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1. Water Training - North East Indiana  

   By brainstomp, November 8, 2012
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   • popsjumper
   • November 10, 2012

2. Water Training at Perris Sat  

   By unfeomateo, September 15, 2005
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   • unfeomateo
   • September 16, 2005

3. Water training at Perris, Sat 6/21  

   By Clownburner, June 16, 2003
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   • Michele
   • June 16, 2003

4. Water training in Arizona  

   By Castaway808, November 23, 2011
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   • matthewcline
   • November 23, 2011

5. Water Training in GA?  

   By Ducky, September 13, 2002
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   • Ducky
   • September 13, 2002

6. Water training in Ohio  

   By Thayer, January 13, 2011
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   • hchunter614
   • January 19, 2011

7. Water training in Texas  

   By BRYANGOESBOOM, June 27, 2005
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   • caldwellbuilder
   • June 29, 2005

8. water training near PA/VA/MD  

   By mereanarchy, March 4, 2014
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   • jumpilotmdm
   • March 22, 2014

9. Water Training Presentation  

   By dragonfyr, October 14, 2005
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   • pathfinder4ca
   • May 7, 2014

10. Wave Off and Pull  

    By JENNR8R, January 4, 2006
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    • twibbles
    • January 6, 2006

11. Wave off once? twice? and look Up? down? both?   1 2

    By bigbearfng, November 21, 2003
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    • popsjumper
    • November 24, 2008

12. Wave off vs 5 5 signal  

    By jlmiracle, July 10, 2001
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    • ClayFowler
    • July 19, 2001

13. Way of researching DZs?  

    By rocketdog, August 26, 2005
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    • PhreeZone
    • August 30, 2005

14. way off PLA  

    By spencer, April 3, 2003
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    • Clownburner
    • April 7, 2003

15. way out of currency  

    By larry, December 13, 2002
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    • Jessica
    • December 13, 2002

16. Ways to improve your Skydiving Experience.  

    By climber71, May 26, 2012
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    • hcsvader
    • May 28, 2012

17. Ways to shorten your glide on final?   1 2

    By antieverything, July 9, 2015
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    • SmithK
    • December 7, 2015

18. We say this sport is self policing....  

    By funjumper07, November 11, 2007
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    • Auryn
    • December 9, 2007

19. Wearing pants over your legstraps  

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

20. Wearing your helmet on take off.   1 2 3

    By trigger, March 17, 2007
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    • Unstable
    • March 25, 2007

21. Weather sucks  

    By jigneshsoni, June 20, 2005
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    • Rdy2skydive
    • June 21, 2005

22. weather webpage www.skyclear.ro  

    By skyclear.wx, January 19, 2013
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    • skyclear.wx
    • January 19, 2013

23. Weather webpage www.skyclear.ro  

    By skyclear.wx, December 26, 2012
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    • Scrumpot
    • December 28, 2012

24. Web-based separation charts  

    By franck102, November 22, 2002
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    • franck102
    • November 22, 2002

25. Weight belt inside/outside jumpsuit?   1 2

    By chanti, June 22, 2006
    • 40 replies
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    • Ron
    • June 30, 2006

26. Weight Loss and Downsizing   1 2

    By SkydiverShawn, August 20, 2013
    • 28 replies
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    • DrDom
    • October 18, 2013

27. weight restrictions for skydiving  

    By AceJoca, January 25, 2006
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    • sd-slider
    • January 27, 2006

28. Weight Training & Skydiving  

    By two40, December 19, 2006
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    • two40
    • December 24, 2006

29. Weird ass opening  

    By Ruffles, April 14, 2003
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    • Ruffles
    • April 20, 2003

30. Weird Flare Behavior  

    By Zennie, August 19, 2001
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    • Kris
    • August 23, 2001

31. Weird-ass malfunction  

    By Macaulay, October 2, 2002
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    • SkyMissy
    • October 4, 2002

32. Welcome Back Casch!!!  

    By Daizey, May 9, 2004
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    • Casch
    • May 9, 2004

33. Well, by the time I'm next able to start jumping regularly...  

    By schattenjaeger, January 24, 2005
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    • IanHarrop
    • January 24, 2005

34. Wesley Snipes tranins Freefall in Dropzone with???  

    By Jochen, April 28, 2003
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    • Jethers203
    • April 29, 2003

35. Wet canopy -- landing incident  

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

36. WFFC Safety Articles  

    By sangiro, August 7, 2004
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    • sangiro
    • August 7, 2004

37. WFFC safety info on WFFC Mesage Board  

    By peek, July 15, 2003
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    • Kris
    • July 16, 2003

38. What a Cutaway....  

    By CRASH1, July 17, 2013
    • 16 replies
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    • OG-Tahiti
    • August 10, 2013

39. What advice would you give a new AFF instructor?  

    By shortyj, September 14, 2018
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    • ufk22
    • September 18, 2018

40. what after AFF  

    By rendezvous, August 14, 2001
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    • rendezvous
    • August 14, 2001

41. What are the 6 p's?  

    By chris_uk, August 10, 2006
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    • chris_uk
    • August 10, 2006

42. What are the qualifications to operate the ground radio for students?   1 2

    By steveorino, April 25, 2016
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    • JohnMitchell
    • June 7, 2016

43. What are you thinking about Skydive Phoenix  

    By aleksandar, December 8, 2010
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    • huge
    • December 9, 2010

44. What are your first landings like?  

    By Aviatsionne, January 24, 2004
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    • kallend
    • February 1, 2004

45. What are your odds of dieing?   1 2

    By EricTheRed, August 5, 2005
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    • Trae
    • August 22, 2005

46. What aren't all new rigs made "freefly" friendly?   1 2

    By matttrudeau, June 3, 2003
    • 35 replies
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    • JeffGordon
    • June 10, 2003

47. What book would you recommend for a newcomer to this sport?   1 2

    By shah269, April 14, 2009
    • 38 replies
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    • P-dro
    • April 26, 2009

48. what can a coach sign versus what can an instructor sign   1 2

    By SivaGanesha, August 19, 2009
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    • ozzy13
    • August 27, 2009

49. What canopy should I buy?   1 2 3

    By -Joey-, June 19, 2013
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    • kemaljump
    • September 23, 2013

50. What caused this malfunction?  

    By mircan, July 16, 2014
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    • douwanto
    • July 18, 2014

51. what caused this malfunction?  

    By Kelly, October 22, 2001
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    • Kelly
    • October 22, 2001

52. What causes only one riser to release in a cutaway  

    By sheeks, September 29, 2019
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    • skytribe
    • October 17, 2019

53. What color canopy is best  

    By Babi, March 21, 2007
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    • Babi
    • March 22, 2007

54. What comes after your first hop n pop?   1 2

    By 7055, August 11, 2010
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    • stratostar
    • August 15, 2010

55. what could injured Elvis have done to save ldg?  

    By 377, October 5, 2006
    • 14 replies
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    • kkeenan
    • October 9, 2006

56. What did I do  

    By adventurechick, September 18, 2006
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    • bch7773
    • September 21, 2006

57. What do i do now???  

    By Parafoil27, February 7, 2009
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    • Parafoil27
    • March 10, 2009

58. what do i need to do to learn to spot?  

    By Newbie, March 22, 2004
    • 15 replies
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    • JohnMitchell
    • March 30, 2004

59. what do if pilot becomes unconscious?   1 2 3 4

    By 5.samadhi, May 7, 2012
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    • 5.samadhi
    • June 24, 2012

60. what do the flare height numbers mean?  

    By Jarcie, February 20, 2004
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    • Phlip
    • February 23, 2004

61. What do you do?  

    By YahooLV, April 10, 2002
    • 14 replies
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    • indyz
    • April 13, 2002

62. What do you do??   1 2

    By -ftp-, September 16, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • September 22, 2011

63. what do you need to do after aff for a license?  

    By jrmrangers, October 13, 2010
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    • cavscout73
    • November 18, 2010

64. What do you say when people use 45 degree rule or try to get others to use it?   1 2 3 4

    By strop45, August 17, 2009
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    • denete
    • August 28, 2009

65. What do you think about while tracking?   1 2

    By Mad47, January 12, 2003
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    • skycat
    • January 14, 2003

66. What do YOU think is a safe and acceptable minimum level of currency (jumps per year)?  

    By caspar, April 18, 2007
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    • pilotdave
    • April 19, 2007

67. What do YOU think USPA should do?   1 2 3

    By ccq, January 6, 2007
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    • mnskydiver688
    • February 6, 2007

68. What does 'Peel' stand for in (some) EP's ?  

    By rhopstr, January 23, 2011
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    • MikeJD
    • January 27, 2011

69. What does "Self Regulation" Mean to you when it comes to Skydiving  

    By dgskydive, January 4, 2009
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    • mdrejhon
    • January 8, 2009

70. What does your DZ do to keep students and novices from hitting each other  

    By Andrewwhyte, March 4, 2011
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    • billvon
    • March 18, 2011

71. What does your DZ offer at season start  

    By Squeak, April 16, 2004
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    • dragon2
    • April 20, 2004

72. What dropzones offer AFF for big students, 245 lbs?  

    By lewmonst, May 12, 2008
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    • PhreeZone
    • May 16, 2008

73. What equipment is "necessary"?   1 2 3

    By livendive, April 20, 2004
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    • Bowen
    • April 5, 2005

74. What forces act on slider?  

    By CoolBeans, August 27, 2020
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    • CoolBeans
    • September 8, 2020

75. What goes through your mind when you get injured?   1 2

    By jigneshsoni, June 11, 2007
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    • mouth
    • June 22, 2007

76. What happened @ Monroe  

    By migliore, July 29, 2004
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    • migliore
    • July 29, 2004

77. What happened at Chicago?  

    By dsiegel, August 4, 2001
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    • bbbilly14
    • September 4, 2001

78. What happened during this landing?   1 2

    By elfanie, February 9, 2004
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    • pccoder
    • February 19, 2004

79. What happens if...   1 2

    By skybytch, April 6, 2010
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    • skybytch
    • September 16, 2010

80. What happens when the season ends?   1 2

    By Cari, September 1, 2008
    • 32 replies
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    • mrbiceps
    • October 1, 2008

81. What has changed?  

    By Skybaby9, February 20, 2024
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    • fcajump
    • April 19, 2024

82. What Has Skylord Been Up To?  

    By skylord, October 6, 2005
    • 4 replies
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    • skylord
    • October 14, 2005

83. What I learned from my cut away  

    By freefalle, March 22, 2005
    • 12 replies
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    • thegman
    • March 27, 2005

84. What I learned from my two-out  

    By ljwobker, January 30, 2006
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    • kschilk
    • February 5, 2006

85. What I saw the wind do to people today   1 2

    By peek, April 3, 2010
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    • pms07
    • April 11, 2010

86. What if  

    By CanuckInUSA, April 13, 2005
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    • kelpdiver
    • April 13, 2005

87. What if it happened>?   1 2

    By D22369, September 3, 2003
    • 42 replies
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    • JonBonGraham
    • March 2, 2005

88. What if you cannot see your canopy? Loose harness restricts moving head   1 2

    By AtrusBatleth, September 23, 2015
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    • JohnMitchell
    • November 13, 2015

89. What if... premature reserve deployment, blown up cells... cut it off???  

    By DougH, August 22, 2006
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    • catfishhunter
    • August 24, 2006

90. what in your mind when you see this  

    By brainstorm, October 14, 2012
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    • brainstorm
    • October 15, 2012

91. what injurys have u had?...what did u learn?   1 2

    By joebud321, September 5, 2005
    • 47 replies
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    • bert_man
    • September 8, 2005

92. What is "Low" for a planned pull altitude (not you, but an "other" experienced jumper)   1 2

    By fcajump, November 6, 2017
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    • tbrown
    • February 28, 2018

93. what is a backloop?  

    By Jackpunx, September 16, 2005
    • 1 reply
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    • Jackpunx
    • September 16, 2005

94. What is a burr?  

    By flyinghonu, October 5, 2004
    • 11 replies
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    • teason
    • October 6, 2004

95. What is a horseshoe mal?  

    By Floats18, March 26, 2004
    • 16 replies
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    • Ron
    • March 31, 2004

96. What is A License  

    By jigneshsoni, June 12, 2005
    • 14 replies
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    • kelpdiver
    • June 14, 2005

97. what is best ? Helmet cutaway or...  

    By piisfish, June 4, 2014
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    • pchapman
    • June 4, 2014

98. What is canopy coaching?  

    By davelepka, January 9, 2006
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    • damion75
    • January 10, 2006

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

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

100. What is diffrent between Static Line, IAD, AFP, AFF ?  

     By jigneshsoni, January 21, 2007
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     • jarrodh
     • January 21, 2007