Nicknero1405 0 #1 July 3, 2015 Hello all! I have been here for a couple of days and made a few posts already. But I never properly introduced myself yet. I'm Nick, 24 years old and from The Netherlands. Main Dropzone Paracentrum Teuge, and I started my AFF 1st of June, and finished it 28th of June. I had some delays during my AFF because I had spinning problems on my 4th and 5th jump. But 15 minutes in the wind tunnel helped me through that problem. Currently I'm trying to do lots of solo jumps to increase my skills and eventually work towards my A license. If you are curious, I have a video of my entire AFF course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwitVP3j_BE Anyway, I hope to have lots of fun here on the forums and in the sky. Blue skies to you all! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 July 5, 2015 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicknero1405 0 #3 July 5, 2015 Yes I do. The so called TRIP jumps (Teuge Relative Instructional Program) where you have to complete 5 jumps with an instructor for your A license, and/or 10 to be able to jump with other non-instructor people that are roughly as far as yourself. But currently I'm just doing a couple of solo jumps. I will start on those TRIP jumps when I'm around 20-25 jumps probably. We'll see when I'm getting bored of jumping alone. ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 July 6, 2015 Thanks for the info! Sounds like you're having a lot of fun. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicknero1405 0 #5 July 6, 2015 Having lots of fun is an understatement. I'm completely addicted to this sport now. It's so awesome and I'm trying to do as many jumps as I can each weekend. Like last weekend I did 6 jumps (3 per day). My last jump was an off-field landing due to sudden weather change mid flight. We were all dropped really far from the landing field and I didn't realize it until I already opened. Because there was a really dark cloud below us which I avoided by diving away from it in Delta (Which I'm really starting to get good at now ) but after opening I realized I was going even further away from the landing zone. At this point, I was above another field at the other side of the airfield, and there were a lot of trees between me and the landing field. I was looking at the angel of my decent and forward momentum, and figured that I was either BARELY going to make it, or go into the trees. I saw about 5 others behind me that had the same problem, but luckily we all had the same idea: Turn around, and land on the field below us rather than risking to fly over the trees. Because #1 priority: Land obstacle free. ^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
