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As the wise Mike Meyers once said: "I know alot of people say a good sense of humor is most important, but I've got to go with breast size". John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteNoob here. I was taught that if I lose altitude awareness that I should pull - period. Is this not taught elsewhere? *** Where I jump we teach: CIA Comfotable In control Aware Anytime your skydive strays outside any of these parameters, it's pull time. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteSomebody "got away with one" all right. Maybe he did this and I couldn't tell from the video but when landing on a building aren't you suppose to disconnect your RSL and cutaway? And how do you cutaway a flag that's attached to your foot? *** Yes, you are supposed to disconnect RSL and cutaway. As for the flag, there is generally a cut-away similar to the one on your rig. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteIf I do remember correctly the AFF CAT "A" standards say "Deploy with assistance" and in later Catergories "Without". *** The instructor pulling for you goes beyond assistance. I believe what the book is saying is that you can be prompted to pull or possibly have the instructor help you in some other way. If the student didn't deploy, then he did'nt meet one of the few fundamental objectives of Of the CAT A/LVL 1 skydive. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteIt's a real life thing Instructors don't learn in the AFF certification course. And it's how it works in most places I've been an Instructor. It's always hard enough to get students to come back for a second jump, and it's almost impossible when you send them home as failures. So on level one, as long as they don't die, or really scare the piss out you, they pass. But on level two the free ride ends . . . Besides, there's not enough difference between level one and level two to hold them back. NickD *** No free rides on any level. I want students to come back too, but not if their not learning anything. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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I'm not a hard ass, but I couldn't give a student a "pass" on a jump where I had to pull for him. Good luck with your future jumps. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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If you believe, the Hog Flop is inside each of us. It's generally pretty close to Halloween. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteOr included an artist's rendition! *** That's a sweet artist's rendition! Did everyone jump out the window? John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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I've only been jumping for 16 years or so, but it's been around at least that long. The saying is almost as annoying to me as the people that insist on having "Plan B" monogrammed on their cutaway pillow. Get your own material for heavens sake! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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Oh yeah, that's my dream all right. I'll vote for you. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteAnd for the record, it's been discussed ad nauseum on here, Mods are under no obligation, nor do they have the time to, notify you of the reasons for deleting your posts. *** Sounds like somebody is running for moderator John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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My best guess is that you mentioned bodily fluids or secretions, strictly forbidden! The old classics, homophobia, sexism, and blind hatred, are still ok. You'll be ok, you've just got get in step. Hang in there. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteNope. Here's a site that will never offend you if this one gets too contentious for ya: http://www.cuteoverload.com *** Maybe it's not offensive to you, but my best friend was killed by a box of kittens. Thanks for dredging up painful memories. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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Mr moderator: There is yet another "Why do some Jumpers..." thread started, and frankly, I'm offended. You gonna recycle em? John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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QuoteYour problem is you violated both rules in one thread. If you had only done #2 in a nice way, it might have survived. Now we've gotta be nice! My, the rules are a changin. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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I recently had a thread sent to the recycle bin. I'm trying to move on, but I'm having trouble dealing with this overwhelming sense of shame. Is there any advice any of you recycled posters can give that will help me feel human again? John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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You watch too many movies. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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I've had the misfortune of meeting a few other "famous" video people that were complete jerks to me (on more than one occasion), but not Norm. He patiently answered my ignorant questions and let me handle his headgear and was, in general, very cool. Dave is the same way. He let me sit on his mower and explained how the hydrodynamic drive worked, even though I only had a push mower at the time. I wish Dave could meet Carl, I know they would be fast friends. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He signed my first camera helmet back in the day at Quincy. (WFFC) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My friend Carl has never said no to drinking a beer with me. He is my beer-thirty buddy. I'm going to get him to sign a pint glass for me. *** Carl sounds like a stand up guy. Maybe you, Carl, Dave and I can play golf some time. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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You know who else is pretty cool? My neighbor Dave. Of course he's not a famous skydiver so no-one here will be impressed that I know him, but he's got a really sweet lawn mower and lets us use his pool. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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Quote..I think that was my point *** I'll vote for you, you're dreamy! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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Frickin Tandem Factories....
wrightskyguy replied to mamajumps's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Quotetoo bad a bunch of us cant all get together and make skydive island (holy crap that would kick ass) make a dz (west coast pls) and keep everything..family like? ***Yeah, we could all pitch in and buy a balloon with a 13000' tether. We would quit our jobs and live off of the land, and since the man would'nt be allowed on the property, we could stay stoned all day long on the weed we grow out back. We would shun all this newfangled gear ,go back to military surplus, and do baton passes till we passed out. If a DZO or someone wanting to do a tandem showed up , we would kill and eat them and use their money to buy beer. That's how they would have done it in the early days. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver -
QuoteThen run for the BOD .... and stop whinning *** I don't know what happened. He never used to whine. Too many tandems and not enough sex if you ask me. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver
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reenlistment jump... ideas/how'd you do it
wrightskyguy replied to bloody_trauma's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I re-enlisted in freefall many years ago with the late Jerry Hoekstra as the re-enlisting officer. We held a flag with reenforced handles between us as I recited the oath then trailed it under canopy, very nice! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver -
No cigs!!! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver