jumprun1

Awesome Jimmy, that is the situation & signal that I was wondering about, thank you for sharing. I think if we can let TI & Camera aware of what can happen & to be ready for it, just like the handle checks. If we are prepared & nothing happens, great! If something does happen & we can save a moment of "WTF is he/she trying to communicate" it just makes a safer world for us & our students! Thank you! Will include your experience with others.

I have for 26 years been going to Z-Hills & love it. T.K. is fantastic and this DZ has a really great atmosphere. Contacted Delan & drove to Florida 2 winters ago (from Canada) with the understanding I was going to do a few (Sigma)Tandems for them (no charge to them) but just to keep my currency up. Got to the DZ by 8:30 as discussed & waited until noon to speak to someone. One other TM came up to talk to me, but the rest didn't even give me so much as a nod. Long story short, drove all the way from Florida to be treated like crap by Delan. Perhaps I don't look like a Tandem Master Examiner as I am female & 125 lbs, but that is no reason to treat me like they did. I was disappointed & will never grace Delan DZ again. Went to Palatka & was never treated better. Art & his group were fantastic to me & I can't say enough good things about them. It is a small DZ who will be growing I'm sure as they treat their customers right. Love Z-Hills, but want to give credit where credit is due, try Palatka ~ they are awesome there!!!

Thanx Jimmy, you have been most helpful. Not sure how the thread has gotten so off topic to discuss popping up & sweet back flying skills. ??? One of the DVDs I show my Tandem Candidates is of all the things that can go wrong ~ including one where the drogue is stretched & the bag is out & flopping around. The TI is looking around & unsure if something is wrong ~ this is the kind of situation I would like to find Universal signals for. Certainly the CF signalling for the drogue release is good, but would like to brain storm more ~ almost like deaf sign language. Any other situations experienced by TIs or CF out there that would have benefitted from signals? Thank you!!!

I am researching some ideas on signal communication between TIs & camera flyers. If something goes wrong with the TI gear, it seems to be instinct to point ~ which results in a ??? response. Some answers so far: Long spot ~ open high CF extends thumb & forefinger for a capital L. Could also be construed as LOSER! If something is wrong with gear that is equivalent ~ CF (or TI) can point @ their own gear in location of concern, then point @ Skydiver with potential problem. The issue is that a Tandem System also has a drogue, drogue bridle, attachment system & student on front and the CF does not. Are there any TIs or CFs out there who have had issues that needed to be communicated & any ideas on signals that can become universal? Blue ones!