J_bird

I believe that skydiving can be as safe as you make it and that water training should be required to get a B license.

My point was that I felt like I WAS being short changed in my training and if thats all your going to do to "water train" someone then why do anything at all. might as well just take there money and sign off on your log book that you took the course.

ahhhhh..............makes since now, thanks.

I've been to DZ's where belly flyers are first out of the plane and I've been to DZ's where free flyers get out first, the SIM says slower falling groups get out first. It seems like faster falling groups would have a better chance of catching up to the slower groups this way.

Can anyone explain why its better to do it this way?

So its all about the snag points. Does that mean that a helmet with a mini cam (lipstick cam) mounted on top would be ok for someone with less than 200 jumps to have

I believe the article was in the jan issue of either the 04' or 05' parachutist.

Yeah jakee, thats right. I'm not exact on the wing loading but is was a 39sf canopy.