grumpylittleman

I made it,didn't want to rush it so I jumped got nice and stable and then counted 1 2 3 throw. Had a good canopy by 2800 and then stuffed the landing I flared slightly too high no injuries just pride. Instructor debrief was ,good exit ,why did you wait so long to throw? What height did you have the canopy, don't scare me like that and you stuffed the flare. I thought Shit I might off failed this, then the instructor goes well done you're on the ground in 1 piece and you were stable and in control, welcome to skydiving do you want to do that again? I said why not and did 2 more hop and pops today . I'm going to start some B rels next week along with some packing now with 12 jumps I'm focusing on learning and getting my A licence.

Excuse my ignorance I know SL is static line but what does IAD stand for?Quote

my DZ makes you do 1 hop and pop from 4000ft (which I do this weekend) at the end of AFF and then you have to do 2 more hop and pops I think the lowest is 3500ft while you work towards the A licence, they also suggested I commence B rels while I'm working towards my A licence

Thanks to everyone who replied and I'm now determined to relax have a quick look at the different sight picture before I leave the plane, arch, count, throw it out , check it and then land it. I have a good/ reliable student rig (navigator 240) and most importantly I'm going to enjoy it [:) If you're interested I'll post after I nail this.

thanks, for reminding me about the 1st thousand (10 sec) as your NOT at terminal. I think the main thing for me is just the Nerves(apprehension)and the fact I was on the way up a couple of weeks back and the student doing a hop and pop went out flapping and kicking everywhere while the JM's on the plane started mumbling open the damn chute and then a big sigh was heard when they spotted his open chute. I'll be glad once it's done.

Hi Guys I'm new to skydiving and in two days, I'm doing my last stage AFF training, the Hop and POP. Ive heard things like you should put it off for a couple of jumps and It's as scary has hell. I have had NO problems coming out stable so far but must admit I'm a little nervous of the hop and pop, where I jump we come out at 4000ft which in as low as my deploy ceiling as been so far. my question is do you get ground rush?, do you still have plenty of time to deploy? ( my instructor says don't rush it) and lastly what's it really like any different?