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1. Skydiving After Taking a Cross-Country Flight  

   By FCipollo, November 17, 2005
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   • FCipollo
   • November 18, 2005

2. Can I get a ruling?  

   By pccoder, July 3, 2005
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   • airtwardo
   • July 6, 2005

3. General Tips  

   By marco-ripcord, February 14, 2011
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   • Scrumpot
   • November 16, 2011

4. HANS for skydiving?  

   By denete, February 25, 2009
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   • d123
   • March 11, 2009

5. new big-way jumper suggestion  

   By happythoughts, May 10, 2004
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   • obelixtim
   • May 17, 2004

6. Exit Interval Question  

   By mjrod, September 21, 2004
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   • LouDiamond
   • September 24, 2004

7. My First Malfunction - BEER!!!  

   By jumpinjackflash, May 16, 2004
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   • jumpinjackflash
   • May 16, 2004

8. WL Limits Pro/Con  

   By geronimo, July 3, 2003
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   • wmw999
   • July 10, 2003

9. A licence sample test. Your answers/opinions please.  

   By obelixtim, October 23, 2013
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   • crotalus01
   • October 26, 2013

10. AFF/TAMDEM PROGRESSION  

    By rezz92, December 15, 2001
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    • riggerrob
    • December 19, 2001

11. USPA License changes??  

    By samp76, March 12, 2003
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    • Watcher
    • March 25, 2003

12. Medical Info Carrier for your Helmet  

    By danornan, February 2, 2009
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    • edjackson
    • February 19, 2009

13. season ender?  

    By freeflyfairy, September 13, 2004
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    • freeflyfairy
    • September 22, 2004

14. Knee Turns.....visualisation  

    By Zoter, October 16, 2003
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    • Zoter
    • October 26, 2003

15. beaten to death topic :)  

    By Staso, May 20, 2002
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    • billvon
    • May 21, 2002

16. C License written test - North/South Carolina?  

    By nigel99, October 31, 2011
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    • nigel99
    • November 2, 2011

17. observers  

    By rickjump1, May 8, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • May 11, 2004

18. A license, 14 months off: what retraining is typical?  

    By Fireflyer, October 6, 2006
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    • Fireflyer
    • October 10, 2006

19. Risk Management and Patty Wagstaff  

    By rmarshall234, October 28, 2011
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    • rmarshall234
    • October 31, 2011

20. Downsizing from a 250  

    By jclalor, September 12, 2012
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    • fcajump
    • September 14, 2012

21. Nitpick all day  

    By RkyMtnHigh, May 26, 2007
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    • popsjumper
    • May 30, 2007

22. Emergency exit  

    By franz69, February 5, 2004
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    • Foursprouts
    • February 7, 2004

23. 2002 in safety figures  

    By Kingkong, February 3, 2004
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    • JKT
    • February 5, 2004

24. Eardrums broken  

    By KolibrieLinda, October 15, 2003
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    • RIMangum
    • October 16, 2003

25. Brain Lock? HELP!!  

    By jessie, October 7, 2003
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    • deronde
    • October 16, 2003

26. Pilot Chute caught on leg  

    By Hazarrd, June 27, 2003
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    • Genn
    • June 29, 2003

27. PRCP Practice: MY Rhythm Method  

    By Gato, November 3, 2006
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    • undercanopy
    • October 10, 2011

28. Student AFFI GoPro entanglement  

    By dorbie, May 8, 2015
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    • Baksteen
    • May 12, 2015

29. Full Faced helmets > 100 jumps  

    By g3ninfinite, October 22, 2005
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    • Travman
    • October 26, 2005

30. AFF Level 1  

    By elatom, January 30, 2003
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    • Slink2
    • March 1, 2003

31. New Incident Reporting Habits  

    By Auryn, March 22, 2008
    • 13 replies
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    • billvon
    • March 28, 2008

32. Line Twist, Spinning Mal, & Wingloading  

    By Megatron, December 25, 2008
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    • Jeffwxyz
    • December 31, 2008

33. Questions on a spinning mal  

    By pkasdorf, April 3, 2006
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    • bob.dino
    • April 19, 2006

34. what is checked in a flight line gear check?  

    By Newbie, June 19, 2003
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    • CrazyIvan
    • June 22, 2003

35. Skydiving Prices  

    By jigneshsoni, June 10, 2005
    • 13 replies
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    • PhreeZone
    • June 11, 2005

36. Another Canopy Transfer question  

    By riddler, June 18, 2003
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    • riggerrob
    • June 22, 2003

37. Minor landing incident, Perris 2/5/05  

    By billvon, February 7, 2005
    • 13 replies
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    • ltdiver
    • February 10, 2005

38. Dislodged Reserve Handel in Free Fall.  

    By bigG, January 24, 2004
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    • GravityGirl
    • January 26, 2004

39. Scary Stuff.. misrouted reserve closing loop  

    By shibu, July 25, 2012
    • 13 replies
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    • gregpso
    • August 5, 2012

40. Static Line Student refuse to jump?  

    By Milo, April 28, 2002
    • 13 replies
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    • Kris
    • April 29, 2002

41. Re: [chaoskitty] Low Collision, landing confusion Elsinore Nov 8  

    By airtwardo, November 13, 2008
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    • champu
    • December 7, 2008

42. Undressing in the air...  

    By FreeDiver, June 17, 2003
    • 13 replies
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    • Tonto
    • June 20, 2003

43. Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure?  

    By 3mpire, August 24, 2011
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    • CloudyHead
    • September 2, 2011

44. Skydiving w/ slight back pain  

    By Iko_, June 13, 2020
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    • cargo
    • July 17, 2020

45. Jumping with objects in freefall (e.g. flag, bandana..)  

    By sunkenstate, June 30, 2012
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    • jct
    • July 27, 2012

46. Low Timers - What have you been up to?  

    By Motab, April 15, 2002
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    • Dumpster
    • April 18, 2002

47. reserve opening on exit question  

    By chutem, October 6, 2005
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    • skydiverek
    • October 7, 2005

48. do coaches do 2 for 1?  

    By countzero, February 12, 2008
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    • jasonRose
    • February 20, 2008

49. Stable in HopnPop  

    By Billy, September 25, 2001
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    • billvon
    • September 30, 2001

50. Insurance company  

    By mozhuakenyao, December 3, 2014
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    • mozhuakenyao
    • December 16, 2014

51. Pilot 140 to Crossfire 139 or 129?  

    By sebinoslo, April 24, 2013
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    • sebinoslo
    • July 29, 2013

52. Using Z.P. canopies with direct bag static line students  

    By ptknights, October 19, 2009
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    • riggerrob
    • October 22, 2009

53. Accuracy Landing  

    By destiny2829, June 10, 2003
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    • QuickDraw
    • June 10, 2003

54. Choice of AFF dropzones  

    By startingout, March 21, 2006
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    • skydiverjerry
    • March 24, 2006

55. Tracking up/down line of flight  

    By billvon, September 28, 2010
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    • davelepka
    • September 29, 2010

56. Pls Help - AFF Grad with a spin!  

    By tasmanianjumper, October 4, 2009
    • 13 replies
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    • jsaxton
    • October 6, 2009

57. best place for canopy school in Florida.  

    By Terminal-V, January 2, 2005
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    • Salsa_John
    • January 13, 2005

58. 1st AFF  

    By divegoddess, September 22, 2005
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    • Ragnarok
    • September 27, 2005

59. Rough year for aircraft already  

    By tkhayes, June 10, 2013
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    • twatterpilot
    • June 21, 2013

60. Wearing pants over your legstraps  

    By LearningTOfly, March 12, 2006
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    • LearningTOfly
    • March 14, 2006

61. should i watch my PC on deployment?  

    By Newbie, June 2, 2003
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    • nightjumps
    • June 6, 2003

62. New canopy decision... Thoughts please  

    By SpinDoctor, September 11, 2003
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    • Chrisky
    • September 12, 2003

63. Keep Handles On Cutaway? Procedures?  

    By Hazarrd, September 9, 2003
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    • Tonto
    • September 11, 2003

64. You can hurt yourself doing this...  

    By meltdown, January 3, 2005
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    • meltdown
    • January 9, 2005

65. IAD vs AFF  

    By RickFeiner, May 31, 2003
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    • mikeat10500
    • June 2, 2003

66. AFF Straight Through  

    By newsstand, December 28, 2003
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    • newsstand
    • December 31, 2003

67. Starting Over (In a sense...)  

    By mac_la, July 18, 2020
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    • neilmck
    • September 22, 2020

68. leg straps  

    By Yossarian, February 26, 2006
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    • mjosparky
    • February 27, 2006

69. Kiting a canopy / Groundlaunching experience  

    By Chris-Ottawa, February 5, 2007
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    • Chris-Ottawa
    • March 12, 2007

70. AFF training in Canada - Quebec  

    By Sylvie, July 12, 2019
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    • tabouare
    • August 19, 2019

71. Hawaii Maui DZ  

    By Kirils, March 8, 2002
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    • gravitysurf808
    • March 14, 2002

72. Container sizing for noob  

    By LukeSkyBoarder, July 17, 2014
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    • JeffCa
    • July 18, 2014

73. Swoop!  

    By dove, August 20, 2001
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    • freeflir29
    • August 21, 2001

74. Anybody else with a bad right shoulder? prcp issues?  

    By skivie77, September 4, 2008
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    • erdnarob
    • October 1, 2008

75. Have I just entered a dangerous phase in jumping?  

    By Ruffles, April 14, 2007
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    • popsjumper
    • November 23, 2007

76. hard opening, cutaway...what causes them?  

    By windcatcher, September 12, 2005
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    • Hooknswoop
    • September 13, 2005

77. Noise levels and noise protection in skydiving  

    By Skyper, May 4, 2012
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    • jurgencamps
    • May 8, 2012

78. cheaper aff?  

    By udder, July 16, 2001
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    • jumpervali
    • August 16, 2001

79. Safety Day Ideas!  

    By karenmeal, February 16, 2006
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    • ACMESkydiver
    • February 19, 2006

80. Landing patterns with two nearby LZs?  

    By fly67, May 20, 2011
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    • -Joey-
    • May 25, 2013

81. When is it "just another skydive"?  

    By Orange1, October 29, 2007
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    • Trae
    • November 16, 2007

82. PC-in-tow-drills  

    By yoink, July 22, 2004
    • 12 replies
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    • AndyMan
    • July 22, 2004

83. still...heebie jeebies  

    By adamjenner, May 18, 2003
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    • katiebear21
    • May 22, 2003

84. Dumb shit you here  

    By bucketlistpilot, May 20, 2013
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    • rwieder
    • May 24, 2013

85. Sensory overload.....Tandem the answer?  

    By azakeus, August 19, 2008
    • 12 replies
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    • mircan
    • September 16, 2008

86. reserve blow out  

    By yoink, March 25, 2004
    • 12 replies
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    • Cacophony
    • March 30, 2004

87. High Number of Incidents?  

    By Flyerer, July 29, 2010
    • 12 replies
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    • ManagingPrime
    • August 7, 2010

88. Tandem student wearing a handcam.  

    By xijonix, June 7, 2014
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    • Scrumpot
    • June 10, 2014

89. How do you define a High Performance Landing?  

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

90. AFF or Static line...which is safer??  

    By steve1, February 28, 2002
    • 12 replies
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    • MarkM
    • February 28, 2002

91. start jumping after back injury- advise?  

    By lynxie, November 18, 2004
    • 12 replies
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    • nicknitro71
    • November 30, 2004

92. My first reserve ride - help speculating  

    By heftee, December 30, 2002
    • 12 replies
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    • rtroup
    • January 3, 2003

93. PLF on video  

    By tafarezz, November 21, 2004
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    • pilotdave
    • November 30, 2004

94. Gettin out of twist...  

    By fudd, May 12, 2003
    • 12 replies
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    • SkydivinMedic
    • May 16, 2003

95. Another Cypres Question  

    By gale, May 14, 2003
    • 12 replies
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    • b1jercat
    • May 16, 2003

96. practice test  

    By mmacro, August 5, 2009
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    • ChrisD2.0
    • November 12, 2018

97. Order, Order.  

    By edid, July 19, 2001
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    • DBTECH
    • July 26, 2001

98. minimum age to jump  

    By arlo102283, February 24, 2002
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    • rhino
    • February 27, 2002

99. Silhoute 190  

    By Oliver1981, March 12, 2017
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    • davenuk
    • April 26, 2017

100. Sabre 135 @ 1.5:1??????  

     By mewing120, December 20, 2002
     • 12 replies
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     • Tink1717
     • December 30, 2002