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  1. drenaline
    Thanks everybody for all the good vibes. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    Right now I am taking a lot of calcium (1500mg) with the vitamin D, one pill on every meal and some pain meds every 12 hours. Can't wait to get out of the cast, 5 more weeks to go.
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    I made a horrible spot, chose a very bad alternate landing area and crashed a car with my coxis, I had lifted my legs to try and miss it but I was 5 inches too low. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    Hiya! I talked to the doctor but I didn't liked his first 20 answers. He told me to sell my gear and change sport. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    Hi bro's and sis's, have you ever fractured a bone? the reason I ask if you have fractured a bone is because I did it on my last jump and I really need to know when I can go back to the air. So have any of you have experience with fractured vertebrae and coxis? and how much time watching skydiving videos before you could go out and jump? The injury is 5 fractured vertebrae and 1 fractured coxis, I was lucky that I didn't need surgery but did got a cast from chest to pelvis. If you want some details about the accident you can PM. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    I did it!, got my USPA coach rating, two days ago. woohooo! I took the course in Zhills with Elly, she is a great instructor, great trainer, great evaluator. The eval jumps where one with Lorrie and the other one with Elly, it was very fun to have them as students/evaluators, they make you work in the sky. If you ever need a rating, go find Elly. Beers are on me! HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    The main is half your life, your real life is the reserve. Always remember you have a second chance. I took the packing course after my 7th jump. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    gogles, log book, if you live in cold weather then gloves. What a while before buying an altimeter or anything else skydiving related. Oh yeah almost forgot, a T-shirt. Welcome to the sport! HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    That too! its kinda funny te see a skydiver on top of the wheel acting like a circus elephant. A good revenge is to fart on the plane before leaving. That will teach the pilots a lesson about customer service . HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    I wonder what would you do in my dz where there are no lights to tell you when to jump. When the plane is align to jump run stick your head out the window, look down, give instruction to the pilot in case there is a drift or are above clouds, yell CUT and jump, much better than trusting a light but thats only my opinion. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    The key in skydiving is "Dirt dive" and "practice practice practice". Get a big pillow, do your belly, arch, turn right, coast, stop, relax, repeat; after doing it 20 times, go for left, then again and again and again. I dunno if it will work but a thing I do to visualise is that the knee I put down is where my lower part will move. Right knee equals lower part moving to the right, making you turn to the left. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    First things first: get your own gear (if you don't have one) and then get a canopy control course. In Deland you can get the course with Scott Miller, he is a very good instructor that will teach you alot about canopy control and if am not mistaken he also gives the swoop course. Another good thing is to do what skymonkeyONE said, search the forums. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    I use a bonehead boomerang, I like it more than a Z1. Z1 are shaped way to small, I tried a Z1 XL and didn't fit, then tried a Boomerang L and it fit great. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    go for the square, easier to pack. Some riggers don't have the tools to pack a round. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    Goggles, you gotta jump with style dont ya then came the altimeter, gear, jumpsuit, helmet. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    www.skykat.com www.square1.com www.cousindave.com www.sunshine-factory.com www.aerostore.com All those are good stores, all gave me great customer service and good products. The only one that I dunno how they work is the cousindave store, but has some good prices. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    I agree, I am one that have tried doing the last fold first and bag it and can't do it, I have no idea how the other people do it. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    practice practice practice, F111 fabric should not give you to much of a problem, after some packs you will get the speed and technique you want. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    What is a LAP qualification for rigger? I know what is back, chest and seat but I have no idea what is lap. Can you post some pictures of those gears? thanks. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    Order stainless for everything. I just grounded one of my containers because one itsi bitsi small part of a the ring that is part of the container (the large ring, does it has a name?) got rusted and contaminated the webbing. My country has always from 95% to 100% of humidity. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    VERY GOOD BOOK! thanks, my HP landing improved a 110% after reading that book yesterday. Do you know of another book that talks about HP landings (PM me please)? Blahr sorry for the small hijack.
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    First it is recommended to take the FJC and rent for a while. (10 jumps or so) yes and no, in your A license progression you will learn how to pack a chute. If you want to pack reserve chutes you will need a FAA rigger certification if its in the US. If you want to pack for others you need to be a rigger or pack while under direct supervision of a rigger. You can find this info in the SIM (Skydivers Information Manual) download it from www.uspa.org or in the FAR 105 (Federal Aviation Regulation?) if am not mistaken. One place lots of answers www.uspa.org, the site has a section for new jumpers. If you want to watch some videos you can go to www.skydivingmovies.com HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    >>1) How much time should we each have? And how much with an intructor? The first answer depends on your physical condition, as a minimum for learning a lot get 20 mins, if you have the money and are in good shape then get all the time you can; for the second answer: if you can get a good tunnel instructor that also knows alot about RW (if thats what you are into) then get the complete 20 mins with training. >>2) How long will it be (best guess) before we can go into the tunnel together? dunnno >>3) Does anyone know any good wind tunnel training plans on the internet somewhere? Dunno if there are any. The training I got from skydive U was alot of turns (in plca), fall rate, slides, slides with turns, and some other exercises like swimming in the air, touching feets together and some other stuff that I can't remember right now. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    >>The flare is two stage I am no canopy expert but I gotta disagree about a two stage flare, I think the flare should be one motion, you must find the sweet spot of your canopy flare so that when you flare you do it in one stage. If am not mistaken a good flare usually takes you up a lil bit, you transform the forward speed into lift. When flaring don't do one fast flare, do a smooth one motion flare, something like saying flaaaree. Since am a newbie take everything I said with salt because I might be wrong in a lot of things or maybe in everything. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com
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    You are very right, everybody should take it, it was a very good course, it was part of skydiveU The Search training program. After that course I started my swoop progression, only bad thing is that its kinda hard to get info without getting flamed for asking something; so I made my own course progression, started at 3000fts trying all kinds of turns then flaring, looking at altimeter everytime I did something etc.; after that I took it a bit lower, and lower and lower until now that I am at 300-500, only thing am waiting for before going lower is for my eye and brain to train itself on the altitudes vs speed, recovery arc of the canopy, leveling the wing, input of flare etc. My instructor has been very helpful giving me tips, hints and some lessons about dynamics (how a wing works with more speed vs lower speeds etc.), the only thing he does that I don't like doing is that he likes to hook with toggles, I prefer using the risers gives me a more comfy feeling. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com