caseyusa

yo dude i'm just north of pep in Nashua... smack dab right near the border too. No problems if you want to (or can) land in my yard, just be sure to ring the doorbell and share the experience over a drink or two. Oh, FYI: Nashua has the 911 system, so if the landing isn't as pretty as the earlier one- we'll dial you up an ambulence --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Wow! Someone posts a message about one DZ and you get several others saying "no here! no here!" I jump at SNE. Great place. Never had trouble with radio. The landing area and DZ itself look like a FISH from above carved out of the forrest. Yeah there are outs, fields "that-away" and "this-away." Haven't had to use them yet. The weekends are great- definitely stay over night, join in the festivities. There's bonfires and BBQ's. And there's a paintball place on-scene. I'm just about in your shoes ChunkyT (unless you've jumped like crazy since your last post.. heheh). Working on my A. See you there man. Blue skiiiiiiiieessssss~~~ --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

I wonder what a chicken's WING LOAD is without a system... Let's assume the chicken is Cornish. No offense to Corns, but it's the only fact i could find. "A Cornish hen weighs between 1 and 1.1 kg at live weight "(source http://www.chicken.ab.ca/diduknow_trivia.html) My girlfriend(absolute wonder-genius ) tells me 1kg is 2.2lbs. So on the Dropzone.com Wing Load calculator (http://www.dropzone.com/safety/tools/calculator_wing_load.shtml) 2.2 pounds of chicken.. zero pounds of gear and zero sq feet of canopy... yields... WOW!! A wing load of "Infinity." Check it yourself.. isn't that interesting. And from the above report, I guess its bad to have an Infinity WingLoad. But a hell of a cool nickname wouldn't you say? --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

hey good call~ I saw that show you're talking about.. atleast i think I did. Hmmm.. maybe not, but it was allllll about BASE jumping. a really cool show is this the same thing you were talking about? I have the video (i taped as much as i could).. and that video is in a friends possesion (we had also taped the silly japanese challenge show from TNN.. hilarious!) so as soon as I get it back I'll let you know the title. love seeing the stuff on tv :) --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Is it me or do most student rigs feel very stiff & uncomfortable! I'd always have a instructor telling me how comfortable it will get when you have your own. I think I'd notice if my rig was cool looking and comfortable! --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Ask your tandem instructor to show you the ropes under canopy! "What's that?" "How do you do this?" "Why do you do that?"

Ummm...errr....well. Those 10%, if that is the number, of hits meant a hell of a lot more to the people who were gonna be blown up, eh? With safety, I don't mind a few extra % in my favor. --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Do all the students have the same colored canopies? Our radio log notes the students name and the canopy colors. Thats too bad. I know it was reassuring to me to know the radio guy was a pro and put trust into waiting to hear that voice say flare!! AFF1 standup landing was the result of a competant instructor on the radio.

Yeah, all your radio teaching ideas sound familiar... All I know is that Emergency Procedures were so drilled into my brain, that I was good-to-go in case of an emergency on my first AFF, or any of them for that matter. The instructor grilled my class on mal photo's, their names, and the response (which was CUTAWAY for most everything other than a few line twists). As a first timer- I was in a dating relationship with the idea of a mal... Really, it was so hammered in that it had me expecting a mal.

I was given the "okay" signal on my hop/pop... which I later found out meant soooommmething else! "You're flyin' like an bleep-hole." Hahaha. Different interpritations, but same signal. The other grad jumping on my load after me received the "DRINK MORE BEER" signal. --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

it was the first time I actually looked at the plane after jumping and I thought it was bitchin!. How did you get on free fall with out seeing the plane what program did you take sounds like you shouldn't have been doing your first free fall if you had not seen the plane before this jump how could the jump master know if you where jumping out of the plane with your eyes open or closed and if your head was down not a good arch position to be in. WOW! Ummm... Here we go! As a student (and we all have our own unique joys & fears)... We don't usually have time to smell the freefallin' daisies. Our Jedi Masters, or instructors, demand performance... Alti aware! Stable this, head up this.. left turn that.. etc. It's great, because it challenges you each time, and keeps you busy. Personally I probably glimpsed at my mothership a few times... sometimes it was from below as I looked up for my approaching instructor, or various other wacked views. Was it foremost in my mind? Hell no, I had a job to do.

As an AFF rookie- and now as a low level cautious fellow still learning to judge the landing thing... ... it took me a sprained ankle to realize that a good PLF (that looks "rough" to your ground dwelling buddies watching from the sidelines) and getting up- brushing off- and walking back with a canopy slung over your shoulder SURE as hell beats the failed attempt to land it on your own, standing up, feet apart.. (limping back to your girlfriend a wounded jumper.) When on the radio- it was easy to be a robot and listen for the command to flare. Off radio it was a whole new ballgame, and the PLF is what keeps me walking while I figure out that sweet mama landing.

true- wouldn't want to give skydiving a bad name. but damn it would be COOL. --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Hey everyone, question for ya... Say some cool college student wanted to skydive into his graduation ceremony? This fellow- though mildly crazy , is not an idiot and wouldn't leap unless his Jiminy Cricket conscience told him it was a-OK. Safety first, then fun- yadda yadda... If its too windy or not friendly blue skies it's a no go, of course. Its like a lofty goal, but its fun to think about- and look into early, ya know? So any suggestions? C license? D for "demo"? It'd be in a big field(4-5 soccer fields) on a hill surround by trees... Any ideas? Breaking any laws? Gonna get slapped by the USPA? Waivers? Forms? Demo stuff? I await your wisdom!! _Casey --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Yeah dude the Skydiver's Handbook is some hardcore info, especially that quoted section on statistics. Good call posting that. Also wanted to mention a book I got for Christmas... an interesting book called Skydivers, Flying with their Pants on Fire! It's got some great statistics in there as well. Another point, my dad went to a conference in DC that dealt with Risk Management. Seems HOSPITALS have the worse case of fatalities related to mistakes (excluding people just up and dying- actual mistakes). Its even higher than cars. Of course they get tough cases, but you can see why Malpractice insurrance is so high! I can find the lecture notes on it if anyones interested, had lots of comparisons between extreme sports, cars, and others. On a less factual note someone help me out here. I heard this somewhere... its more likely to die riding a donkey in Mexico being struck by lightning, than to die skydiving... Of course it makes sense, lots of folks in rural meeehico ride donkeys, and lightning strikes folks more often than we think (gotta love watching TLC.. makes you feel smart). All in all, you're safer IN the sky than on the ground. --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

On Sunday I learned what not to do when landing, and how important the PLF is... No brakes before that last flare!! And when the voice in your helmet says FLARE! you'd best listen to Jimmy Cricket and flare with all your might. It is at this point that you want to be quick and strong. My learning experience, and sucky PLF only cost: One sprained ankle. How long does this take to heal again? --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

YO KEV Post your resume or attach it. I know some folks who do computer security and might need ya! They can atleast check around with their contacts too. No problem! --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Red Bull and Grain Alcohol.... Whats my name again? --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

EXACTLY. I have a friend who's had dislocation problems before he even jumped. He infact had a surgery similar to what you described. Maybe he's an individual case, but even after the surgery.. he dislocated it on his AFF1. And it happens every now and then at parties. I personally would want to strengthen it at the gym (at your own pace and speed

ME TOOOO!! Well for my Tandem and AFF1 it felt like my sensory overload kinda shut me down.. and I didn't "wake up" until we leveled off. On my AFF2 I was determined to keep my eyes open and take in the view. It turned out that I was less "nervous" and after a (horrible exit count... learn pancho learn!!!) but a good exiting positioning.. It was like I went on a Slip-n-Slide out in the air, onto a water bed. What really suprised me was that when you're "awake" those first moments out of the plane it felt like quite a while before we leveled off. I was like "ok anytime.... do be do be dooo" and then as soon as we were level- right through the circle of awareness, PRPs, and onto my new stuff (turns and forward motion- which kicked major ___ ) It turned out I finished with tons of altitude left.. wow! All the times I had practiced on the ground felt like time was really limited.. that maybe i'd get to a good left and maybe right turn, but that the forward motion might have to go on the next jump. (damn practice altimeter! ) My advice for overcoming the sensory overload...? Keep telling yourself that you like the fear, or like the sensory overloads. So instead of shutting down, your bod will start tuning in to the feelings. Then light candles on the ground and chant: "oobie doobie dooo" HA! --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Didn't hear about this.. hmm.. ignorance was bliss! This stuff just makes me --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

SCHWEET!! WHere do I get one???? (Jump-Track program) --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Definitely a good idea! --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Sooo.. um what exactly IS a tubestow? AHhhh! Run away and hide! --- ** Blue Skies, Yellow Mustard. ** It's like a farmer, out-standing in his field.

Wo! That's a cool graph! For me... Math usually sucks, but I guess not when its involved in skydiving! Did you do that yourself? is it a program?