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Ah! Fruad...that most heinous of crimes... --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Sucked right in there... --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

I swap around 2 and 3 on my priorities: I'd rather have a student flare, having adopted the landing position, and hit something at almost zero speed, rather than try to land in an open area...also doubly emphasises not turning low... --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

It sounded even worse from inside the plane! --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Only a problem for half the year Just depends on your outlook...is the sky half blue, or half grey? --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

What's that then? --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

If you wanna learn the physics of canopy flying, go no further than Brian Germain's The Parachute and it's Pilot. An excellent explanation of the physical forces impacting our canopies, and how to use them. --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Yeah! I love it --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Shhh!!! Don't say that! No good could ever come from the Vigil!! Don't you know it is the devil to the Angelic Cyprres?? Have you not read your briefing? --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Not only is he affiliated, he's the Chairman! --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

It may well do (with the help of a vacuum pump), but it's at the upper size limit. We have two I5s on our DZ with Pilot 168s in em. They're tight enough fits at that! Beware of stretching the container with overlarge canopies...seriously shortens the life of the material. --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

From an Atom to a Micron??? Some people just have no taste... (Dispatched my first, first freefaller last week! I trained him, and he lived!!!!) --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

I believe that the closing loop in question was a reserve closing loop...unless RWS have started fitting spring loaded pilot chutes to Sigma mains? So it probably was brand new when it broke...Sh1t happens sometimes... Hasn't happened to me yet, and I'm not looking forward to it...particularly if it happens on my Teardrop with the metal pop-top cap...ouch! --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Hehe... Sounds eerily familiar. Had a very similar situation at my home DZ during the Scottish Nationals. I was Jumpmaster on a lift, and the green light was put on about 1.5 miles short of the DZ, the other side of a river, on a windy day...(turns out the (visiting) pilot misread his GPS). I had a full 4-way team plus video (from a different DZ) screaming at me from the front of the plane to get out. I waited til we got over the correct spot, then exited with my 4-way team. All three teams landed on the DZ. 10 minutes later, I got called to the judge's room. The third team wanted a rejump! Apparently exiting in the correct spot, and landing on the airfield, put them off their skydive. When they were refused, they pulled out of the competition...oh well! --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Slightly different cos we're a club, but: Static Line Course Expenses: £65 Tandem Expenses: £35 Videoman Expenses: £15 Packing Expenses: Student Kit: £4 Tandem Kit £8 Free Jumps for Club Instructors: Static Line Basic Instructors: Followouts free. Static Line Approved Instructors: All jumps free. Tandem Instructors: 2 free a w/e. --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

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Thomas Sports Equipment???? According to their website, they have TSOd... --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

I coulda sworn I saw it written the other way...Och well! Sorry! Edited for: idiocy --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Not necessarily...The pack job is valid for as long as the country of origin's, up to 180 days...there are many countries out there on 180 days or more! BPA Ops Manual Section 6: Equipment, Para 8 Parachute Packing, Sub-Para 8.5: --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies

Hey Dave, Thanks for the response.

I went to repack one, and felt the pull was kind of hard... I applied around 20lbs of force manually, and it didn't move, so I got out my pull-scale to measure. You kind of a get a feel for these things when you do a few... --- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies