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Originally Posted by masraum View Post
Yep, I've been skydiving too. It was absolutely not scary in the least. It was very interesting, lots of noise when you jump out. Then once the 'chute opens, almost complete silence.

yeah nah , not complete silence at all

1st solo
301
302
303
parachute !

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAK
try to remember the ground drill 4 weeks ago.
at 4000 feet it's 12 seconds and then you are renamed to THUD
first check pilot chut sticky
rotate
it opens PHEW
NEXT
big TWIST
flapping sound from that square thingie that is supposed to be tensioned, forgot the name



jumb masters are GONE
Radio? STATIC

Back to the ground training 4 weeks ago.. cutaway or not

luckily i managed to untwist it eventually
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