boris_73 0 #1 October 18, 2004 i was just wondering what the average amount of jumps people did to pass there AFF 8 jumps eg you can pass in 8 but people might have passed in 13 ect, this is not including the 10 consolidation jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #2 October 18, 2004 Close, it is an 8 jump program at Elsinore but I had to repeat one level because I didn't save my own life. . . bad, bad, bad. . .________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazy 0 #3 October 18, 2004 in holland is aff 7 jumps i did it in 7 jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #4 October 18, 2004 I think the 7 jump AFF is more common than the 8 in the US as well, but now there are so many different tandem progression programs out there as well. Probably easier to poll for the number of level repeats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boris_73 0 #5 October 18, 2004 you are probably right, is there any way of changing it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChadFlorian 0 #6 October 18, 2004 Passed AFF in 7.... Got A at 25.... Got B at 50... All in less than 3 months with 4 hurricanes screwing up the weather!Guess I must LOVE this sport! << Understatement Blue Skies! -Chad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #7 October 18, 2004 level 1 repeat-altitude unaware, instructor deploy level 2 repeat-same level 2 repeat- de arched at pull time because of the huge rig was difficult to reach the hacky. Although I did pull it and didn't go unstable at all the instructor pulled from the reserve side and I was told I would have to repeat 2 again. I didn't jump again for almost 2 years. Went to another dz, did a retrain and never repeated again getting off student status in very short order doubling up levels! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myself 0 #8 October 18, 2004 I was so good that I completed first 5 levels in 4 jumps. However, I messed up later so it took me 9 jumps to complete the 7-jump AFF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #9 October 18, 2004 I passed by doing 3 Tandems, and 4 AFF levels.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #10 October 18, 2004 I did 2 tandems before 7 AFF jumps, "A" in 25, and "B" as soon as I get my butt to a DZ to take the written test. No rejumps here. Rejumps aren't a big deal, some people have to do them, some don't... they all count towards your license anyway.NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #11 October 18, 2004 I did 2 tandems before 7 AFF jumps, "A" in 25, and "B" as soon as I get my butt to a DZ to take the written test. No rejumps here. Rejumps aren't a big deal, some people have to do them, some don't... they all count towards your license anyway.NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paulipod 0 #12 October 18, 2004 I did AFF... and FS1 on a 2 week trip to sebastian 48 jumps and 2 hours in the tunnel! Definitely alot quicker than I could have done it over in this weather forsaken country Bodyflight Bedford www.bodyflight.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #13 October 18, 2004 Took me 11 jumps to pass 7-jump AFF. I had a modified tandem progression. After the 3 tandems, I did level 2, 3, then skipped to 5 and had to do level 5 four times and I passed 6 and 7 with no problems.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #14 October 18, 2004 I passed an 8-jump AFF course in 9 jumps (one level IV rejump), and qualified after 19 jumps in total. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #15 October 18, 2004 I graduated level eight, fifty-four hours after showing up to make my first jump. --DouvaI don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #16 October 18, 2004 7 to get off AFF... 30 to get my A... Scott Look its not a race here... if it were I'm not sure I'd want to win anyhow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #17 October 18, 2004 I passed in seven jumps over 4 weekends (1, 1, 4, 1). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #18 October 18, 2004 8 jumps through AFF "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mixoligist 0 #19 October 18, 2004 I passed AFF in 7 jumps and thought I was the man. At 300 jumps I thought I knew something. After 500 jumps I realized I knew nothing. After 792 jumps I realize I suck. Now I just try to suck a little less each jump................................... Better you than me .................................. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamsville 0 #20 October 18, 2004 I had to repeat 2 levels in AFP (Advanced Freefall Program), so I completed with 17 jumps, not including the 3 tandems that were required at the time (my DZ has not offered static line for some time, plus I had no interest in static line in the first place). AFP was a 15 jump program, now it is 18. Getting over the middle portion of the course was the hardest for me. Having said that, I had a B license until about jump 1100 or so, until the potential of doing video for the Nationals made me get the D. One buddy is going to beat me though. He has his A with about 1100 jumps now. One of the competitors that made elimination in the World free fly meet last month got to jump 1500 on his A license, I think. I have to echo other posts here: jumps are just a number. The more I jump, the more I know I will always be learning. |I don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harksaw 0 #21 October 18, 2004 18 jumps, through Static Line progression.__________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #22 October 18, 2004 11 jump program took 13 jumps. Stable poised exits from a Skyvan took me a while to get right . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #23 October 19, 2004 In South Africa our AFF course is 8 levels - but level eight is three jumps - two solos from altitude and a H+P. 10 jumps in total, i passed in 10. BTW Mixologist, i love your post dude, i'm currently sitting with the pre-300 jump bust fib/tib, an injury that reminded me i know nothing Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ally 0 #24 October 19, 2004 I took 26 jumps through the static line progression system and very proud to do so - jumps dont make the man the man just make the jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmbale 0 #25 October 19, 2004 I took eleven jumps to pass. One jump I took my instructor for a 3000 ft. tumble...never close eyes on first dive out exit..... My brother-in-laws passed in 7 jumps but my husband passed in 5 jumps (55 static line jumps ten years prior to AFF). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites