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    Why would I want to buy an analog altimeter now and a digital one later? why not just buy the digital one now?
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    ok that makes sense, I knew I would want to wait before I buy a main and reserver but I did not know that the containers where sized, stiupid me thought you could put any main/reserve in any container lol
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    just because i dont know, why would you not recommend buying an aad/container?
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    I am new to skydiving and about to start working on my "A". I spoke with some people a little while back about this but I just thought a little more about it so I thought i would ask. I know I want to buy my own rig and I know that I should wait until I have some experience so i know what I like and what best fits my skill level. But the one thing I was thinking of was buying some stuff that(in my opinion) wouldnt really matter so much depending on my skill level. Things such as an AAD. container, altimited etc.. From everything I have read I dont believe these would really need to be replaced depending on my skill level. Would this be a good idea or am i completely wrong?
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    i am still planning on jumping during the winter but I hate the cold so I doubt that I will jump as much as i want plus with snowboarding season that is gonna take the majority of my time during the winter. im coming back down to orlando for christmas so i can get some jumping done down there
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    Kids fall rate

    Blassiter replied to UPS's topic in Freeflying

    http://www.skyventureorlando.com/skyventurepromo.wmv thats the tunnel video for skyventure orlando. If you watch it you can see that they take a family, give them a little training, and then you can see a kid and their father in the tunnel at the same time so im pretty sure it wont be a problem for you
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    i am about to start aff and I live in the north and there is only 1 dz anywhere relatively close to me that stays open during the winter. my biggest fear is completing my a and then not being able to jump all winter and forgetting a lot when time comes next year and I can start jumping again. what would be the best way for me to deal witht his?
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    im not exactly sure how it would work considering you already have 30 jumps(not sure how current you are) but Skydive Spaceland in texas has a "Skydiving Certification in a week" program where they get your A in a weeks time. might be something worth looking into
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    ok now before I get burned at the stake here I just want to make something perfectly clear. I am not going to try this anytime soon, I am just asking a question. now with that being said i am very new to skydiving(about to start aff) and I have been pretty much obsessed with it the last year or so and I have been looking at as many videos/websites/forums that I can trying to gether as much information as i possibly can. HD and sitflying looks like something I would really enjoy once I get more experienced and I was wondering how difficult it is? I know i have a TON of work ahead of me and a TON of learning to do before I am anywhere near ready to try this but I was just curious
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    an interesting thought just popped into my head, if you had to perform a cutaway as a student and the main was lost/damages, would you be responsible for the cost of the main, i.e. having to replace it?
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    one other thing I was wondering is lets say the tunnels helps me out a lot and when i start my aff I end up doing really well(im very optimistic I know). Would I be able to, lets say bypass some of my aff levels? like would i be able to tell the jumpmasters "hey I think i can do this this and this" and have them observe me on one jump for multiple aff levels? or would I still have to do those jumps seperately?
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    well to be honest I dont really know. I have been talking with a girl online down here in orlando that skydives and goes there regularly and we talked about going friday and she said she was gonna call and reserve a time for us so I dont really know how much time she is gonna book
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    well heres the thing, I wont have the money to do all my aff right now and I want to pay for it in one shot and dot it at one dz. This is gonna happen in october when i go to va. if i was gonna be down here in orlando I would use the money to start my first or second aff jump and just wait till october to do the rest, but that isnt the case. So i was gonna go down to the tunnel for a day on friday(im leaving to go to ct on saturday). I really just wanted to go to get a little bit of a feel for how difficult it is gonna be before i start my aff and also have some fun
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    I am going to be starting my AFF training in about a month in virginia and right now im home visiting family in orlando. I found out they have a tunnel here and i am going my first time this friday. I was wondering how different it is from actual freefall? and if it would be a good idea for me to go down to the tunnel first as opposed to actually getting some time in the air?
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    well what I really meant was lets say you had a bad opening, lines got tangled and you didnt think you could recover. While the main itself may not actually be "damaged" it would still require a cutaway(in my opinion anyway. I really have no basis for this since I have no experience. its just what common sense would tell me). So in an instance like that the main wouldnt really be damaged and i was wondering the probability of it being damaged after the cutaway. granted I know a that there are a lot of contributing factors to what could damage it after cutaway, such as the surrounding area etc. Im just asking if anyone knows from personal experience.
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    ok that makes sense. What do you think the likelyhood of the main being damaged in a cutaway is?
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    ok before you all bash me I have searched the site and I couldnt find any information on this. I know I have seen and heard of people performing cutaways either out of necessity or just to do it. When this happens how would one go about retrieving their main? I mean depending on the altitude that it is done at i would assume that your main could go pretty much anywhere at that point
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    do any of you happen to know of any free online study material like that site?
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    nice pics, looks like a blast
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    suffolk uses AFF im pretty sure, ive never heard of isp before, how different is it from aff?
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    ok sounds awesome, I was looking at the website but I couldnt really find any information on pricing for the jumps I need to get my a. I am going to be starting my aff stuff at skydive suffolk(ill have the money when I get down there and I really dont want to wait another month until i get back to ct) but if i cant finish there i was gonna try to finish at CPI. Do you happen to know any of the info for their pricing?
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    congrats! I cant wait to get mine, unfortunately I have to wait until the end of october before I even start :(
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    i do have a question, one of the things I noticed from their website is to become a "Member", which I plan on doing and they will prob become my home DZ since they are open year round, is to have 1 sport jump. What exactly is a sport jump?
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    they are open all year? that is awesome and just made my day! I am going to be getting my "A" sometime in october/november down in va(im gonna be there for a month for work) and I was really worried about not being able to jump after that until next year. thanks so much for the info I didnt even know that they were around. The only one I knew of was the DZ up in danielson
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    I am new to the sport and about to start work towards my "A" and I live in new england(connecticut actually). I was wondering if there is anyone up near that area that skydives? and what do you guys do during the winter? Every DZ I looked up is closed after october and its gonna suck to have to wait till may to start again especially since Im just now getting started