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Here is a link to their site. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

I’ll pose this as a hypothetical question. It does not relate to any specific incident at any specific DZ. An ‘A’ licence skydiver (Bill) with 40 jumps goes to a DZ he has not been to before. Bill gets a full DZ brief that includes being told that the landing direction is North for today. Windsock is mostly agreeing with this but it is wavering. A couple of 4 ways and a couple of 2 ways go out first, then Bill, then one more solo. Under canopy Bill watches other jumpers landing below him. He notices that they are mostly landing in a Westerly direction. He looks at the wind socks and they are now pointing firmly to the east confirming that in order to land into the wind he would also have to land in a westerly direction. All canopies from the 4 and 2 ways are now on the ground already and the canopy behind him is a long way away. So Bill lines up for a west facing landing square into the wind and lands perfectly a good safe distance from all other canopies. Back at manifest, Bill gets told off by the guy who did his DZ briefing for landing in the wrong direction. Bill looks at the windsocks that now are pointing South again. He tries to explain but gets told firmly that must do as he is told. Should Bill have ignored all other information and landed facing North in a side wind or was he right to use his discretion and do what he did? It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

Yes, that is what was suggested and that's what I did at the time. But it was also hinted that it would not be acceptable as a permanent solution. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

I found this post after being a good boy and doing a search. It seems an old post but I’ll just add to it rather than starting a new one. I just wish that I had thought of the issue of suit colour vs cutaway pad colour before I bought a new jumpsuit. I have 40 jumps and use club rigs. After my first couple of warp jumps it was clear that my e-bay jumpsuit was not suitable for my weight. (Although it fitted fine it was close fitting and made of fast fall material.) So I spoke to lots of people at the DZ. The CCI, a couple of TIs my AFF instructors, 2 warp coaches and all of them gave me some great advice about what suit to get, what booties, what material, what fit etc. Not one of them mentioned the issue of suit colour vs cutaway pad colour. So my new £210 has a red front, because I thought it looked good when I was choosing the colours. It was not until my flight-line check that it was pointed out to me to be a problem. I jump club rigs and all have red pads. I am not going to invest in my own rig for quite a while so changing the cut away pad is not an option. So I’ve now got to sew a big patch on my nice new suit. During the flight line check I was made to feel pretty stupid and embarrassed. People saying “why did you get a red suit for?” I am a little bit miffed that not one person mentioned this to me. I would have thought even the suit manufacturer, when he saw that I had chosen a red suit, might have thought to ask the question, given that he knew my experience level. Or maybe I should have thought of it myself. Other jumpers have said that it is not my fault, how was I to know? I suppose if new people to the sport were told absolutely everything they would collapse with information overload. Although I understand the 'need to know/nice to know' style of training I would have thought that as I was asking advice on a new suit this issue would then move into the 'need to know' catagory. Oh well, I'll go now and try and see if my wife will get her sewing machine out.......... It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

Exactly the same as me. I couldn't sleep because I couldn't stop thinking about it. Then when I booked my AFF the fear really set in. I would be awoken at night by waves of fear washing over me if I knew I was going to the DZ the next day. In the plane just as the door opens I get it again, every jump. I have learned to take a deep breath, shake myself down and just grin at everyone around me, to enjoy those feelings, that's why we all do this, bacause nothing else makes us feel this alive ! Enjoy it buddy. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

Or find it on this page as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kjfbf/Blue_Peter_13_05_2009/ It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

OK, link fixed. It wouldn't let me link to the vid. but the link to it is on the page. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

Hope this has not been posted already, I have done a search but there not one with a link to the footage. Andy on the Blue Peter show (UK show on kids TV aimed at teenagers) completes his challenge to do AFF and jump with the RAF Falcons over LA. See here on BBC i Player. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006md2v Start watching 12 minutes into it. Jolly good for the sport I say. Well done Andy. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

I have not researched this myself so it could be wrong, but I was told that I am more likely to be injured on the roads travelling to and from the dz than I am being injured while jumping. That is what I tell my worried family and they seem to accept that.

You need to add another option to the poll answers. It is a bit restrictive to have to choose one or the other. There are many of us who do BOTH ! It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

During my AFF, each level debrief was aimed at getting me to review how I think I did. 9 times out of 10 a student will be more critical of himself than an instructor will be. EG. INSTRUCTOR - How did you think that one went? What did you think about your exit....your turns...your landing.... Do you think you passed that level? STUDENT-...err I didn't quite arch on exit and tumbled a couple of times....struggled to control the turns...face planted the landing... no I think I better take that one again... I do training and appraisals as part of my job and that is pretty much the way it is done in the workplace as well. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

Bring plenty of warm clothes. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

Yes, what you are feeling is the adrenalin surge. Especially on the climb up to altitude as the oxygen thins out a bit. Deep breaths, shake your arms out and give a massive smile to those around you. They will all be feeling the same thing. That's why we do this. It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

OK, I'll ask a question. What is the maintenance cycle for a Cessna Caravan Jumpship? And what maintenance is performed each time? It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !

I've jumped from 3 planes so far. Mostly the caravan, some from a twin islander, but my fav was the let 410, Big enough to walk around inside. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nigwiftrz0k It's my Natural Arch ! It has nothing to do with pies whatsoever !