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Then that would be considered, "doing something stupid" www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

$35 for lift ticket, ALL your gear (rig, helmet with audible, goggles, altimeter, jump suit AND a pack job) www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I will www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

There is a USPA course that uses one instructor through the entire training. My private course (not affiliated with Lodis program), which IS a USPA program that I run out of Lodi, consists of 2 working tandems and then single instructor AFF through out the rest of the course. It has worked great for students for many years, and even when I worked at a USPA drop zone. I have a few students that post on here that can atest to that. Having 2 instructors doesn't always make the jump better, or safer. There have been many times, at a USPA DZ, that my reserve side funneled our exit and never even made it back up to my students reserve side. Some instructor can handle a student alone, and some cant. Plain and simple.... Lodi is not a USPA group member DZ, your right. They do not need the advertisement, as the DZ stays busy enough. And if you think that just being Group Member keeps you safer, thats idiotic. I have seen alot of unsafe practices and BSR violations at USPA DZ's over the years. As a matter of fact, you'd probably get kicked off the drop zone at Lodi for doing something unsafe faster then you will at any USPA drop zone. To the OP. You'll probably save money learning to skydive at some place close to home. One that will be your home DZ is probably the best advice. I have plenty of student fly to the states and go through my private course, but it's probably 10 times cheaper, were as your training will only save you a few hundred dollars. And if you have to repeat any levels, it will be even more. Good luck with the new baby, you'll need the extra cash, as they aren't cheap...... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

This thread has turned hilarious..........like a bunch of 10yr olds www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

There is nothing cheap. Otherwise, try an Exacto knife. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I would HOPE jumpers are checking for inflation after they are cocking their PC. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Ouch.... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Nice rig, Derek. I remember you to be about 180lbs if I'm correct? How many jumps do you have now, and how much will you be down sizing to with a 120 sq ft canopy? www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

.........part of getting old, when you just sit back and laugh Head over to the WestCoast sometime and I'll have a big ol' steak and a bottle of wine, I mean beer with ya. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

And your shit has been real weak lately btw, Texsexual Must be the fat chicks from the sever rooms thats taking up all your time. Oh, and dont let any of the WestCoast Boys school you at FnD. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

There is a waiver in this kids case. He was required to do a tandem before he started his training there, and filled out a hold harmless agreement before doing so. Read the small parking lot blurb on the back of your ticket Garreth, and let us know what it says? www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

If you have a riggers rating, and you are inspecting ANY canopy, it IS a formal inspection. Otherwise do not touch the canopy...... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Bet you even had to put in a jump ticket for that too..... Heal Fast Brother. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Ice pick......... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Have butterflies in your stomache again...... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Ummm, ok......... Only the fat chicks, because they are over heated..... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

A harness hold on ANY student is an AFF-I, without a dout...... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I dont think Jeff if bitching about his job here. How would you feel if somebody came to the place you work and started doing your job for free as a hobby? www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Yeah, but you're also saying that voluntarily getting out so far from the DZ that you can't even recognise any landmarks on the ground (let alone see the DZ itself) is just "shit happens"! Didnt you read his reply to me? Now I have to go get more popcorn...... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

That's funny because in all the years I have jumped from an aircraft while Bill was flying, I have never heard him give the exit command. Although, I have heard all the tandem instructors yelling GO!!, and if you were doing a tandem on that load I'm sure you were yelling at him to get out as well. And at Bill's, as well as any place else, you do have a choice to exit or not. Maybe this guy will turn around and sue all the people on the plane for mental anguish, for yelling at him to GO? www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I'm really surprised, at your jump numbers, that you would tell anyone to do this. Training for time is very dangerous when you get out at a lower altitude than what you "trained" for. You train your eyes for altitude as riggerrob said above (on the airplane) and during freefall. And training for angle of horizon is all well and good until you hit that mountain directly underneath you. Without getting into great detail about extiting at lower altitudes, as well as different locations, of course your time in freefall will change........ If in dout about your altitude, PULL! www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I'm betting less then 175...... www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Yes, but it depends on the students comprehension of what is taught, and their natural flying ability. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

....Years ago on a cross country over town. www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com