First AFF

[deerhunter 0]

Did my first jump last week.A lifetime desire/fear come true.Spent 20 years as a AF flight medic with thousands of hours on fixed and rotor wing aircraft.
Always wondered if I could do it.Talked two friends
into helping me out.Got class and practiced that day.Really,Really concerned-frightened.Still wasnt sure I could do it as we climbed out the runway.Friend Pete told me:if you can do this there nothing in life you cant do.Funny thing was that when we stood up and moved to the door i was suddenly ok.Felt good in the door going thru the count and exited on my on effort. Freefall not like anything felt before,Surprised to find we fell 2 thousand feet that fast.Went thru the drills but was defintle paying to much attention to my alltemitor.
Really watched it waiting to pull.Almost forgot to practice my pulls,but did remember and got them in.
pulled at 5500 after waving with 1 hand, line twisted spinning me around.Did control check,pulling too hard on the left scaring the hell out of myself,then flairing,stopping going backwards.Againing scaring myself. Flight in ok watching everyone else,monkey see ,monkey do.Approach ok then got close to ground.Couldnt tell what all those guys were trying to tell me about letting the brakes up then down closer to ground.Hit on feet then hands, Didnt hurt ,but nezt day looked BAD.14 fractures in hand, big cast. Well anyway thats my story.If I can talk my friend into would like to try again when they pull this thing off.Still one of the most incredible things Ive ever done.Thanks Pete/ John

[deerhunter 0]

PSS;I APLOGIZE FOR THE TYPING.Still learning to work the hand.I welcome imput and comments.


Face Fear,Have Faith, Live Life

[DropDgorgeous 0]

For me the experience is totally different - i'm always completely calm and relaxed...untill the door opens and i have to start walking towards it), but apparantly it's fun

[virgin-burner 1]

dive exits are the best part being off aff IMHO!!!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[deerhunter 0]

Got the cast off and learning to use hand again.Long summer here in the Carolinas, Going back up in say two weeks.Friend Pete wants to take me on a morning tandam so i can get some experance then back up to repeat AAF 1. Wish me luck, more lator

[birdshit 0]

i ate dirt my 1st aff. almost broke my wrist and face. looked like a damned idiot too, limping back to the office with dirt from head to toe and a big tumbleweed in my canopy. sorry you got busted up. The more you jump the less scared you will be.

remember, this is supposed to be fun. if you are shitting your pants then you are way too stressed.

just think about all of the safety measures. 2 aff jump masters hanging onto you the whole time. main canopy. reserve canopy. AAD. RSL. It's safe.

If you die it is because god has finally decided to call you home, and you can either go out skydiving or you could have an brain aneurysm sitting on the crapper reading the same readers digest for the 20th freakin time, looking for more jokes that won't be funny until your 75 years old.

Me? I will take skydiving over the dying on the crapper any day -

Just imagine how embarrassed Elvis was, lying on the floor of his bathroom dying, knowing in his last moments that they were gonna find him with his pants around his ankles, lying in a pile of half eaten kentucky fried chicken with a muslim koran lying next to him.