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wildcard451

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hey would you do us a favor and write up all of the pertinent information for the incidents forum and give it to someone at your dz? You know, number of jumps, container, reserve, altitude of deployment. Things that the dzo will have to have to know to fill out that report quickly. I really appreciate it when people do that for me. Oh, and hey! Have a great time!
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hey would you do us a favor and write up all of the pertinent information for the incidents forum and give it to someone at your dz? You know, number of jumps, container, reserve, altitude of deployment. Things that the dzo will have to have to know to fill out that report quickly. I really appreciate it when people do that for me. Oh, and hey! Have a great time!



lol, he said you are gonna die!
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hey would you do us a favor and write up all of the pertinent information for the incidents forum and give it to someone at your dz?

After what I've seen this summer, I think maybe all of us should do that.[:/]

Night swooping? I've seen it done by some very good jumpers. The experienced swoopers did a better job swooping at night than some of the less experienced swoopers I've watched (and done first aid on) did in broad daylight.

I'm just sayin'.

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What is this "common sense" thing you speak of?:)

it can be found alongside Rocking horse shit and Chickens teeth in your local home depot
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just got back from the dz this weekend and saw a couple amazing night swoops...that being said they were very experienced...if you can't swoop extreemly well during the day, dont attempt at night...should be common sense.[:/]



oh but wildcard can, he has the wing loading for it =D
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is idiotic....[:/]B|



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friggin rocks. That is all.



Absolutely!

OTOH, I couldn't recommend it after being one of two people who made it back to the DZ on a night jump from a full King Air (winds get wacky) before the moon came up with a 1.7 wing loading with density altitude past 5000 feet (like over a size smaller at sea level) which would have sucked to land in an unlit farmers field.

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friggin rocks. That is all.



Absolutely!

OTOH, I couldn't recommend it after being one of two people who made it back to the DZ on a night jump from a full King Air (winds get wacky) before the moon came up with a 1.7 wing loading with density altitude past 5000 feet (like over a size smaller at sea level) which would have sucked to land in an unlit farmers field.



you just gotta be a man about it dude
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we cancelled night jumps last week so you couldnt scare us again ;)



Just because you could hear me before you could see me.....shouldn't be scary. Sounds like how I get most of my dates...



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OTOH, I couldn't recommend it after being one of two people who made it back to the DZ on a night jump from a full King Air (winds get wacky) before the moon came up with a 1.7 wing loading with density altitude past 5000 feet (like over a size smaller at sea level) which would have sucked to land in an unlit farmers field.



Hey, I remember that jump! Winds were pretty whacky, but I remember landing south of the treeline and having to jump over the water canal to get back. lol. That was our second night jump that night, IIRC. I had just gotten 50 jumps and my B license, and jumps 51 and 52 were those night jumps.
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