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[skybytch 273]

Last jump 2019. My main is too big for me now. Hubby only has Velos. Will I be okay on his 97?

Oh, and my reserve is 30 years old, and I don't have an AAD.

Do I have to do the whole ground training and jump with a coach thing?  I was an AFFI, I really am that good.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

You'll be fine.

I'm sure you're a fast learner.

Make sure you get video, especially of the landing.

[headoverheels 333]

That 97 is going to make your ass look big.

 

[skybytch 273]

12 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

You'll be fine.

I'm sure you're a fast learner.

Make sure you get video, especially of the landing.

Thanks for the reminder. We still have a Bat Rak and a PC10 so I can get POV. Maybe I'll stick the still camera on there too.

That'll be sick.

[BIGUN 1,296]

19 hours ago, skybytch said:

My main is too big for me now. Hubby only has Velos. Will I be okay on his 97?

Jump the main for a few to get re-oriented. 

Get an AAD.

Reserve will be fine as long as the rigger doesn't ground it (for age or other reasons).

19 hours ago, skybytch said:

Do I have to do the whole ground training and jump with a coach thing?

My ground training after a nine year hiatus wearing the rig was, "What's that handle do? What's that handle do? What's that handle do? There's a plane with a slot on it, take it to 5k and do a HnP. Don't die."

19 hours ago, skybytch said:

I really am that good.

I heard. Have fun. Be safe. 

Edited December 28, 2024 by BIGUN
I have fat fingers

[riggerrob 643]

And for a more serious answer .....

I got un-current over COVID. Since I used to hold a long list of instructor ratings (S/L, IAD, PFF, tandem instructor examiner and rigger examiner) I did my own refresher training. That started with reviewing a bunch of malfunction videos posted by the Australian Parachute Federation. Then I did a bunch of mental simulations that concluded with pulling all my own handles in the correct order/sequence.

After I quit teaching skydiving full-time, I did up-size from a Stiletto 136 to a Pilot 169. In retrospect I should have borrowed a student main, since at age 67 I do not run as fast as I used to. These days my preferred aerobic exercise is walking up and down steep hills.

Fast forward to July 2024 and my Pilot 169 knotted up and started to spin. My first reaction was to look at my cutaway handle. My second reaction was to look at my reserve ripcord. My third reaction was peeling and pulling my cutaway handle and my fourth reaction was peeling and pulling my reserve ripcord. I was hanging under my open reserve above 2,000 feet.

If you don't or didn't hold as many instructor ratings as I, may I suggest that you should pay an instructor for an hour or three or his/her/their time and a full review.

[wmw999 2,439]

23 hours ago, skybytch said:

Last jump 2019. My main is too big for me now. Hubby only has Velos. Will I be okay on his 97?

Oh, and my reserve is 30 years old, and I don't have an AAD.

Do I have to do the whole ground training and jump with a coach thing?  I was an AFFI, I really am that good.

If he has two Velos, maybe you can double up.

Wendy P.

[skybytch 273]

3 hours ago, riggerrob said:

 

If you don't or didn't hold as many instructor ratings as I, may I suggest that you should pay an instructor for an hour or three or his/her/their time and a full review.

Damn kids these days want money for everything. I haz the interwebs, don't need to pay for what I can relearn here free.

Arch look reach pull don't forget to flare, like riding a bike, right?

[skybytch 273]

7 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

If he has two Velos, maybe you can double up.

Wendy P.

Oh yeah, he does have an 84, that's perfect!

[sfzombie13 324]

12 hours ago, skybytch said:

I haz the interwebs, don't need to pay for what I can relearn here free.

well, this "here" is gone in two days so ya better hurry up and relearn it.