Completed my AFF !!!

[Melissa126 0]

Hi everyone!!! I completed my AFF today and then did my SOLO skydive. What an awesome day!!! It's been SUCH a crazy journey (well the Beginning of a journey!) can't wait to see what's to come... I have 18 jumps, just need 4 coach jumps, 2 hop and pops, and a check dive to get my A license.. so excited right now! Also, my father came and did his first tandem today and Loved it! Finally understands WHY i'm totally addicted.

[skycamefalling 0]

Congrats on passing your AFF training. Now the real fun will start to begin

Speedracer~I predict that Michael Jackson will rise from the dead.
And that a giant radioactive duck will emerge from the ocean and eat Baltimore.

[FlyingFrank 0]

Congratulations. Good job with completing AFF. I bet you are so excited. Glad to hear that your father had a good time as well. My whole family thinks I'm crazy, so getting them to jump with me would be impossible.

Some people spend their whole lives afraid to die that they never truly live.

[Melissa126 0]

Thanks everyone!
Yeah, most people think I'm crazy too.. the fact that my Dad has done it now though he think i'm even MORE crazy to continue!

[bluetwo 0]

Big congrats Melissa! That's awesome and good for you,

...still, it's so weird to me how the AFF progression is different from SL. I mean I've been doing solo skydives all along, been landing by myself with no radio help, packing the chute I'm jumping and learning how to spot, and none of the free fall jumps I've done involved an instructor in the close proximity BUT you are way ahead of me in getting the A license (or at least it seems like you are).

I'm just making conversation to illustrate the differences in our progressions and I'm definitely not hating by any means. I might kind of wish I had gone with AFF sometimes but life goes on of course.

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[Throttlebender 0]

Good job Melissa! It's so great isn't it?!

I just completed jump 15 and have completed all of my requirements. I could just do 10 solos and be finished but definitely want to do more coach jumps and learn more.
Different paths to the same place I suppose

Cheers

Life expands or contracts in proportion to one's courage. ~Anais Nin

[Melissa126 0]

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Big congrats Melissa! That's awesome and good for you,

...still, it's so weird to me how the AFF progression is different from SL. I mean I've been doing solo skydives all along, been landing by myself with no radio help, packing the chute I'm jumping and learning how to spot, and none of the free fall jumps I've done involved an instructor in the close proximity BUT you are way ahead of me in getting the A license (or at least it seems like you are).

I'm just making conversation to illustrate the differences in our progressions and I'm definitely not hating by any means. I might kind of wish I had gone with AFF sometimes but life goes on of course.

totally understand! I had also been landing without radio help, spotting, etc. prior to this "solo"... It was just AMAZING for me to be freefalling and looking around and seeing nothing, just the beauty that i was flying through.
I don't know much about the static line, but if your instructors weren't anywhere near you how did they monitor your progression?

[Melissa126 0]

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Good job Melissa! It's so great isn't it?!

I just completed jump 15 and have completed all of my requirements. I could just do 10 solos and be finished but definitely want to do more coach jumps and learn more.
Different paths to the same place I suppose

Cheers

Congrats!!! I think this weekend I'm going to do another solo (so I can get a video of course ) and then try and get some coach jumps in! I can't wait to get my A!!!