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Apparently they've have alot of interest from the non-skydiving comunity. I think red letter days (or something similar) have booked 700 hrs or soemthing already. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Cornwall is at least a 5hr treck from kent. Might aswell go to peterlee on that UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Move up to newcastle/sunderland/somewhere up nort and come to Peterlee. Will def come along there. But if he lives in kent his nearest DZ is Headcorn. Ive never been, but it has a reputation for being unfriendly. For eg. A friend from our uni club was up to turns on the RAPS system. He phoned Headcorn up and asked if he could jump there, but they wouldnt let him unless he restarted back on S/L from jump 1 because he wasnt trained at their centre If he doesnt mind travelling Hinton is a good friendly place (my nearest DZ when Im not at Uni), but personally I think the plane is too small for them atm. (Black Beaver, speedy) UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Im just wondering whether Im doing these things in the right order. When I see I have a good canopy I check round me and stear into wind on back risers. Seeing its clear I collapse the slider then pull my breaks off (still stowed up to this point) Just Ive seen people fire the breaks, let go of the toggles and then collapse slider. I would have thought keeping your breaks stowed until you're ready to fly is better cos you have less forward speed so less chance of collision. Opionions? UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Looking at it, these certificated are not "Law", but designed to make it easier for people traveling country to country, because the new licenses set an international standard so different DZs can more easily identify a skydviers level of proficiency. They are to be issued "In Parrallel" with certificates of national skydiving bodies. Read the FAI article http://www.fai.org/parachuting/certificates_proficiency/ Read the BPA Bulleting http://www.bpa.org.uk/bulletin1.htm Which says BPA FAI Certificates will not be replaced by the international licenses. The BPA will continue to issue its own BPA FAI Licenses. Edit: to fix links UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Ive not heard anything about that. In the uk you get your A-Licence when you have either finished RAPS or AFF. For both systems it takes about 18 jumps minimum. Nothing says, or has been mentioned about 25 jumps world wide, that is USPA rules afaik, so will affact many clubs "world wide" as many are USPA Affiliated. BPA regs still allow cat 8 (18ish, though it is possible to get it in 16). You are classed as a student until you have an A-Licence thoguh (no jumping with others, istructor may follow to observe). So those days are far from long gone. Also in this country alot of people come through s/l, though I think its becoming more 50/50 now. Getting through S/L takes ALOT of patience (its gonna take at least a few months) but I think it helps people settle into the social side of skydiving more. If you dont make friends at dzs you are not gonna enjoy skydiving. I recon skydiving is at least 50% social. Doing S/L, people see you are putting alot of effort in when you move on to freefall, and they respect that. You first freefall is a no turning back jump. Because aside from the Jump price, you have to fully join the BPA (starts at £70 in march, goes down throughout the year) and then buy beer for everyone. Theres alot more beer buying in S/L too. SO it should be encouraged more UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

As Im sure most people know, gear checks are compulsary here in the UK, but because they have to be done I think alot of people are half-arsed about it. Whereas in the US where its not compulsary if they are done they are done because people want to do it. I have never heard of an incident of a misrouted chest strap but I have heard a story of someone at my dz not doing their legs straps up before they got in the plane (comfort?) and forgetting to do them up when they left. Personally, I like to check the routing of each ring, loop, cutaway cable, aswell as check the legstrap/chest strap routing aswell as give the chest strap a tug. I have had 1 person say to me that you shouldnt touch peoples gear during the checks, but why not? Im not gonna exert more force than the opening would, and anything properly routed shouldnt cause a problem. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Surely then the best pin protection is on Pop top containers (Teardrop, Raser, Reflex) where the Pin is under a flap that is up against your back? how could you knock that out? UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Any ideas on how its gonna run? Ive heard the other skyventure one runs 24/7 at about $10 (or more) per minute and ANYONE can use the wind tunnel? Is this missinformation? UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

With the new UK wind tunnel, would Seb XL move back to the UK and train here? Would be handy for coaching etc. Would they be renamed to Milton Keanes XL?? Does quite have the same ring :) UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Due to the position of our DZ (right next to a village, industrial estate and main road) we are allowed no objects in freefall. edit: for bad smelling UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

AFAIK Its the sabre 1 that is the hard opener (I know, I jump one!) and the sabre 2 is apparently soft. But if you want the softest get a spectre. Class UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

At our DZ generally leave at least 5s between groups, but if we hear "The uppers are really blowing" from the pilot, we leave it a little longer. Easy. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Lol I wish they were. They wish Id do something sensible! UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Wait till a sea fog comes in while you're in freefall to leave complete cloud cover at 700ft!! Thats scary. Anyway, I think the jump where I had that feeling most was on a 3 way. We got through our 5 point sequence when we all just seemed to forget what came next. I ended up rolling onto my friends back and falling off, one guy started cracking up and went unstable then because of that he nearly forgot to track off. That was a fucking funny dive for some strange reason. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I had a dream last night that I was at my grandparents farm were either the world 100-way champs were happening or USA team were training. They were all dressed in red. Before the jumped the jump planes flew in a circle with 4 in the middle. There were about 20 206s in the circle with a big chopper and 4 more 206s in the centre. Didnt see the exit but the idea of the comp was to change formation 6 times and you got points for each jumper out of their slot. Formations I can remember were a star, a 6 pointed star and some other pretty things. The skydivers took up the whole sky and were partially obscured by the barn (I was worried they looked quite low ) but then they opened and just dissapeared. Why skydiving would take place at that farm I dont know... theres trees everywhere and a some buildings (its just a tiny 35 acre farm in the Cotswolds UK). Whats going on with my head??? But I do like the idea of a 100 way out of cessnas UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Mr Bill. Not a freefall thing but sounds great (havent tried it yet cos its unnoficially banned at my dz cos of fairly serious incident involving one a couple of years ago, no one hurt though) Hop and hop. One guy holds onto the guy dumping until canopy is open. Then just drop off yourself. Watch your handles. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

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Not necessarily. You could still get slammer openings that would produce just as much G, just the canopy would have to open in half the time (assuming you're going at 1/2 the speed) But assuming the canopy takes the same time to open, then you'd get half the G if you're going half the speed. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

G is a measure of acceleration. 1G = 9.81m/s^2 (10 is often used as an approximation) This is the gravitational pull of the earth. So when people refer to 10G or however many, its 10x9.81. And from what I have heard, sustained G is worse for the body than quick Gs. Thats how people survived stupidly high Gs when they only have them for an instant. And when you open your cannopy you DO experience acceleration, only its negative (decceleration). Snatch and shock will all be attributed to acceleration. If it snatches, its because you still want to go fast while the canopy is slowing down, so it pushes you into the harness more, cos the forces are greater (F = ma). UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Yeah we do get ripped off. But I can get to durham and back (3:30hrs each way) on no more than £30 fuel. But B-17? did they open and let you drop, or do you have to put yourself out? UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Id say probably best not go new for a first kit. Apart from the hairy landings and gettting kit dirty, in general containers can only take a canopy 1 size up or down from what it was built for. This may hinder you later on. (This has affected one guy at peterlee) Also, you can often sell 2nd hand kit on for close to what you paid for it, assuming its in pretty much the same condition as when you got it. Also, most rigs are just as safe as any other rig. Generally all that varies is the look and cost. Some do have new innovative systems (Skyhook on the vector) but all containers I have seen are reliable and have saved lives. If a container werent safe you wouldnt be allowed to jump it. Also, because you're in the UK getting america equipment new from the states can bite your ass with import tax when you import it. To stop this either go pick it up from the states (that an expense in itself), buy british (Xerox or Teardrop from Thomas Sports) or through a british dealer (dirtdive sells wings, Dropzone Sports sells new Vortex 2s). I know someone just bought a custom built Teardrop with all the extras, Sabre 2 135, speed reserve and cypres 2 for £3300. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Kiss goodbye to any money and girlfriend(s?) you ever had. Unless you get them jumping to. They just wont understand otherwise. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I dont think its that silly. A few weeks abo we were discussing wingsuits and one guy reconed within 5 years someone will land a wingsuit. We discussed (not really seriously) about building a creeper into the front of the suit. Though how you'd break is another matter. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I got entangled with my main on jump 12 on my first 5s FF. Cut away got a reserve. Does that count as trigger happy or just shit learner? UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.