floridadiver81 0 #1 January 7, 2007 I did my first AFF skydive today and i passed! im an now a level 2 student. We got cut short on the exit altitude. We were supposed to jump at 13,500 feet....but due to the cloud cover only were able to jump at 9,500 feet. But i still passed. I didnt do any of the practice pulls due to the limited time...but i maintained altitude awareness and pulled my own parachute on the first try( my hand went DIRECTLY to the pilot chute hackey to deploy it...i didnt have to search for it...textbook deployment)...COMPLETELY UNASSISTED by the instructors and piloted my own canopy to a decent landing being that it was my first solo jump (Canopy deployment was quicker than i had anticipated...as the slider was directly above my head after counting to three!!!) Exit from the plane was pretty damn good...had a littel trouble wiht my leg position but corrected that..so it was all good. Level 2 here i come!!!!!!!!!!!!"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skylord 1 #2 January 7, 2007 Congratulations! Great job. On my practice pulls (we got to altitude) I kept grabbing my main side instructor's altimeter. At pull time on the video I reached back, grabbed his altimeter again, and he pulled for me. On level 1 you can still pass, and I did. On the ground I was asked what I learned. I told them I should not pull on the instructor's altimeter. It does not deploy the parachute and annoys the instructor. Congratulations again, it is so worth it!!Bob Marks "-when you leave the airplane its all wrong til it goes right, its a whole different mindset, this is why you have system redundancy." Mattaman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
icevideot 0 #3 January 7, 2007 Congrats"... this ain't a Nerf world." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #4 January 7, 2007 QuoteCongrats Fuck congrats he doesnt know the road he will be taking .. Before you know it, you will be giving oral sex to 80 yr old ladies just to pay for a jump. Or is that just mehttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #5 January 7, 2007 AWESOME!!! That's fantastic! Best of luck on the rest of your AFF journey!Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #6 January 7, 2007 right on papasito! u can did it...if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #7 January 7, 2007 Thats prolly just you bro. Sorry about the phone call before...phone battery died. I called everyone in my contact list to let them know i was alive...lol"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #8 January 7, 2007 Good job. Don't let it go to your head though. Slow and patient. Absorb it as best you can and savour the moment. You'll do fine.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #9 January 7, 2007 QuoteThats prolly just you bro. Sorry about the phone call before...phone battery died. I called everyone in my contact list to let them know i was alive...lol fuck, so the playing with old mens balls for 4 jumps isnt worth ithttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g_fun 0 #10 January 7, 2007 Congratulations!! So did you finally manage to get any sleep the night before? How can I be so thirsty when I drank so much last night? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #11 January 7, 2007 Oh i deff know that. Im just happy in the fact that i passed first time around when a few of my friends..while jumping at a higher altitude failed their first AFF. It jsut made me feel really good!"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #12 January 7, 2007 Maybe if the sport of skydiving has the same effect as cocaine or something...and you become a fiend....then maybe it will be worth it to ya"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #13 January 7, 2007 Actually i got about an hour and a half....but when it came time to wake up i was up and ready to go..not how i normally am with hitting the snooze button half a dozen times...lol"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbanning 0 #14 January 7, 2007 congrats bro, but you know anything that is "first"=case of beer!!!!!!! Its a skydiver's law Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #15 January 7, 2007 I know...and i was the First one at the dropzone at 7:30am(the gate was still closed)...with beer in hand...ready to start FJC."Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbanning 0 #16 January 7, 2007 Where are you doing your AFF at? I Am jumping in Lakeland this afternoon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #17 January 7, 2007 Im doing all of mine in Palatka."Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
icevideot 0 #18 January 7, 2007 QuoteBefore you know it, you will be giving oral sex to 80 yr old ladies just to pay for a jump. So just because they wear women's undies that makes those old guys "ladies"? I can never quite decide but if it works....."... this ain't a Nerf world." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angrypeppers 1 #19 January 8, 2007 Congrats! Sounds like you done good...it only gets better and more fun!Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kcogletree 0 #20 January 8, 2007 It awesome to hear someone has gotten their first taste of flight, good for you Jason! Keep it up, stay current and be safe. There is a lot of valuable information you can learn from reading around this website, things to do, things not to do, but in the end is all up to you! Have a great journey, BSBD !O-kcsmm-aka-'tree American Warchild Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfloyd 0 #21 January 8, 2007 Nice, keep up the good work. Gets better every jump! My drinking team has a skydiving problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #22 January 8, 2007 Thank you all for the congrats and good wishes. I know i posted alot on the forum after jsut one tandem...but doing an AFF dive really opened my eyes to this sport and the people involved in it. Its full steam ahead for me! If im not working the weekend...guess where ill be? lol"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
