dbrutherford 0 #1 December 6, 2006 I was just curious if there was a wind tunnel locator? I remember Googling one once but can't seem to find one. I got a free air plane voucher from my holiday travels I need to use up. I want to go get some tunnel time in for my AFF. If not, I will probably just go to a DZ down south and spend the cash on AFF jumps there. I figured the tunnel time would help me a lot more than just going and jumping since I am uncurrent and need to finish my AFF. I got a little spinny action going on on my last jump. I definetly did not maintain heading control. Jumps previous to that one were great. This way I can finish my AFF and start jumping on a regular basis! I ma getting ready to graduate college and I have a great job lined up so I can actually afford this sport! Thanks in advance, DAVID Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #2 December 6, 2006 bodyflight.net has a pretty good map. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #3 December 7, 2006 easy... fly to florida, go to zhills, talk to sally hathaway.. she's an aff instructor and a tunnel coach and a world champion belly flier. there's a skyventure tunnel nearby in orlando, a great boogie and a hell of a new year's party. what more could you ask for? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #4 December 7, 2006 Sally told me last week that she had 1000 hours of tunnel time now. You would not go wrong getting her to teach you anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avenfoto 0 #5 December 8, 2006 if tis just a numbers game, go to aac in tennessee, about 5 hours from you, tlak to john suiter (over 20,000 hours), let him know your situation and hell hook you up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbrutherford 0 #6 December 8, 2006 Yeah Tenn looked the closest. I may go to Z-Hills but.... The 15,000 ft AFF jumps at Spaceland look a little more enticing... Who knows what I will do... I am half trashed in the computer lab at school finioshing my lab report. Do you guys think some tunnel time is worth it or just go make the jumps? I know that if I ground dirt dives into the ground, I will be better in the air so I may just do that and go make real sky dives. DBR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avenfoto 0 #7 December 8, 2006 the tunnel time will definatley help, it cured me around aff #3.. and dont waste your time or money in titusville, if you go to the tunnel first you wont need the extra time in the air... zhills is smooth, with big planes and big doors, deland as well, just depends on where youre at in the state.. good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbrutherford 0 #8 December 8, 2006 Sounds good guys! Thanks for the input! Well I am graduating this weekend with one engineering degree and I will knock out my second in May. I already have an engineering position locked in with a big company so the pay will be good. I can't wait to get all those student jumps behind me and start crank out some freeflying and wing suiting! I just figured the tunnel time would help me with my body positioning. Last AFF jump I started spinning and couldn't really control it. When I had two jump masters, my jumps went really smooth. My canopy time has always been good too! I just got in debt like everyone else and started spending the cost of an AFF jump every month in credit card bills. Once i pay those cards off, then it is on with sky diving! DAVE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
