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Dealing with off-landings in a city / urban environment 1 2 3

By pchapman, December 1, 2010
- 57 replies
- 6,140 views
- matthewcline
- December 8, 2010
Bigger canopy is safer? 1 2 3

By elfanie, January 26, 2004
- 57 replies
- 6,432 views
- D22369
- January 30, 2004
ANYONE-- do you ever wish an instructor would step up and say something? 1 2 3

By kelel01, April 12, 2004
- 57 replies
- 5,989 views
- billvon
- April 26, 2004
Demo vs "off DZ jump" (was: Fatal/S Ga) 1 2 3

By chuckakers, June 26, 2012
- 57 replies
- 6,868 views
- tonyhathaway
- July 4, 2012
Do bad spots really exist? 1 2 3

By Paulipod, November 19, 2002
- 57 replies
- 10,730 views
- erdnarob
- October 5, 2009
skydiving for loners? 1 2 3

By ManagingPrime, September 7, 2010
- 57 replies
- 7,800 views
- kuai43
- September 16, 2010
Using hook knives 1 2 3

By Orange1, July 13, 2005
- 56 replies
- 6,277 views
- airtwardo
- March 5, 2006
New technique for a pilotchute in tow??? 1 2 3

By dgw, November 27, 2007
- 56 replies
- 10,963 views
- igoswoop
- December 18, 2007
Sketchy final 1 2 3

By Teigen, March 24, 2010
- 56 replies
- 8,386 views
- pinkfairy
- July 29, 2010
Smoking in the packing area? 1 2 3

By hackish, July 24, 2007
- 56 replies
- 8,174 views
- DeNReN
- October 24, 2007
Radios on AFF students: WAS - Bad Tandem 1 2 3

By davelepka, October 31, 2012
- 56 replies
- 14,013 views
- popsjumper
- January 11, 2013
"white out" 1 2 3

By kewlf, July 13, 2008
- 56 replies
- 6,503 views
- popsjumper
- July 17, 2008
Bad exit, big FAIL for AFF3 1 2 3

By nerd137, October 31, 2004
- 56 replies
- 6,489 views
- GaryRay
- September 5, 2007
Reserve Pop in Aircraft 1 2 3

By bigdad510, September 17, 2006
- 56 replies
- 6,302 views
- MrFreefall383
- October 3, 2006
Bill Dause Recieves "Chesley H. Judy Safety award!!!" 1 2 3

By DON321, April 3, 2010
- 56 replies
- 10,620 views
- stayhigh
- December 14, 2010
do you wear earplugs when you jump? 1 2 3

By heidihagen, May 21, 2005
- 56 replies
- 10,481 views
- Frogusn
- June 18, 2005
spiraling over the landing area 1 2 3

By happythoughts, January 13, 2005
- 56 replies
- 4,536 views
- stratostar
- February 6, 2005
Statement concerning summer Vigil AAD usage 1 2 3

By billvon, September 1, 2006
- 56 replies
- 7,292 views
- Fast
- September 11, 2006
1st malfunction--probably due to hard inserts in pillows 1 2 3

By robconway, January 30, 2008
- 56 replies
- 9,384 views
- mjosparky
- February 24, 2008
180 turn to swoop bad? 1 2 3

By TitaniumLegs, July 1, 2011
- 56 replies
- 11,205 views
- rehmwa
- August 8, 2011
Hard Reserve Pull 1 2 3

By gainer, October 12, 2008
- 56 replies
- 4,426 views
- hackish
- November 8, 2008
Calculating the "spot" 1 2 3

By rifleman, June 10, 2012
- 56 replies
- 11,700 views
- popsjumper
- June 24, 2012
Skydivings deadly idea.. COOL VIDEO. 1 2 3

By rhino, April 26, 2005
- 56 replies
- 7,747 views
- rhino
- May 17, 2005
April's Safety Check 1 2 3

By ChasingBlueSky, April 2, 2004
- 55 replies
- 4,029 views
- Designer
- April 5, 2004
Canopy Manufacturers' Role in Rapid Downsizing 1 2 3

By NWFlyer, June 3, 2013
- 55 replies
- 11,975 views
- mik
- June 11, 2013
Do experienced skydivers jump without AAD? 1 2 3

By Hagen, October 24, 2007
- 55 replies
- 6,358 views
- Hagen
- November 5, 2007
Safety notes from the WFFC 1 2 3

By billvon, August 10, 2005
- 55 replies
- 5,264 views
- Elisha
- August 29, 2005
Who's raised their CYPRES 2 firing altitude? 1 2 3

By kallend, April 7, 2014
- 55 replies
- 11,745 views
- Skydivesg
- April 17, 2014
Flying a Biplane or side by side 1 2 3

By dthames, February 5, 2012
- 55 replies
- 7,861 views
- peek
- February 10, 2012
Coach Jumps?? 1 2 3

By Ducky, January 25, 2002
- 55 replies
- 7,061 views
- Aviatrr
- February 2, 2002
One Riser Release on Cutaway Video 1 2 3

By c10edges, May 11, 2010
- 55 replies
- 9,396 views
- jtnesbitt
- May 18, 2010
Bad tandem lurk 1 2 3

By RossDagley, August 2, 2007
- 55 replies
- 7,411 views
- cmnt
- August 30, 2007
Exiting from clouds 1 2 3

By RustyOats, April 18, 2010
- 55 replies
- 6,398 views
- Rstanley0312
- April 29, 2010
Dangers of an Expired Cypress 1 2 3

By clustermagnet, April 17, 2009
- 55 replies
- 13,353 views
- wdriessens
- April 28, 2009
How many jumps before first mal? 1 2 3

By airdvr, April 24, 2004
- 55 replies
- 5,791 views
- lfhower
- June 8, 2004
STUDENT TRAINING USING Two ACTION WITH RSL on the cutaway And AAD on reserve 1 2 3

By stevepearce, June 6, 2007
- 55 replies
- 5,714 views
- AFFI
- July 26, 2007
Jump Run Direction 1 2 3

By ZoneRat, February 19, 2004
- 55 replies
- 9,638 views
- kallend
- February 23, 2004
BSR proposal take 5 (or, the details of mine) 1 2 3

By billvon, March 2, 2005
- 55 replies
- 4,717 views
- kallend
- March 6, 2005
Soft reserve ripcord banned in Finland !! 1 2 3

By BMFin, June 12, 2003
- 55 replies
- 6,622 views
- riggerrob
- July 15, 2003
Cut away w/ Pilot Chute in Tow? 1 2 3

By jacketsdb23, August 30, 2006
- 55 replies
- 4,199 views
- fcajump
- September 30, 2006
What canopy should I buy? 1 2 3

By -Joey-, June 19, 2013
- 55 replies
- 15,670 views
- kemaljump
- September 23, 2013
Student CYPRES limitations 1 2 3

By abyzet, November 22, 2010
- 55 replies
- 5,395 views
- DocPop
- November 24, 2010
What's the proper exit order? 1 2 3

By JohnRich, February 14, 2012
- 55 replies
- 12,134 views
- popsjumper
- June 19, 2013
Unstable Exits 1 2 3

By Namowal, June 3, 2012
- 54 replies
- 15,120 views
- JohnMitchell
- June 6, 2012
My first chop 1 2 3

By Neoslim22, September 20, 2010
- 54 replies
- 7,183 views
- ridestrong
- June 14, 2011
Two canapies out in a downplane 1 2 3

By mikeLooney, June 6, 2011
- 54 replies
- 6,004 views
- chuckakers
- June 12, 2011
RSL 1 2 3

By firstime, March 17, 2004
- 54 replies
- 5,649 views
- firstime
- March 25, 2004
Can you get on a jump plane and jump without a rig? 1 2 3

By highfly, October 25, 2002
- 54 replies
- 14,427 views
- Squeak
- February 20, 2012
MARD discussion... 1 2 3

By fcajump, April 4, 2012
- 54 replies
- 15,194 views
- ChrisD
- January 14, 2013
The 'Oh no its cool, I'm a really good skydiver' attiude 1 2 3

By Floats18, November 10, 2006
- 54 replies
- 7,400 views
- yardhippie
- January 2, 2007
Are you willing to land with the jump plane in the name of pilot training? 1 2 3

By skybum02, May 21, 2007
- 54 replies
- 4,792 views
- tbrown
- May 27, 2007
Landing Direction 1 2 3

By JohnRich, April 25, 2004
- 54 replies
- 6,094 views
- JohnRich
- May 4, 2004
Barrel rolls on big ways: Was - Fatality - Z-Hills, FL 1 2 3

By aresye, December 29, 2008
- 54 replies
- 8,388 views
- jtnesbitt
- January 14, 2009
Stowing your slider 1 2 3

By billvon, May 1, 2003
- 54 replies
- 10,885 views
- Falko
- January 26, 2004
Is swooping pushing the envelope? 1 2 3

By bigbearfng, December 31, 2011
- 54 replies
- 9,716 views
- PiLFy
- July 30, 2012
Maximum Wind Gust 1 2 3

By Megatron, February 26, 2009
- 54 replies
- 60,737 views
- PixieUK
- December 23, 2014
hard deck 1 2 3

By tred, November 26, 2014
- 54 replies
- 17,050 views
- skyjumpenfool
- December 21, 2014
To Get a uspa A Licence 1 2 3

By spencer, November 14, 2008
- 54 replies
- 3,772 views
- pilotdave
- November 19, 2008
Winds 1 2 3

By canopycudler, January 12, 2004
- 54 replies
- 4,898 views
- billvon
- January 14, 2004
AFF/AFP Training and repeating levels 1 2 3

By jigneshsoni, July 13, 2005
- 53 replies
- 6,237 views
- psipike02
- September 18, 2005
Near Aircraft Emergency 1 2 3

By VTflyer, February 27, 2007
- 53 replies
- 6,405 views
- ZigZagMarquis
- March 15, 2007
Have you had a cypres fire? 1 2 3

By AndyMan, October 19, 2004
- 53 replies
- 5,444 views
- skydived19006
- December 30, 2004
going low 1 2 3

By stefd, December 26, 2005
- 53 replies
- 6,897 views
- bigdad510
- February 26, 2007
Pulling cut-away cables fully out of the housings 1 2 3

By denete, October 25, 2007
- 53 replies
- 3,676 views
- popsjumper
- November 1, 2007
Otter Tail-Passenger? 1 2 3

By JohnRich, April 18, 2005
- 53 replies
- 5,093 views
- chrisgr
- April 21, 2005
Sky Hook RSL - the discussion 1 2 3

By mountainman, March 11, 2003
- 53 replies
- 8,555 views
- riggerrob
- October 13, 2007
Some thoughts after the Holiday Boogie 1 2 3

By johnny1488, January 5, 2006
- 53 replies
- 5,598 views
- canedraw4
- January 21, 2006
Advice on cutaways 1 2 3

By JohnMitchell, December 19, 2016
- 53 replies
- 11,424 views
- kkeenan
- January 26, 2017
Follow "first down" or landing direction indicator? 1 2 3

By fcajump, March 20, 2018
- 53 replies
- 11,094 views
- GoGoGadget
- April 6, 2018
Oxygen saturation on normal skydives 1 2 3

By billvon, March 8, 2005
- 53 replies
- 11,700 views
- dorbie
- April 2, 2005
New guy here... How dangerous is this stuff? 1 2 3

By TrickyMike, October 24, 2012
- 53 replies
- 8,226 views
- TrickyMike
- November 5, 2012
USPA Safety Day advertisement POLL 1 2 3

By riggerpaul, January 30, 2010
- 53 replies
- 5,956 views
- MakeItHappen
- February 4, 2010
Shouldn't we Know more about our Gear? 1 2 3

By fpritchett64, April 17, 2008
- 53 replies
- 4,359 views
- chuckakers
- April 21, 2008
Question regarding downsizing 1 2 3

By Michele, September 23, 2002
- 53 replies
- 4,101 views
- bobsoutar
- October 2, 2002
Gear Checks 1 2 3

By cloud9, April 18, 2002
- 53 replies
- 5,621 views
- Ducky
- May 2, 2002
Otter door open on takeoff 1 2 3

By likearock, August 20, 2006
- 53 replies
- 8,275 views
- JohanW
- September 14, 2006
New Guy, Landings 1 2 3

By Parafoil27, February 19, 2008
- 53 replies
- 4,572 views
- JohnDeere
- March 14, 2008
Do you worry about how you'd react to a malfunction? 1 2 3

By Evelyn, July 25, 2004
- 53 replies
- 5,731 views
- BIGUN
- August 23, 2004
Hey...it might happen? 1 2 3

By Zoter, February 10, 2004
- 53 replies
- 6,012 views
- Kris
- October 9, 2005
repacks..should be... 1 2 3

By bigway, July 16, 2004
- 53 replies
- 5,775 views
- syntax
- August 22, 2004
Re: [Blahr] CYPRES Save! 1 2 3

By Ron, September 9, 2003
- 53 replies
- 6,057 views
- Ron
- September 12, 2003
Cypres saves another skydiver 1 2 3

By samp76, January 9, 2003
- 52 replies
- 9,012 views
- faulknerwn
- January 20, 2003
Dealing with the "Crossbrace at 300 jumps" crowd. 1 2 3

By DocPop, May 23, 2013
- 52 replies
- 7,497 views
- Ron
- May 31, 2013
coach rating jump requirements 1 2 3

By 2shay, March 3, 2007
- 52 replies
- 12,349 views
- DSE
- March 7, 2007
Re: [nicknitro71] Fatality - IL - 26 July 2006 1 2 3

By anita, August 2, 2006
- 52 replies
- 4,696 views
- billvon
- August 5, 2006
Often-used safety procedures: the PLF 1 2 3

By wmw999, September 1, 2003
- 52 replies
- 9,654 views
- wmw999
- February 24, 2020
Wind gust limitation 1 2 3

By Conquest150, March 20, 2007
- 52 replies
- 10,748 views
- skydivermom
- October 22, 2007
Safe to jump like this or not? (picture attached) 1 2 3

By peek, April 4, 2005
- 52 replies
- 5,240 views
- peek
- April 11, 2005
Unintentionally Offended 1 2 3

By jayrech, June 2, 2010
- 52 replies
- 6,217 views
- flipper
- June 4, 2010
What is the most common cause for malfunctions? 1 2 3

By jasonRose, July 21, 2005
- 52 replies
- 11,374 views
- DSE
- June 3, 2009
Some things that will make you a better skydiver 1 2 3

By Ron, December 23, 2003
- 52 replies
- 6,959 views
- skreamer
- August 9, 2005
Getting stable after cut away - Altitude? 1 2 3

By hcsvader, March 2, 2011
- 52 replies
- 6,141 views
- sundevil777
- March 11, 2011
to cypres or not. 1 2 3

By shawnstarr, April 10, 2003
- 52 replies
- 5,799 views
- skreamer
- April 13, 2003
Diploma in Commercial Skydiving, NZ, skydivingnz 1 2 3

By Bennef, October 9, 2009
- 52 replies
- 16,724 views
- Ron
- February 21, 2011
pull altitude atitudes 1 2 3

By petetheladd, July 15, 2003
- 52 replies
- 5,611 views
- kallend
- July 18, 2003
USPA BOD Age Waivers 1 2 3

By skydived19006, January 29, 2010
- 52 replies
- 7,938 views
- mjosparky
- March 6, 2010
Clouds make spotting impossible 1 2 3

By DeepC, April 28, 2008
- 52 replies
- 5,614 views
- DeepC
- May 7, 2008
Wait for CYPRES in emergency? 1 2 3

By dj_smokie, November 27, 2008
- 52 replies
- 6,210 views
- Tuna-Salad
- December 21, 2008
Isn't it time for a serious talk about exit timing?? 1 2 3

By DBCOOPER, January 4, 2004
- 52 replies
- 3,822 views
- saramorgan
- January 19, 2004
Seat-belt hang-up? 1 2 3

By riggerrob, September 30, 2014
- 52 replies
- 17,330 views
- JohnMitchell
- November 5, 2014

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