venwood 0 #1 March 23, 2001 My two friends and I want to do a banner dive. The three of us entered into the AFF program at the same time. We have all graduated the program and are all at the same/different progression through post A license buying beer festivities. Throughout our joint experience we have tried to spread the word about sky diving and have been successful in our company and friends, we have had about a little less than 10 other people jump from just listening to our experiences (we started jumping in October of 2000). The point of this post is that our "leader" has suggested a great idea, that we jump holding a banner of our company, take a pic, and post it in a newsletter (to spread the holy word of sky diving a little more). Initially, we are "planning" to dive with a banner 6 to 8 ft long, and 1 foot tall. The banner would be stretched between two of us and the other would just be hovering free in the middle. Any of you sky diving wizards have any experiences or helpful suggestions in completing such a sky dive?Flying Not like the name,Venwood Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberskydive 0 #2 March 23, 2001 Be careful and hold on really really tight-LOLD.Chisolm C-28534webmaster@sunraydesigns.comhttp://www.sunraydesigns.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deleted 0 #3 March 24, 2001 I did a sign jump on my 200th jump. I jumped a small (18" square or so) banner first to try it out. The main thing I noticed is that the top half of the banner flutters so much as to render it unreadable. A 6 ft long banner I cannot comment on since I havnt tried it or seen it done. What I ended up doing on the 200th was to cut the top off a 3 ring binder (one with the clear front you can inset paper into), made a 8 1/2 X 11 inch sign and slipped it into the binder front. I put rope handles on the back of the sign to hold on to and jumped away. At pull time I hugged the sign to my chest and deployed without a problem. The sign catches air and you have to hold it so it catches the least amount of air. Otherwise it wasnt too bad.Good luck!JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
venwood 0 #4 March 24, 2001 Thanks for your post anon. Your post gives food for thought about banner stability. Any other helpful suggestions or experiences out there?Flying not like the name,Venwood Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
