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erm.... i'm 190 lbs without gear on ! ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

thanks for all the advice people i put he CCI in a wheelchair 3 weeks ago he came down with me on a level 7 jump, i span out of control and he came in to stop my spin and dislocated his shoulder, then broke his foot on landing. I bought him a bottle of brandy to say sorry. I saw him last saturday for the first time since the accident, said how sorry i was and he said it is not my fault at all...just one of those things that happens to students and its part of the risk of the job. Shall i put my canopy skills into perspective for you all ? on my first consol jump, it was strong wind and i forgot any kind of landing pattern... i was over the centre of the airfield at 2,500 feet directly above where i wanted to land... i just sat facing into wind going backwards from 2,500 feet untill i landed. i landed so far from the clubhouse, they came out in a truck to give me a lift and save me the half mile walk in i think a 168 might be just a little too much for me ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

I've had a look on the Aerodyne website and it recommends the 210 for me, certainly not the 169 at all ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i know what you mean about the dreams i went to Bodyflight wind tunnel on the Sunday after my first weeks AFF, and i had a dream about it last night.. will this pleasure ever end? ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i rang my instructor earlier, and he set my mind at rest... but now i've read some more, i'm thinking that maybe a 190 will be better in the long run. I've never thought of the canopy bit as the main part of the dive, i see it as the bit that gets me back on the floor so i can go and freefall again, so i don't really want a hyper peformance canopy as its going to be wasted on me (and probably kill me) ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i still think my post is better ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

why is it ok for us to have WMD's, yet its not for other countries? its like satying "hey, we can have them because we trust ourselves, but we don't trust you so we'll not let you have them" do as i say, not as i do ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=2836 ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i turned it off half way through what about manslaughter charges on the childs parents? ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

In Moonraker...... Moneypenny... "James, where are you" James Bond... "Just attempting re-entry, Moneypenny" classic ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

oh blimey ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

lets face it... Iraq is in serious danger of spiralling out of control into all out civil war soon, i don't think American or British troops will be able to stop it when it does happen Both our governments need to pull out the troops and let them sort it out themselves NOW... not when another 500 American troops are killed by suicide bombers at road blocks, right now ! ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i'm shocked... we have showers regular, unlike the smelly french how dare you say we're the same ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

Progress report : LOL spoke to my instructor about my fears and got this responce he told me that before he recommended the 170 to me, he had already spoken to the other 2 instructors about me and they said i should be on a 170 once they are confident about my canopy skills. they hadn't told me this, but they decided that they will downsize me on my consol jumps and keep monitoring my performance untill mine turns up... even once its turned up, if they feel i'm not ready for it, they won't allow me to jump it. they will give me radio while i'm down sizing anyway. looks like it should be ok and they have been sorting it out behind my back without telling me panic over... nothing to see here, move along now ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i'm goin to ring him and tell him i've seeked advice and been told i'm no where near ready for a 170 see what he says its hard when you're a student doing this, you want to put your trust in somebody so they take care of you..kind of look up to these people if you know what i mean? this has really annoyed me and destroyed some trust to be honest... i need to stay calm and tell them my fears without going in off the deep end cheers for the warning folks ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

oh my god !!! why have they told me to order the pilot 168? no way on earth am i ready for what you've said. I have to look for reference points when i'm landing to guess how high i am (and i'm just floating down and not really moving forwards !!!) i alternate between looking to the side and down at the ground to judge when to flair I need to sort this out as i'm not happy at all ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

without gear ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

oh shit i spoke to an AFF instructor (who also owns the gear shop at my DZ) about buying my own rig, he said if you can afford it then yeah, why not i'm 190lbs and he recommended the pilot 170 to me he knows i'm on a 280 at the moment ! i'm really worried now, i trust eerything that i'm told by my instructors, so being told a pilot is a nice canopy and a 170 will be fine, i'm now doubting what i've been told... what else have i been told wrong? i think i need to speak to him and tell him my fears... i'm down there this weekend. i ordered it all just over 4 weeks ago (through his shop) will it be too late to change my order? he said it should take about 12 weeks to arrive. I'm really worried i've fucked up big time ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

On my AFF i used a 280 canopy, nice and slow (at this stage, i just want to do a few turns and get down safe) i've ordered an Aerodyne pilot 170 as my main... what will the difference in speed and handling be like compared to my AFF kit? on the 280, i could pull a toggle down as far as possible to turn and it would just lumber round in a nice, slow turn. Can i do the same on a 170? what will the speed be like coming in to land? on the 280 in even moderate wind i'd have virtually no forward movement so i could concentrate on when to flair (still end up on my arse sometimes ) ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

could somebody condense that down to under 10,000 words? ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

i'm waiting for somebody to ask me if i've got a death wish, i'm going to reply... "no, i've got a LIFE wish" ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

somebody mention sheep? ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

One of the instructors at my DZ uses this one: "Don't think of it as getting out of the airplane. Think of it as getting into the air." Simple, but effective. you've just reminded me of what one of my instructors said to me at the start of my course... he said "think of the air as treacle, not something that you slip through, but something that is nice and thick, go and jump in the treacle" ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

so after 3 or 4 kids, everything is still nice and tight down there? i think after a few kids you might as well be waving your arm around in a warm room yeah sure, stick it in there and make all the right noises as if you're enjoying it, but when you get bored and want to shoot your custard, whip it out and get the job done in the only tight thing she's got left ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

...... in Michael jacksons bedroom ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police