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Originally posted by motion
I've jumped out of that very plane many times! Gotta love the skyvans. Love doing a handstand at the ledge looking down into the abyss 
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well, must admit , have some jumps, but never got my licence, to tedious and expensive in belgium ... never any jumpmasters around, so it's a constant wait...
and although i find it great fun , it's way to expensive to fully commit to it as a hobby...
first jump was fun though , duo , to get a feel for it
as i sit in teh skyvan, and strap myself to the dude with the chute... he goes, harder, i oblige , the bloody harnass broke...
bunch of frenchies going , nah can't jump, busted, i'm like "wtf !??"
went down with the plane, back up half an hour later
week after that , signed up for the solo thing
got the drill in the morning, bad weather in the afternoon , couldn't jump
weather stayed bad... first sunday with decent weather, was a full 14 days... dude goes, you remember the drill, i'm like yeah yeah , pull the cord, if nothing happens , yank the two handles, right?
in the sky van , jumpmaster hanging out ... i'm on the edge, jumpmaster on the left... out ... in ... out. ... weeeeeee
forgot one detail ... got to swing legs backwards and arch
i went head first full kamikaze... the jumpmasters had their work cut out pulling me straight....
some exercizes... dude does the sign , i pull the cord
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parachute?
nottn'
mind races, going back 2 weeks...
- at 3500 feet, nothing , high speed = 8 secs thil "thud"
- obvious failure #1 , sticking pilote chute
hmm, remedy , change attitude, i curl a bit, whack , chute opens...
next obstacle... tripple twist...
nother flashback to the drill , decision time , fixable? workable? or cutaway and pull reserve?
got it untwisted... gliding down
dude in the earpiece starts yapping to talk me down
left.... more left...hold it .. 400 feet ,300 feet, right 200 feet..
crackling... radio noise... nothing more 150 feet, i see barbed wire... 50 feet, got past the wire...
the flare thing is impossible to judge on the first landing...
and that geek in the radio is nowhere
i pull the thing way to soon , and find myself hanging a good 3 meters to high for a gentle touchdown .... smack... nothing broken , did loose my ripcord... means buying beer to the JM's...
i think i'm going to look for a DZ in R'dam area... it's been to long ago...