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The Lord works in mysterious ways.........

Sorry I was aware that you didn't mean not to tandem for everyone and you were talking about personal experience I didn't respond very well. I apologise for that. I replied because you are the first person out of any that had a experience that static line was better and I just wanted a little but more of your opinion as to why. Thanks for the response though

Parler missed such a great marketing opportunity: they could have called it Mein Space.

It might be my new favourite thing that the Trump campaign clearly tried to book a Four Seasons hotel and accidentally ended up at a run down garden centre. Perfect encapsulation of how they've approached the last four years of governance.

Exactly. The Nova comes to mind as proof positive.

I would love to teach a 2 stage flare in the FJC. It's easy to teach "Ready - Set - Half Brakes - Flare" instead of just "Ready - Set - Flare". But it has to become FJC doctrine, and that means overcoming resistance from multiple instructors and management. Hell, I work with instructors that can't be bothered to say "Ready" or "Set" before "FLARE!" At any DZ it's important for procedures to be consistent among the instructors.

Anybody seen the list of countries that don't have extradition treaties with the United States? Asking for a friend.

You lack the ability to think independently and are only able to parrot what your leaders tell you?

It appears the fat lady has sung. I lost and so did the patriotic Americans. The country remains almost equally divided. We have 50% of the people as dedicated true believers, pick a side, same-same. To paraphrase Joe Weber, we have the United States of Socialist Republics and the Patriotic States of America. It truly felt good to be on the offensive these last four years. Now, I/we will go back to our defensive position and hiding in plain sight. We lost most of our back channel comms but based on the last ones, I am holding on to a very slim fantasy of hope. My peer group is concerned about violence coming to our area. They fear the gangs from Atlanta will feel empowered to spread out to the rural country. If they do, we are ready. How are you Electoral College opponents feeling now? It worked in your favor this time. BTW, good call billvon on the Trump number. I have Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to guide me as always. So, I remain faithful and thankful. All of this political turmoil is predicted in Biblical prophecy. And, it will get worse until Jesus returns. Personally, I hope the Rapture comes in my lifetime. So, to my enemies, I congratulate your victory. Just keep in mind, we are not going away.

I’m one of those new jumpers so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but my experience was pretty much like this. We are given the bare minimum (which at the start is good because skydiving in general has a lot of information to absorb) and then we are kind of sent into the wild to figure it out ourselves. A little bit more direction would be pretty helpful, even if it’s just “go look here” instead of teaching students individually. Canopy courses (especially flight 1) are amazing for this and the 101/102 give you all that info, but early on for me no one really said anything about them outside of “you’ll eventually need a canopy course before you can get your b license”. Even the basic info from those courses such as how to really plan a holding area/landing pattern based on winds at different altitudes and not just the wind on the ground was a gigantic help for me personally and made the difference between getting back to the dz or landing off in a few different situations. Before taking that course, I had no idea how beneficial it could be to use brakes in a landing pattern (before final) or how to use harness input instead of brakes turns when low to avoid traffic while landing. students are often by themselves when landing so it’s not a huge deal, but as soon as you aren’t a student and you are dealing with a lot of other people trying to land at the same time having that additional knowledge can make all the difference and I wish we knew it sooner.

Right??? Holy crap it’s a breath of fresh air. Functioning adults who can give a presentation.

I just watched two patriots address the nation live from Delaware. They spoke in complete sentences. They spoke English as if it was their native language. They didn't call anyone insulting names. They didn't threaten anyone. They didn't mock anyone. It was amazing!

Popular vote? About 75 million for Biden, 71 million for Trump, and about 95 million did not vote. Once again apathy is the big winner!

I've only flown it briefly indoors (tunnel), no skydive or base jumps on it. But in side/performance it seems to now sit in between the Shadow and the Havok. Where previously the Phantom was more like the Shadow in size/performance, mainly differing in flying style (hands free on Shadow) the Phantom now has slightly increased in size/performance.

Hi folks, It would appear that the only way Trump gets to 270 is if he loses 50 pounds. Jerry Baumchen

Dear Kenzdik96, Canopy control is a complex process. During the first jump course, we teach the bare minimum needed to walk off the DZ un-injured, then "layer" on more canopy skills after they stand up a few landings. Then every time they jump a new canopy, we help them set learning objectives and critique their landings with suggestions on how to improve their next landing. It takes hundreds or thousands of jumps to master canopy control. The key is teaching new information in small doses.

I'm surprised they let your friend jump at all. At one dropzone there were two young women who were treating the entire class (with other students) like it was just a wild hoot. The instructor (also a woman) came over and told them to go back to the office and get their refund, she was kicking them out of the class. End of story. Considering that this is a sport that can actually kill someone, I think instructors have a duty to not allow a student to jump if they just don't get it or act like they just don't care.

Good to now it’s not normal. Based on what he said I think that guys calling it quits after his aff1. Shame, we have a tunnel like 20 minutes from where he lives too

Don't blame the student yet. Often as not what goes on in a DZ's student program isn't the subject of full disclosure. The DZ just figures the student won't ask for an instructors license and no one will ever know. Several years ago I was leasing a Caravan to a nearby DZ. Because it was my airplane someone sent me a picture of the DZO, who was a USPA AFF Evaluator doing a Level 3 AFF out of my airplane with a non-rated reserve side Instructor. I don't go for that shit so 2 hours later my airplane was back home. But for most DZO's the attitude is: not my DZ, not my problem.

Well, at 35 seconds, where he zooms under the student, he was being dangerous. His inability to control his fall rate or position in the sky relative to the student is dangerous. The video is of a single jumpmaster, harness hold exit, student jump. That's an AFF Level 4 type jump. His skills were not even close to being up to the task of helping or saving the student. That is dangerous.

????? The idiot instructor did everything wrong except not leave the aircraft. The student was basically looking good. A little in person coaching from someone with more fall rate and body control than the student would have turned this jump into a huge success. Yes, the instructor did gobs of things that were dangerous. I got my AFF rating in 1988. I've done more AFF than most people have jumps. I'm telling you, based on my actual experience, this was horrible.

We all know what we signed up for when going thru AFF, what happened to the student isn't uncommon and messing up is also part of progression, however this coach was all over the place - as some have pointed could be working on levels etc - but the reaction once he opens canopy shows you the kind of AFFI he is. I dont think the coach/AFFI did anything dangerous, however the DZ and its students needs to rethink working with him. We had an AFFI like that at the DZ, all he cared about was fun jumping (which is fine) but when he was needed for AFF,Tandem or cam he would bitch and complain. He didn't last long in our DZ.

Actually, that should be firmly ingrained before level 1.

I do not know the details of this Video or the instructor but the Instructors performance was very poor on this jump to say the least He was not anywhere near to be in a position to assist the Student when it mattered most. but as Skybitch mentioned, i also be concerned about the student and or his training. make 2 attempts to pull then go for reserve deployment. some one should pull the instructor aside and have a talk with with him about his/ her performance and get their side of the story. Glad the AAD worked

To students: The most important thing to remember is that no matter what happens to you, I'll be fine.