First solo (non AFF) jump yesterday

[HydroGuy 0]

I did my first self-supervised skydive yesterday. It was weird having no instructor around. No one to yell altitudes to. No one to play cat and mouse with. Just no one period. So i just kicked back and enjoyed the scenery. I had never done a tandem jump, so this was the first time I ever just relaxed, looked around and checked things out.

And I fell through a cloud...that was pretty cool as well.

Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

[Smeger 0]

Awesome, nice one dude. I did a tandem one morning, twilight and complete cloud cover. If there is a heaven then thats what I reckon it looks like . One of the most incredible sights I've ever seen. Also, we opened just above the cloud cover, only to spot a large hole in the cloud. Looked a bit like the eye of a hurricane, so we circled around inside it, that was awesome as well lol.

So how many jumps did it take to pass your AFF in the end?
Did you have any trouble in a particular area that a newbie like me would suffer from?

[Jeth 0]

Congrats, thats awesome!
I'm in AFP, the program is 20 jumps, so I have a ways to go before I get to jump completely solo. I have heard it feels like you're up there forever. It'll be cool to not have any "objectives", though. I can't wait to get there myself! (Also so my friends will stop asking me when I'm gonna graduate! )

"At 13,000 feet nothing else matters."
PFRX!!!!!
Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109
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[Superman32 0]

20 Jumps?
My AFP program is 3 tandems + 7AFP + 5 coached.
All others are solos until the grad.

Congratulations on your solo
I can't wait to do mine. Hopefully at the end of the month

Inveniam Viam aut Faciam
I'm back biatches!

[dan_iv 0]

that is awesome! i did mine last weekend, actually did 2 of them , they are a blast... i can't wait for group dives / coached freefly jumps mostly.... woohoo!!!!

the thing that really amazes me is that every jump seems to get funner, and funner, and funner, and more funner

[superman0710 0]

congrats, mate!!!

only 7 more jumps and i'll be there!

[Jeth 0]

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20 Jumps?
My AFP program is 3 tandems + 7AFP + 5 coached.
All others are solos until the grad.

Yep. It is basically 2 tandems + 8 core jumps + 10 coach jumps (more advanced RW & freefly). But you have to go through the whole program before you are off student status. All jumps are with 1 instructor. But the nice thing is when you graduate you have met all requirements and are only 5 jumps away from your A!
I'm halfway there, only 9 more levels to go!

"At 13,000 feet nothing else matters."
PFRX!!!!!
Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109
My Jump Site

[GTAVercetti 0]

Our AFF program is ~20 jumps with 5 extra jumps to get to the A license. That is following the ISP.

And HydroGuy, you fell through INDUSTRIAL HAZE.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[HydroGuy 0]

I took AFF from Jim Wallace out of Perris. I had taken some AFF courses several years previously, so I got to skip a couple. The standard course is 8 jumps.

I didn't have too many problems. I did 5 minutes in the wind tunnel prior to AFF 4. At first I was skeptical that this was just a way to milk me out of 160 bucks. I was mistaken. The wind tunnel helped me immeasurably. The confined area gives you perspective to your movement in the air.

And yes, it was a cloud of industrial haze I fell through...my bad

Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

[sd-slider 0]

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And yes, it was a cloud of industrial haze I fell through...

I myself did my 3rd self instructed solo today through said haze....

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I was skeptical that this was just a way to milk me out of 160 bucks. I was mistaken.

I used the tunnel between 3 and 4 as well. It was a great tool for muscle-memory and most of all....confidence!

Great job!

Anvil Brother #69

Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk...
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