bluetwo

Good luck bro. I know how hard it is to find time to jump when the Army is involved. I still manage to jump now and then though. Hopefully I can keep on working towards the A license too. _______________________________________

Any times a good time right? Welcome to the forum and hope you love it! _______________________________________

It aint cheap but damn it is so worth it! I haven't been doing it long but from what I've seen the only thing better than skydiving is having a steady girlfriend AND skydiving! Welcome to the site and go jump as soon as you can! _______________________________________

Wow.... speed flying looks really cool! _______________________________________

Introduce her to afterwards? I love it!! _______________________________________

Ouch! 24 hours? Brings new meaning to never having enough time in the day. _______________________________________

When you're waiting for the air conditioner to really kick in after your cars been sitting in the sun all day. _______________________________________

That really sucked. _______________________________________

Welcome.... but hey wait, you're way farther along than I am. Ha ha, more power to ya though. _______________________________________

I'm totally new too, but welcome!! Hope it keeps on being fun for you and you have time to keep on learning. _______________________________________

Well as long as I didn't write all of that for nothing! Ha ha, just kidding. The main point is it all gets easier and more fun as you go . The no static line thing might make you a better skydiver in the future, speculation of course. If you go right into advanced freefall after your tandems that could be good. I'm doing practice ripcord pulls before I go any further which is freefalls at Walterboro. _______________________________________

I started to explain this in my last post but got on a different track. Assuming your first solo jump will be a static line jump and assuming they do your static line the way the DZ I go to does, it's pretty safe to say you don't really do your first solo jump "alone" or at least not like you may think. You don't pull your own rip cord in static line obviously, but you don't do a lot of the other stuff the tandem instructor does when you do a tandem jump, like freefall or do any fast turns on the way down. It's fairly likely your student rig wont even do as aggressive a trun as the tandem rig (which might have a high wing loading compared to a student rig). Assuming your DZ gives you a radio and puts someone on the ground with a radio who can talk you down you basically don't even have to make decisions about where to fly your canopy or make your landing pattern because they'll talk you down nice and smooth. After you do 2nd and 3rd static line jumps you'll see a lot of what you missed the first time and probably pay a lot more attention to what's going on. Maybe the landing pattern will just click for you like it did for me and it's not that I didn't get the concepts in the instructional part but it was more that I learn well by doing. I learned a lot more about how to grab up the chute the 3rd time around too so it just goes to show that you learn more and more as you go. Just keep it fun!! _______________________________________

I think the senseory overload is what got you thinking you couldn't breath and I'm sure that'll go away. 10,000 feet is a lot different than 3500 which is where I suspect you'll make your first jump from. I'm a total beginner myself as I said before so I'm not trying to be like - this is how it is or anything - but I know I still kind of have that seconds hesitation right after I get the thumbs up to let go of the wing strut and start my skydive. But I just look up at the wing take a deep breath and let go on the back swing like they've taught me to do and within seconds my canopy is open and I'm looking out at everything having an incredible time. _______________________________________

Check out this site to learn something about landing patterns and approach. I like it but of course I'm a total newbie too so take it for what its worth: http://staticlineinteractive.com/index.php _______________________________________

Cool.... So what if you wanted to separate those groups like this? 2w, 8w and 10w. Wouldn't that put in the fastest order? If I understand you right and the bigger groups would be falling slower. _______________________________________

Lots of good info in this thread! Concepts this newbie never thought of before and such. One thing I can't understand is what is meant by 10w, 8w, 2w etc. I searched that but didn't find anything. Can anybody clear that up or should I expect flameage for not knowing it? _______________________________________

So, yeah.... I know this is like the thread revival from hell but I love the email Larry got because it's really informative and I have to admit I like this thread for the same reason. _______________________________________

I can tell you that before I did my first static line I was worried that I wouldn't have good depth perception or know what to do once I got close to the ground. It only took one solo jump to get over that though because it wasn't hard at all. Pay attention in instructional part and if you're like me you might have fun with answering questions (presumably the instructor should ask you some to check on learning) and that'll make it that much better. Enjoy flying the canopy because that'll probably be the thing calling your name during the work week. _______________________________________

I am pretty sure you'll get hooked just because you've already went on line and looked for stuff outside of the DZ. I say be careful because you may find yourself doing (or buying) all kinds of stuff.

It isn't hot enough yet? Just kidding, sounds awesome. _______________________________________

Awesome, that's really cool. Glad to hear you had a great experience with the crew up there too. _______________________________________

That was amazing..... _______________________________________

I have to admit: your, you're, their, there and they're kind of bother me sometimes but other than it's all good. I definitely don't see the use of pointing out someones mistake in a condescending way. In fact being a dick kind of tells people all about your complete lack of class and character. _______________________________________

That's awesome!! Congrats _______________________________________

Is that on again already? _______________________________________