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1. I had a perfect standup landing in a tree.  

   By dweeb, April 15, 2007
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   • stayhigh
   • April 16, 2007

2. UK Tunnel Time Before AFF  

   By Sockpuppet, May 18, 2006
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   • damion75
   • May 20, 2006

3. Paralog on Linux  

   By fudd, January 30, 2004
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   • grue
   • April 11, 2006

4. stuck on aff 6  

   By Caelum, October 18, 2005
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   • Broke
   • October 19, 2005

5. Perris P3 January Event  

   By Reginald, January 11, 2010
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   • Reginald
   • January 18, 2010

6. air traffic control and skydiving operations  

   By MICHELANGELO, March 30, 2008
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   • jdatc
   • April 1, 2008

7. The shakes  

   By ripper0289, September 26, 2006
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   • Jewels
   • September 29, 2006

8. 2005 US Nationals Scores?  

   By gemini, September 1, 2005
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   • Amanda965
   • September 5, 2005

9. Lung Problems and Jumping  

   By RogerZZ, March 1, 2004
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   • adrenalinejunki
   • March 8, 2004

10. Vertigo - The viral illness not the fear :)  

    By Genie, January 7, 2003
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    • ScubyDoo
    • September 14, 2003

11. Newbie with some issues-Help  

    By JoriT, April 29, 2003
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    • JeffGordon
    • April 30, 2003

12. Best way to guage no wind landings  

    By regulator, October 18, 2010
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    • theonlyski
    • October 19, 2010

13. Night jump question  

    By Rstanley0312, June 1, 2012
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    • LouDiamond
    • June 2, 2012

14. Travel insurance, including wind tunnel?  

    By Unparagoned, July 25, 2008
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    • Unparagoned
    • July 30, 2008

15. Great weekend, disapointing 1st solo...  

    By DZDANK, September 17, 2007
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    • popsjumper
    • September 18, 2007

16. Leonardo DiCaprio/Oprah/Tandem Info?  

    By BigM, December 14, 2004
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    • WrongWay
    • December 16, 2004

17. Pie for jump 500?  

    By ChrisL, September 12, 2007
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    • karenmeal
    • September 17, 2007

18. market research on skydiving jumpsuits  

    By vladydude, January 5, 2007
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    • Mr17Hz
    • January 6, 2007

19. aircraft forced landing-  

    By smiles, November 25, 2005
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    • diverdriver
    • November 29, 2005

20. Freefall University  

    By ShoaibK, July 30, 2005
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    • Nutts
    • August 2, 2005

21. AFF advice  

    By Elian, February 26, 2013
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    • ctrph8
    • March 4, 2013

22. Truly Amazed by Skydive Temple  

    By ntrprnr, March 17, 2010
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    • noblesmelissa
    • April 4, 2010

23. So did they spell "Honda?"  

    By ntrprnr, May 29, 2008
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    • LongWayToFall
    • May 30, 2008

24. Working abroad + skydiving  

    By jrh, June 16, 2011
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    • jrh
    • June 17, 2011

25. animation  

    By Fab, September 7, 2004
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    • 321seeya
    • September 15, 2004

26. Having problems with line twists on deployment  

    By SICness, October 10, 2016
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    • Joellercoaster
    • October 11, 2016

27. 8 Speed rules ??  

    By saimco, November 15, 2007
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    • ltdiver
    • November 17, 2007

28. some formations...  

    By shermanator, June 5, 2007
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    • shermanator
    • June 6, 2007

29. Question  

    By sday, October 18, 2005
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    • OSOK
    • October 18, 2005

30. Teams in San Marcos Texas  

    By ssmi, January 8, 2004
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    • Douva
    • January 14, 2004

31. Is it weird to add your first tandem instructor on Facebook?  

    By skydivel, January 29, 2020
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    • JimmyDurden
    • March 19, 2020

32. MARATHON - Three skydivers injured during weekend jumps - Press Clips  

    By quade, November 12, 2002
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    • Trevor
    • November 15, 2002

33. License Number  

    By iranianjumper, November 26, 2019
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • March 9, 2024

34. relative wind and exit  

    By motomike, January 15, 2010
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    • motomike
    • January 15, 2010

35. Okay to try different dropzones as a student?  

    By DeeDee13, April 9, 2009
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    • AFFI
    • April 9, 2009

36. Which injury is worse? Broken bone or Broken joint?  

    By autoset, June 4, 2007
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    • kelpdiver
    • June 5, 2007

37. Would you recommend a Smart reserve?  

    By FrenchyDiver, December 10, 2003
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    • Remster
    • December 10, 2003

38. First AFF Jump - Curious About Piloting  

    By l_ek0, August 23, 2013
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    • PixieUK
    • August 27, 2013

39. Another attempt by the media to over-dramatize skydiving  

    By peek, November 14, 2006
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    • mdrejhon
    • November 15, 2006

40. UK chicks win the womens 4way at World Meet  

    By shellm1, August 10, 2006
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    • Stumpy
    • August 13, 2006

41. Monkey  

    By JENNR8R, September 2, 2005
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    • Eule
    • September 3, 2005

42. Keeping your A lisence  

    By huka551, March 29, 2005
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    • Airman1270
    • April 1, 2005

43. Passed License A!!!!  

    By FlyinDawg, January 1, 2007
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    • mktoson
    • January 5, 2007

44. Those who've taken a long break, how long to get back to previous skills?  

    By base615, December 20, 2020
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    • BMAC615
    • December 26, 2020

45. opening altitude  

    By illusioneer, September 14, 2007
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    • Andy9o8
    • September 15, 2007

46. Got my A! :)  

    By Dracan, July 1, 2006
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    • robskydiv
    • July 2, 2006

47. what happens when a stearing line brakes??  

    By Unutsch, April 26, 2003
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    • Unutsch
    • April 29, 2003

48. Michael Fournier Attempt  

    By glgflyer, June 7, 2010
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    • Southern_Man
    • June 9, 2010

49. Z Team Record  

    By Wright, April 5, 2007
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    • cpoxon
    • April 13, 2007

50. Air Planes and Jumpers  

    By valcore, September 24, 2006
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    • DougH
    • September 26, 2006

51. AFF NO. 5 redo  

    By rslavick, August 10, 2006
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    • rslavick
    • August 11, 2006

52. Movie info....  

    By scotts, August 12, 2003
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    • scotts
    • August 12, 2003

53. Cessna 162 Skycatcher Jump  

    By skydived19006, September 19, 2008
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    • AggieDave
    • September 20, 2008

54. Sean Tucker bails out of Oracle Challenger  

    By precision, April 5, 2006
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    • FrEaK_aCcIdEnT
    • April 7, 2006

55. Tips on interviews?  

    By ChileRelleno, January 12, 2004
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    • darkwing
    • January 13, 2004

56. PLEZ suggest inspiring movies to rent for us (STILL!)students- THANX!  

    By somethinelse, June 7, 2003
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    • Remster
    • June 9, 2003

57. 200th  

    By bbrodes, September 23, 2014
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    • wicodefly
    • October 1, 2014

58. Shannon Pilcher is back in the air!!!  

    By m0ng00se007, June 13, 2011
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    • pincheck
    • June 15, 2011

59. how long to get your A license  

    By VEGAS_MIKE, June 12, 2009
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    • JohnMitchell
    • June 13, 2009

60. Cookie Composites  

    By markovwgti, November 12, 2007
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    • kris2extreme
    • November 15, 2007

61. Skydiving in different countries?  

    By Blassiter, September 8, 2007
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    • Tonto
    • September 14, 2007

62. SOS 48-way Record Set  

    By MakeItHappen, January 17, 2009
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    • kallend
    • January 23, 2009

63. Gypsy Moths movie  

    By wayne8577, January 6, 2006
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    • Amazon
    • January 9, 2006

64. Landing patterns...  

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

65. Skydiving and Hip Replacement  

    By okalb, June 2, 2007
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    • doorgirl
    • June 3, 2007

66. Anyone from Indiana?  

    By alexs750, April 10, 2007
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    • Demar
    • April 12, 2007

67. Skydive Airtight!  

    By jumperconway, May 9, 2005
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    • Amanduh
    • May 13, 2005

68. The coolest skydive I have ever seen  

    By daniel52587, January 2, 2007
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    • NickDG
    • January 4, 2007

69. USPA License Cards  

    By McDuck, October 3, 2003
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    • McDuck
    • October 9, 2003

70. New DZ  

    By hongkongluna, October 13, 2005
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    • hongkongluna
    • October 14, 2005

71. Epson Skydiving pic  

    By howardwhite, May 11, 2005
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    • JohnRich
    • May 12, 2005

72. Building a rig one piece at a time  

    By sinker, January 6, 2003
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    • sinker
    • January 14, 2003

73. Thanks!passed AFF!  

    By LVjayhawk15, February 14, 2013
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    • LVjayhawk15
    • February 26, 2013

74. Should you steer the opening?  

    By lookoutbelow, May 25, 2012
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    • dragon2
    • May 26, 2012

75. Another bad demo  

    By skywade, September 18, 2008
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    • Tuna-Salad
    • September 19, 2008

76. Aerodyne  

    By Mush, April 5, 2006
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    • slotperfect
    • April 6, 2006

77. Cheapest AFF in the world?  

    By FNG79, July 16, 2003
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    • vonSanta
    • August 12, 2003

78. Short Skydiving Documentary  

    By nick2903, July 11, 2014
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    • Trafficdiver
    • September 23, 2014

79. Rough PLF Landing  

    By Phil3D, August 9, 2010
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    • Phil3D
    • August 12, 2010

80. Congratulations Pops x 2  

    By Bowie, May 14, 2006
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    • BlueSBDeath
    • May 15, 2006

81. Melbourne, Australia?  

    By squink, March 28, 2005
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    • Eiley
    • March 31, 2005

82. Cover Picture, February Skydiving News Magazine  

    By rickfri59, February 4, 2004
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    • jimmytavino
    • February 8, 2004

83. buying a rig out of state, help please  

    By heavision, August 26, 2017
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    • wolfriverjoe
    • August 27, 2017

84. One of our own  

    By cderham, January 4, 2010
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    • kallend
    • January 11, 2010

85. Redeem Hotel Points for Skydives?  

    By pwln, July 24, 2007
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    • sagan
    • July 26, 2007

86. Tracking feet first  

    By jayach05, November 4, 2011
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    • feuergnom
    • November 15, 2011

87. Skydiving, speedflying, windtunnel and freebase.  

    By Skywalkers, January 4, 2011
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    • accur8shot
    • May 23, 2012

88. Fear is back  

    By BaNaNaJoE, April 12, 2019
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    • Nabz
    • May 1, 2019

89. Skydiving from a different altitude above sea level?  

    By Jkralovec, October 9, 2009
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    • LloydDobbler
    • October 15, 2009

90. Wings, but no chute  

    By flashbandit, July 24, 2007
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    • waltappel
    • July 25, 2007

91. (Student post) 3rd Jump: Ying and Yang - My lesson!  

    By chris_uk, September 23, 2006
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    • NWFlyer
    • September 24, 2006

92. ever seen these videos?  

    By bloody_trauma, February 16, 2007
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    • jumpdr
    • February 17, 2007

93. Any military parachute riggers here?  

    By JT_76, September 19, 2006
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    • milehighpres
    • September 23, 2006

94. Competition rules about family realation to the judge  

    By Kuper, June 19, 2005
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    • upndownshop
    • June 20, 2005

95. Did my first AFF yesterday!  

    By cvfd1399, November 2, 2003
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    • cvfd1399
    • November 4, 2003

96. New England Area Skydiving  

    By Blassiter, September 10, 2007
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    • pilotdave
    • September 11, 2007

97. flying snake  

    By coca, November 22, 2005
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    • Eule
    • November 23, 2005

98. best books on skydiving  

    By seadream91, November 13, 2008
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    • wolfriverjoe
    • November 16, 2008

99. BEST DROP ZONES  

    By mac2501, February 18, 2006
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    • aitke12
    • February 22, 2006

100. Remote Air-drop Humanitarian Assistance  

     By FFjumper, December 27, 2010
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     • FFjumper
     • December 30, 2010