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1. Has any TM ever taken a paraplegic on a tandem before?  

   By TALONSKY, December 29, 2004
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   • skydiverjerry
   • January 7, 2005

2. Any suggestions for a good Tandem Exit from a cessna 182 or 206?  

   By 321seeya, March 3, 2005
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   • 321seeya
   • March 23, 2005

3. RE: austria-fatality   1 2

   By virgin-burner, August 10, 2009
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   • feuergnom
   • August 18, 2009

4. Party pooper   1 2 3

   By mattaman, October 10, 2006
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   • billbooth
   • October 15, 2006

5. Psychological issues of a students first free fall  

   By Chris_K, March 2, 2009
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   • Chris_K
   • March 5, 2009

6. what is tandem video worth?   1 2

   By skypuppy, August 10, 2005
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   • DanglesOZQld
   • August 25, 2005

7. AFFI's Would you be pissed if...   1 2

   By GravityGirl, November 20, 2006
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   • GravityGirl
   • December 14, 2006

8. Setting up an LLC  

   By DAVE619, May 20, 2010
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   • Andy9o8
   • July 24, 2010

9. Double Amputee Tandem  

   By deadwood, April 28, 2009
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   • deadwood
   • May 11, 2009

10. Tm's returning after broken femur  

    By DanglesOZQld, September 22, 2005
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    • Skypilot
    • October 4, 2005

11. Tandem vs. AFF instructor preference?   1 2

    By emmiwy, January 25, 2010
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    • emmiwy
    • January 28, 2010

12. Coach rating  

    By Rstanley0312, December 23, 2009
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    • DSE
    • January 20, 2010

13. How to form a LLC or S-corporation as Independent Contractor?   1 2

    By foreverfree, January 2, 2005
    • 33 replies
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    • lawrocket
    • January 21, 2005

14. Students   1 2

    By wsinsel, September 29, 2004
    • 26 replies
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    • tspillers
    • October 1, 2004

15. Compensation and benefits  

    By voodew1, September 8, 2004
    • 21 replies
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    • weavermc
    • September 26, 2004

16. Anybody renewing ratings?  

    By normiss, October 4, 2010
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    • gofastfrance
    • April 13, 2014

17. Renewing coach rating  

    By jimmurt, November 5, 2013
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    • jimmurt
    • November 7, 2013

18. Hand Cam Camera's now  

    By clint, June 10, 2008
    • 22 replies
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    • mike524
    • October 20, 2008

19. AFF pay poll  

    By Dutton, March 10, 2005
    • 19 replies
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    • tandemphil
    • March 16, 2005

20. High Profile Tandems  

    By John4455, March 16, 2005
    • 19 replies
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    • efs4ever
    • March 27, 2005

21. ratings currency  

    By skypuppy, July 13, 2009
    • 13 replies
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    • BrianM
    • July 17, 2009

22. PAC vs AFF  

    By Pinkfish, November 3, 2011
    • 9 replies
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    • ShcShc11
    • November 8, 2011

23. Chronos by Alti-2  

    By Fanello1775, June 18, 2017
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    • BIGUN
    • June 22, 2017

24. HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON DUAL AAD SYSTEMS FOR AFF/PFF  

    By Chris_K, January 14, 2010
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    • pchapman
    • February 1, 2010

25. New AffI  

    By loudtom, June 30, 2004
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    • Deuce
    • August 20, 2004

26. Tandem Instructor pre requisites  

    By Liemberg, January 30, 2005
    • 21 replies
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    • douwanto
    • February 18, 2005

27. 3 cutaways in three weeks. I'm getting pissed.  

    By Deuce, July 10, 2005
    • 24 replies
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    • skypuppy
    • July 19, 2005

28. What are your goals as a skydiving instructor?  

    By livendive, January 15, 2009
    • 12 replies
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    • Croc
    • February 15, 2009

29. Very small passenger: Yes, or no?  

    By grue, November 10, 2006
    • 21 replies
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    • AndyBoyd
    • February 9, 2007

30. MY 17000th FREE FALL JUMP  

    By RIGGER, September 9, 2012
    • 16 replies
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    • airtwardo
    • September 16, 2012

31. AFF Course Book for Students  

    By jumpnaked69, November 20, 2007
    • 16 replies
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    • lug
    • November 30, 2007

32. What's the smallest tandem student you've taken?  

    By cpoxon, May 21, 2007
    • 19 replies
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    • NewGuy2005
    • July 11, 2007

33. New SL/IAD "freefall" jump requirement  

    By aeharding, July 23, 2018
    • 16 replies
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    • weldingninja41
    • May 26, 2020

34. Static Line Instruction  

    By fenceline, March 21, 2005
    • 14 replies
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    • mark135
    • April 5, 2005

35. tandem cross over training  

    By skyfreek, October 8, 2006
    • 4 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • December 11, 2015

36. Strong Tandem Newletter  

    By DualHawk, January 30, 2007
    • 20 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • March 13, 2007

37. What year did your school convert to throw-out pilot-chutes?  

    By riggerrob, December 11, 2016
    • 4 replies
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    • skydived19006
    • January 17, 2017

38. AFF students  

    By skypagan, May 27, 2012
    • 13 replies
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    • popsjumper
    • May 29, 2012

39. interesting & quite scary Drogue-Mal  

    By feuergnom, December 15, 2011
    • 20 replies
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    • Fledgling
    • January 13, 2012

40. First Tandem Cutaway  

    By lowpullin1, July 12, 2007
    • 23 replies
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    • skydived19006
    • January 29, 2008

41. AFF Rating Course  

    By delfina, October 25, 2005
    • 19 replies
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    • skyjiver
    • May 24, 2006

42. student with weights?   1 2

    By Punky_Monkey, April 16, 2005
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    • DanglesOZQld
    • April 22, 2005

43. Do you teach or use this?  

    By Gary73, February 26, 2007
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    • Gary73
    • April 15, 2007

44. TI's what kind of suits do you wear  

    By freefalle, July 20, 2006
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    • sid
    • July 21, 2006

45. What will make me a better Student  

    By SecondRound, April 8, 2013
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    • Ron
    • April 25, 2013

46. Wingsuit as Student Jumpsuit   1 2

    By shveddy, June 9, 2010
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    • bodypilot1
    • June 24, 2010

47. earn their AFFI after 50  

    By steveorino, July 18, 2008
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    • JCW1966
    • August 22, 2008

48. "I" means Instructor.  

    By diablopilot, July 26, 2007
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    • diablopilot
    • August 6, 2007

49. The Top Three Reasons You Do Tandems??   1 2

    By slotperfect, July 31, 2004
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    • tqsmile
    • September 23, 2004

50. Eclipse Tandem Rigs  

    By skydived19006, July 21, 2004
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    • skydived19006
    • August 3, 2004

51. "Requests" from students  

    By PhreeZone, September 9, 2004
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    • mr2mk1g
    • October 18, 2004

52. TI knocked out on landing  

    By peek, June 14, 2004
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    • obelixtim
    • June 18, 2004

53. I've upset some people but....  

    By Rover, July 19, 2009
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    • cpoxon
    • July 22, 2009

54. would you fail a student for canopy control issues?   1 2

    By skybytch, July 13, 2007
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    • rehmwa
    • July 20, 2007

55. Advise me instructor in Russia, Moscow, please  

    By ina_sky, January 26, 2018
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    • ina_sky
    • April 4, 2018

56. Sigma rating requirements...  

    By jumper03, November 29, 2005
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    • flypunk
    • November 29, 2005

57. Instructor suits  

    By h83, September 12, 2010
    • 14 replies
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    • theonlyski
    • October 1, 2010

58. Most/least malfunction prone tandem main?  

    By Danne, June 18, 2004
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    • GroundZero
    • June 24, 2004

59. Very Small AFF Student  

    By Steffro, April 15, 2008
    • 19 replies
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    • Lumpy
    • April 17, 2008

60. Coach Rating Experiance Requirements too Low?   1 2

    By jsaxton, August 22, 2005
    • 25 replies
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    • JUDYJ
    • September 29, 2005

61. What do you like about doing Tandems?  

    By bkoch, April 14, 2005
    • 17 replies
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    • brettpobastad
    • May 25, 2005

62. Using toggles during linetwist  

    By jonathan.newman, October 21, 2010
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    • obelixtim
    • December 31, 2010

63. Do you go out of your way to make an x000th jump a non-working one?  

    By cpoxon, May 1, 2007
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    • skypuppy
    • November 27, 2007

64. Tandem System BRANDS  

    By skydiverek, November 7, 2005
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    • riggerrob
    • November 10, 2005

65. Student canopy training material  

    By TommyBotten, September 14, 2017
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    • TommyBotten
    • September 17, 2017

66. What I learned in my first 100 AFF-I jumps.  

    By GLIDEANGLE, February 3, 2011
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    • rehmwa
    • February 11, 2011

67. Skydiving as main career/main source of income  

    By FallloutboyDAoC, April 30, 2008
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    • billvon
    • May 1, 2008

68. AFF student tumble/spin - recommendations?  

    By pchapman, October 12, 2011
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    • Scrumpot
    • October 20, 2011

69. Okay, I Screwed Up, I made an Idiot of myself, I'm a Moron!!  

    By Unstable, August 1, 2004
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    • riggerrob
    • October 3, 2004

70. S/L & IAD students position in Cessna 182?  

    By riggerrob, December 25, 2004
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    • Canuck
    • February 14, 2005

71. Fight or Flight and Hick's Law  

    By AggieDave, September 20, 2006
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    • pchapman
    • September 24, 2006

72. DropZones Where Radios Are Used- please post.   1 2

    By Swooopa-x, December 8, 2005
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    • sergant
    • December 21, 2005

73. S/L C206 exit: tips?  

    By Floflo, January 27, 2011
    • 15 replies
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    • skydived19006
    • February 2, 2011

74. Course Director/IE Rumor  

    By Para5-0, January 27, 2008
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    • livendive
    • July 28, 2008

75. S/L, IAD Rating Worth It?  

    By Daskal, June 21, 2004
    • 7 replies
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    • JohnMitchell
    • July 10, 2004

76. Log book Signature Question  

    By matthewcline, January 5, 2009
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    • rmarshall234
    • January 6, 2009

77. Tand...Aerodyne vs. Icarus  

    By Kimblair13, August 11, 2005
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    • skydived19006
    • July 5, 2007

78. Instructor loyalty  

    By txjuju, March 4, 2006
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    • Revillusion
    • May 25, 2006

79. instructors  

    By spencer, March 23, 2008
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    • normiss
    • May 12, 2008

80. What is your favorite exit with a tandem student?  

    By shortyj, June 12, 2007
    • 16 replies
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    • birddog
    • July 29, 2007

81. Lillo BPA instructors?  

    By Blackjack, June 3, 2014
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    • kenthediver
    • June 16, 2014

82. problem with unsigned jumps in logbook when going for ratings?  

    By 5.samadhi, January 29, 2012
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    • FlyingRadio
    • March 22, 2012

83. going for coach rating need advice   1 2

    By adrenalinejunki, October 14, 2004
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    • velvetjo
    • November 29, 2004

84. Where do you draw the line?  

    By d123, July 29, 2011
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    • Bolas
    • August 1, 2011

85. Static line/IAD Jumpmaster rating  

    By ufk22, March 1, 2010
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    • Rstanley0312
    • April 20, 2010

86. Camera Helmet as Student Helmet  

    By artard, June 10, 2010
    • 18 replies
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    • Squeak
    • June 3, 2011

87. AFF with one instructor  

    By iranianjumper, September 19, 2020
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    • Nabz
    • November 20, 2020

88. Odd little things  

    By rehmwa, July 18, 2011
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    • ufk22
    • July 25, 2011

89. Conflicting advice from 2 S&TAs  

    By psychoswooper, November 1, 2011
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    • psychoswooper
    • November 18, 2011

90. Tandem Instructor Poll: Removal Of Student Seatbelt  

    By slotperfect, March 1, 2004
    • 18 replies
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    • nightjumps
    • March 4, 2004

91. beginning skydiving again  

    By garos, March 20, 2014
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    • aarco
    • August 1, 2014

92. Instructors priorities  

    By d123, April 7, 2011
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    • davelepka
    • April 21, 2011

93. Tandem line twists that won't come undone  

    By JohnMitchell, August 20, 2006
    • 20 replies
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    • brentcair
    • September 6, 2006

94. Student Radios  

    By Deisel, July 24, 2014
    • 4 replies
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    • tkhayes
    • August 16, 2014

95. Speeding through AFF  

    By PeregrineFalcon, August 30, 2008
    • 21 replies
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    • popsjumper
    • September 4, 2008

96. a little rant ...  

    By steveorino, July 6, 2011
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    • freekflyguy
    • July 16, 2011

97. what would happen if ...   1 2

    By d123, August 8, 2011
    • 27 replies
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    • Abedy
    • August 11, 2011

98. static line   1 2

    By longtall, May 26, 2007
    • 28 replies
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    • skywade
    • July 26, 2007

99. TM Poll: Rear riser turns  

    By AggieDave, March 1, 2004
    • 14 replies
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    • prost
    • March 4, 2004

100. GFF program with bigger airplane  

     By lifesatrip, April 13, 2008
     • 13 replies
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     • peek
     • April 23, 2008