Tally-ho!

[Shepp 0]

Hi everyone! I've been hanging around the forums for a while, and decided it was about time I introduced myself properly. My name is Chris and I'm in Tallahassee. I made my first tandem back in October, and I'm going for my FJC this coming Saturday. I am so excited I can hardly breathe!

I've already got about 30 minutes in the tunnel in Orlando, so I am pretty bummed that my DZ doesn't do a true AFF course (they do a tandem progression). But hey, it gets ya in the air all the same.
Cheers and Blue Skies

Shepp

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

Accidents don't just happen. They must be carelessly planned.

[skymama 37]

Welcome to the forums!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Peej 0]

Ahoy Shepp, welcome to the forums and good luck!

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[spindlee 0]

Cool man i start my aff next saturday! can't wait.

If in doubt, whip it out...

[Shepp 0]

We got winded out on Saturday (uppers at 100+ kts), but Sunday turned out to be a great day for jumping. I made 1 jump and it was awesome. Great spot, great exit, and almost a stand-up landing (yes, I did remember my PLF!).

Funny story - I am probably the only student in history to fall off the golf cart on the way back to the DZ Another jumper and I were standing on the back, and I was hanging on with my left hand (I'm a righty). Well, when the driver hit the gas the cart popped a wheelie, and when it came down, it popped me up about 3 feet up into the air. I landed flat (well, flat as one possibly can when wearing a rig) on my back, luckily still wearing my helmet. Two cases of - one for the jump, one for the golf cart

Headed back on Wednesday!

edit: at the FJC, I decided to do S/L instead of tandem progression - 1/2 the price!

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

Accidents don't just happen. They must be carelessly planned.

[Shepp 0]

Weds afternoon I did two more S/Ls, including my first PRCP. On my PRCP jump, my SLI said I had great body position off the step and a good, hard arch, but I still ended up with some wicked line twists. Cleared 'em about 1200' above decision altitude and had a great canopy flight. Both jumps had stand up landings, and now I'm on 'Advisory Only' as far as radio.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

Accidents don't just happen. They must be carelessly planned.