Waiting in anticipation in Illinois!

[Blue42 0]

This skydiving forum has been a big help to me in the past week or so. I am going to make my first tandem jump in June. Why so far off? Well, I was hoping to get a group together to go, and we all had to pick a date. I started with about eight people, and now it is down to just two of us. Amazing how people chicken out when it comes time to commit to actually doing it. I am so stoked. Thanks to all of you that post important information on this site! I have a feeling that this may become another expensive habit for me. I don't know why I want to do it so badly; I just do. It has preoccupied my thoughts like crazy. I live near an airport where they have glider rides, and everytime I hear an airplane take up a glider I think of skydiving. My eyes are to the sky!

Carpe Diem!

[Snowwhite 0]

Congratulations on your upcoming jump! Where in Illinois will you be doing it, and have you started checking into/saving money to do AFF?

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[Chubba 0]

Welcome to DZ.com
Start saving now for your AFF because it's an expensive hobby, if you enjoy your tandem you will absolutely LOVE your training, it only gets better.

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It has preoccupied my thoughts like crazy.

Wait till you finally jump, it'll drive you mad

[Blue42 0]

I'll be jumping at Chicagoland Skydiving Center. Any tips on how to save $$ would be welcomed! I have been looking into the costs of the courses etc. . . Esp. since I would eventually have to get my own gear. If I do like it, which I really don't doubt because my desire greatly outweighs my fears, I could easily do it over the summer. . . maybe save up and do it the following year, with jumps in the meantime.

Carpe Diem!

[Chubba 0]

Just try and get through your AFF before you run out of money IMO, think of gear later. I'm onto solo jumps + gear hire now and although they're still not cheap, I can at least get 1 jump in per week... it's enough to satisfy my cravings while I save up for my own equipment.

AFF stages are just soo expensive, it's a pain having to wait multiple weeks between jumps.

[AllisonH 0]

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I'll be jumping at Chicagoland Skydiving Center. Any tips on how to save $$ would be welcomed! I have been looking into the costs of the courses etc. . . Esp. since I would eventually have to get my own gear. If I do like it, which I really don't doubt because my desire greatly outweighs my fears, I could easily do it over the summer. . . maybe save up and do it the following year, with jumps in the meantime.

I'm sure you'll have a fabulous time! I jumped at Chicagoland on Friday and there are some great people there. Was the first time I had visited, but everyone was very friendly and welcoming. When will you be jumping? I'll be there a couple times a month for the rest of the summer.

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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

[Blue42 0]

I am planning on jumping the 15th. I am sure that I will be checking the weather like a junkie as the date comes around, and I will probably become a dropzone regular by then. My sister jumped there as a one time thing. . . I have heard good things all around. I only wish that it were sooner! At least if I do enjoy it, I will have the next few months.

Carpe Diem!

[Blue42 0]

Thanks. . . That is the impression that I am getting. I am just looking forward to the experience. I am trying not to have too many expectations and just go with it. But I am also learning a lot about skydiving just from doing a little research, and visiting this forum. I just can't get enough info. I do that. . . if I am interested in something, I go all out. I guess in a way, I just can't stop learning. Looks like there is a lot to learn here!

Carpe Diem!

[Blue42 0]

There goes my daughter's college fund! I am going to have to try to be realistic I guess and try not to get too crazy.

Carpe Diem!

[brucet7 0]

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Any tips on how to save $$ would be welcomed!

I did my work toward my A license over a nine month period, two to three jumps a month (I am in Washington and we had six weeks off due to weather). That spread the cost over a longer period. In between jumps I would read my SIM, look for owner's manuals on canopies and containers. Each time I went to the DZ I was prepared and knew what I was doing. I was fortunate to pass each AFF course without repeating any, in part, because I was prepared. You don't HAVE to do this in two weekends.

POPS #10623; SOS #1672

[Blue42 0]

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Any tips on how to save $$ would be welcomed!

I did my work toward my A license over a nine month period, two to three jumps a month (I am in Washington and we had six weeks off due to weather). That spread the cost over a longer period.

I wonder if I could do some "class work" in the off months. . . I am not sure how that works. I am going to go back to the dropzone soon to check out more details on that.
Thanks

Carpe Diem!

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