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Get permissions, ATC, DZO, local advice as required. Any CRW dogs will have advice about spotting and opening high..... Planning the spot is most important. If you can get the latest wind speeds and directions from ATC it will help a lot. You should be able to get wind speeds at each level (thousand feet) and you can then plot your exit point on a map. Wind direction can vary at different levels, Plot them on a map and then find your mean wind direction. Your exit point will be along that line. Next you can work out distance to exit point depending on mean wind speed. If your wind speed averages out at 30 mph, you can allow for about a mile per thousand feet of altitude, each thousand taking about a minute of time. From that you can work out the best exit point upwind of the DZ. So, roughly, with a mean wind speed of 30 mph, you should cover about 12 miles from 12 grand. Warm clothes, a phone, maybe a ground crew if possible below you at the exit point to follow you home, also good in the case of a malfunction to pick up lost gear, or to deal with an out landing and injury scenario. Have a plan for a malfunction, Depending on type of mal, are you gonna chop it or ride it down? (sensible thing is treat a mal as you would normally, immediate EP's, worry about gear later) Best to not do this on your own, have a buddy so you can look out for each other. Stick together under canopy.Sunset might not be a good idea if you have a chop and meed to find canopy/freebag etc. Make sure your exit point is over land rather than out to sea or over a lake. Take a phone or radio as suggested. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Landed off the DZ, took a detour through a field of corn, grabbed a couple of cobs for lunch, a cop came along and charged him with theft. His wife absolutely hates the nickname, but most jumpers don't know him by any other name....he's had it for 40 years.... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Which couldn't happen in the US. FAA wouldn't be there and permanent revocation would take due process. At least this case the.seal isn't broken and the evidence remains intact. I'm assuming this is in the US based on the seal. Does anybody know if it was reported to FAA and what sanctions where/are being taken by the FAA? I was about to post the question again of what disciplinary/legal actions against riggers people have know of. I know of only two for sure and apparently MEL is involved in some legal case.. I've heard 'I heard' accounts but never enough detail to know if they're true. In this case the rigger accepted responsibility for his error and the rating revocation without complaint. I think he was relieved his error hadn't resulted in a fatality, so regarded the sanction as quite justified. Anyone who makes such a clear error and then disputes the sanction needs to take a hard look at themselves. Who would want the death of a fellow jumper due to such a stupid mistake on their conscience? The error shown in the OP demonstrates an incomprehensible level of incompetence. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Flash cards, vids etc are useful to show students AFTER training, but it is important during training not to befuddle them with too much information. Showing a load of different malfunctions serves to sow confusion and doubt, and is not really necessary. I used to spend a majority of training showing students what a good canopy LOOKS and FEELS like, drilling in canopy checks for a good canopy, and pointing out live jumpers under canopy. Quite simple. The two key words are "Square" and "Stable" (i.e. not spinning). Once they have that process cemented in, its easier to point out that anything that looks or feels different on "check" is likely to be a problem which may or may not require EP's. The "feel" of a good or bad canopy can be demonstrated ad infinitum in pre jump harness drills. Don't make the mistake that the more you show them is "better", because often it isn't. Stick to the KISS principle and you can't go too far wrong. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

I've seen a reserve with a packing pin left under the top flap, the rig had had about 60 jumps on it like that. You couldn't see it on a normal pin check, it was found after the rig had been turned on its edge and you could see the flaps layered in closing order. A group of 4 riggers were doing gear checks prior to a nationals. The standard practice was for every rig to be checked by two different riggers. I don't think we ever found fault free gear. The rigger responsible in this case had his rating pulled (permanently) on the spot. His packing pins had a red flag/tag on them, he'd obviously pulled on the tag to remove the packing pin and it had torn away, leaving the pin in place and locking the reserve closed. This was in the days predating cutters on AADs. Prior to the meet, a group of riggers would gather and we'd play "find the fault", where we'd each set up a rig with a fault and get the others to check and find the problem. There were some very creative minds amongst the group, and the pressure was on when inspecting the gear, but it certainly kept all of us sharp. Very embarrassing if you couldn't find the problem, but a great learning tool. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Golo. Cannonball. Peterpowerpole. Kornkob. Barrybattlestar. Beverlybreakaway. Tommytwochutes. SFB (shitforbrains). Ronnieracer. Also PAWA our pilot. (Piss, (beer) Aeroplanes, Women, Alriiggghhhtt,). In truth he was a one beer wonder..... Prolly another 20 or 30 I can't remember right now..... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

I think that says more about the instructor than it does about you. If he was any good he should have observed any deficiencies BEFORE your first AFF jump. Then he should have withdrawn from instructing and put you on to someone who could do the job properly. IMO the quality of some "instructors" around the scene is somewhat lower than it should be. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Try a car wreckers/dismantlers, you can often find 2nd hand parts at a much cheaper price. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Stayhigh is not representative of skydivers, he's not a current skydiver and likes to feel big by putting others down. In fact he is banned from several drop zones and run out of Hawaii for despicable behaviour. Ignore him. And keep asking questions. And go skydiving! My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Come on Tiger, you can do better than that!. Think Dave Cogan x 20. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Now morphed into UKIP. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Also affiliated to The Flat Earth Society, The Monster Raving Looney Party, and a pressure group advocating cheese mining on the moon. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Get a big hammer, sit and wait, and when he shows up, just smash him with it. Simples..... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

The answer is neither. It is a jumper problem. While interesting, I think you are embarking on an exercise in futility. Unless you can pinpoint absolutely a problem with the AAD itself, the variables are just too great, because the circumstances of no two incidents would ever be exactly the same. In the end everyone must understand that an AAD is a backup device, and nothing is guaranteed when margins of survival left by the jumper are left so slim. At that point it is either your lucky day......or not. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Many years ago I recall a 206 load going to altitude and we went past a seagull. As I remember it was about 9000 ft. Someone pointed it out and we all saw it. Something no one expected to see. Definitely blew the long held theory about how high birds fly. Although I remember many years ago the boys taking a chicken to 3 grand to set a world record for the longest and highest flight by a chicken. There was a flaw in the plan and it didn't end well for the chicken. Unfortunately.... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

That's how it is done, when conditions, exit point and waypoints for the day can be pointed out, last thing before kitting up, and they can see how other jumpers fly their canopies.. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Absolutely. If you can simplify your training to suit people who have little English, then this becomes valid for everyone, because when you are putting people into a stressful environment, then the simpler the drills and instruction, the easier it is to instil and make understandable, which means the less there is to misunderstand and screw up in a live situation. A particularly useful example is radio instruction. My radio instructions have 8 different commands, which are practised on the ground with accompanying arm movements where applicable. They are: Good canopy. (Confirming Canopy OK) 360 left or 360 right. Left or right. (90 degree turn, either way) Up. (toggles up) Down. (Toggles down for the flare, I don't use "flare", its jargon) Look. Grab. Pull. (SOS system, EP time, pull the handle) The students are trained to fly and land the canopy without radio, using altimeter and waypoints, which are pointed out during the training, on the airfield, with diagrams, and immediately prior to the jump, also pointed out during the climb by the JM. I've had students with radio failure land themselves in the pea gravel on their first jump. They are told if the radio works its a bonus, and the radioman will say little or nothing if they appear to be flying the canopy properly themselves. The radioman is trained to keep his trap shut unless absolutely necessary, and keep commands to a minimum. Nothing worse to cause confusion is a radioman with verbal diarrhea. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Having trained many first jumpers (SL), many who spoke little or even no English, I had to think carefully how I was going to get the message through to allow them to jump safely. When you have a class of 20 first jumpers, sometimes with nationals of 4 or 5 foreign countries in the same group, the most important thing was to train using the fewest and simplest terms, thus lots of demonstrations, pictures and diagrams, and lots of repetitive drills. It worked out fine. Simplicity is the key..... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Thee are positives and negatives to the question of rules. Some can be fixed and peole will accept them as necessary, AAD's for students for example. Clear and concise, and not likely to cause any arguments. Also you have different rules....nationally accepted ones (like student AADs) and local rules pertaining to a specific DZ. The problem with rules is they can become obsolete with time, they can be overly restrictive, and be ignored/broken, which then causes people to lose respect for those particular rules and other good rules generally. A lot of rules are put in place without careful thought, and can be ambiguous in their interpretation. A "no low dumping" rule is a case in point. Difficult to prove, and can be argued as a long snivelly opening. I've had numerous run ins with smart arses who objected to a particular DZ rule, but at a local level its not really a problem...my DZ, my interpretation counts. There is always some individual who thinks they are exempt from any restrictions. Its far better to make sensible recommendations, rather than rules in some cases....your wingsuit example is a good case, everyone basically agrees. There is no need to set things in concrete in such instances. One thing you can't rely on, is people to use common sense. Its not always that common, and in such cases a clear guideline is necessary. One other important thing to consider is to make sure everyone is fully aware of any rules, recommendations, or warnings, and likely sanctions should they be broken. Sanctions should be reasonable and fair. At my DZ, the sanction for a low dump was not a grounding, which I think is counterproductive. Instead, miscreants got to do a static line jump with full student equipment at the altitude they should have been open at. A couple of very experienced visiting instructors were amongst those miscreants, which was a good lesson for everyone else at the DZ. Everyone saw it as a fair and reasonable sanction, which didn't involve the ill feeling that comes with groundings. Fewer rules are the way to go. At my DZ there was really only one simple rule which everyone understood very clearly. "Don't F*** Up". It covered every scenario quite well. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Isn't that what we all want to see??? As for the OP, maybe a little more specific on what you want and what you are going to do with it and we could help you. Lots of gopro cameras attached to lots of helmets... He wants skydiving, not flailing!!! My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Lesson for skydivers?. Never leave canopies lying in the sun if you are packing outdoors. Jump, then pack!!!......Before going for a coffee. A blown canopy can be the first link in a chain of events that can end badly, if not for you, then the person who buys your second hand main. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

I wonder how much she'd bitch if they were doing zero mph, 300 feet above her house.... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

Seen him live several times. Always a first class performance. I guess he'll be buried with his hat on. My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

On the upside, although the actual list of prepaid passengers is secret, some names have leaked out, and one is Justin Bieber. Beiber doesn't need a rocket. He needs to be fired out of a cannon into the Atlantic ocean. At night. With his hair on fire...... My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....