cap190

Hey all, Finally nutted up and did my first AFF tandem jump, which was also my first jump ever, and now i'm HOOKED. Everything went smoothly, only things i f'd up on were: 1) Didn't look at the horizon when I jumped out the plane. I was looking straight down, so we ended up doing a few front flips before we got into position lol (was fun though) 2) Didn't do too well under the canopy. A combination of the huge adrenaline rush, nerves, and asthma had me almost passed out and extremely nauseous after the chute opened. B/c of this I wasn't able to maneuver the chute much because I was so out of it. On the landing I flared to one side by accident, so we hit the ground pretty rough! Anyways, I still have one more tandem (this week) before my first instructor-assisted solo. However, they were telling me that they usually recommend students do ground school and/or wind tunnel before the solo. What do you guys recommend I do after my next tandem? I really want to learn more about parachuting, because I feel that that would be the hardest part about my first solo dive. I don't really know much about maneuvering the canopy, and after reading a few articles about divers perishing as a result of poor landings / "hook turns", I'm a bit nervous to do it myself...