Landing on Asphault...?

[mjosparky 4]

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I landed on asphalt runaway once in no-wind. Threw away my gloves and knee pads after this landing, and was REALLY happy I had both.

That is not a landing, that is a crash you were able to walk away from.

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[BillyVance 35]

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It's not difficult but you should go practice this weekend.

Go land where there's some cement or asphalt. Make it your primary landing zone and get used to it. Make all or most of your approaches deep brake approaches and get used to sinking the canopy. Sink it as much as you can just before stall and at a reasonable altitude, slowly let the brakes up to full or near full flight before having to flare.

And if you decide to do that, wear an old pair of blue jeans instead of your jumpsuit, so you don't rip holes in it if the landing doesn't come off right.

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[DSE 5]

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You will get more thermal action because it radiates heat more and if there is wind over obsticals you will get more rotor activity.
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Amen to that. Due to shifting winds and being a 200 jump wonder=idiot, I ended up landing on the asphalt just in front of the loft a few weeks back. I knew I'd need to flare a little deeper on landing, but the combination of heat on the asphalt (it was around 98degrees), my added flare, and slightly earlier flare caused me to rise up about 3' on what would have been a perfect dirt landing. There was a lot of wind around the loft building that isn't present in the LZ.
Definitely was a moment of "O sh**..."
I let up on the toggles a bit for a blink, then continued my flare and landed softly, smoothly, toggles at my waist, no horizontal glide, and DZ manager kicking my butt for not making the LZ area 50 yards further north.
Not the same as a demo, but if a newb like me can make it in strange winds, I'm sure a 1K pro like yourself can manage quite nicely. Mine was 80% luck, 20% experience.
BTW, I'm loaded 1:1