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HIM! HIM! It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

:0:0 Pretty crappy year at the 1/2 way point. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

:0:0 Beautiful Saturday and didn't even feel like going to the DZ. Don't know why but only 19 jumps this year and I'm just not feeling it. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

AFF - accelerated free fall There's your problem. Get em up in the air quickly and who cares what happens after they pass those 7 levels. Your profile says you are an instructor and you post shows that your DZ has an instructional problem. Do something about it. It's really that simple. Pass up the jumps, money, whatever, and put it on your shoulders. Be leader, be an instructor, be the guy who gives students the tools to survive. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

:2:0 It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Just two weeks ago, I got pressure to go up and do a four-way when I was getting out low to swoop. Said no, I'm swooping. Couple of thousand jump said, you can go with us and turn points and then swoop. No go. I got out low and they did a three-way. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I began just like you, small Kansas 182 DZ. Old dudes doing 4-way. When me and my buddy decided that swoop was the way to enlightenment without traveling 10,000 miles to rub a fat dudes belly, we were told that if we pulled on our fronts, the nose would fold under and we would die. We are still here and bruised but unbroken thus far. We got BG's book and read it from jump 100 to around 300. I didn't read the advanced chapters the first couple of reads. Then we traveled to Dallas for Curt's canopy course and then did all of the basic stuff up high. We're talking another 100 never taking anything near pattern altitude. Lots of time determining altitude loss/recovery from double fronts to 270s. Making notes in the log books until things were consistant and then began taking it down. Doubles and 90's. Then Tommy D came to Kansas last summer and more learning. Travel to Dallas in the fall and hit the gates for the first time under the eye of Curt. He offered to have us come down and give us a course on evaluating each other; what we have been doing all along but the question is, are we correct or is it the blind leading the crazy? Hang around in here long enough and you will find that you should listen to the dudes who's names begin with D, I, or S. If you learn to read between the lines, thier advice can keep you flying if your mind is open. A better approach to the elder swooper in this forum is to post your progression (canopy stalls, turns,dives etc for 75 up high on C&Ps; 10 downwinders; 30 H&Ps working on doubles). List canopy type, WL, canopy courses..... You will get a better response out of Lepka and respect that you are not just another guy jerking on risers and praying you don't chow. Your OP just makes you look like the "Can you teach me to swoop" person in that cartoon. If you take this shit seriously, you are just going to have to travel and get the course work done, do the progrression safely (you SHOULD be known at your DZ as H&P rather than EFS) and learn everything there is to know about your canopy. In a year or two, your DZO will be asking you to give the canopy seminar at safety day. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Have a rigger measure you according to the measurement chart for the particular rig. It's what riggers do. If you are going to invest money in a custom rig, invest time in the guy/gal that is going to help you maintain it. And just so you know, measuring yourself if pointless. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Geno's Wiz Wit It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I've been at our DZ full time for 4 years and have never seen anybody move the fuel selector switch when pushing up off the floor of our 182. Never seen it at any of the 3 Cessna DZs here in the state either. Not saying that it can't happen but that is being aware of your position in the AC also. Sort of the same thing as protecting your handles too. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Arrived at 14:20 for third post op with the orthopod. Scheduled for 14:30 and we are still waiting as I write this at 15:15. if it was any other provider I would leave but I like to have a good sawbones. His receptionist has come out twice and given us NCAA score updates, so at least its an acknowledgement we're out here. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Sitting back to console: Let hand on the fwd door frame, right hand on the floor. Left leg out the door onto the step. Now push up using your right arm so your butt comes off of the floor and turn your hips counter-clockwise while pushing the hips out the door using your right leg as leverage. The left arm on the door is what your pivot around. The right leg goes over the left and outboard on the step as your right arm grabs the strut. Stay forward with knees bent and your but over your heels. There really is not much pressure on your hands if you have a foot on the strut. Dirt dive the movements on the ground and then visualize yourself going thru all the movements on the way up; soon it will be natural. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

At our DZ, we make it clear in the FJC that you can die. It's stated up front when we show them the rig, it's stated during EP's in the harness, and we also have them recite "When I turn the canopy it dives. If I turn my canopy close to the ground it will dive into the earth and kill me." Don't take that last part like a bunch of experienced folks, it's for the first jump course students to let them know the severity of the situation. As we progress through the categories, that changes with the flat, braked, flare turns but students are reminded that jerking that toggle will hook them in. With IAD/SL, there is alot of canopy flight emphasis, more so than with AFF I think because you are with an instructor for many more jumps than if you did all of your AFF levels to perfection. Not knocking any one training method, just how it seems to work out. We're a small place, IAD or tandem progression and the DZO is not worried if someone decides that the line they choose not to cross is the one painted on the lane at the bowing center. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Get with a canopy coach and watch other students in the pattern and landings. Have them point out things to you. More folks die under a good canopy than something that happens in freefall. Read Germains book. Go over the end of category quiz material in the SIM. Yes you are responsible for learning all of that stuff. Become proficient enough at packing that you can make some jump coin doing it. Or help with manifest. Observe everything and as questions of the instructional staff. View this as an opportunity to learn at a less frenetic pace than otherwise and you will come out ahead in the big picture. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Last flight 6 March 2011 at KSUPC DZ 600+ jumps. Former Army airborne. Picture from 31 Jul 2010 first jump in 15 years. Blue Skies Paul It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

2 x PDR-160 @ 1.26 Don't think I would ever go below a 143. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Rob, my Cobalt goes to CSC who last year turned a reline on it in 16 days even when they had to go out and find a lineset. It was my other canopy in my other rig. What relly pisses me off is that I have an email stating they recieved the canopy and it would be returned within 2-3 weeks and then no further communication. No inspection report, no delay notification, no nothing even after I called them. They know that there are customers out there that depend on having a canopy for...working jumps, boogies, planned skydiving vacations, etc. I won't be doing business with them again for sure and even though I like the canopy and it has a great rep, I won't be steering others their way. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Long story short, a routine reline from a manufacturer in Deland took 42 days and a don't give a shit attitude. Canopy received at manufacturer on Jan 11th and I got an email saying they received canopy & turn time 2 to 3 weeks. Reline was with HMA. Spectra or HMA is standard on the canopy and nothing on repair form or website stated anything different. Never hear anything by end of January. Feb 9th I call and was told that they had to order the lineset from the factory. (WTF? I shipped it to the manufacturer so a independent loft would not have to order the lineset). Said he hoped to have it out the door that Friday the 11th for Monday at the latest. Nothing until yesterday the Feb 22nd where I received a ship notice that it's going ground and they are charging me. So 41 days laters I'm still waiting while it goes ground. Am I wrong in thinking that they should have let me know in the first email they did not stock the lineset and give me an option? Then when it was delayed after calling, they could have expidited return shipping? I like the canopy but this is my second poor experience with the people side of the company. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

EFS Shower Repeat It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

My old man has had an ATP rating since the 70's and has flown nukes on B52 to the 777 and retired to fly the Flagship Detroit. By the OP's reasoning, I guess I should just put him out on a sub-100 X-braced when we finish the FJC. I mean it's just another wing and he's a pilot and has way more time in just one type than the OP has total to date. The problem is I enjoy the company of my old man and want him to enjoy his retirement. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I know a DZO that ain't letting you on their DZ with a reserve loaded at 1.5 no matter if you were a swoop god prodigy with a 230 main at your experience. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Yes they count toward your 25 A license minimum. And when you are licensed, if you ride front for a TI candidate, that counts double as it will scare the hell out of you. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

WTF? You're seriously asking a bunch of skydivers this question? You ain't been around much have you? The only thing I can tell you is Shah IS NO AGENT and if she wants advice on The Thong Shot posing, then PM Bolas. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

You really need to take a canopy course. Then get with the person who ran the course and have him/her go over how they evaluate landings while he/she is doing it. This gives you a baseline tools for watching others land. Not just watching students but watching the experienced on different wings and different WL's. It's the difference between watching a football game or breaking down game tape. You need to know what to look at as opposed to just watching something happen. Now you can take what you know and what you've learned and apply it to your landings. You can watch all the video you want but it doesn't really help, in my opinion, unless you were there in the conditions and watching the landing yourself. As for the packing, Dr. Love needs to invite a packing hottie over to the Shah Shack and get the one-on-one. And make sure you get video when you try to pack the hottie b/c if it ain't on video..... It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama