Dutchboy
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1 skydiver 2 aircraft builder and pilot 3 natural born leader
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At my DZ (Skydive Atlanta) they have AFF and also Tandem Progression. In the Tandem progression there are four tandems and then four instructor assisted freefall (IAF) levels. So I did T1-T4, and IAF5-IAF8. You should have no problems jumping in the USA with a British license. Just make sure you can speak English in addition to the British you normally speak.
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True, but which is a more practical means of travel? I had an interesting experience Friday. I have started flying again after 7 years off. I was doing the first part of my flight review when the instructor had me fly over another small airport nearby. There was a nice 2000 Cessna 172 Millenium Edition that had crashed in some trees next to the runway. It was really sad to see the wings bent back on this new airplane. So I called up a buddy of mine tonight to see if he passed his pilot checkride scheduled for today. Yep, you guessed it, he was the one that crashed the new $180k plane. He wasn't injured, except his pride. Definitely gives you some perspective.
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At my DZ they teach forward movement on T3 and tracking on T4. Forward movement is moving forward in a somewhat slower controlled manner such as trying to get into a formation. Tracking is the full blown delta and normally you have your head further down and arms back. When you want to seperate from a formation you will increase horizontal distance if you flat track instead of doing a downward delta. The reason for this is you have more time for your horizontal speed to move you away if you aren't flying at a 45 degree down angle.
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Well I didn't want to go there, but since you brought it up. I have spent lots of time in the UK (that's the uck, not ue-kay, pronounce it right). I was amazed at home many brits have never left that pathetic little island you claim houses three countries in your "kingdom". You're only 50 miles from France or Ireland and yet most of the brits I know have never left that little island. So what is up with calling your states countries anyway, does it make you feel better or something? How does it feel to be a subject and not a citizen? I'm just having a little fun with you, but I was seriously suprised at how few of you have ever left the island. On a more serious note, I have never seen such violence in my life as some of the things I've seen in London. You're 3 times more likely to get mugged there than New York City! I actually saw a young punk hop out of his car and threaten to smash some poor old man walking down the sidewalk (pavement) with a bottle.
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Congrats, Sis. Oh wait, I forgot you are from the warring state of Texas.
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Yeah, it wouldn't be a good nickname if I was still up there. There are more Dutch people in West Michigan than in Holland. I was in Grand Rapids when they took the census, they just rolled a penny down the street and started counting all the people trying to chase it.
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Well guys I used to live in West Michigan. Went to high school in Kalamazoo and college in Grand Rapids (Calvin). When my company went under I moved to Atlanta and haven't been sorry. You can't beat the weather or job market down here. It is also cheap to live here compared to other large cities (4.5 million in metro Atlanta). Just spoke to my brother up in Kalamazoo yesterday. It was 30 F and cloudy up there and 70 F and sunny down here.
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The C-182 at my DZ actually has a recessed handled for the door. It is a latch that you turn 90 degrees to open the door. The handle you turn is a semi-circle. I think it would be very difficult to catch yourself on this latch.
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I am looking for input on Skydive Hastings in Hastings, Michigan. I'm going there in a month for my brother's wedding and want to do a skydive with him while there. I'm particularly interested in what people think about their tandem instructors, etc.
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Remind me never to offer you a ride in my plane.
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Sure it is safe flying over the busiest airport in the world. The controllers are there to watch out for you. If you hit somebody else they get in big trouble. Seriously, even when I'm in controlled airspace, I do what I do when skydiving: constantly scan for other traffic. In our case it was 10pm and dark so all the jets were very easy to see. On a clear night you can see another planes lights up to 20 miles away. Since we had two pilots on board, and it wasn't their busiest time of day I wasn't worried. However, I have never seen so many planes in the air at once before.
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Talked to the DZO's more about this. They are back from vacation. I think they are going to surprise us somehow.
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Couldn't settle for just the hanging harness...
Dutchboy replied to cyberskydive's topic in The Bonfire
No reserve rides at Skydive Atlanta yesterday (that I know of). My first jump of the day, had the worst landing of my skydiving career. At about 10 ft my left arm cramped and I pulled down the left toggle. I was so surprised by this that I didn't do the right thing (pull down the right one). Just sorta froze in that position. Did a full 180 between the last 10 ft and landing. Hit the ground with my left arm first, didn't PLF. It was instant pain in my left elbow. I only did one more jump that day because I wanted to be sure the injury wouldn't effect me. I did managed to get through the jump and landing fine, but it hurt like hell so I didn't do anymore. -
A friend of mine from the kung fu school (Broken Eagle) was always talking about skydiving and how much she liked it. She was trying to get a few of us from the school to try a jump. I was naturally opposed to the idea, being a pilot. I think they teach you to think skydiving is stupid in flight school. Even now, just doing my flight review, the other pilots look at me funny when I wear a skydiving shirt. I did some research, and looked at all the accident reports for the last 5 years and figured out that this is not nearly as dangerous as people think. I thought I should try it ONCE and see what it is like. I was totally hooked after the one time deal.
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Did you do any night jumps? I had a nice night flight back home with another pilot who lives near me last night. It was really cool flying over the busiest airport in the world at nighttime.
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Yep, I wouldn't expect you to know it, you being a Brit and all, but I live near some historical sites. During the War of Northern Agression (the Yankees call it the Civil War) some o' dem dar Yankees tried to come down to Marietta and steal 'um a train. Yessir, Disney even made a movie about it "Great Train Race" or some such thing. There is a museum nar my house has this here train that dem Yankees stole from us Southern Folk. We Southerners invented a new sport: T-BASE jumpin'. We all climb up top a train, wait till it goes over a hi bridge 'n then jump off and ride down this huge 'mbrella. Now that be some good fun. Who told ya dat? The great state of Georgia has fought da state o' Texas for years. We's now in something they call a cold war. Dem dar Texans think they all got more guns, but I knows the truth.
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Sis, I can understand your frustration, but I have to agree with cyberskydive. If a real person went to his DZ and wrote a negative review that is one thing. An unethical person editing my review and associating it with his DZ is another. If someone were doing something underhanded to your home DZ wouldn't you want it fixed or at least exposed? Anyway, the problem seems to have been corrected so I don't think you'll have to read about more problems. Hopefully, all future post about Georgia dropzones will be happy posts.
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Hope you guys enjoy. I'll be at Skydive Atlanta for their Safety Day festivities. They are having the seminars at night after the jumping is over, so no night jumps. I'd love to do the night jumps, but alas I haven't gotten this silly water class to get my B yet.
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That's strange the people would say that daisy chains cause twisted brake lines. My instructor for 3 of my student jumps is also an extremely experienced rigger and he told me to daisy chain.
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Just when you think that someone can't sink any lower they surprise you. What an ass. It is obvious they just edited my review. I'm surprised they left in the bit about going to Rome. Perhaps I should sue for plagerism (sp?). If there was any doubt in anyone's mind about the character of these people I'm sure it is totally gone now.
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We seem to have a good number of Georgia and South Carolina skydivers coming to Skydive Atlanta March 24-25 for the Southeastern USA Dropzone.com Boogie. So how about our friends in Florida? Carie? Others? Skydive Atlanta is down in Thomaston which is south of town. This makes the drive up from Florida shorter and easier (don't have to drive through the city). It's about a 5-7 hour drive from Daytona Beach. Closer to 5 if you drive like most skydivers (maybe even less for some). You can camp at the DZ or crash in the bunkhouse.
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So you are trying to torture us with odors out of both ends?
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Come to Atlanta for Lasik. I've seen some of the places around here advertising < $500 per eye.
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If you are a Delta skymiles member they publish a weekly deal list on Wednesdays for travel that weekend. You have to go out on Saturday and return Monday or Tuesday, but you can normally get some pretty good deals. Often they are even cheaper than AirTran. Speaking of Easter Boogies. Skydive Atlanta has one planned, but alas my oldest brother finally convinced some woman to marry him the Day before Easter so I'm up to the hopefully warmer deep North of West Michigan.