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1. Hope you rookies are ready for this?   1 2

   By Designer, February 2, 2004
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   • Designer
   • February 4, 2004

2. Hoping to complete AFF training Sunday - A little anxious  

   By Mad_Jasper, December 3, 2009
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   • tasmanianjumper
   • December 18, 2009

3. Horizontal Separation   1 2 3

   By turnlow, July 21, 2003
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   • AFFI
   • October 29, 2006

4. Horizontal trainers  

   By riggerrob, February 28, 2003
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   • councilman24
   • April 1, 2016

5. Hornet landings  

   By Emmie, April 12, 2002
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   • Jimbo
   • July 1, 2002

6. Hornett 190 Wing Loading Max.  

   By CDergins, May 18, 2006
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   • CDergins
   • May 18, 2006

7. Horse Shoe - once again.  

   By ikebonamin, August 29, 2005
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   • monkycndo
   • August 30, 2005

8. Horse shoe + cut-off + reserve   1 2

   By Skyper, October 2, 2010
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   • JohnnyMarko
   • November 9, 2010

9. Horse Shoe Malfunction   1 2

   By Brumby, May 22, 2005
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   • bojana
   • June 3, 2005

10. Horse Shoes anyone??  

    By skyjumpenfool, September 13, 2011
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    • wayneflorida
    • September 16, 2011

11. horseshoe  

    By eml, December 7, 2001
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    • mikefarmer
    • December 13, 2001

12. Horseshoe  

    By Skylark, June 9, 2003
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    • wonko
    • June 11, 2003

13. horseshoe -> baglock = 1st cutaway   1 2 3

    By Jeth, September 6, 2005
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    • Hooknswoop
    • September 27, 2005

14. Horseshoe mal's  

    By mouth, April 14, 2004
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    • tbrown
    • April 26, 2004

15. Horseshoe Malfunction  

    By DZBone, July 6, 2001
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    • Schroeder
    • August 26, 2001

16. Horseshoe story   1 2

    By johnmatrix, January 19, 2011
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    • Trae
    • January 24, 2011

17. Horseshoes  

    By Shark, April 21, 2003
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    • dreamsville
    • May 22, 2003

18. hot air balloon jump  

    By adietkin, July 19, 2008
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    • bodypilot1
    • July 20, 2008

19. hot trunk   1 2 3

    By bluesilver30, August 7, 2007
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    • CrazyL
    • August 30, 2007

20. How a flat turn probably saved my life  

    By b52, March 11, 2012
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    • Spills
    • March 13, 2012

21. How a newbie can vet a DZ  

    By Groundbound, March 16, 2005
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    • SCR10480
    • March 21, 2005

22. How about pod casts?  

    By shah269, April 17, 2009
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    • skydiverbry
    • May 8, 2009

23. How about this WL restriction  

    By jdfreefly, June 23, 2004
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    • polarbear
    • June 26, 2004

24. how big a difference is a few inches?  

    By crotalus01, July 27, 2005
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    • riggerrob
    • August 2, 2005

25. How can a student defend "Face" Planting herself?  

    By Designer, October 27, 2003
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    • Luna
    • October 28, 2003

26. how can I get tips for good final approach  

    By zulzain72, May 24, 2001
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    • Lindsey
    • June 13, 2001

27. how can i practice tracking safely?  

    By Newbie, August 22, 2002
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    • cobaltdan
    • August 23, 2002

28. How close is this?   1 2

    By ikebonamin, April 4, 2007
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    • azdiver
    • April 14, 2007

29. How close is too close on landing?  

    By napalmboy, June 7, 2005
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    • Scrumpot
    • June 8, 2005

30. how dangerous?  

    By shunkka, February 17, 2004
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    • skygirl1
    • February 20, 2004

31. How do I find USPA license #?  

    By freeflyfairy, August 28, 2004
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    • slotperfect
    • August 28, 2004

32. How do I get my A liscence?  

    By chrisace1, February 27, 2003
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    • lummy
    • February 27, 2003

33. How do you "Read" the Wind?  

    By NWFlyer, November 13, 2013
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    • billvon
    • April 25, 2014

34. How do you avoid collisions with hook turners?   1 2

    By mirage62, June 9, 2003
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    • quade
    • June 15, 2003

35. How Do You Avoid Landing Beyond Your Target?  

    By JENNR8R, June 1, 2006
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    • waltappel
    • June 4, 2006

36. How do you close your container?   1 2

    By JeffGordon, January 2, 2003
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    • weid14
    • January 9, 2003

37. How do you define a High Performance Landing?  

    By lawrocket, August 22, 2003
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    • bclark
    • September 2, 2003

38. how do you prevent a PC in tow?   1 2

    By Newbie, August 16, 2002
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    • freeflyanvil
    • August 24, 2002

39. how do you stop a low radical turn from killing you when you know it is probably going to?   1 2 3 4

    By Newbie, November 14, 2003
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • November 11, 2005

40. How do you talk to them?   1 2

    By jerry81, February 17, 2006
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    • tso-d_chris
    • February 17, 2006

41. how do you track away in a 3+ way without compromising horizontal separation with another group?  

    By Newbie, May 8, 2003
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    • billvon
    • May 14, 2003

42. How do YOU turn with your feet in freefall?  

    By EDYDO, January 15, 2004
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    • EDYDO
    • January 17, 2004

43. How do you wear your altimeter?  

    By freeflir29, July 6, 2005
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    • Salsa_John
    • July 12, 2005

44. How does a student know...   1 2

    By Orange1, March 13, 2006
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    • tso-d_chris
    • March 15, 2006

45. how does one go about becoming an instuctor?  

    By abcav, July 22, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • July 22, 2003

46. How good were you?   1 2

    By ryan_d_sucks, July 29, 2008
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    • CrazyL
    • August 15, 2008

47. How is the best way to go about this...  

    By johntheking, May 19, 2003
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    • skybytch
    • May 19, 2003

48. How late (in the day) is too late?  

    By mattyblast, January 9, 2006
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    • riggerrob
    • January 13, 2006

49. How Long ...?  

    By Zoter, November 8, 2003
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    • lazyfrog
    • November 10, 2003

50. How long before I need to repack my main?   1 2

    By MorfiusX, January 25, 2011
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    • theonlyski
    • January 29, 2011

51. How long before jumpers are able to train / take tandem jumps?  

    By untoldfox, February 15, 2008
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    • riggerrob
    • February 21, 2008

52. How long can you leave a main packed?   1 2

    By WooHoo, February 5, 2006
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    • deadwood
    • February 10, 2006

53. how long did it take you to get over sensory overload  

    By SilentJ, June 27, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • July 1, 2002

54. how long do you wait after pulling?  

    By andy2, April 14, 2003
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    • beemertec
    • April 15, 2003

55. How long does it take for your reserve to open?  

    By docjohn, November 6, 2005
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    • riggerrob
    • November 9, 2005

56. How long should it take to post an incident report  

    By mirage62, June 23, 2003
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    • Ron
    • June 24, 2003

57. How long to get A license?   1 2

    By Bill_K, May 25, 2006
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    • adventurechick
    • May 28, 2006

58. How long was your first jump course?   1 2 3

    By lopullterri, November 15, 2010
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    • slotperfect
    • December 6, 2012

59. How long would you stay - New Vid  

    By freekflyguy, January 13, 2003
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    • Slight
    • January 21, 2003

60. How low can you chop?   1 2

    By bkoch, March 7, 2005
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    • craig_b
    • March 16, 2005

61. How Low can you go?   1 2

    By ikebonamin, December 21, 2005
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    • FireMedicJumper
    • December 24, 2005

62. How many AFF jumps did it take you???   1 2 3

    By live2dive, October 4, 2006
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    • jpechbre
    • August 25, 2008

63. How many altimeters?   1 2 3

    By davjohns, June 21, 2010
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    • erdnarob
    • July 12, 2010

64. How many bad landings is ok for every 100 jumps?  

    By FrancoR, December 19, 2008
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    • gearless_chris
    • December 29, 2008

65. How many have broken a bone and jumped again after healing?   1 2 3

    By SCOTT735, October 10, 2011
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    • JohnMitchell
    • October 23, 2011

66. How many Hop n Pops?   1 2

    By Ducky, October 9, 2002
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    • dterrick
    • November 6, 2002

67. How many jumps before first mal?   1 2 3

    By airdvr, April 24, 2004
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    • lfhower
    • June 8, 2004

68. How many jumps before first real (military) HALO jump  

    By jarij, November 2, 2012
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    • theonlyski
    • November 2, 2012

69. How many jumps before you purchased your own rig?   1 2 3 4

    By Skylark, May 22, 2003
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    • bkdice
    • August 30, 2004

70. how many jumps for AFF  

    By flygirl60, May 30, 2003
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    • andy2
    • May 31, 2003

71. How many jumps should you have before jumping a crossbraced?  

    By Andrewwhyte, June 8, 2009
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    • countzero
    • June 9, 2009

72. How many jumps to stay current  

    By mxaexm, October 31, 2012
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    • riggerrob
    • November 9, 2012

73. How many lines breaking/snapping would cause you to cutaway   1 2

    By Mark24688m, October 2, 2007
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    • denete
    • October 25, 2007

74. How many of you have had a low turn?  

    By Rafaellimon, December 11, 2006
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    • grue
    • December 31, 2006

75. How many people have 10 000 jumps or more?   1 2 3 4

    By nigel99, May 6, 2009
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    • ripcords
    • June 16, 2009

76. How many repairs are too many?   1 2

    By xijonix, July 8, 2013
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    • BigMark
    • July 14, 2013

77. How many seconds would you wait before jumping? Read first!   1 2

    By aguila, January 28, 2007
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    • aguila
    • February 6, 2007

78. How many skydives is too much in 1 day?  

    By shibu, August 28, 2012
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    • JohnMitchell
    • September 27, 2012

79. How many ways can you....   1 2 3 4 6

    By chuckakers, November 18, 2009
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    • Hjeada
    • March 4, 2010

80. How Much Altitude Should it Take?  

    By KATO33, May 14, 2002
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    • KATO33
    • May 14, 2002

81. How much can a booty hold?  

    By 2fat2fly, October 4, 2004
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    • vibeke
    • October 10, 2004

82. How much difference does temperature really make in terms of canopy speed?  

    By grue, December 4, 2006
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    • Calvin19
    • December 6, 2006

83. How much does the coach coarse cost?  

    By airdrew20012001, March 19, 2002
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    • pds
    • January 13, 2003

84. how much extra flight time from tracking.. ?  

    By Edra, June 14, 2014
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    • JohnMitchell
    • June 30, 2014

85. how much is coach training? Eloy?  

    By skyhighkiy, October 1, 2004
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    • PhreeZone
    • October 2, 2004

86. how much skill is needed to deal with malfunctions?   1 2

    By danielmaxin, February 12, 2006
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    • ScratchTX
    • February 28, 2006

87. how much to learn to pack?   1 2

    By countzero, July 8, 2006
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    • Ron
    • July 13, 2006

88. How much will an A-License cost me?   1 2 3

    By Hausse, August 10, 2007
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    • Hausse
    • October 2, 2007

89. How my freind died.  

    By ForeverDive, June 4, 2002
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    • thrillseek
    • June 18, 2002

90. How not to be the "problem student?" in AFF   1 2

    By Namowal, August 2, 2011
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    • Namowal
    • September 27, 2011

91. How number of jumps influences the accuracy of landing (for us with <200 jumps)   1 2

    By sjc, June 11, 2007
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    • Royd
    • July 11, 2007

92. How observant are we, really?  

    By TALONSKY, July 19, 2004
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    • TALONSKY
    • July 23, 2004

93. How often do you have to jump for the A license to be worth it?  

    By skamunista, June 15, 2012
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    • mjosparky
    • June 17, 2012

94. How often do you Inspect/clean/lube your cut-away cable and exercise your 3-rings?  

    By ufk22, October 16, 2015
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    • tikl68
    • December 4, 2015

95. How Often You Check Reserve Pin?   1 2 3

    By jrjny, February 22, 2011
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    • hookitt
    • March 3, 2011

96. How often???  

    By rebellogan, October 30, 2003
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • November 3, 2003

97. How Safe Is AFF?  

    By Andy_Copland, May 28, 2005
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    • Andy_Copland
    • July 18, 2005

98. how safe was the 2008 season?   1 2

    By mxaexm, January 15, 2009
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    • kallend
    • February 7, 2009

99. How safe?  

    By gldn51, December 13, 2001
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    • RemiAndKaren
    • December 18, 2001

100. How Scary Is This!?   1 2 3

     By liftedtitan, August 13, 2009
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     • feuergnom
     • January 8, 2010