holy freakin...WTF???

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HAHA I just did a tandem yesterday. And the best part you might ask? Well it was FREE!!!! But whoo...what a weird experience that was.

I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.

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I've done 2 tandems with TI's in training. Talk about scary! But hey, a free jump is a free jump!

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Did you have to reassure your tandem instructor that you would make it back from a bad spot.. I went on a tandem a few weeks ago with a guy who was just getting his rating and after we opened, he was nervous, and I was having fun... We did it the same day I got my AFF-I, and he got his TI with the jump, so we have something in common and it felt good to help someone else out! I would have even paid my own slot... It was fun to be the not-nervous-one... ;-)

I had the "chicken handles" designed for experienced skydiving passengers, so I could have executed the emergency procedures too... He told me, "You have to tell me twice before you use them in case I am working the problem." I told him that he would KNOW because, if he was still alive, and not doing anything, I would be kicking him where it hurts if he was ignoring a malfunctioning canopy. I bet he won't get many "students" who touch all their handles on the way to the door in the future. he he he


Question for you...

I felt like in freefall we had a lot of potato chipping... Nothing scary, but not the smooth freefall I am used to... Did you have that?

Did you try turning? I realized I had little control of heading using all the tools I had...

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It was so neat watching you come in for a landing on that no-wind day. I also loved our two-way where you spun us around the sky...and then our grand finale - a hop n' pop at sunset!

Let's have an even better day this Sat.!

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

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Did you have to reassure your tandem instructor that you would make it back from a bad spot.. I went on a tandem a few weeks ago with a guy who was just getting his rating and after we opened, he was nervous, and I was having fun... We did it the same day I got my AFF-I, and he got his TI with the jump, so we have something in common and it felt good to help someone else out! I would have even paid my own slot... It was fun to be the not-nervous-one... ;-)

I had the "chicken handles" designed for experienced skydiving passengers, so I could have executed the emergency procedures too... He told me, "You have to tell me twice before you use them in case I am working the problem." I told him that he would KNOW because, if he was still alive, and not doing anything, I would be kicking him where it hurts if he was ignoring a malfunctioning canopy. I bet he won't get many "students" who touch all their handles on the way to the door in the future. he he he


Question for you...

I felt like in freefall we had a lot of potato chipping... Nothing scary, but not the smooth freefall I am used to... Did you have that?

Did you try turning? I realized I had little control of heading using all the tools I had...

yes now that you mention it i had a lot! I arched a little harder and it somewhat went away. I did have some controll over turns to. I tried to track but i dont think we went to far. All in all, it was a good time.

I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.

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It was so neat watching you come in for a landing on that no-wind day. I also loved our two-way where you spun us around the sky...and then our grand finale - a hop n' pop at sunset!

Let's have an even better day this Sat.!

even better!?!?!?! Whoo talk about a women who is hard to please! HAHA j/k Im sure its going to be great.

I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.