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What about if you're doing crw, not a good idea to have either, in my opinion, when doing crw? AADs are required for students, A certificate and tandems, and for everyone else who hasn't got an RSL. There are no exceptions for CRW afaik, but then again - very few people actually do CRW here. I do agree with you that I wouldn't want to use RSL when doing CRW, but why would an AAD be so bad? The only thing I can think of is when doing very advanced tricks like two people doing a downplane at low altitude... (I know very little of CRW; the only time I've even seen it was in Kolomna, Russia last summer...) -xara- I want a skydiving elevator!!!

My boyfriend and I went to Russia this summer, to Aerograd Kolomna, for one month. This is really a great dropzone; they're efficient and professional - and most of all they have the MI-8 helicopter! For the tourist voucher needed to get a tourist visa, we used the Eyevista travel agency, as suggested on the Aerograd website, which worked out fine. Might be a good idea to apply for the visa some time in advance just to be sure it works out in time for your travel. There is one more "big" dropzone in Russia, called Stupino, and I've heard it's a good one as well. Anyways, we loved it at Aerograd, and really recommend everone going there. Tone -xara- I want a skydiving elevator!!!