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1. Landing advice   1 2

   By Skystorm, November 1, 2002
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   • JustRelax
   • September 26, 2003

2. Landing and wind direction   1 2

   By Hummusx, October 7, 2003
   • 32 replies
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   • CanuckInUSA
   • October 8, 2003

3. Landing Area Collision Accident   1 2

   By slug, June 23, 2004
   • 42 replies
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   • ianmdrennan
   • June 24, 2004

4. LANDING ATTEMP  

   By reddevil1, December 18, 2005
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   • itllclear
   • December 21, 2005

5. Landing direction discretion question.   1 2

   By bikerxxuk, October 20, 2009
   • 31 replies
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   • skybill
   • January 9, 2010

6. Landing direction, revisited.   1 2 3

   By fasted3, April 24, 2013
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   • popsjumper
   • April 28, 2013

7. Landing evaluations pls  

   By Groundbound, March 5, 2005
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   • tdog
   • March 6, 2005

8. landing flares  

   By Layton, September 19, 2003
   • 1 reply
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   • quade
   • September 19, 2003

9. Landing in strong wind  

   By 77r, July 2, 2007
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   • 77r
   • July 4, 2007

10. Landing IN the aircraft  

    By nicrussell, October 29, 2003
    • 22 replies
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    • Patman
    • October 31, 2003

11. landing injuiries  

    By pojj, February 21, 2009
    • 9 replies
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    • kallend
    • February 22, 2009

12. Landing off  

    By DA50, December 31, 2006
    • 19 replies
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    • happythoughts
    • January 10, 2007

13. Landing off  

    By fasted3, June 10, 2013
    • 17 replies
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    • DcloudZ
    • June 10, 2013

14. Landing Off DZ   1 2

    By somethinelse, July 25, 2007
    • 42 replies
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    • somethinelse
    • July 29, 2007

15. Landing off, the hike back   1 2

    By dthames, December 16, 2012
    • 42 replies
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    • Krip
    • December 20, 2012

16. Landing off, way off...  

    By bluewaterstream, July 30, 2004
    • 19 replies
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    • bluewaterstream
    • August 2, 2004

17. Landing off?  

    By Griff69, August 14, 2005
    • 17 replies
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    • wmw999
    • August 16, 2005

18. landing on a building in downtown Cincy  

    By Rstanley0312, July 22, 2010
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    • Rstanley0312
    • July 27, 2010

19. Landing on Asphault...?   1 2

    By AndyMan, August 31, 2006
    • 26 replies
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    • DSE
    • September 1, 2006

20. landing out + wind direction..how to tell?   1 2

    By agent_lead, May 18, 2006
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    • Ron
    • May 23, 2006

21. Landing out... A Farmer McUpset story   1 2 3

    By BigMikeH77, May 28, 2013
    • 73 replies
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    • ChrisD
    • July 4, 2013

22. Landing Patterns  

    By MakeItHappen, August 28, 2005
    • 12 replies
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    • kallend
    • August 29, 2005

23. Landing patterns  

    By DroptheMan04, August 24, 2006
    • 7 replies
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    • popsjumper
    • August 30, 2006

24. Landing Patterns - altitude to begin each leg   1 2 3 4 5

    By vanessalh, November 21, 2012
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    • DocPop
    • April 6, 2013

25. Landing Patterns and Approaches  

    By sagan, October 3, 2005
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    • sagan
    • October 3, 2005

26. landing patterns and directions   1 2

    By lili, May 8, 2007
    • 43 replies
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    • itllclear
    • May 12, 2007

27. Landing patterns and swooping.  

    By Deuce, August 29, 2005
    • 22 replies
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • August 30, 2005

28. Landing patterns...  

    By Islandcool, April 27, 2003
    • 10 replies
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    • loughery
    • April 28, 2003

29. Landing problems?  

    By Chelseaflies, August 1, 2013
    • 7 replies
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    • popsjumper
    • August 2, 2013

30. Landing Technique  

    By JamesNahikian, July 9, 2003
    • 12 replies
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    • Genn
    • July 10, 2003

31. Landing tips?  

    By charlie5, October 10, 2011
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    • pirana
    • October 11, 2011

32. Landing updraft  

    By Euroman, September 13, 2010
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    • quade
    • September 13, 2010

33. Landing without a rig or a wingsuit  

    By Austintxflight, June 5, 2012
    • 9 replies
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    • JohnMitchell
    • June 9, 2012

34. Landings  

    By SSkydiver, June 2, 2003
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    • SSkydiver
    • June 2, 2003

35. Landings are getting softer  

    By loch1957, July 30, 2012
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    • loch1957
    • July 30, 2012

36. Landings? What are they like? how hard and fast?   1 2

    By ashworthy2k, July 5, 2010
    • 40 replies
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    • jrjny
    • July 15, 2010

37. Lapse time of Jumping...  

    By simplycomplex7, August 11, 2005
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    • peregrinerose
    • August 11, 2005

38. Lara Eisenberg talks about the 400 way  

    By billvon, November 10, 2021
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    • billvon
    • November 10, 2021

39. Large canopy in small container = total malf, What about the opposite?  

    By autoset, April 18, 2007
    • 12 replies
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    • teason
    • April 20, 2007

40. Large DZ's open all the time or just weekends?  

    By hackish, October 13, 2007
    • 4 replies
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    • hackish
    • October 14, 2007

41. Large oil cooler on C-182  

    By Skydive2, November 21, 2010
    • 1 reply
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    • skydived19006
    • November 23, 2010

42. Large Reserve Pros & Cons  

    By skydiverkeith, August 31, 2010
    • 13 replies
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    • dragon2
    • September 12, 2010

43. Large Skydivers   1 2 3

    By Slyder, May 10, 2004
    • 55 replies
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    • freakflyer9999
    • May 11, 2004

44. Large venue demos  

    By packerboy, November 26, 2004
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    • quade
    • November 27, 2004

45. Largest Hybrid   1 2

    By maxmadmax, November 29, 2010
    • 37 replies
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    • happythoughts
    • December 2, 2010

46. Largest tube exit?  

    By Freddiekz, August 27, 2012
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    • gearless_chris
    • August 28, 2012

47. largest vertical formation?  

    By jumper03, November 8, 2003
    • 4 replies
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    • ToeUp
    • November 10, 2003

48. Larry Pennington Recovery from Heart Attack  

    By tombuch, February 27, 2009
    • 2 replies
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    • VideoFly
    • February 28, 2009

49. LARSEN & BRUSGAARD  

    By sky-pimp, September 24, 2010
    • 9 replies
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    • skytribe
    • September 14, 2014

50. larsen and brusgaard customer service  

    By c10edges, March 21, 2013
    • 24 replies
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    • dqpacker
    • May 21, 2013

51. Larsen and Brusgaard ROCKS!  

    By rredman, August 19, 2009
    • 12 replies
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    • oozzee
    • September 18, 2009

52. Las Vegas  

    By droyer, June 15, 2010
    • 6 replies
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    • trig78
    • June 16, 2010

53. Las Vegas area schools  

    By ray702, August 15, 2012
    • 7 replies
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    • ray702
    • August 16, 2012

54. Las Vegas DZ's????????  

    By SSkydiver, March 7, 2004
    • 11 replies
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    • INSANEDADDY
    • March 11, 2004

55. Las Vegas feedback  

    By RMK, May 13, 2010
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    • BillyVance
    • May 15, 2010

56. LAS VEGAS!!!   1 2

    By nitrodan, April 29, 2003
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    • jtval
    • May 2, 2003

57. Laser ???  

    By cyber, March 11, 2004
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    • cyber
    • March 12, 2004

58. Lasik   1 2

    By thesaint, November 29, 2005
    • 29 replies
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    • Speer
    • December 5, 2005

59. Lasik and contacts  

    By Iceburner, April 11, 2010
    • 17 replies
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    • jim_32766
    • April 15, 2010

60. Lasik and getting back in the air  

    By GraficO, January 5, 2005
    • 23 replies
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    • skysprite
    • January 13, 2005

61. LASIK and sky diving?   1 2 3 4

    By brycew, August 4, 2005
    • 82 replies
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    • tustinr
    • August 10, 2005

62. Lasik Eye Surgery / recovery time to jump?  

    By woppyvac, May 30, 2014
    • 12 replies
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    • videobil
    • June 3, 2014

63. Lasik or PRK?   1 2 3

    By FlyGirlla, February 17, 2014
    • 50 replies
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    • FlyGirlla
    • April 18, 2014

64. Last 727 in passenger service  

    By baronn, January 15, 2019
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    • flyhi
    • January 15, 2019

65. Last of the Dambusters  

    By Rover, April 21, 2008
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    • Rover
    • April 26, 2008

66. Last stage AFF the hop and pop   1 2

    By grumpylittleman, March 27, 2014
    • 28 replies
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    • cbennettjr
    • April 8, 2014

67. last sunday, FIRST beach jump of the year  

    By bodypilot90, January 10, 2003
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    • bodypilot90
    • January 10, 2003

68. Last weekend (or, how Kate, Dominic and I got deeper in debt)  

    By billvon, July 8, 2003
    • 17 replies
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    • VectorBoy
    • July 9, 2003

69. Latch problems with g3  

    By Elpnor, August 3, 2018
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    • Westerly
    • August 5, 2018

70. Late night beer induced wingsuit thought!  

    By WooHoo, March 16, 2007
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    • grayhghost
    • April 11, 2007

71. Latest go around with TSA and carrying your rig on  

    By JJohnson, April 21, 2003
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    • freakyrat
    • April 22, 2003

72. Latest Issue of "Skydiving" mag  

    By dmetz, February 28, 2006
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    • TFFTM
    • February 28, 2006

73. Laughlin boogie question  

    By dunesurfer, November 6, 2002
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    • jtval
    • November 7, 2002

74. Launching a Hybrid  

    By flyhi, June 14, 2006
    • 13 replies
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    • gemini
    • June 15, 2006

75. Laundry list of screw-ups (long)   1 2

    By masterblaster72, August 9, 2005
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    • mdrejhon
    • August 14, 2005

76. laura m green?  

    By Anvilbrother, April 1, 2008
    • 1 reply
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    • PhreeZone
    • April 1, 2008

77. Law Question: Skydive with 17 in the US?  

    By immi, March 23, 2008
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    • immi
    • March 24, 2008

78. Law Suit  

    By mjosparky, May 8, 2011
    • 1 reply
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    • ZigZagMarquis
    • May 8, 2011

79. laws about off-dropzone jumps?  

    By shawnstarr, December 22, 2003
    • 10 replies
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    • EDYDO
    • December 23, 2003

80. Laws about skydiving away from dropzones.   1 2

    By jamester28, May 19, 2010
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    • lekstrom10k
    • May 25, 2010

81. Lawsuit? What Lawsuit??  

    By ZigZagMarquis, July 17, 2006
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    • marks
    • July 17, 2006

82. Lawsuits involving skydiving injuries/fatalities  

    By freefall138, October 3, 2005
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    • mr2mk1g
    • October 17, 2005

83. Lawyers using Dropzone.com   1 2

    By mik, June 3, 2009
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    • jlmiracle
    • April 29, 2015

84. lax to perris and back to lax  

    By freedom1, October 28, 2014
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    • potatoman
    • October 29, 2014

85. Layoff & canopy size question  

    By Steeler, January 6, 2006
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    • Steeler
    • January 7, 2006

86. Le Grand Saut 2006  

    By Skyliber, July 24, 2006
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    • piisfish
    • July 26, 2006

87. Leading cause of death in skydiving   1 2

    By decompresion, February 3, 2012
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    • Krip
    • February 7, 2012

88. LEAP Day  

    By kleggo, March 1, 2012
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    • iowa
    • March 1, 2012

89. Leap Day 2016  

    By kleggo, March 1, 2016
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    • kleggo
    • March 1, 2016

90. LeapFest (military) -- Press Clips  

    By quade, August 18, 2003
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    • quade
    • August 18, 2003

91. Learing to pack on AFF   1 2

    By ibx, April 3, 2004
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    • nael
    • April 12, 2004

92. Learn from my mistake  

    By sraja, June 19, 2007
    • 4 replies
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    • sraja
    • June 22, 2007

93. Learn to belly fly in tunnel?  

    By RB_Hammer, November 30, 2006
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    • RB_Hammer
    • November 30, 2006

94. learned to pack a canopy yesterday  

    By Ketia0, July 31, 2009
    • 16 replies
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    • nate25
    • August 1, 2009

95. Learning  

    By paulmm3, March 6, 2006
    • 8 replies
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    • paulmm3
    • March 7, 2006

96. Learning curve  

    By NeonLights, November 9, 2012
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    • airtwardo
    • November 12, 2012

97. Learning experience..  

    By Koric101, September 29, 2013
    • 11 replies
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    • jurgencamps
    • October 2, 2013

98. Learning from others  

    By Feeblemind, March 19, 2005
    • 12 replies
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    • bodypilot1
    • March 20, 2005

99. Learning how to freefly  

    By kungen, May 21, 2007
    • 23 replies
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    • sparkie
    • May 24, 2007

100. Learning humility  

     By debonair, December 30, 2002
     • 7 replies
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     • debonair
     • December 31, 2002