Thumper 0 #1 July 15, 2001 1st FF, glitch and PLF all in the same jump! I started the day off after my usual 350 mile drive by waiting 5 hours for the rains to pass and the floodwaters to wane. After we finally got in the air I saw a new guy perform what I was told was the worst static line exit in the history of the dz. He actually completed a full rotation before he passed from my sight, and I could only see out the door. But he opened (I'm assuming with mondo line twists) and landed ok, so congrats to him. Then my 3rd prcp (again, rained out of my ff last time), flew and landed my 5th standup w/o assistance for the 1st time. I was feeling pretty good for my FF. Anyway I had a good exit and arch but a stuck slider and end cell closures that took about 10 pumps to get straightened out. After my I started setting up my landing pattern I noticed that all 3 of the dz's windsocks were blowing in different directions and starting at 2k I was getting blown a different direction every 50 - 100 feet. So I decide to land in our farthest out field and focus on it's flag. At about 1200 that flag starts changing directions every couple seconds. I lined up with the most consistant wind for my final and everything's going fine, bumpy but fine. Then about 2 seconds before I was going to flair the winds change again into an instant tailwind, so I came in real fast and had to bounce and roll out of it. All in all I thought it went pretty well, I even managed to land in a fairly dry spot, so minimal mud on the studen t rig. Unfortunately the winds got *REALLY* funky after that so we called it for the day. I'll have to wait until my next trip to get more ff time. Just thought I'd post a yay me note. Thumper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #2 July 15, 2001 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYfor you!!!!!!!!!!ciel bleu-Michele Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
