bbarnhouse 0 #1 May 6, 2003 2 days ago while coming in on final, a visitor on my left decided to do sweeping s- turns across the main landing area. I was of course the low man, but needed to get out of her way as she appeared to be oblivious. It was windy, and I knew according to the wind direction, where the clean air was going to be, and it wasn't where I was going to land!! I ended up catching rotors off of the packing area, and it began to collapse my canopy. Guess it wasn't my turn...I managed to land the canopy 2 feet from the fense.....and yeah...on the wrong side of the beer line! Training day jump 1...nice skydive until....my stiletto decides to be a spinetto....I went for my handles since it was beginning to dive and then...I took a deep breath and relaxed my entire body....tada! The little tart spins herself in the other direction and I have plenty of altitude left. Training day jump 2... Great jump....nice sweet opening on the same stiletto that I had cursed on the prior jump....I collapse my slider and pull it down behind my head as usual and I am under a nice flying canopy...until....I see out of the corner of my left eye a line flapping where there shouldn't be one. I do a control check...damn it! The kill line from my slider has entangled itself in my steering lines (this is the second time this has happened on two different canopies, one with the slider stowed up and this one)...I checked to make sure that I had plenty of altitude and worked at getting the damn thing out. I landed my canopy with no problems. Now I am thinking to myself.....self maybe the universe is trying to tell you something? Nah! So the next time you see me flying feel free to laugh....that slider and those kill lines ain't goin' no where babay! xoxo BB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygal3 0 #2 May 6, 2003 My dear friend BeeBs, as always, you truly rock! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #3 May 6, 2003 QuoteMy dear friend BeeBs, as always, you truly rock! I dunno about that hon...but it surely pays to practice all kinds of scenerios and emergency procedures.... xoox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #4 May 6, 2003 Call or PM me, Tango, and I will tell you what I would do. No need to clutter the talkback forum with technical stuff. There might be boobie pics or mindless political rhetoric to post. Chuckie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #5 May 6, 2003 Quote Call or PM me, Tango, and I will tell you what I would do. No need to clutter the talkback forum with technical stuff. There might be boobie pics or mindless political rhetoric to post. Now Chuckie....the point I was making is that ya got get back in the saddle! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #6 May 6, 2003 Quote Now Chuckie....the point I was making is that ya got get back in the saddle! yes, you do.... Always. peacehttp://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 May 6, 2003 Wow, Bets, glad to read that you handled everything like a pro. You know the old saying, "bad things happen in 3's" so you got them all done. You're good to go now! 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #8 May 6, 2003 Quotesweeping s- turns across the main landing area. Ya know - it's funny, but I didn't start jumping that long ago and this is how we were taught to drop altitude in my FJC. Less than two years later and we are now teaching students to use brakes. Brakes make much more sense - as long as they remember to go back to full flight before flaring. I am reminded of skiing here in Colorado. I grew up skiing and people expected that new students would cut wide S-turns on slopes. Now there are SO many people on the slopes that you can't do that without running into people. I really think the problem is too many people all heading for the same place at the same time. I've proposed multiple landing areas to the DZO of one larger dropzone, but he was against it. Said it would be too much "hassle". Maybe the solution is to tell students that the peas are not the target - they should pick different targets on every jump from 1,000 feet and attempt to land there, watching for traffic. Leave the peas for the tandems. The disadvantages of that would be uneven ground (in many cases), as well as the unpredictability of people landing all over the place.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #9 May 6, 2003 Good points. SDA has 2 landing areas for that reason. The experienced landing area which will always be a crosswind landing regardless of the tetrahedron/sock and the alternate landing area that follows the direction of the sock. On some busy days it just makes more sense to either land at the alternate or land out and avoid the mad rush in the experienced area. That's whats nice about SDA, it's all pretty much DZ, some of it just doesn't have grass "It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #10 May 6, 2003 Quote Now there are SO many people on the slopes that you can't do that without running into peopleof people landing all over the place. Time to switch to cross-country. "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #11 May 6, 2003 Quote Time to switch to cross-country. Or just do what I did and completely give up skiing in favor of jumping and SCUBA Mile-Hi (in Colorado) has two landing areas as well. One is the "high-performance area" (for swoopers). The problem is that it rarely gets used, and the swoopers have said that you shouldn't land there unless you are doing at least a 180 degree hook. It makes sense to have a separate landing area for hook turns, but it would also be nice to have one for up-jumpers that aren't swooping so that we can stay out of the high-traffic peas.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #12 May 7, 2003 QuoteThe experienced landing area which will always be a crosswind landing Nah...sometimes we get lucky and have in to the wind landings on the main....but you're right, they are generally crosswinds. The entire desert is a landing area...life is good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #13 May 7, 2003 I liked the landing area in Eloy - plenty of grass, but heck - even landing in the desert after the cross-country loads was fun. I think it was the most friendly landing area I've seen in a DZ, even with the 600+ jumpers at the Christmas boogie.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
