Learning to skydive in Indiana

[ryan_d_sucks 0]

Did anyone here do their student work while in the state of Indiana? I've been waiting since November to get started on this shit, and it looked like in late March the weather was turning around for the better, but it was only a tease and we had another 3 weeks of winter. Finally though the sun is out and temperature is up but I realized another potential problem. WIND.

I noticed when I came to this state before I ever thought about skydiving that it was windy as all hell here. I know wind affects all skydivers, but it grounds students before it grounds the experienced guys. So if you learned to skydive in this state, or really any of the windy mid-west, did you get winded out a lot? I know weather is unpredictable and uncontrollable and just a part of it, but do any of you folks from around here have any experience or insight about the frequency that the wind grounds you? Does the wind tend to settle down at all with the change of seasons around here?

Thanks for any insight.

Ryan

[gearless_chris 1]

Yes the weather normaly sucks all the time. It's usually good early in the morning and right before dark. I've also noticed that Monday and Tuesday are better than the weekend (I think daylight savings should be 25 hours,not 1). I learned at Skydive Fort Wayne in the northeast corner, I suggest you try to save the money on the days you can't jump and make 3 or 4 when the weather does cooperate. You do better when you're more current anyways.

"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane.

My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

[PhreeZone 20]

The Wind is usually lowest at the beginning of the day or at the sunset. Getting on Sunset loads as a AFF student usually isn't possible since they are backed up trough out the day but there is nothing keeping you on the ground at 8am Show up early in the day and the chances are better that there is no wind. After about first of June there is the regualr 5-9 mph breeze but there are a ton of no wind days too coming this summer.

Over the Ohio boarder we did 15-17 Otter loads last weekend including a ton of Tandem jumps. The winds were too high Sunday for students but were great Sat to jump.

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[chrismgtis 0]

I am up for a possible job in Rushville Indiana. If it's that bad, theres no way I'm taking the job. Although I am licensed now.

In South Carolina we have had days that we couldn't get up at all as students on the weekend in the last 8 months, but it wasn't so frequent that it was a huge problem. Usually if you stuck it out till later in the afternoon you would get up.

I've known of one day that I can remember that anything higher than A-license holders were grounded and it's rare that the A's get grounded. As a student it was hard at times to get up and frustrating, but I made it through and got the license jumping once or twice a week (took about 8 months).

Personally I am trying to get a job in Florida because of the numerous drop zones and frequency of skydiving in the state, along with the better weather.

Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033
Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

[RBM 1]

I live in the Midwest, and yeah, wind sucks this time of year, but to answer your question the best way, get to the DZ EARLY!! and plan most of your day there,. winds change thru out and you never know when you can get a jump in..good luck and have fun!

[chrismgtis 0]

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I live in the Midwest, and yeah, wind sucks this time of year, but to answer your question the best way, get to the DZ EARLY!! and plan most of your day there,. winds change thru out and you never know when you can get a jump in..good luck and have fun!

Yeap and when they say early they mean about 9:00am to ensure a slot. When the first student slot opens the first one on the DZ gets it usually.

Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033
Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

[Icon134 0]

The winds are regularly bad across most of the eastern united states this time of year. (or at least in the springtime when the weather is changing)

Of course some days its beautiful... and by early summer the skydiving is awesome in the Mideast.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[Lastchance 0]

Try Montana.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[Demar 0]

I live in Indiana, trained here and continue to jump at Greensburg. We've been shutdown because of clouds and rain but I don't recall excessive winds causing a stop but of course that could be just being lucky and not being at the DZ on those days. However, I jumped at Elsinore a few times and was surprised once when they called a suspension due to winds. To me, they winds were'nt heavy at all compared to what I was use to jumping in.

[jimkalek 0]

Good place agreed.