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  1. I did my first solid , stable , controlled sit from 10k to 5k when my protrack said peep.

    Did some left and right turns also to look around.

    5th try at sitflying.

    1st jump - transition from flat to sit went loopy :D
    2 and 3 - some 4 second sits
    4 - 2 sits of about 10 seconds
    5 - the great success

    Now I know im not a expert now , but it felt good!

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    I would suggest you talk to a laywer....

    um and stay positive dude.

    Skydiving is not that dangerous... ;)



    i agree with stay positive, but are you retarded, you are dead until you deploy that parachute, there is nothing safe about jumping out of a plane...luckily with modern technology the danger is mitigated as much as it can and the most likely cause of death would be you landing wrong.


    No I aRe not retardations.

    :P

    did you see the ;) ?

    as long as you follow procedures and dont do stupid things , its relatively save to how stupid you are ;)

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    Their is clearly somthing wrong with your instruction if u are asking these questions. I doubt u have any jumps yet or even talk to an intructor. That's ok you don't need jumps to talk on these forums.



    :S - too true hey....

    I understood the entire progression from jump number 0...

  7. Hi Mark,

    A packer makes about R20 - R 30 per pack job.

    Go to JSC and speak to the the DZO or CI.

    Im not sure if you have to pay for the packing course.One of the instructors will show you , but the CI will be able to tell you who.
    JSC is very busy so you might be able to pack about 10 - 20 per day.

    Im going to JSC 2morrow B|

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    >I don't think it's important to have jumped without them.

    I think it's very important to be ABLE to jumo without them. Yes, altimeters are great tools - but you have to be able to judge altitude by eye, because altimeters can break. Goggles keep the wind out of your eyes, but you can forget them, they can get blood on them or you can lose them in freefall - and then you have to be able to skydive without them.

    That's not to say that regularly jumping without an altimeter is a good idea. But if someone is unsure, doing a jump without one is a good way to prove to themselves that they can do it.

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    VERY IMPORTANT noone should ever be above the raft. If the raft gets loose or the riders get dumped out the raft WILL KILL YOU IF YOU ARE ABOVE IT.


    Why ? or How?
    Sorry not doubting you , just want to learn something



    A raft without it's riders will decelerate very rapidly, to about 20-30 mph. If you hit that at a freefall speed of 120 mph, it's going to smash you very violently, possibly breaking bones and knocking you unconscious.



    ah cool understand

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    I remember I had a mal, lineover and was going into a slow spin but was able to pull out of it.



    You "pulled" out of a line over?

    Intersting , please explain.

    Well done maxwellman23! I also did static line progression and still think its a bit better than aff.(please nobody flame me lol)

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    Here’s a mistake I’ll not repeat again…. I was on a load with other students last Sunday. I was the last out because I was jumping at a higher altitude. Being the last to land, I was watching the other two students fly the landing pattern. The approach they used was the default to the west landing. As I got down to about 1 K and setting up for my landing pattern, I noticed the wind flag was indicating intermittent wind coming from the east.

    Now there were three issues that I needed to consider here. The rule at my DZ is the first jumper down sets the pattern. Second thing, at our pre-jump meeting, we were told to fly the default (to the west) landing pattern. And third, the spotter on the ground didn’t call me on the radio and tell me to deviate from my landing pattern.

    I flew my “down wind” leg to the east, base to the north and final to the west. This pattern put a 5+ mph wind at my back. I came in fast and landed hard. I tried a PFL but I was moving so fast I landed on my butt. My instructor walked over to me while I was stowing my lines, I pointed at the wind flag and said WTF? He said the wind was intermittent out of the east and I caught a gust.

    Lesson learned? Should I start making better decisions while under my chute and not relying so much on the spotter with the radio? Even thought I was instructed to fly a west final, should I have changed my pattern and landed into the wind?


    What if the first guy to land is an idiot? Choose your own direction of landing into the wind.
    You need to make the decision.

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    I have done several jumps and would like to move on and start taking AFF courses. I was wondering if there is a certain frequency at which I would have to do my jumps. For example could I do the level one jump and 3 months later do the level two? Or is there a time requirement?? Also, is there anything else I should know? Thanks for your responses :)



    What type of jumps did you do?

  24. Great advice in this thread.
    I myself have bought my own rig , a 170 main , loaded 1.000something :1 , square canopy. (ZP)
    Started jumping it at around 30 jumps after going through 230 ,210 , 190 and hired 170 also.

    And it flies awesome and I still want to do a few 100 more jumps on it before I downsize.
    Still get my hart pumping !

    Did he make a jump with the ellyptical?

    Anyone know what the outcome was?