Had My First Cutaway Yesterday

[popsjumper 2]

My oh, my. How things change.
You heard this before, I'm sure.


Back in the day...
First jump - 2600 ft

Delays got higher and more scary.

Full altitude was scary as hell!

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[Andy9o8 2]

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Delays got higher and more scary.
Full altitude was scary as hell!

Yup! For S/L students, when you get above 7,000, it's "Gaaah! I can't see anything down there!" Now with AFF students, it's "Gaah!! I can see stuff down there!"

[DocPop 1]

That's not the only difference, though.

My first 4 jumps were S/L with rounds and they open pretty quickly.

Jumping my current, modern canopy out of a slower airspeed plane and opening sub-terminal causes a really long snivel. A couple of weeks ago I exited a Porter at 3,000' and when it finally opened it had end cell closure and a slight turn. By the time I had corrected that and collapsed (but not stowed) my slider I was at 1,500' and needed to start my pattern.

I actually felt like it was a wasted jump because I could not complete my 'house-keeping' before I needed to commence my set-up.

I usually jump a King Air and the effect is less noticeable then due to the higher airspeed of jumprun.

"The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls."

~ CanuckInUSA

[devildog 0]

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Delays got higher and more scary.
Full altitude was scary as hell!

Yup! For S/L students, when you get above 7,000, it's "Gaaah! I can't see anything down there!" Now with AFF students, it's "Gaah!! I can see stuff down there!"

That's the truth. I did my first 2 hop and pops for my A license this past weekend. 5k wasn't too bad. The 3.5k I was on the wing saying, "Hey! Those are cows!"

Once that 3.5 was over and I realized I did fine (despite being a little unstable due to being a little too tense) and kicked out my line twists, I was ready to do it again, but I'd still rather have the extra altitude :)

You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.