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Precisely why they are in the D requirements? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

A $50.000 Mercedes is also bound to protect you better than that car/bike you're driving now. And my life sure as hell is worth more then $50.000. But that still doesn't mean i'm driving such a car. I find the risk in my '89 Volkswagen acceptable. What if.. you can ALWAYS find a "what if" to speak for something. Doesn't mean nobody can't decide for themselves if is worth it. (I think it is, if you can afford it, but not everybody will agree as they see less risk with not having an AAD) But as you said, rules are rules and they should be kept in place because if the shit hits the fan it's not that sole jumper that get's it. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Wasn't it like steer with the chute that's in front of the latter? (if 'joined' with the larger side) Or steer with the biggest if they're 'joined' with the small side of the chutes? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

And the difference between pull-out and throw-away is what exactly? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Very nice post, but being just off AFF I have no real idea what I'm comfortable with. I changed my main deployement altitude from 5000 feet (AFF learned) to 4000 feet after an instructor told me it might be wise not to pull so high. He recommended 3500 btw. Since I'm still renting gear I have no way of knowing how long it takes for that chute to open but keeping the hard deck altitude at 2000 as thaught in the AFF course seems good for now. If any of the more experienced folks have any insights on this (why it's high/low, what else might be worth considering), feel free to enlighten me. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Update on the topic (for future readers) I'm SO glad I didn't "step back" to static line. My AFF course went soooo good. unbelievable it was! Restarted with level 3 which went perfect, lvl 4, 5 and 6 also. Level 7 I had to redo.. little problem stopping a left turn (only stopped it like 360° later than planned) but the second attempt was gold.. perfect dive! After that great first dive of the week (level 3 with 2 instructors) I actualy even managed to relax on the planeride for the 2nd jump after that 2nd dive (that same day) I was thinking "mm, why ain't I scared?!". You can imagin the rest of the week was just superfantastic.. Any fear I had totaly subsided and jumping became ENORMOUS fun.. much more fun then when stressed all over the place. Oh, hanging outside the plane doing an unstable exit is actualy fun instead of stressfull once you can relax ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I (a Belgian bloke) just completed my AFF (yes, I finaly managed to whip out a can of relaxation and fly through those levels) with a Dutch club and now apparently have the option to either get membership to the Dutch or Belgian "parachuting governing federation". Now I hear the Dutch and Belgian federations have different sets of rules but I can't seem to find these to make up my mind which is best (for me). So, are there any Belgian or Dutch members here that can tell me what precisely the KNVvL or VVP do, where they differ and would would be mostlikely good/best for a new Belgian jumper like myself? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Same here, I'm having MAJOR problems with the freefall part but canopy is great.. NEVER used radio (forgot it on first jump but didn't need it apparantly) and I believe my 2nd (could be 3rd) landing was already a standup followed by 2 others in the 6 jumps I've made. Wish it was the other way.. freefall is expensive with al those instructors arround Congrats to the impressive progress. *green with envy* ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

And what would "the bends" be? Sorry for the ignorance here ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

pax? bending? someone care to explain? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I only jumped in other countries then my own. Took the 6 AFF jumps so far in the Netherlands. And in 3 weeks I'm going to France to hopefully finish AFF. I myself am Belgian. Pre: Oostwolde (Netherlands) has VERY BIG field everywhere arround. Even if you can't reach the dropzone just about every other place is a perfect terrain to land on. Watch the barb wire though! ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

mm.. now I'm starting to doubt if my additional 2000 euros and 3 weeks of jumping holiday will be enough to pass AFF His logs look way to much as my 6 AFF jumps so far.. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

OMG! I want to see the film with this soundtrack! Must be a blast. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I suppose upwind are better (why else do it almost always) so why doesn't one fly the plane a bit further then and still do droprun upwind? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

SkydiveNFlorida: see dragon2's explanation on the "woke up" part. I offcourse did not physicaly pass out.. I just "wasn't there" for a few moments. bigbearfng: ghehe, I got send up again and again to do the same stuff.. they called it lvl 4 on to lvl 5 but I still was not doing any turning or so untill jump 5 & 6. My guess is the instructors were trying to give a confidence boost and hoping it would "click into place" soon conhails: I was planning on going up in a tunnel before going up in a plane in 3 weeks, but as good luck wants it the only good tunnel in a few 100km around was booked full untill it closed a week after my enquiry and will remain closed untill a week past my holidays. Bummer huh. SkydiveNFlorida: no way would my instructors have passed me for solo if I wasn't up for the task.. they were just a bit creative in naming the dives.. see my explanation just above. There is a reason I number my JUMPS and not levels in my opening posts. Only in jump 5 and 6 (yea, I forgot to add jump 6) I was beginning with turning and headingcontrol. PS: where do you read my instructors even passed me 1 level?! I've been thinking about it and my guess is mikeat10500's post hits the nail on its head (this is also a saying in english right?). I guess I'll find out in 3 weeks.. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Not realy any help to you but in Belgium he could be up and jumping as early as the year one turns 16 in. With permission of the parents ofcourse. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I'm an AFF student with 5 jumps so far and still not quite aware in the sky.. well, I was starting to get aware but since I'm on a 2 month brak from skydiving I'm probably have to start over again. Now my idea was that since my main problem is being aware (well, the main problem still is getting too worked up and scared on jumprun and doors open but..) it was good to have 2 or 1 instructor with you so they can see what I'm doing wrong, signal me and debrief me properly after the dive. Being aware here meaning keeping my mind on for example leg position while having to turn with my arms. I tend to loose focus on 1 thing when doing another. My thaughts are I'll get there but now I've been advised by an experienced skydiver (on this forum so he has not seen me jump) that static line might be more suited for me. So what is best according to you folks? To give you an idea of my progress, find below logbook as I remember it out of my head. jump1: exit ok, canope control ok, landing ok, woke at 6k but totaly not aware, legs on my but, JM saved my life jump2: exit ok, CC ok, landing ok, getting more stressed on the way up and jumprun, woke at 8k, no practice pulls, legs on my but, saved my own life jump3: exit ok, cc ok, landing ok, even more stressed in the plane, woke at 10k, knees to far appart attempt4: freaked out in the plane, rode down with plane jump4: exit ok, cc ok, landing ok, stresslevel reasonable, woke at +10k, knees to far appart, hands too far out jump5: (1 JM) exit ok, cc ok, landing ok, stresslevel again a bit higher but ok, woke at +10k, hands too far out, not stable while trying to turn caus I loose focus on my legs ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I need the exact same codec als topicstrater here and after looking with google i found this topic.. didn't have to look far now did I? anyway, on the site you give I do find an appropriate codec (Video for Windows codecs so nandub can use it) but it's like $49 for a codec or you can buy a demo version but that one has a watermark in it. And no way I'm gonna pay $49 for these 2 jump video's. So, anybody got a codec that's VfW compatible and is free?! ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

more profit making it worth the hassle? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I believe they open before teminal speed. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

49%! ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

anybody care to elaborate on why that altimaster 2 is way more expensive then altimeter 3? Even on other sites where the 3 isn't specially lower priced?! ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

you've got it on vhs, you should put it on the web! Easily done if you've got a TV card in your pc. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Links with shops that ship internationaly or Belgian shops would be apreciated guys. As for tyhe no audible to create awareness: isn't setting it just a tad below to desired altitude a sollution to this while keeping the added safety? This way when you here it you've fucked up already but still plenty of time to deploy and whatever. ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Did 6 AFF jumps a month ago. End august I will be going to france to finish my AFF. Now I was thinking about slowly starting to buy my own gear already and was thinking of following goggles altimeter helmet audible altimeter (to be set a bit below prefered altitude as to not rely on it) Now where can a Belgian bloke buy all this stuff and what would you experts advise? 20$ goggles i think will do fine for starters but what brand/type altimeter and audible? What kind of helmet would be prefered? ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."