Tandem Progression

[sanes7 0]

I just started the tandem progression, and I was wondering what jump of aff this would equate to after the three tandems. On my 4th jump would i have one or two instructors?

Mike Sanes

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

Depends on where you jump, but most places that do tandem progression variations go straight to one AFF instructor after the training tandems.

[calledisrael 0]

i did tandem progression straight to AFF 2, and had two jm's for levels 2 and 3 and one jm as of level 4.

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[chutem 0]

After two tandems one jump with two instructors for me.

James

[diver123 0]

I did 4 tandems at Skydive Oregon and then transferred directly to AFF4a with a single instructor. Definitely the way to go...

"pull high! It's lower than you think..."

[JeepDiver 0]

I did 3 tandems which were no problem. The IAF4, my arch was horrible. Canopy control was easy and my landings were nice and on target. I redid that jump and still my arch was very poor. I ended up with line twists on that jump. I kicked out of those and landed fine once again. Needless to say due to my poor arch, bad body posistion I wasn't feeling so confident any longer. I had to hook up with my girlfriend and we worked on it all weekend long. My next attempt went perfectly and I would call that jump a thing of beauty.

I would say I'm progressing through IAF confidently once again. I just wish I had more free time to jump.

[mark135 0]

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Depends on where you jump, but most places that do tandem progression variations go straight to one AFF instructor after the training tandems

Agreed.
I have to say that I am not a huge fan of tandem progression. mostly due to me.

I find that unless there is a serious body position problem I will correct it myself subconciusly. ( the whole self preservation thing)
I then deny that student any feedback on minor position problems because i dont realize it.

I will admit it is a great way to ease into aff. In a way probably better than going straight into aff. the first jump or 2 can be overwhelming but with a tm on your back you can concentrate a little more on what your doing knowing that the tm isnt gonna let you kill both of you.

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[dropzonefool 0]

Agreed.
I have to say that I am not a huge fan of tandem progression. mostly due to me.

I find that unless there is a serious body position problem I will correct it myself subconciusly. ( the whole self preservation thing)
I then deny that student any feedback on minor position problems because i dont realize it<<<<<

Do you think a video would help with student body position for the debrief?

[mark135 0]

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Do you think a video would help with student body position for the debrief?

It always helps.

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"It seemed like a good idea at the time"

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

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Do you think a video would help with student body position for the debrief?

It always helps.

I wear my video helmet (with a .3 lens on my PC 109) on every AFF jump I do now. Video is a tremendous debriefing tool. With the .3 lens I get the student's entire body in frame, even when I am flying with a legstrap grip on Cats A and B.

[dropzonefool 0]

Forgive me I didn't complete the sentence. I meant to ask if a handy cam would help in debrief the tandem progression students body position? I am asking because I'm wondering if a handy cam could get the full body from the side wile mounted on the hand.------------------------------------------------------------

[Superman32 0]

3 tandems and just one JMThe 3 tandems helps you feel much more relaxed when you get to that door

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