BillyVance 34
Do you check your gear before putting it on and again before exiting the plane? Be honest!
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missfortunem, in Safety and Training
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***Damn! I do believe that's the pre-second video clip I've ever seen posted in the forums! Didn't think anyone could ever get one small enough in size...
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JohnMitchell 16
I think it means the cameraman wasn't close enough.QuoteIf you can't tell who the hot sexy woman is in the picture, that just means you are not skydiving enough.
Maybe he isn't skydiving enough.
Yes, I check my gear both times. That's why I'm still alive.
QuoteI think it means the cameraman wasn't close enough.QuoteIf you can't tell who the hot sexy woman is in the picture, that just means you are not skydiving enough.
Yes, I check my gear both times. That's why I'm still alive.
John,
I'll bet that is just one of many reasons you are still alive.
Sparky
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
I believe that I should get on the plane ready to jump. In an emergency situation, I wouldn't have time to get ready.
I do a gear check around 10K. Legstraps, cheststrap routing, and handles.
At 12K, I also look around and give everyone in sight a visual exam. It has paid off numerous times.
I do a gear check around 10K. Legstraps, cheststrap routing, and handles.
At 12K, I also look around and give everyone in sight a visual exam. It has paid off numerous times.
darkwing 5
It is hard to tell from the video, but two things make me think the dock was the cause of the problem --
1. I didn't see or read any evidence that the bridle (or anything else) deployed before the pilot chute
2. it happened at the moment of the dock.
-- Jeff
My Skydiving History
1. I didn't see or read any evidence that the bridle (or anything else) deployed before the pilot chute
2. it happened at the moment of the dock.
-- Jeff
My Skydiving History
Fast 0
QuoteI think it means the cameraman wasn't close enough.QuoteIf you can't tell who the hot sexy woman is in the picture, that just means you are not skydiving enough.
Yes, I check my gear both times. That's why I'm still alive.
Its a .3 lense... I have it zoomed a touch in now though. I skydive as much as I can :) 26 jumps last weekend hehe...
When it happend it was quite a suprise to me and everyone else on the jump. I could post a better quality video but it doesn't show much more.
~D
Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me.
Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me.
Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
I get on the plane with my gear ready to exit. Legstraps tight, chest strap tight, handles touched. I also roll my three rings at least once on the plane and touch my handles at least three or four times prior to exit. I have been doing every bit of that for every one of the 24 years I have been skydiving.
Same goes for me!!
Something else I do is for Hop N Pops. If there is a H N P on my load I get ready to jump while the low jumper does too.
Gear check, and helmet and goggles are on.
My father taught me that many years ago, I asked him why and he said:
If someone is leaving my A/C I am ready to jump. If something goes bad I am ready.
As we all know exiting can be a dangerous time.
I have never forgotten it and I teach it.
Something else I do is for Hop N Pops. If there is a H N P on my load I get ready to jump while the low jumper does too.
Gear check, and helmet and goggles are on.
My father taught me that many years ago, I asked him why and he said:
If someone is leaving my A/C I am ready to jump. If something goes bad I am ready.
As we all know exiting can be a dangerous time.
I have never forgotten it and I teach it.
billvon 2,991
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>Gear check, and helmet and goggles are on . . .
>If someone is leaving my A/C I am ready to jump. If something goes bad I am ready.
I agree there - but - I don't see that as a reason to do an early gear check, get my helmet/booties on, close my visor etc before we get to altitude. When I get in the plane, I can get out. I may not have done a gear check, my helmet may not be on, my chest strap may not be stowed, but I can exit, open my parachute and land safely.
The way I look at it, a gear check is sorta pointless when it comes out to emergency bailouts. Let's say you do a gear check, and discover your cypres isn't on. You may decide to land with the plane, or you may decide to jump anyway during a normal jump. But if there's a bailout, you're getting out anyway. Indeed, the one time I did have to deal with an emergency bailout, it took me a few seconds to get my full face helmet _off_ so I could coordinate the bailout.
>If someone is leaving my A/C I am ready to jump. If something goes bad I am ready.
I agree there - but - I don't see that as a reason to do an early gear check, get my helmet/booties on, close my visor etc before we get to altitude. When I get in the plane, I can get out. I may not have done a gear check, my helmet may not be on, my chest strap may not be stowed, but I can exit, open my parachute and land safely.
The way I look at it, a gear check is sorta pointless when it comes out to emergency bailouts. Let's say you do a gear check, and discover your cypres isn't on. You may decide to land with the plane, or you may decide to jump anyway during a normal jump. But if there's a bailout, you're getting out anyway. Indeed, the one time I did have to deal with an emergency bailout, it took me a few seconds to get my full face helmet _off_ so I could coordinate the bailout.
I did say gear check didnt I?
I basically was saying that my helmet is on and I am ready to jump when someone is leaving the A/C for a HNP.
And yes a gear check was done before boarding, so in a nut shell I agree.
I just thought it was a good idea and kept doing it over the years. To some it may seem anal, but ya never know. Hopefully I will never need to be "ready to jump".
I basically was saying that my helmet is on and I am ready to jump when someone is leaving the A/C for a HNP.
And yes a gear check was done before boarding, so in a nut shell I agree.
I just thought it was a good idea and kept doing it over the years. To some it may seem anal, but ya never know. Hopefully I will never need to be "ready to jump".
speedy 0
Quote#3: keep your main closing loop new, and TIGHT. it makes for a hard pull, but better that, than a premie!
Since when did a tight main closing loop make it difficult to extract a pilot chute out of a spandex pouch? Or was missfortunem jumping a pull out system?
Dave
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QuoteQuote#3: keep your main closing loop new, and TIGHT. it makes for a hard pull, but better that, than a premie!
Since when did a tight main closing loop make it difficult to extract a pilot chute out of a spandex pouch? Or was missfortunem jumping a pull out system?
thanks... mispoken for sure. a tight closing loop (more pressure on the pin) will avoid a horsehoe if the bridle caught enough air to pull the pin, but not the pc!
Damn! I do believe that's the first video clip I've ever seen posted in the forums! Didn't think anyone could ever get one small enough in size...
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