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6,253 topics in this forum

1. Safety Day: Plane "Ethics"  

   By Avikus, March 10, 2015
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   • riggerrob
   • March 14, 2015

2. Eventual Downsizing Advice  

   By Cyane, September 12, 2011
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   • Joellercoaster
   • September 16, 2011

3. Six months off.  

   By MB38, March 19, 2008
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   • tetra316
   • March 21, 2008

4. AFF in zero time  

   By DunkMaster, October 26, 2001
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   • DunkMaster
   • November 4, 2001

5. Safety Day presentations  

   By DSE, March 3, 2015
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   • kallend
   • March 6, 2015

6. SkyVentures Arizona - What happened?  

   By LouYoung, September 25, 2003
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   • ltdiver
   • September 30, 2003

7. Lineover question  

   By kevin922, September 19, 2002
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   • Hooknswoop
   • September 20, 2002

8. Brake set nightmare!  

   By DBTECH, September 9, 2001
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   • flipper
   • October 17, 2001

9. Wet canopy -- landing incident  

   By katzurki, September 4, 2006
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   • riggerrob
   • September 8, 2006

10. Freefall Flag Jump  

    By askir, September 9, 2002
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    • pilotdave
    • September 19, 2002

11. Requirements for canopy downsizing for beginners?  

    By ridestrong, November 11, 2009
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • November 23, 2009

12. Rantoul Cypress Fire Raises question  

    By sdctlc, August 11, 2004
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    • sundevil777
    • August 19, 2004

13. Line twist simulator - info request  

    By unclecharlie95, October 29, 2014
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    • sheenMatthews
    • January 14, 2015

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

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

15. SkyDiveTaft SIMstudy  

    By DTOXX, February 8, 2003
    • 6 replies
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    • dropdeded
    • February 9, 2003

16. B License questions  

    By tasmanianjumper, October 12, 2010
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    • Hvance
    • October 14, 2010

17. Podcast aimed at the newly A licensed jumper  

    By Skydivesg, November 22, 2014
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    • Joellercoaster
    • November 27, 2014

18. Landing in mountainous area  

    By dmtmkoch, March 26, 2006
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    • dmtmkoch
    • March 29, 2006

19. Your accurate altimeter can be waaay wrong  

    By 377, August 16, 2004
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    • FrogNog
    • August 18, 2004

20. Jumprun airspeed piston/turbine planes  

    By Hellis, October 26, 2014
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    • erdnarob
    • November 16, 2014

21. Mal Pictures  

    By a97virago, February 5, 2003
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    • a97virago
    • February 7, 2003

22. skydiving ability  

    By flyhy, September 5, 2002
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    • drenaline
    • September 8, 2002

23. Tunnel training  

    By seedy, January 25, 2003
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    • seedy
    • February 1, 2003

24. Falling straight  

    By go4ski, January 19, 2005
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    • slotperfect
    • January 19, 2005

25. Training thoughts  

    By safeone, September 16, 2003
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    • pds
    • September 17, 2003

26. A Safety Poem  

    By BIGUN, October 4, 2009
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    • BIGUN
    • October 14, 2009

27. HELPPP!  

    By L600DAN, April 6, 2002
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    • L600DAN
    • April 9, 2002

28. The links in my accident (that wasn't) chain  

    By gale, June 7, 2003
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    • gale
    • June 8, 2003

29. Summer Turbulance--Watch Out!  

    By ltdiver, May 16, 2005
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    • ltdiver
    • May 20, 2005

30. Line Dump II  

    By Hooknswoop, April 5, 2002
    • 6 replies
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    • cobaltdan
    • April 8, 2002

31. Canopy collision at Lake Wales boogie - no injuries  

    By JDBoston, January 27, 2003
    • 6 replies
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    • CornishChris
    • January 28, 2003

32. Bill Von saved my life....  

    By skymedic, April 9, 2004
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    • skymedic
    • April 10, 2004

33. Holding T-Student's Hand - cameraman question  

    By fcajump, September 29, 2009
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    • parachutist
    • October 3, 2009

34. Reserve bridle around neck on cutaway...  

    By blazingcannon, August 29, 2002
    • 6 replies
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    • blazingcannon
    • September 3, 2002

35. My second jump - keep hurting feet  

    By yuriythebest, June 18, 2013
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    • nigel99
    • June 25, 2013

36. Look before you pull!!!  

    By lippy, January 26, 2003
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    • steve1
    • January 26, 2003

37. AFF program in the winter....  

    By nemesis43, August 30, 2002
    • 6 replies
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    • fasterfaller
    • August 30, 2002

38. Ref 1st Tandem  

    By edd, March 27, 2002
    • 6 replies
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    • dayle
    • March 29, 2002

39. Full time dropzone for AFF in California / Las Vegas  

    By RandomLemming, March 11, 2006
    • 6 replies
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    • doorgirl
    • March 13, 2006

40. AFP Or S/L(I know it's been talked about before but your opinion helps alot)  

    By Skyhighbird, January 17, 2008
    • 6 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • January 19, 2008

41. Crosssfire safety bulletin  

    By DBTECH, September 15, 2001
    • 6 replies
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    • nbblood
    • March 20, 2007

42. Sprained wrist with hardcast, tandem?  

    By Hazarrd, April 2, 2004
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    • chuteless
    • April 5, 2004

43. Landing Pattern 1.4 - landing approach simulation  

    By sjc, September 21, 2009
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    • sjc
    • September 21, 2009

44. ststic line levels  

    By brnnncrzy77, September 19, 2005
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    • JohnMitchell
    • September 20, 2005

45. Beginning AFF  

    By BKS60, June 2, 2012
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    • jers119
    • June 7, 2012

46. Arching for Klutzes (noob question)  

    By Namowal, July 13, 2011
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    • Namowal
    • July 14, 2011

47. Back on target...  

    By fred, August 24, 2001
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    • fred
    • August 25, 2001

48. Student ever ask to see your license/rating?  

    By Granimal, August 25, 2010
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    • Gary73
    • September 7, 2010

49. First cutaway  

    By Griff69, May 10, 2005
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    • Feeblemind
    • May 11, 2005

50. Skysurfing checklist?  

    By wildernessmedic, August 8, 2017
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    • Remster
    • January 6, 2018

51. Recent incidents...  

    By OSOK, March 13, 2007
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    • DJL
    • March 13, 2007

52. 1st tandem Freefall  

    By edd, March 16, 2002
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    • Cornholio
    • March 16, 2002

53. Looking for Skydiving Training center that operates 7 Days  

    By samkhan, July 20, 2017
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    • jclalor
    • August 31, 2017

54. 200 jumps before camera use  

    By jclalor, August 30, 2017
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    • billvon
    • August 30, 2017

55. A Certification at Skydive PA, Grove City  

    By tstar, March 3, 2021
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    • tstar
    • March 8, 2021

56. What you should know about jump run  

    By bbarnhouse, May 18, 2003
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    • diverdriver
    • May 28, 2003

57. Test Jump  

    By Hooknswoop, March 9, 2002
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    • rgoper
    • March 9, 2002

58. YaaaaHoooo........Finally!!  

    By LGreg34, March 29, 2004
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    • LGreg34
    • March 31, 2004

59. newb question  

    By bullin82, August 21, 2009
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    • JohnMitchell
    • August 23, 2009

60. skydive training  

    By PeteyD, September 23, 2008
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    • chuckakers
    • September 24, 2008

61. Skyventure Orlando  

    By Hoot, March 29, 2004
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    • lilryno
    • March 31, 2004

62. AFF training  

    By Hayden, August 5, 2010
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    • Manuel1
    • August 11, 2010

63. Thanks Jumper03!!!  

    By KNewman, November 13, 2007
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    • peregrinerose
    • November 14, 2007

64. Useful Videos  

    By Julie, July 30, 2001
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    • Zoomin
    • August 5, 2001

65. 2005 Germany Incident Summary  

    By Eule, January 30, 2006
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    • cengelbrecht
    • February 12, 2006

66. Altitude loss comparisons?  

    By rredman, March 29, 2004
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    • rredman
    • March 30, 2004

67. Looking for 2 out Pics  

    By helldog, March 25, 2004
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    • CornishChris
    • March 30, 2004

68. minor malfunction  

    By jenky, August 1, 2001
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    • Duck
    • August 2, 2001

69. Training DVDs for Newbie  

    By Deckard, October 26, 2007
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    • kschilk
    • November 12, 2007

70. Air Speed Tunnel Camp  

    By rendezvous, January 3, 2003
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    • BikerBabe
    • January 4, 2003

71. Slope soaring.  

    By edid, July 20, 2001
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    • riggerrob
    • July 28, 2001

72. AFF program falls short on PLF training  

    By skyborne, September 11, 2008
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    • JohnRich
    • September 11, 2008

73. Need A Hanging Harness  

    By bouncin, February 6, 2006
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    • labrys
    • February 7, 2006

74. Two out article  

    By voilsb, March 4, 2020
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    • jcrouch
    • April 18, 2020

75. Practise Practise  

    By 14000andfalling, February 18, 2007
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    • hookitt
    • February 19, 2007

76. Extremely Interesting First AFF  

    By almostok, May 13, 2003
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    • KenKnight
    • May 14, 2003

77. saved my ankles  

    By Dougiefresh, August 22, 2005
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    • Jeth
    • August 29, 2005

78. 2 learning incidents  

    By evilivan, December 30, 2002
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    • evilivan
    • January 1, 2003

79. Turbulence areas around Obstacles  

    By Di0, May 15, 2014
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    • wan2doit
    • May 16, 2014

80. Towed Parachutist  

    By Jumpmaster0301, July 30, 2009
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    • yoink
    • July 31, 2009

81. 3-way exits  

    By crazy8, July 8, 2006
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    • azdiver
    • July 23, 2006

82. Trouble Brewing, Eh . . .  

    By NickDG, August 24, 2005
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    • AdD
    • August 26, 2005

83. It's been a year, and I am headed back up. What should I do, training-wise?  

    By birdlike, August 30, 2008
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    • popsjumper
    • September 1, 2008

84. From Billvons notes WFFC  

    By bbarnhouse, August 19, 2005
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    • Deuce
    • August 24, 2005

85. Adam Bishop remarks Elsinore Fatality  

    By VectorBoy, May 30, 2013
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    • topdocker
    • March 30, 2017

86. Jumped my reserve yesterday  

    By riddler, March 21, 2004
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    • JohnMitchell
    • March 22, 2004

87. Pilot Chute Misbehaving  

    By Gato, August 19, 2008
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    • chrismgtis
    • August 20, 2008

88. My first cutaway  

    By angrypeppers, February 5, 2007
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    • cutaway13
    • February 7, 2007

89. Any Instructors in SoCal area?  

    By dresherr, December 22, 2002
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    • JohanW
    • December 23, 2002

90. Arching for new light and tall AFF student  

    By fredbro, December 22, 2002
    • 5 replies
    • 1,693 views
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    • riggerrob
    • December 23, 2002

91. Cutaway #2, I like those hard housing thingies in the risers.  

    By labrys, July 7, 2006
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    • catfishhunter
    • July 12, 2006

92. A license over 60 days  

    By rendezvous, March 28, 2003
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    • riggerrob
    • May 4, 2003

93. Injury recovery and returning to jumping.  

    By Judah, June 19, 2018
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    • bigboysne
    • August 9, 2018

94. Finished 1st AFF Jump, Seeking Advice for More Training  

    By cap190, March 4, 2012
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    • popsjumper
    • March 6, 2012

95. preventing line twists??  

    By rynodigsmusic, July 9, 2006
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    • skytash
    • July 10, 2006

96. Recurrency after a long absence  

    By Surf, November 30, 2003
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    • Blahr
    • December 1, 2003

97. Parachute Malfunctions  

    By derckert, January 18, 2017
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    • riggerrob
    • January 23, 2017

98. Wingsuit flying  

    By ouek, March 13, 2013
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 17, 2013

99. Thinking about getting into skydiving  

    By dseiko, October 7, 2007
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    • AllisonH
    • October 8, 2007

100. Basics of Canopy Contorl  

     By jigneshsoni, January 25, 2007
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     • sparkie
     • January 25, 2007