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I'd like to know this, too. Peanutt? I never heard. The DZO was going to contact him later that week

I explained to him that the parachute open early and that we had a while before we landed. he seemed to really enjoy the canopy ride. Luckily we were over my home town, so I was able to point out some land marks while trying to make the best of the situation. one good thing, we had a lot of time for practice flares

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. It didn't really cause a problem. I'm just trying to prevent it from happening again. Luck for me it happened in May and not in Janurary . Thanks agtain for the input. I'm learning quite a bit from reading the other threads as well. There is a lot of usuful info here for someone starting out.

Yes it was a dual hawk. and yes the loop was there. the secondary release was through the loop and the primary was not when we landed. as I said earlier, both releases were fully seated in the housings. That was the first thing I checked after checking the canopy. my passenger was wearing one of the older harnesses with the long strap on the top connection points. I am assuming that's why he was so much lower than normal.

Strong. Sorry about that. I meant to put it in the original post

I am a new tandem master with about 100 tandems. I had a premature opening the other day out of a C-182. I did a through gear check before gearing up and checked my handles before exit. The video shows a clean climb, although we did flip on exit. When I threw the drouge, it released immediately. After I checked the canopy, I checked and found both drouge releases fully seated in they're hard housings. I did, however, notice that my passenger was unusually low and the student release housing was pulled straight by the lateral connections. My question is, is it possible that extra tension on the hard housing pulled the release even though the ripcord was fully seated? This is the only possible explanation I can come up with. Has anybody else had this happen? any input would is appreciated.

My original home dz was right beside a golf course. If I had to land off and the timing was just right, I would yell FOUR from above as I flew over. However, we did learn to avoid the driving range if at all possible

The only tip I can give is be prepared to spend the next 10 years of your life broke and looking for a way to make more jumps.

I guess now you won't be so cynical about my decision to sell mine and upgrade to an "old mans bike"

Stay away from the electric 8way... LFMF

Obviously, much more difficult than folding a double-layered, multi-sectioned, oddly-shaped slippery nylon object.

First of all, I'm not an AFF I so take what I say at face value. If you go to the tunnel first, make sure you maintain altitude awarness during and after AFF. I've heard of instances where young jumpers lose awarness after spending time in the tunnel. A student will only be in freefall for about 50 seconds from 13,500ft. a rotation in the tunnel can be several minutes. Any comments from an actual AFF I will be appreciated

I've noticed some people wearing earplugs. Maybe you could try that. Check with your instructors first to make sure it won't be a problem

sounds like a road trip.