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6,253 topics in this forum

1. Rough landings  

   By trumpetfish, October 7, 2003
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   • davelepka
   • October 7, 2003

2. Been a long time...  

   By jordanos, May 4, 2007
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   • littleskycrab
   • May 4, 2007

3. Q for AFF instructors  

   By RSG, February 28, 2003
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   • Hooknswoop
   • February 28, 2003

4. Your not as good as you think....  

   By upndownshop, March 24, 2008
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   • upndownshop
   • March 24, 2008

5. California weather - Speak to Ed!  

   By RandomLemming, April 14, 2006
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   • BannanaGirl
   • April 21, 2006

6. Tandem Progression Jump #2  

   By sanes7, February 11, 2005
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   • op5e
   • February 12, 2005

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

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

8. How do I get my A liscence?  

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

9. Landing requirements for license  

   By ElJosh, March 23, 2008
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   • ElJosh
   • March 24, 2008

10. Hello-  

    By voovoo, April 25, 2004
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    • Frenchy68
    • April 26, 2004

11. Controlability/Crash Landing  

    By dropdeded, June 23, 2003
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    • davelepka
    • June 23, 2003

12. Any canopy control courses being held in Toronto or Montreal?  

    By Keithor, September 10, 2013
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    • Keithor
    • September 10, 2013

13. Watched a spinning mal this weekend. . .  

    By skyyhi, April 26, 2004
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    • skyyhi
    • April 26, 2004

14. Seminar - oxygen usage in sport skydiving  

    By billvon, February 14, 2007
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    • Orange1
    • February 14, 2007

15. Newbie Training, Regulations, etc.  

    By Bill_K, October 16, 2005
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    • Bill_K
    • October 16, 2005

16. Thermal Draft  

    By Strynx, October 23, 2001
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    • weid14
    • October 28, 2001

17. Tandem ratings and flight physicals??  

    By pullhigh, June 20, 2003
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    • MikeTJumps
    • June 21, 2003

18. Scary almost mal  

    By jsaxton, October 10, 2005
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    • bwilling
    • October 12, 2005

19. Is Skydive AZ a good deal?  

    By phatcat, October 12, 2001
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    • Bricki
    • October 18, 2001

20. I am wrong as a paraglider ?  

    By mfrog, September 26, 2003
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    • riggerrob
    • September 26, 2003

21. Not Another downsize Question?  

    By tasmanianjumper, October 25, 2010
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    • voilsb
    • October 26, 2010

22. Dave Dewolfe Course  

    By KillerKimmy, September 5, 2006
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    • freakflyer9999
    • September 6, 2006

23. IAD - Risks with Aircraft  

    By Katie01, June 16, 2003
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    • billvon
    • June 16, 2003

24. winter water training?  

    By boilthemonkey, November 22, 2009
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • November 23, 2009

25. hook  

    By skyhawk, October 4, 2001
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    • des
    • October 6, 2001

26. Always Learning by Challenging Yourself  

    By mjrod, January 24, 2005
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    • bodypilot1
    • January 28, 2005

27. gimme a license to fly  

    By JENi4MYERS, April 15, 2004
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    • dbattman
    • April 16, 2004

28. Check Your Rig Fit!  

    By Zennie, April 7, 2002
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    • Zennie
    • April 11, 2002

29. Question for AFF Instructors.  

    By wesclimb, May 25, 2005
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    • billvon
    • May 25, 2005

30. Season starting, some canopy flight things to consider  

    By jdfreefly, April 13, 2004
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    • Unstable
    • April 15, 2004

31. line break and fly away  

    By phoenixlpr, September 19, 2003
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    • phoenixlpr
    • September 19, 2003

32. Cross Training  

    By Zennie, September 23, 2001
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    • RemiAndKaren
    • September 24, 2001

33. Damn statistics  

    By wmw999, September 19, 2003
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    • kallend
    • September 19, 2003

34. Currency  

    By jjiimmyyt, April 14, 2004
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    • GravityGirl
    • April 15, 2004

35. "Another Test Case For CyPReS"  

    By jceman, February 4, 2003
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    • zippo
    • February 6, 2003

36. emergency landings  

    By donkeyboy, September 7, 2002
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    • drenaline
    • September 8, 2002

37. Hard Openings and Fatalities  

    By deadwood, August 13, 2004
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    • cvfd1399
    • August 13, 2004

38. new skydiver  

    By jumpforfun, July 3, 2012
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    • billvon
    • July 3, 2012

39. Wing Loading  

    By skydive4play, September 12, 2001
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    • freeflyfree
    • September 13, 2001

40. Parachute Man. #1 to learn about parachute systems as a student?  

    By Dustino, August 25, 2006
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    • Dustino
    • August 25, 2006

41. In search of old FAA 8700.1  

    By fcajump, February 6, 2008
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    • lauraliscious
    • February 7, 2008

42. non-fatal incident statistics  

    By veter_, January 17, 2005
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    • veter_
    • January 19, 2005

43. Flat Tracking techniques  

    By Zoter, January 10, 2004
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    • Zoter
    • January 10, 2004

44. freefly - start  

    By flyhy, April 7, 2002
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    • Spy38W
    • April 8, 2002

45. freefly schools  

    By jayhfx, September 6, 2001
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    • Aviatrr
    • September 7, 2001

46. Cutaway  

    By Stevehend15, August 18, 2006
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    • Stevehend15
    • August 18, 2006

47. What seemed like a hard opening...leg straps  

    By mitsuman, October 29, 2008
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    • VTmotoMike08
    • November 2, 2008

48. rubber raft jump x cypres  

    By karel, April 5, 2002
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    • JJohnson
    • April 6, 2002

49. NTSB statistics compare to Jump Operations 2001  

    By diverdriver, April 4, 2002
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    • diverdriver
    • April 5, 2002

50. Nervous about arch, AFF cat C jump 3  

    By peterjd, October 29, 2008
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    • mrbiceps
    • October 31, 2008

51. did level 3 and 4 this weekend  

    By Jackpunx, September 26, 2005
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    • Jackpunx
    • September 27, 2005

52. Skydiving Course in South America  

    By Tomer0707, May 17, 2005
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    • FrenchyDiver
    • May 18, 2005

53. Switch DZ during AFF  

    By brnnncrzy77, July 21, 2011
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    • ghostlybadge
    • July 21, 2011

54. Special Ops Training Demo Jump Mishap  

    By flyhi, August 31, 2001
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    • freeflir29
    • August 31, 2001

55. Hello Winter, Good Bye MCL..  

    By Para5-0, September 28, 2009
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    • Para5-0
    • September 29, 2009

56. First reserve ride  

    By phil6086, June 3, 2003
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    • dragon2
    • June 4, 2003

57. My major run of mistakes - I'd like to share...  

    By Ragnarok, September 20, 2005
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    • hexadecimal
    • September 20, 2005

58. Don't take your eye off the ball  

    By Squeak, January 14, 2003
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    • Squeak
    • January 22, 2003

59. Tandem Chop  

    By sdctlc, June 2, 2003
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    • jdfreefly
    • June 3, 2003

60. Hula hoop  

    By pkasdorf, September 19, 2005
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    • pkasdorf
    • September 19, 2005

61. Interesting Parallels to Aviation?  

    By Scrumpot, December 29, 2003
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    • freeflyguy
    • January 2, 2004

62. further training  

    By zedskebabshop, March 20, 2002
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    • billvon
    • March 20, 2002

63. Need DZ advice for training?!?!?!?  

    By glyrenden, September 16, 2005
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    • gemini
    • September 17, 2005

64. When to start IAF training?  

    By lootcorp, July 29, 2004
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    • riggerrob
    • July 29, 2004

65. need info from instructional ratings manual  

    By pds, September 8, 2003
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    • pds
    • September 8, 2003

66. SCARY! (my PC loose in the plane)!  

    By AggieDave, August 26, 2002
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    • fasterfaller
    • August 26, 2002

67. Safety Day offer  

    By kallend, February 17, 2006
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    • TFFTM
    • February 24, 2006

68. Low Turn Fatality  

    By Zennie, March 10, 2002
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    • Hooknswoop
    • March 11, 2002

69. AFF Cert Course  

    By sneaky, September 4, 2003
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    • FoxHound
    • September 4, 2003

70. Dropzone Safety Procedures  

    By colossus, January 11, 2003
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    • howardwhite
    • January 12, 2003

71. Skydive University's Video  

    By rendezvous, August 13, 2001
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    • rendezvous
    • August 15, 2001

72. Swooping limitations (was: IL fatality)  

    By Scrumpot, August 3, 2006
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    • homer
    • August 4, 2006

73. quick quiz...  

    By GroundZero, March 6, 2002
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    • GroundZero
    • March 7, 2002

74. Straight-in landings at high wing loading  

    By Geoff, August 13, 2001
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    • billvon
    • August 13, 2001

75. Low-timer&Out of Curriency...What to Jump?  

    By somethinelse, September 7, 2005
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    • AndyMan
    • September 8, 2005

76. Bad Landings  

    By TimHolt, July 21, 2017
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    • TimHolt
    • July 21, 2017

77. Murphy Shows His Ugly Face  

    By slotperfect, August 12, 2002
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    • Sebazz1
    • August 13, 2002

78. CYPRES Save in the News  

    By Guest, May 21, 2013
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    • Festus
    • May 23, 2013

79. NTSB going to make recommendations to FAA  

    By buzzer, September 16, 2008
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    • slotperfect
    • September 16, 2008

80. Wing Loading  

    By Rich2002, February 25, 2007
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    • slotperfect
    • February 25, 2007

81. October 1st and the changing AFF requirements  

    By Rmillerick, September 3, 2003
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    • dterrick
    • September 3, 2003

82. New Canopy, Breakin Period ?  

    By b1jercat, May 20, 2003
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    • billvon
    • May 20, 2003

83. tunnel camp  

    By EMonty, January 6, 2003
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    • weid14
    • January 7, 2003

84. Jumpmasters, instructors, riggers...  

    By MarcusV, March 1, 2002
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    • MarcusV
    • March 1, 2002

85. Instructor Courses - UK  

    By efex, April 21, 2005
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    • freekflyguy
    • April 27, 2005

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

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

87. Eyes and jumping  

    By helicam, August 10, 2002
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    • drenaline
    • August 12, 2002

88. Exit Separation - Real World Thoughts  

    By mattb, February 28, 2002
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    • billvon
    • February 28, 2002

89. SDC water training  

    By waterboy3412, August 6, 2009
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    • fluffyduckie
    • August 11, 2009

90. Tracking vs. Fly Forward  

    By mattyblast, February 10, 2006
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    • AMax
    • February 11, 2006

91. Torn Canopy  

    By jhus, July 30, 2001
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    • riggerrob
    • August 1, 2001

92. First responder kit  

    By Bones, August 10, 2009
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    • councilman24
    • August 10, 2009

93. E-Fli  

    By StevieBoy, January 28, 2007
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    • riggerrob
    • February 23, 2007

94. Who writes reports to the USPA in case of incidents?  

    By pchapman, September 9, 2019
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    • skypilotA1
    • September 11, 2019

95. Old topic...due pin cks  

    By tbmoore, June 1, 2014
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    • bodypilot90
    • June 2, 2014

96. Six to Eight seconds might not be enough  

    By skHIjunky, February 28, 2002
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    • skHIjunky
    • February 28, 2002

97. Being redundant: 2 out situation  

    By Frenchy68, July 18, 2004
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    • FrogNog
    • July 19, 2004

98. AFF  

    By brunsky56, July 30, 2010
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    • Gary73
    • August 2, 2010

99. What to expect at an AFF pre-course?  

    By jsaxton, December 16, 2003
    • 2 replies
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    • Kris
    • December 17, 2003

100. Very little separation on opening  

     By rainman, July 26, 2001
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     • rainman
     • July 27, 2001