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1. Would you quit USPA if there was an alternative to liability insurance?   1 2

   By chuckbrown, February 27, 2007
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   • airtwardo
   • March 2, 2007

2. Leaving the USPA   1 2 3

   By wildblue, November 18, 2002
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   • Antithesis
   • December 3, 2002

3. How often do you do three-ring maintenance?  

   By LuvToFly, May 18, 2005
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   • Dumpster
   • May 20, 2005

4. Flag Demos  

   By mdowling, February 3, 2003
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   • airtwardo
   • February 4, 2003

5. Jumping from small jets? Jets and wingsuits?? What happened?  

   By ConfusedVorlon, July 21, 2014
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   • riggerrob
   • July 23, 2014

6. How the heck do you meet new skydivers? People to jump with?   1 2

   By Chelseaflies, October 3, 2013
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   • Chelseaflies
   • October 9, 2013

7. Actual hook Knife use stories.   1 2 3

   By Ron, January 18, 2005
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   • SWATcop
   • April 17, 2007

8. Bandit Jumps and finding a pilot   1 2

   By masterblaster72, May 16, 2007
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   • quade
   • May 18, 2007

9. Jump Ship Feasibility Question   1 2

   By micro, December 31, 2005
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   • chuckakers
   • June 25, 2011

10. How should we deal with pattern collisions?   1 2 3

    By billvon, May 30, 2007
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    • dob
    • July 18, 2007

11. Gassiness, burping in plane near 14,000'  

    By spezticle, October 20, 2016
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    • FlyLikeARaven
    • October 28, 2016

12. Australian searching for USA skydive medical insurance  

    By jezlevett, May 26, 2014
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    • GLIDEANGLE
    • June 26, 2014

13. PISA   1 2

    By bergh, February 10, 2003
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    • flyingferret
    • February 14, 2003

14. Drug testing for DZ Instructors/TMs/Pilots   1 2 3

    By diverdriver, April 6, 2003
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    • billvon
    • April 14, 2003

15. How low would you go??   1 2 3 4 6

    By D22369, September 1, 2004
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    • captain1
    • September 9, 2004

16. Twin Otter Lawsuit - (Was: Twin Otter production restarted!)   1 2

    By divrdave, April 12, 2007
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    • leewilcox
    • May 8, 2011

17. Shaky hands after landing.  

    By PeteW, February 28, 2016
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    • PeteW
    • March 26, 2016

18. recite cloud clearance rules for A license..  

    By agent_lead, January 15, 2006
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    • AFFI
    • January 17, 2006

19. Braked approach on final  

    By Katinka, October 12, 2006
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    • jheadley
    • October 13, 2006

20. "seller" does not want to refund my money   1 2 3

    By jkdrummerboyee, May 7, 2013
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    • catfishhunter
    • May 12, 2013

21. Herniated Disc. Which canopy??  

    By davidfreefly, March 21, 2017
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    • JayFitz164
    • March 28, 2017

22. Femur Recovery  

    By bmoore21184, November 29, 2004
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    • bmoore21184
    • December 22, 2004

23. A serious question about health insurance before I start the AFF course   1 2

    By dkvkb, September 9, 2013
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    • dkvkb
    • September 14, 2013

24. ...Life Insurance...   1 2 3

    By IEJuggalo, April 9, 2008
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    • JohnDeere
    • April 29, 2008

25. What is your choice for the best all around container   1 2 3 4

    By GeorgeOrwell, February 28, 2003
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    • sundevil777
    • November 6, 2003

26. Skydiving feature films   1 2

    By Stumpy, December 12, 2003
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    • mccordia
    • January 25, 2004

27. family and skydiving   1 2 3

    By mitsuman, October 1, 2008
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    • korbin
    • October 8, 2008

28. Does skydiving appeal to you, psycho?  

    By JeffCa, May 31, 2014
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    • joelgibson
    • June 7, 2014

29. Terrified of the wind tunnel   1 2

    By Shyamarose, March 19, 2013
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    • ChrisD
    • March 24, 2013

30. Negative g-force reaction?  

    By poobert, December 3, 2005
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    • popsjumper
    • December 5, 2005

31. A-License Price  

    By Avkrell, October 3, 2014
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    • Hollywood5581
    • October 13, 2014

32. Disadvantages or Advantages to being small??   1 2

    By Toastie, April 29, 2008
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    • Beer
    • May 2, 2008

33. Skydive in China.Soo many Fun stuff going on..   1 2

    By peter.xu, August 31, 2014
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    • peter.xu
    • September 2, 2014

34. AFF Level 4, failed twice   1 2

    By ninjagogo12, March 28, 2018
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    • Guodian
    • April 22, 2018

35. DiverDriver.com Skyvan update.   1 2

    By diverdriver, March 13, 2003
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    • jerm
    • March 17, 2003

36. Altimeter limits/ Did I get ripped off?   1 2 3 4 5

    By johnabarton, December 2, 2008
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    • diablopilot
    • December 6, 2008

37. Reserve/Malfunctions   1 2

    By psustang89, December 17, 2004
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    • JeffSkydiver
    • December 28, 2004

38. Big ways are getting EXPENSIVE   1 2

    By mirage62, November 26, 2012
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    • mirage62
    • November 29, 2012

39. Do you jump with an AAD? (turned on)   1 2 3 4 5

    By Mr17Hz, August 21, 2006
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    • Airman1270
    • September 6, 2006

40. Sciatic Nerve irritation  

    By dallycat, February 2, 2011
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    • dallycat
    • February 22, 2011

41. Has the Victoria Cilliers case become to INSANE to discuss?  

    By SoCalJumper, May 4, 2018
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    • gowlerk
    • May 4, 2018

42. Tennesse Skydiving Center -- Aircraft   1 2 3 4

    By quade, September 9, 2003
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    • bmcd308
    • December 11, 2003

43. Video: Corliss tries to BASE jump Empire State Building   1 2 3

    By JohnRich, January 16, 2008
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    • PLFXpert
    • January 19, 2008

44. "CSI: Miami"   1 2 3

    By JohnRich, January 30, 2012
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    • towpilot2003
    • February 19, 2012

45. trying not to give up the sport i love and continue skydiving with a 3 level spine fusion (with a few other injuries).  

    By Tetsuya109, January 28, 2013
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    • Tetsuya109
    • February 20, 2013

46. Arch Workout  

    By Nameless007, July 23, 2010
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    • theonlyski
    • July 24, 2010

47. Are you scared of heights?   1 2

    By Chris-Ottawa, February 21, 2007
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    • TAXIWAY
    • February 23, 2007

48. Who designed Velo/Pregriene/Petra/VX?  

    By stayhigh, December 28, 2014
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    • Blis
    • January 15, 2015

49. "You're playing with fire." whuffo parent vent   1 2

    By Sky15, July 19, 2006
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    • bojana
    • September 4, 2006

50. Wisdom for new jumpers   1 2

    By LionsGrip, May 12, 2015
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    • ChuckMartin
    • May 15, 2015

51. Flying and Dying...   1 2

    By Skylark, November 26, 2002
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    • eyeinthesky
    • November 29, 2002

52. Curved main pin   1 2

    By jumpingjimmy, April 19, 2006
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    • jumpwally
    • April 25, 2006

53. Overcoming motion sickness  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, November 10, 2003
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    • kallen
    • November 12, 2003

54. Why The SKY GOD mentality?   1 2 3

    By overide, January 14, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • June 26, 2010

55. Skydiving Resume  

    By markovwgti, January 18, 2009
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    • markovwgti
    • January 19, 2009

56. Total Freefall time  

    By Bosveld, July 5, 2004
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    • Tonto
    • July 8, 2004

57. Tandem "Drogue" Question  

    By Quake120, May 13, 2006
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    • karlm
    • May 15, 2006

58. Abbreviations  

    By MokkNoir, March 19, 2009
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    • riggerrob
    • October 22, 2014

59. Tandem pair impaled  

    By Rover, June 27, 2016
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    • irishrigger
    • June 28, 2016

60. Think we will ever see ATR's as jumpships ?  

    By jumpwally, February 26, 2016
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    • sundevil777
    • November 17, 2017

61. Mikey Holmes on Jay Leno   1 2

    By bigway, February 20, 2007
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    • piisfish
    • July 17, 2017

62. Psychological Stress and Sky Diving  

    By moretole, August 2, 2005
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    • jtlmd
    • August 3, 2005

63. How far will DZO go in insulting you?   1 2 3

    By matereti, April 7, 2006
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    • slotperfect
    • April 9, 2006

64. USPA Disciplinary Action   1 2

    By Flygurl, March 23, 2003
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    • sducoach
    • October 11, 2004

65. BOD meeting notes by Mike Turoff for the Feb. 06 meeting   1 2 3 4 6

    By MikeTJumps, February 19, 2006
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    • bob.dino
    • March 1, 2006

66. Hanging out in the Holding Area.  

    By climber71, November 11, 2012
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    • climber71
    • November 18, 2012

67. Cross-Keys files Chapter 11  

    By cpoxon, October 10, 2014
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    • Andy9o8
    • October 14, 2014

68. Dying because of low turns   1 2 3 4

    By Michele, June 22, 2003
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    • Tonto
    • July 3, 2003

69. Jeb Corliss to Demonstrate Live on Today Show Tomorrow   1 2 3 4 5

    By PLFXpert, February 25, 2008
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    • RickH
    • March 5, 2008

70. Landing off, the hike back   1 2

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

71. "Family oriented" drop zone   1 2 3 4 5

    By peek, June 29, 2009
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    • rehmwa
    • July 14, 2009

72. RSL impact on our world   1 2

    By format, March 15, 2015
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    • format
    • March 17, 2015

73. Cheapest DZ?   1 2 3

    By jmar595, March 12, 2008
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    • buff
    • March 25, 2008

74. hard openings dome slider?   1 2

    By Elpnor, September 2, 2018
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    • flyboy6554
    • November 6, 2018

75. Is a Cobalt safer for big way jumps?   1 2

    By flyhi, November 17, 2002
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    • crazy
    • November 20, 2002

76. Is THIS the best scenery for jumping??   1 2

    By ASTKU, October 18, 2008
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    • popsjumper
    • October 21, 2008

77. If you could name a skydiving documentary, what would you name it.  

    By LeeroyJenkins, October 25, 2017
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    • BIGUN
    • November 3, 2017

78. wind drift indicators   1 2

    By javelin1, July 14, 2008
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    • airtwardo
    • December 11, 2009

79. iFLY and shoulder dislocation  

    By David Wang, June 21, 2021
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    • sfzombie13
    • June 23, 2021

80. international standard way of doin stuff.......   1 2 3

    By yvanpec, January 5, 2015
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    • riggerrob
    • January 22, 2015

81. Manifest Qualifications  

    By FlyKid, April 13, 2012
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    • theonlyski
    • April 20, 2012

82. All-You-Can-Jump-Pass @ CSC  

    By chicagoland, January 10, 2011
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    • cbuffalino
    • October 15, 2012

83. First Cutaway   1 2

    By tmarine253, November 20, 2014
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    • Alfasatwi
    • December 28, 2014

84. Mike Truffer ~ still giving to the sport!  

    By airtwardo, February 28, 2014
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    • mjosparky
    • March 5, 2014

85. Something new to practice while solo jumping  

    By Ruub, July 30, 2008
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    • Ruub
    • August 1, 2008

86. The Canopy You Fly   1 2 3

    By katzurki, May 31, 2005
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    • popsjumper
    • June 16, 2005

87. Most beautiful dropzones  

    By AaronD, February 18, 2016
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    • JayFitz164
    • February 22, 2016

88. intentional cut away   1 2 3

    By BMichaeli, April 18, 2010
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    • mjosparky
    • April 26, 2010

89. Should I have cut away?   1 2

    By mjskiii, September 15, 2016
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    • mjskiii
    • September 25, 2016

90. muscle aches after jumping  

    By GuyMan20, June 21, 2010
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    • Flyerer
    • June 23, 2010

91. Beware of Kenny Ruetsch selling a Sabre 107   1 2 3 4

    By JumpHog, March 9, 2005
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    • Dougjumper
    • March 18, 2005

92. "Top 10" DZ's...   1 2 3

    By Kimblair13, December 30, 2007
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    • upndownshop
    • January 6, 2008

93. Why are there no Antonov AN-2's in the US?   1 2 3

    By flyhi, August 7, 2008
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    • mircan
    • October 25, 2008

94. Fresh Newb =)  

    By johnyn505, May 15, 2014
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    • johnyn505
    • May 27, 2014

95. Skydiving without an Altimeter   1 2 3 4 6

    By dgskydive, August 11, 2005
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    • AdrenalineBluez
    • August 24, 2005

96. USPA Members: When You Vote for BOD - Do you use the actual ballot from Parachutist?   1 2 3

    By NWFlyer, February 10, 2008
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    • flyhi
    • February 20, 2008

97. 2nd Rig  

    By FreefallSnoopy, March 21, 2014
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    • FreefallSnoopy
    • March 24, 2014

98. Birds and Skydivers  

    By mrkeske, January 19, 2015
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    • riggerrob
    • January 21, 2015

99. Fatality Statistics: Skydiving vs. other activities  

    By NewGuy, June 26, 2003
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    • sarge
    • June 28, 2003

100. Pulling Reserve!!!!   1 2 3

     By CrazyIvan, November 16, 2002
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     • Iflyme
     • November 20, 2002