kevinhurst 0 #1 November 16, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jumpsalot-2 3 #2 November 16, 2014 Skydiver's Information Manual.Life is short ... jump often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites evan85 0 #3 November 16, 2014 jumpsalot-2Skydiver's Information Manual. ^^^ This. But if you're the type of person who really likes to read and learn by reading, a couple other suggestions: Brian Germain's "The Parachute and its Pilot". Read it now. Read it again at 100 jumps. Then again at 200. And again at 500. Also, read everything Brian Burke has ever written about safety in skydiving. Probably read that again at 100 jumps too, once you have a better appreciation of what he's talking about and why it matters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites akarunway 1 #4 November 16, 2014 kevinhurst Taught myself to sitfly early on reading this guys stuff.>[/url]http://parachutistonline.com/columns/profiles/pat-works-d-1813[url]I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JeffCa 0 #5 November 16, 2014 Do something that many in skydiving don't seem to do and read the manuals for your gear! "So many fatalities and injuries are caused by decisions jumpers make before even getting into the aircraft. Skydiving can be safe AND fun at the same time...Honest." - Bill Booth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DougH 270 #6 November 16, 2014 In no particular order: SIM, gear manual (especially AAD), parachute and its pilot, transcending fear, sugar alpha, redbeans and ripcords."The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tkhayes 348 #7 November 16, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnMitchell 16 #8 November 16, 2014 I would like to 2nd the idea of your gear manuals. Really become a student of how you gear works. You're pretty much hanging your life on it every jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites councilman24 37 #9 November 16, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/Parachuting-Skydivers-Handbook-Dan-Poynter/dp/1568601417 The classic book. A little behind the times but still all information you need to be a well informed jumper. Of course in 1979 I read every previously published issue of the USPA magazine Parachutist.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jimjumper 25 #10 November 17, 2014 The previous are all good practical suggestions. On a little bit more of the lighter side try "Bedtime Stories for Skydivers", "United We Fall", and for a visual history of jumping, the 3 volumes of "Skies Call". I believe they are all out of print but used copies are easy to find on Amazon. I have gotten a lot of ideas and had a lot of fun from the stories and the photo's. Also for some amazing "there I was..." stories try "The Wild, Wonderful World of Parachutes and Parachuting!" These books were all written before we started taking ourselves too seriously! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dean358 0 #11 November 17, 2014 All great suggestions above. If you enjoy (or at least have a tolerance for) textbooks, here are two excellent free downloads from the FAA: "Pilot's Handbook Of Aeronautical Knowledge" http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/media/FAA-H-8083-25A.pdf "Risk Management Handbook" https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/risk_management_handbook/media/risk_management_handbook.pdfwww.wci.nyc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #12 November 17, 2014 jimjumperThe previous are all good practical suggestions. On a little bit more of the lighter side try "Bedtime Stories for Skydivers", "United We Fall", and for a visual history of jumping, the 3 volumes of "Skies Call". I believe they are all out of print but used copies are easy to find on Amazon. I have gotten a lot of ideas and had a lot of fun from the stories and the photo's. Also for some amazing "there I was..." stories try "The Wild, Wonderful World of Parachutes and Parachuting!" These books were all written before we started taking ourselves too seriously! Good suggestions. I'd also add two recent additions to the "stories from the old days" canon, "Sugar Alpha" by Melissa Nelson and "Above All Else" by Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites councilman24 37 #13 November 18, 2014 "United We Fall" by Pat and Jan Works is from back when skydivers were equated with out law bikers and we the celebrated the 'pure joy of flight'. Always a good read for us old farts missing the good old days. Maybe should be required reading for every second jump student. After all we can let the one jump wonders in on the secrets.Available in it entirety on line at http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~esj/uwf/uwf.html. Thanks Pat and Jan. Oh, and Jonathon Livingston Seagull. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
jumpsalot-2 3 #2 November 16, 2014 Skydiver's Information Manual.Life is short ... jump often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evan85 0 #3 November 16, 2014 jumpsalot-2Skydiver's Information Manual. ^^^ This. But if you're the type of person who really likes to read and learn by reading, a couple other suggestions: Brian Germain's "The Parachute and its Pilot". Read it now. Read it again at 100 jumps. Then again at 200. And again at 500. Also, read everything Brian Burke has ever written about safety in skydiving. Probably read that again at 100 jumps too, once you have a better appreciation of what he's talking about and why it matters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #4 November 16, 2014 kevinhurst Taught myself to sitfly early on reading this guys stuff.>[/url]http://parachutistonline.com/columns/profiles/pat-works-d-1813[url]I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeffCa 0 #5 November 16, 2014 Do something that many in skydiving don't seem to do and read the manuals for your gear! "So many fatalities and injuries are caused by decisions jumpers make before even getting into the aircraft. Skydiving can be safe AND fun at the same time...Honest." - Bill Booth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #6 November 16, 2014 In no particular order: SIM, gear manual (especially AAD), parachute and its pilot, transcending fear, sugar alpha, redbeans and ripcords."The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #8 November 16, 2014 I would like to 2nd the idea of your gear manuals. Really become a student of how you gear works. You're pretty much hanging your life on it every jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #9 November 16, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/Parachuting-Skydivers-Handbook-Dan-Poynter/dp/1568601417 The classic book. A little behind the times but still all information you need to be a well informed jumper. Of course in 1979 I read every previously published issue of the USPA magazine Parachutist.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #10 November 17, 2014 The previous are all good practical suggestions. On a little bit more of the lighter side try "Bedtime Stories for Skydivers", "United We Fall", and for a visual history of jumping, the 3 volumes of "Skies Call". I believe they are all out of print but used copies are easy to find on Amazon. I have gotten a lot of ideas and had a lot of fun from the stories and the photo's. Also for some amazing "there I was..." stories try "The Wild, Wonderful World of Parachutes and Parachuting!" These books were all written before we started taking ourselves too seriously! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dean358 0 #11 November 17, 2014 All great suggestions above. If you enjoy (or at least have a tolerance for) textbooks, here are two excellent free downloads from the FAA: "Pilot's Handbook Of Aeronautical Knowledge" http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/media/FAA-H-8083-25A.pdf "Risk Management Handbook" https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/risk_management_handbook/media/risk_management_handbook.pdfwww.wci.nyc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #12 November 17, 2014 jimjumperThe previous are all good practical suggestions. On a little bit more of the lighter side try "Bedtime Stories for Skydivers", "United We Fall", and for a visual history of jumping, the 3 volumes of "Skies Call". I believe they are all out of print but used copies are easy to find on Amazon. I have gotten a lot of ideas and had a lot of fun from the stories and the photo's. Also for some amazing "there I was..." stories try "The Wild, Wonderful World of Parachutes and Parachuting!" These books were all written before we started taking ourselves too seriously! Good suggestions. I'd also add two recent additions to the "stories from the old days" canon, "Sugar Alpha" by Melissa Nelson and "Above All Else" by Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #13 November 18, 2014 "United We Fall" by Pat and Jan Works is from back when skydivers were equated with out law bikers and we the celebrated the 'pure joy of flight'. Always a good read for us old farts missing the good old days. Maybe should be required reading for every second jump student. After all we can let the one jump wonders in on the secrets.Available in it entirety on line at http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~esj/uwf/uwf.html. Thanks Pat and Jan. Oh, and Jonathon Livingston Seagull. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
