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Universal Signals between TIs & Camera Flyers
jumprun1 replied to jumprun1's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Awesome Jimmy, that is the situation & signal that I was wondering about, thank you for sharing. I think if we can let TI & Camera aware of what can happen & to be ready for it, just like the handle checks. If we are prepared & nothing happens, great! If something does happen & we can save a moment of "WTF is he/she trying to communicate" it just makes a safer world for us & our students! Thank you! Will include your experience with others. -
I have for 26 years been going to Z-Hills & love it. T.K. is fantastic and this DZ has a really great atmosphere. Contacted Delan & drove to Florida 2 winters ago (from Canada) with the understanding I was going to do a few (Sigma)Tandems for them (no charge to them) but just to keep my currency up. Got to the DZ by 8:30 as discussed & waited until noon to speak to someone. One other TM came up to talk to me, but the rest didn't even give me so much as a nod. Long story short, drove all the way from Florida to be treated like crap by Delan. Perhaps I don't look like a Tandem Master Examiner as I am female & 125 lbs, but that is no reason to treat me like they did. I was disappointed & will never grace Delan DZ again. Went to Palatka & was never treated better. Art & his group were fantastic to me & I can't say enough good things about them. It is a small DZ who will be growing I'm sure as they treat their customers right. Love Z-Hills, but want to give credit where credit is due, try Palatka ~ they are awesome there!!!
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Universal Signals between TIs & Camera Flyers
jumprun1 replied to jumprun1's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Thanx Jimmy, you have been most helpful. Not sure how the thread has gotten so off topic to discuss popping up & sweet back flying skills. ??? One of the DVDs I show my Tandem Candidates is of all the things that can go wrong ~ including one where the drogue is stretched & the bag is out & flopping around. The TI is looking around & unsure if something is wrong ~ this is the kind of situation I would like to find Universal signals for. Certainly the CF signalling for the drogue release is good, but would like to brain storm more ~ almost like deaf sign language. Any other situations experienced by TIs or CF out there that would have benefitted from signals? Thank you!!! -
Universal Signals between TIs & Camera Flyers
jumprun1 replied to jumprun1's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I am researching some ideas on signal communication between TIs & camera flyers. If something goes wrong with the TI gear, it seems to be instinct to point ~ which results in a ??? response. Some answers so far: Long spot ~ open high CF extends thumb & forefinger for a capital L. Could also be construed as LOSER! If something is wrong with gear that is equivalent ~ CF (or TI) can point @ their own gear in location of concern, then point @ Skydiver with potential problem. The issue is that a Tandem System also has a drogue, drogue bridle, attachment system & student on front and the CF does not. Are there any TIs or CFs out there who have had issues that needed to be communicated & any ideas on signals that can become universal? Blue ones!