hi

[duckworth 0]

starting the process to obtain my A license this month and just trying to learn as much as possible about it all beforehand.

seem to have a great community here. that's always helpful.

[Chubba 0]

Welcome to DZ.com
Tell us a bit about yourself... where are you jumping and how far are you in your progression?

[mullane1975 0]

Hello and welcome! I'm in the same boat...will be finishing up my A this summer......just wanted to say hi....and best of luck!!!

[blacklabjumper 0]

Welcome! I agree with chubba. Tell us a bit about yourself and where you are in your progression. How many jumps? etc. More than willing to give advice and answer questions.

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[skymama 37]

Welcome to the forums! USPA.org. You can download the SIM that you're going to need to study from that site. Good luck!

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

[duckworth 0]

i'm at ground zero right now, literally starting from the beginning later this month. today is my bday and today the judge signed my divorce papers so as of breeztoday, i'm 28 and divorced, what a present ;)

i've got 2 awesome girls who take up most of my time and nothing will get in the way of that, but at this point in my life, i've got enough free time to finally do this. i'll have to squeeze it in on weekends mostly, but i've been recently forced to give up my main hobby (venomous herpetoculture) and now i work, work out, and play dad so i can go at this with 100% of my attention when necessary.

i'm excited and still have everything to learn, very excited. i'm gonna read and study up on as much documentation as i can between now and the first class and hopefully will be in a position to zip through the training without any confusion.

i live in north alabama and i'm going to give the dz in central alabama a shot (vinemont). from what i understand, it's a smaller setup, which is fine to me, but i've heard nothing but good things from the people i know that jumped there.

they offer 11 jumps, all the class/training to get the A license (just over $1300 all inclusive) and getting the other 14 jumps to finish it out should be as simple as getting down there on weekends and falling a few times a day.

[SkyScribe 0]

I'm in Alabama as well and am looking to start an AFF course soon. I hope you'll let us all know how it goes for you at Vinemont (that's the one by Cullman, right?). It's one of the DZs on my short list for training.