illusioneer

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  1. I am planning to return to jumping after a 12 year layoff... I will jump with student gear and an AFFI until cleared by the instructor. My rig is an RTS with a Safety Star reserve both made in 1982, the main is an Xl-cloud. The Xl-cloud is 260sqft but I want to know what the sqft of a Safety Star is. Is there anything I need to do, before i jump it, other than give it to a rigger for a I&P?
  2. congrats M. on your first solo. Just remember you may experience withdraw symptoms if you wait more than two weeks between jumps fyi I think your "first" jump is exempt but any and all other "firsts" will require you to buy the dz a case of beer
  3. AFFI- I like your style..." selling parsley as oregano" LMAO
  4. This is not an argument I really think should have been... All new jumpers should listen to your instructors! I do not have the experience to advise anyone on doing anything other than what is standard safe jumping! I was not suggesting any deviation from safe jumping, just telling what I thought I remembered from 12 years ago.
  5. FIRST of all-I do not pretend to be anything other than a beginning jumper 101 jumps is all I have (it is right next to my name), and I have not jumped in 12 years.... I was only saying that with with the speed of the plane on a 1-2 second delay I was horizontal to the ground and looking up at the 182 as it flew away while the chute was opening. I did not look at my altimeter but I would would be surprised if I was below 925ft after it was open. FYI- AAD's were kinda new and no one other than the student rigs had them, so I don't know what will make them fire or not...Didn't have to worry about that. Now I may be FAT, OLD, FORGETFUL, and UGLY but I am NOT FULL OF SH*T!
  6. My .02 worth. If you have any doubt, See if they will let you put a demo chute in the student rig... You can demo a size that feels safe to you. FYI- My first big transition was on my 20th jump. It was my first jump on a used rig i had purchased. I had been flying a 260ft student rig with a load of about .96 until then. I had a malfunction and ended up under a reserve with a load around 1.2 and I LOVED IT. Didn't stand up the landing but it was not hard to make the change.
  7. I'VE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT....YOU JUST NEED TO JUMP IN A HURRICANE THE FORWARD SPEED WILL BE NILL IF YOU HAVE A 100 MPH HEAD WIND tHE TRICK WILL BE HITCHING A RIDE ON THE NOAA PLANE.
  8. we would do a hop and pop if we could get over 1k when the weather moved in. The speed of the plane is more than enough to open the main very quickly. over 1k gives you time to be open cut away if needed and on reserve....you just don't spend time trying to fix the main if it is not working.
  9. My favorite jump was a sunset with huge puffy cottonball clouds all glowing gold like they had been guilded. I hopped and popped at 12500 and took my time enjoying God's great work. I don't think that kind of view could be explained, only lived.
  10. Oh God, it is so go to be in touch with people who have my since of humor...
  11. yup trouble ahead....12 years since my last jump... i still think about it every day. I always am looking up ans saying " wow what a great day for a jump"
  12. you know that airbag system NASA used to land on Mars might be used. Just before you go splat you pull a chord to inflate the big balls and go for a long bounce... hhmmmmmmm could be a whole new sport
  13. reply to "Has your wife ever saved your life?" Yes. Read the entry before your queston
  14. lmao...You might be able to land one on a steep slope Like the one on utube flying a wing suit down the slope of a mountain.... stopping would then be a bit tricky
  15. I jumped with a one legged jumper many times...He just landed on one leg. One time his artificial leg blew off in free fall...he lost it in the woods... So the next time he showed up with his new leg he tied it with a string to his belt loop and the next time it fell off during a dive, it flopped around in his burble kicking him in the head and back all the way down....He finally got the kinks worked out and jumped almost every weekend always landing on his good leg... But two years later During hunting season two hunters knocked on the dz door holding his lost wooden leg..."When we found this leg, with a shoe on it, out in the middle of the woods and there was no body...We thought it had to be you skydivers who could have lost a false leg in the middle of the woods.
  16. There was some talk and test jumps by Jeb Corliss to try to land a wing suit...Did he decide he would rather live or what?
  17. What does it feel like?.... I spent most of my younger life having dreams of flying like a bird, only without wings. My first skydive was the realization of all those dreams. btw In one of my dreams not long ago I landed without opening my chute...I just flared my track and walked away...no pack job...there was even a plane loading with the engines running...I am still hoping i can make that one come true too