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In Germany. No national policy apart from mandatory for students. Some DZ's have their own AAD requirements.

There are 2 things that you must do on each skydive in order to survive. One is to deploy a landable canopy and two is the land that canopy safely. There is only one thing you must do on each skydive in order to survive - "land the canopy safely".

They sort of look pretty frayed in parts. Should I replace the whole line set or just the steering lines? Could wait until they fall apart I suppose. Don't use them that much anyways.

A good spotter would tell the crash test dummy to learn how to spot and not rely on someone else.

Blah, blah... I thought the question was "What makes an experienced skydiver?", not "What makes an expert skydiver?". Pay attention please.

Simple answer, both.

Agreed! That covers about 99% of all DZ.com arguments.

Which really goes back to what I said. It depends from where, and what, you are judging. As far as jump numbers go here is a simple formula :- Your Jump No's - 10% = inexperienced. Your Jump No's + 10% = experienced. Works for nearly everyone! If comparing jump numbers does not provide an acceptable result, change jump numbers to "years in sport". Attacking fellow skydivers based on "experience" is a favourite pastime of the more "experienced" skydivers. This is why, when DZ.com rated posters on the number of posts made, the "experienced" who could not type very fast got rather frustrated. After much lobbying they got their wish and profiles with jump numbers and years in the sport were introduced. The "very experienced" take great pleasure out of leaving their profiles blank. This is not to say that everyone with no profile is "experienced" - as an example take a look at my profile.

Yeah, but the vast majority are not around after a few years because they got a life, not becaused they bounced.

The one eyed skydiver is king in the land of the blind. It all depends from where you are judging.

Do you think alti awarness is something your are born with, or is it something your learn? Do people with better eyesight have an advantage in alti awarness? Thanks.

I just wanted to add that although I started jumping camera early, I did not use any sort of sight until I had over 700 jumps. At the start of video flying the camera work is secondary. You learn for the first few hundred jumps body position and safety aspects of camera flying. Also, no wing suits, one thing at a time.

It's not my exit photo, but a photo I took Enjoy

I had that Jekyl and hyde problem when I was doing S/L progression. I would start driving home and suddenly find myself at the DZ. Then I would say I am only here to watch and suddenly find myself manifested Made it in the end though and now the problem is I drive to work and end up at the DZ

Speedy, I can't help saying that you are talking utter nonsense. No one disagrees with themselves. Dont forget to keep taking the tablets. Edited to add: Sorry speedy I did not realise you are me