jfields 0 #1 July 14, 2003 Anyone know of any plan to have night jumps on the last weekend of the WFFC? Some of us are trying to knock out the final requirements for the D license at Rantoul, before the license changeover in Sept. If anyone related to the convention sees this, could you pass along the suggestion? There would probably be enough people interested to put up at least a couple night loads. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #2 July 14, 2003 QuoteIf anyone related to the convention sees this, could you pass along the suggestion? It's been passed on...See you in a couple weeks!!!----- ~~~Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #3 July 14, 2003 Thanks! I was looking at the night jump schedule at some DZs, only to see that night jumps were scheduled for the full moon, which fell during the convention. And that will be the last chance before the license switch. Now I just have to get 58 jumps in the next two months. That isn't a lot for many people, but I've only gotten 142 total in the last 4 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #4 July 14, 2003 Quotejfields Its alive!Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #5 July 20, 2003 Poll is here. The organizers are thinking about it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #6 July 21, 2003 I picked a date, but honestly, I'd jump any of the ones mentioned, or all of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites starkmtn 0 #7 July 21, 2003 Amen! Whoo-hoo for night jumps!! "You guys should just do CRW. There are so many more ways to get killed, it makes a CYPRES seem safe." -Kevin Keenan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MonkeyLip 0 #8 July 21, 2003 QuoteNow I just have to get 58 jumps in the next two months. That isn't a lot for many people, but I've only gotten 142 total in the last 4 years. personally I do not know your need for a D liscense if your you only do approxamately 30.5 jumps a year. are you planning on skydiving more and possibly going to start coaching or what?.... It is only a question; however, only making approx. 2 jumps a month in the last 4 years hardly suggests you are current. Lipblic, blic, caw,caw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #9 July 21, 2003 Lip, Somebody else asked me almost the exact same question by PM, so I'll just post the reply I made. Quote Perfectly valid question, and no offense taken. I was sitting with my A license until this month. It took awhile to find a DZ offering the water training, then awhile to sort out the details and take the test. I just got my B & C. The license is a piece of paper. I fully recognize that it is no guarantee of my posessing any substantial skills. I'm still conservative, both in freefall and under canopy. At 142 jumps, I'm still jumping the same Sabre 190 I bought at jump 17. I have no desire to downsize and I'll stay on the same canopy for a good while. My approaches are all traditional 3-leg patterns. I won't even contemplate hookturns. I just took a canopy control class to improve my safety and accuracy. Demo rating? Hell no! RW is pretty much the same idea. Awhile back, I got a couple upjumpers to agree to a 3-way. As it sometimes happens, a couple more joined in, then more, then more. It got to big for my comfort level, and I bumped myself off the jump I'd initiated. The main reason to get it is flexibility in the future. Hypothetical example, if I don't get the D and in three years I have 480 jumps and want to make a beach jump, I can't no matter what. It requires a D license. Whereas, if I have the D, and I (and the organizer) judge my skills to be appropriate, I can go. I won't go just because I have the D. I'd rather keep an honest assessment of my skills as the limiting factor, rather than the license. In all likelihood, my having a D will make no difference to what jumps I do until I have more than the revised requirement anyway, but I'd just like to keep the option open in case I start getting more jumps in and keeping better currency. This make more sense? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #10 July 29, 2003 Update on the Message Board: How about skydiving in the dark? The WFFC is considering doing night jumps during the event. Check in with us when you arrive!!! Bring your strobes!!! (See your local Radio Shack if you don't have one - They used to carry them @ 20$)Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MonkeyLip 0 #11 July 29, 2003 Justin, glad there was no offense taken as the question and statement were not meant to be of that nature. I was only curious. Be safe and like everyone else have a kick a$$ time, after all I am only a babe in the woods when it come to this sport. I have much to learn as well.blic, blic, caw,caw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ron 10 #12 July 29, 2003 QuoteThe main reason to get it is flexibility in the future. Hypothetical example, if I don't get the D and in three years I have 480 jumps and want to make a beach jump, I can't no matter what. It requires a D license Beach jumps used to require only a "C"...Did this change?"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #13 July 29, 2003 The ones I've seen (X-Keys) require a D. I suppose it varies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wingnut 0 #14 July 30, 2003 beach jumps at emeral coast in alabama only require a b lisc. ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kevin922 0 #15 July 30, 2003 QuoteQuoteThe main reason to get it is flexibility in the future. Hypothetical example, if I don't get the D and in three years I have 480 jumps and want to make a beach jump, I can't no matter what. It requires a D license Beach jumps used to require only a "C"...Did this change? It varies and is up to the DZ in most cases... gold coast requires a C and water gear. it's not an extremely tight landing area but so tight i fyou land off you are either in the ocean or on a 2 lane highway.. or if you're really off on a military base :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
starkmtn 0 #7 July 21, 2003 Amen! Whoo-hoo for night jumps!! "You guys should just do CRW. There are so many more ways to get killed, it makes a CYPRES seem safe." -Kevin Keenan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonkeyLip 0 #8 July 21, 2003 QuoteNow I just have to get 58 jumps in the next two months. That isn't a lot for many people, but I've only gotten 142 total in the last 4 years. personally I do not know your need for a D liscense if your you only do approxamately 30.5 jumps a year. are you planning on skydiving more and possibly going to start coaching or what?.... It is only a question; however, only making approx. 2 jumps a month in the last 4 years hardly suggests you are current. Lipblic, blic, caw,caw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #9 July 21, 2003 Lip, Somebody else asked me almost the exact same question by PM, so I'll just post the reply I made. Quote Perfectly valid question, and no offense taken. I was sitting with my A license until this month. It took awhile to find a DZ offering the water training, then awhile to sort out the details and take the test. I just got my B & C. The license is a piece of paper. I fully recognize that it is no guarantee of my posessing any substantial skills. I'm still conservative, both in freefall and under canopy. At 142 jumps, I'm still jumping the same Sabre 190 I bought at jump 17. I have no desire to downsize and I'll stay on the same canopy for a good while. My approaches are all traditional 3-leg patterns. I won't even contemplate hookturns. I just took a canopy control class to improve my safety and accuracy. Demo rating? Hell no! RW is pretty much the same idea. Awhile back, I got a couple upjumpers to agree to a 3-way. As it sometimes happens, a couple more joined in, then more, then more. It got to big for my comfort level, and I bumped myself off the jump I'd initiated. The main reason to get it is flexibility in the future. Hypothetical example, if I don't get the D and in three years I have 480 jumps and want to make a beach jump, I can't no matter what. It requires a D license. Whereas, if I have the D, and I (and the organizer) judge my skills to be appropriate, I can go. I won't go just because I have the D. I'd rather keep an honest assessment of my skills as the limiting factor, rather than the license. In all likelihood, my having a D will make no difference to what jumps I do until I have more than the revised requirement anyway, but I'd just like to keep the option open in case I start getting more jumps in and keeping better currency. This make more sense? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #10 July 29, 2003 Update on the Message Board: How about skydiving in the dark? The WFFC is considering doing night jumps during the event. Check in with us when you arrive!!! Bring your strobes!!! (See your local Radio Shack if you don't have one - They used to carry them @ 20$)Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonkeyLip 0 #11 July 29, 2003 Justin, glad there was no offense taken as the question and statement were not meant to be of that nature. I was only curious. Be safe and like everyone else have a kick a$$ time, after all I am only a babe in the woods when it come to this sport. I have much to learn as well.blic, blic, caw,caw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #12 July 29, 2003 QuoteThe main reason to get it is flexibility in the future. Hypothetical example, if I don't get the D and in three years I have 480 jumps and want to make a beach jump, I can't no matter what. It requires a D license Beach jumps used to require only a "C"...Did this change?"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #13 July 29, 2003 The ones I've seen (X-Keys) require a D. I suppose it varies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #14 July 30, 2003 beach jumps at emeral coast in alabama only require a b lisc. ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #15 July 30, 2003 QuoteQuoteThe main reason to get it is flexibility in the future. Hypothetical example, if I don't get the D and in three years I have 480 jumps and want to make a beach jump, I can't no matter what. It requires a D license Beach jumps used to require only a "C"...Did this change? It varies and is up to the DZ in most cases... gold coast requires a C and water gear. it's not an extremely tight landing area but so tight i fyou land off you are either in the ocean or on a 2 lane highway.. or if you're really off on a military base :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
