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  1. mcpep
    Great DZ! Blackhawk is fast to altitude, good social scene, lots of coaching available / courses to sit. Not sure how the last jumper came to the conclusion that it's a tandem factory, the CCI is very keen for his regular jumpers to progress and puts a lot of time into this.. Can't recommend enough, will jump there for a long time.
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    Black knights now jumps the Blackhawk (souped up Grand Caravan?)
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    I've done something similar, twice 1st attempt at dummy pulls went for my dummy pull at the speed of light, bag smashed into my right arm causing a huge bruise. Then about 10 attempts later did the same thing, this time my arm got entangled in the risers causing shoulder cuff tendon damage and a few months off . "Slow down" appears in my log book a few times!!
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    http://www.bkpc.co.uk/courses/accelerated-freefall.aspx in Lancaster
  5. mcpep
    That indicates your instructors were not very good. Its not a reflection on you, but rather a reflection on them. Anyone doing more than 7 or 8 DRP's is not being trained properly, unless their jumping is irregular. My jumping probably wasn't regular enough if I'm honest. I can't blame the instructors though, they are excellent and most other jumpers got off the rope quickly. It's just bloody tricky!! And there were several times I got 2 good consecutive DRCPs only to bugger up the 3rd During my slow progression I read a lot though which gave me more confidence so it's fine :)
  6. mcpep
    Same, took me 27 to get off the damn rope.
  7. mcpep
    My girlfriend has also had a elbow (radial head) replacement and is potentially interested in doing AFF/RAPS, if anyone has any info on skydivers who have had this done that would be great!
  8. mcpep
    +1 As a noob student Joey has provided an excellent example of the attitude to not have whilst learning how to save your life several times a day
  9. mcpep
    cheers for all the replies especially from the dude in the video, cheers for putting it on youtube it in the 1st place for others to learn from. I guess the answer to my original question of how to avoid this is mainly better exit seperation..
  10. mcpep
    Hi there, 1st post yay