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Ive heard it is a good idea to stop your track for 2-3 secs before pitching? and if you need to keep your legs extended to keep the slight forward movement to keep from back sliding. Is that a good practice. Oh...freakflyer9999...where did you get that image. Like it but I wouldnt use it here. I have other plans for that. "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Beer...I love BEER. Anyways beer is something that must be used to celebrate any new thing. love beer. Speaking of that I will need to bring some beer to the DZ next time I jump...doing a throw out transition. Keep the beer policy "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

So level 5 is freaking you out... Solos and all, those can really get you freaked. My First time you do anything with out anyone else is scary. Just remember to arch, pull, pull on time, and pull stable. That will make it all good. I am in the military and spend lots of time away from home. Long periods of time and currently overseas as we speak but coming home in about a week. Cant wait...that first weekend is going to be a blast. I just graduated from the AFF program before I left about 2 months ago and I konw when I get home I will be nervous about stepping out of that perfectly good airplane and into emptiness. I get it everytime I jump after not jumping for a while. If you think your fear is coming from just the solo idea then just think about the JM that is floating close by and knowing that he/she is there watching over you. Another way that I thought about each level was that they werent even levels at all. When i was told that I graduated then I was graduated. They werent levels to me, just a new thing to learn and have fun with. That is all it is...fun. If it is less think it over. Anyways, Every skydiver went through what you are going through so relax and have fun. Dont forget do one thing at a time. There is a lot to learn up there as I am finding out myself. Good luck Gramps and Blue Skies!! Tuk

Hey everyone... President, I like your way of thinking. I have been a pilot for 2 years and hold my private pilots license and working on the instrument and commercial. I love flying and became curious with skydiving. Thought that every good pilot should learn how to really fly before making a career out of it, meaning flying your body. Anyways I too have a friend that owns a plane and one of these days we were going to take the doors off and fly above his grass strip out in hick country and do a little jumping. Sound like fun and all but we are still working out the details. Pros...it is cheap, if fly good with the doors off and have good aim when droping stuff from the air so I can fly a good flight path...may be more pros but the cons are more important. Cons...medical assistance is to far away and if it is just you and a buddy you will be in a world of hurt if you have a bad landing. I can only land at an airport so its not like i can pic you up and take you to a hospital by air. More not knowing what kind of plane you have but we have a Cessna 150. Small and slow so it takes much more time to get up to a good altitude. There is only room for 2 and one has to stay in the plane so your jumping solo. Another problem we are running into is we have to fly fast to keep the plane stable when a jumper were to get out. Those 150s dont like parisite drag...sorry problems spelling. Once you get out there isnt a nice place to step and the wheel is not a good one [;). Once you get out of the plane the tail is right there but shouldnt get in your way but I would get low anyways. That is all I could think of right now but sure I could find more cons. It sounds fun and all but if I were you I would stick to paying around 20 bucks to jump out of someone elses plane and let them pay for the gas and the pilot. If I end up making it out of a 150 ill let everyone know. Blue Skies!! Tuk

Ya know my first jump was definitly a sensory overload. Probably like everyone else I never even saw the plane as we left it. Really dont remember getting out of the plane. Anyways The first jump wasnt really my favorite. The second jump was much more exciting. Your not as nervous, you know what is going to happen, and there arnt any questions about what will it feel like, willl I get sick to my stumach, can I handle the pressure. Now all you need to do is relax and focus on the mistakes that you made on your last jump and correct it. I have only completed 11 jumps so far correcting something everytime. Ready for the next rush. Enjoy it, live the moment up. If its not for you just admire the sport and go on. Like someone else aready said, "Skydiving isn't for everyone". Blue Skies!!! Tuk

well the funny part is we dropped in "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Thanks a lot of the dedicated jump...Wish I could be back home jumping but instead Im in the war zone. Thanks again and keep on fallin' "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Hey...so far been lucky. Nothing hurt except landed in some tall grass and got a slinter. Dont know where it came from though. "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

M 22 Ya...that is interestin. Tried it 2 times and 1st got about .219 and then next time with .1876. Seems like I would keep on getting better. Isnt is the first time that counts anyways... So I have a .219. All good but a no stress situation. Bag lock + .219 reaction I think that I would take a bit longer in a real situation...Have to think about it more technically. "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche