Trae

You could become the proud owner of a nice slow canopy with an excellent flare. .... and pick your days.

Cheers for your reply . Life goes on and it is good .....mostly

Thankfully there are now lots of cheaper ways to have more fun than to go skydiving.........

If the newbies knew how much fun 55 people in a DC3 can be we'd be seeing turbo DC3's everywhere. It was possible to stowaway on the DC3 and there was often a gaggle trying to sneak on in the confusion . Best fun from a DC3? Get out last ... with a mate and swoop down past the different groups of relworkers. To catch the first people was sort of impossible given the delay between stack-ups. One time I was running for the door and the floor climbed up and planted my face on itself leaving my to crawl to the door and get blown out. I want to do it again !!!

This is my first post on DZ.com . I would like to share an achievement . 20 years ago I was involved in a falling accident (i fell from a first story backwards onto my head) and was left unable to walk. When I tried to get out of the hossy bed I was told by the nurse I had a broken back and that I wouldn't be going anywhere . I also had a head drill heamatoma job. I had done did my first jump in the early 80's and went on to become a mad keen 4way competitor. I had about 1200 jumps at the time of my accident when I was 21 yo. 1 year after my accident I took my first real step. I had previously been an excellent shuffler...(feet not cards.) 6months later and i could walk at a fair pace. After about 4 years of a different life I went back skydiving. I didn't tell the new folk about my disability and more or less took up where I left off although there was no way I was the same little imp. I could still fly and blew away the biggest cobwebs... I still had it ..... I couldn't believe it. I felt and feel so lucky ....thank you.... I did my instructor ratings and got my Tandem rating. Then I got a full-time Pro-skydiving job. Next thing you know I'm almost running the place. Because of my injuries I was & am an especially careful skydiver. I am a bit proud of the fact that none of my tandem passengers (over 800 ) received any injuries. I was 'THE' master of the PLF and encouraged it's use as THE major injury reduction strategy around. 600 footballer sized passengers (thankfully I sometimes got the small female passengers) ended up taking its toll and I slowed back down after 2 years. Today I still skydive when I feel like it (I really love wing-suit flying) but there are other more important things going on for me. If you see me wriggling you'll know it's not me.... its me back. Love and joy from Trae.