Airviking
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Tell more! How long of a break did you take? I believe you have my stapler.
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Helluva lot better that my first camera work. I had 40 jumps when I started wasting single-8 film on empty sky. Whatta mess... I believe you have my stapler.
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Hey Kim, Thanks a lot for your support! The wind delay that day worked out well for me...We had a chance to do some "then and now" chatting, and you have a lot of good skydiving history in your head. I came up last Saturday, for just one jump. (wanted at least one post-signoff jump this season to secure my currency). But now I'm done (unless desperation rears its ugly head) for the season. Gotta devote energy to selling the bike and researching gear. I believe you have my stapler.
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Welcome back! Have you jumped yet? What did you do for a recurrency jump? Thanks! Yep, spent a couple of hours in classroom training, and then was grounded because of winds aloft. Went back the next day and did a 2-way checkout dive, just demonstrating flat, stable, on-heading decent, turns, tracks, altitude awareness, practice deployment, and canopy control. Got signed off after that jump. Made one more jump last weekend on rented student gear. Another 2-way, just a bunch of turns and hookups. Like riding a bicycle! (except that your cheeks flap a lot...) But I've pretty much decided to call it a season until the spring. I'm selling my motorcycle to buy my gear! I believe you have my stapler.
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Square parachutes?!!...Like that'll work... But seriously, I started in '80 or '81. Experienced jumpers were all jumping squares, mostly 7 cell, but a few 5 cells. I started out on Paracommanders, and then a Stratostar (170sqft 5 cell) and then bought my first and only new rig, a 220sqft Pegasus in a Mirage. When I got out in '88, canopies were just starting to go high-performance, which made little sense to me, because to me, the parachute was purely a life-saving device. Overall, it seems that the sport has become safer. Apparantly, AADs actually work these days, whereas the early ones did not. Deployment altitudes seem to have moved up. We used to take 4-ways down to 2,800ft back then. Crazy, but pretty much standard. Seatbelts on below 1000ft...can't hurt, since noone's bailing out anyway. I believe you have my stapler.
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Thanks. Mainly The Ranch in New York. Did a lot of jumping there back in the day. Much has changed, but a lot is the same. I might also check out some smaller NJ and PA drop zones once I get plugged in. I believe you have my stapler.
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Started 30 years ago. Took a little break in 1988, but now I'm back!