GregJackP

Awesome - how many jumps do you have? Still have your jump log? I have 15 jumps, 5 at jump school, 10 with the National Guard unit until it was reorganized into a leg unit. Most were mass-tactical, with a few hollywood jumps, and a couple of night jumps. Only the hollywood jumps were -1s, the rest were T-10s. I have 1 C-141 jump, 3 UH-1 jumps, 2 CH-47 jumps, and 9 C-130 jumps. The helicopter jumps were all at 1500 ft, the 5 training jumps were at 1200 feet, and the others were at 1000 feet. Unfortunately, I haven't seen my jump log in years.

Irving, in the DFW area

Thanks, that explains a lot. I guess after I get thru the licensing jumps and look at getting my own gear, I can get it where my weight isn't a problem for the chute. I also don't have a problem with traveling to Houston to get my licensing jumps done, but it would be nice if there was some place closer. If not, I guess I'll be seeing y'all down there. How does the tandem progression work? I don't think that fear will be an issue, and if the cost isn't too much more, I would be more inclined to be in my own chute rather than hooked up in tandem. I'm open to whatever works best though. Thanks

Do a search on here for the Texas Anvil Brothers. They might be able to point you in the right direction. These aren't your old T-10's (thank god) LOL, yeah, the T-10 was only really good for dropping a bunch of us in (generally) the same spot in a short amount of time. I much preferred the -1s, but they never let us use them except for hollywood jumps. As most of our jumps were mass-tactical jumps, I got used to the T-10. Thanks for the advice on the Anvil Bros. - I'll check it out.

I was a paratrooper about 30 years ago (never jumped civilian) and have been contemplating getting into jumping. I'm looking for some advice too, as I know that the two are very different. I hope that y'all can point me in the right direction. 1. I'm 6'1" and about 250. I noticed that most of the schools limit jumps to those under 220 or 230. Is this is hard and fast rule? Or is it based on the chute used? The reason I ask is that when I jumped T-10s and -1s, the weight was always up around 270-300 lbs, dependent on the equipment I was carrying. Are there any schools in Texas that can accommodate a heavier jumper (preferably closer to Dallas, but I'll travel if I have to)? 2. I'm not really interested in a tandem jump to start - which would be better - static line or AFF? I'm very comfortable with static lines (for obvious reasons), but I must admit I don't know much about the differences. 3. I don't really have any desire at this time to look at any particular discipline, I just really want to start jumping out of planes again. Are there others like me, or would I be an oddball by just jumping? Thanks

Hi. I was a paratrooper about 30 years ago (never jumped civilian) and have been contemplating getting into jumping. I'm looking for some advice too, as I know that the two are very different.