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n.s... This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Obviously spoken by someone from a small DZ. Sorry, your opinion doesn't matter any more.... This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

My question would be, "what was the purpose of the old I/E rating?" It wasn't needed to instruct or to run courses for new instructors. It wasn't needed to be an S&TA. It wasn't needed for demo jumps. I see the new rating as being a much more logical and useful rating. I also see the 50 eval jump rule as being excessive. If after assisting with 2-3 ratings classes you aren't ready to take on running a course on your own, you probably won't be any more ready after assisting with 10 courses, but this can and should be the call of the I/E that's evaluating you. Forcing this kind of a time commitment (10+ 3 day weekends) to get a rating pretty much guarantees that the only new I/E's will be those going into it as a profession, which is fine for the big skydiving centers, but will pretty much eliminate all the local people who run most of the coach and I courses at smaller drop zones around the country. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

You'll come down a little faster and have to flair a little higher This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

10 years ago, Monarch 195, just over 1:1, I was DEEP into brakes playing with stall pt and flat turns when I thought "I wonder what would happen if....." From deep brakes popped one toggle all the way up, then the other. 540 degrees of parachute turn later I was glad I was at 3K rather than down low. Said to myself "self, DON'T do that again" This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

With USPA, meeting the renewal requirements of the top rating renews all the lower ratings, but it must be done yearly. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

No shit, there I was...... again! Hanging on the camera step and being peeled off by a stall. ------- Sounds to me like another video-man induced stall. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

talked to Flite suit. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Flite-suit doesn't build it any more. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

I had the mod installed on my V-3 this spring. In retrospect, it probably would have been enought to just change out the RSL and not do the reserve flap mod, but I believe in following the manufacuter's recommendations. I would definitely install the new RSL cord, a much better design to deal with the possibility of an unintended cutaway. Even 5 seconds of "i wish I had..." followed by a splat is 5 seconds too much. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

I'm looking for a new jumpsuit to replace my aging dive-rite. The wing setup on the dive-rite (spandex front and rear under the arms on the side of the chest with a ZP panel inset-no wings with the swoop cords disconnected, very large wing when needed) made it a great suit for working with students. Everything I've been finding doesn't have any spandex on the front. Any recommendations????? This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Watching the video, it appears that the video-man was also leaning out, right hand on the rail. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

minimum 6 hour "freefall" ------- Words matter. Tunnel time is not "freefall" time. Period. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

I watched the video. What you had would be damn tough to do after everything was in the bag. You obviously don't know how to run your hands up through the lines. If you've done this twice before, you have no excuses. LEARN TO PACK, or your daughter won't have you around to jump with. This isn't about others learning from this, this is about YOU learning from this. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

To some extent this will never go away, and it shouldn't. What you are doing is an un-natural dangerous act, and if you get to the point where there is no fear, you should quit. You'll get used to it and not notice it over time, but someone did a study of skydiver's heart rates, and the two highest were just prior to exit and at pull time. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

(there were 3 pretty big guys on the 2nd attempt and no problem that time with the higher airspeed) ____ I was on the 2nd, not there for the first, last inside. The only problem on the 2nd attempt was that the pilot was compensating so much that that getting to the door was like climbing a stepladder (when the chunk left, the tail of the plane came up about 2 1/2 feet and stayed there. Not that I'd rather be inside during a stall....... This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

I'll have to pay a little more attention to that particular part of some jumps to be sure, but what I THINK I am doing is similar. If I am doing what I believe I am on reflection, I tend to keep my arms out while I turn, not in a T, but more like boxman position. I agree it must help keep me from bleeding altitude as fast, because I have noticed that I am often above much more experienced folks as we start to get separation in our respective tracks. Of course, being built how I am helps in that also (tall, skinny!!). _________ Getting your arms straighter than the "box" with your arms straight out and your hands about 6" below your chest will slow you even more as you start your track, and with your arms in the T you'll get more initial drive from your legs. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Speaking strictly from a non-instructor viewpoint, as someone who was taught the delta initially, to me, that T business makes no sense. Why teach a method of tracking that is not going to ever be part of your skydiving once you advance beyond that stage of development? ----- Actually, the T position is where you should start your track, especially on big-ways, but really on all dives. The goal of the track is to cover as much horizontal while giving up the least vertical. When I teach tracking to advanced students, I teach to get there arms out in the T while turning to slow the vertical, de-arch a bit and get their legs out to start moving, and pull the arms in as they roll their shoulders forward. You won't be the fastest initially leaving the formation, but you'll cover a lot more ground without giving up the altitude. It's fun to look underneath and see how much altitude some "flat trackers" are really losing. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Actually happened twice. 1st time, 1st jump. Static line, as soon as I let go of the strut, watched the airplane "jump" away from me, everything got quiet and still..... 2nd time, around 200 jumps, got down from a 16 way at Quincey and realized I had done my job without having to stress out about it, but also could remember everything else that went on in the dive. I no longer had to spend the skydive just focusing on what I needed to do. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

What's it worth or what can you get? What it's worth, about $1000 What will you get, $500-$700. Most newbies are not going to be comfortable with a leg-strap throw-out or the no-AAD. It's the times. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

You've just experienced why it's hard sometimes to learn in this sport once off student status. Trying to separate the wisdom from the bullshit! This guy got scared, but his goal seems to be to make sure it wasn't his fault. 1. If he had not pulled high, it wouldn't have been an issue 2. If HE had tracked 90 degrees off the line-of-flight it wouldn't have been an issue (unless either you or your parter tracks well backwards). 3. Anyone with a lot of skydiving experience knows that the exit order is backwards Did you guys screw up??? Maybe, maybe not. Did the freeflyer screw up (pull altitude and tracking)? yes This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Depends on whether your dad owns a KingAir.... This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

We teach look on 3 for the reserve, "ARCH thousand, 2 thousand, LOOK thousand This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

Windsocks or wind blades can be the best reference. You'll probably end up walking further, but a windsock out in the open is the best reference. Set up to LAND 50' or so downwind of the sock. Figure out the height of the sock and look at the top of it while landing. This does 2 things. It gives you a reference and it keeps your eyes up where they should be. Remember to adjust your flair height for the given wind speed. After a while move your target further away and keep at it. You should be able to ween yourself from this reference after 5-15 jumps. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.

His initials are actually D. E., Dwight Eisenhower. The quote is from a retirement speech, don't think it was ever inscribed on a tank. These message board rants aren't going to build you any support in your fight with USPA. This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer.