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Good thread! Finished AAF back in Late October/Early November, finishing A License req's soon. Which means I need to start looking at buying my own rig 
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Trembley / My Q-Face: Have either of you HALO jumped? There's a dz near me that offers them about once a month, so I'm planning on going in August or September. Greyish Orange posted:Fascinating thread, thank you for this. It's encouraged me to look up costs in the UK! Thrasophius posted:Thanks for replying. Like Greyish said how long does a jump take? More specifically how long from the jump to the ground because I've heard it takes a while to get into the air then it's only a minute or so to the ground which seems a little short for the effort. Assuming you're doing Tandem - It depends on whether you're at a small or large drop zone, though you should be prepared to wait 1-3 hours to jump. Once you're in the plane you'll have a 5-10 minute flight. As for the Jump, you'll experience between 50-60 seconds of freefall dependent upon your exit altitude. You'll be under canopy for around 6 minutes. If you're planning to just do a tandem and never skydive again, shell out the extra  and get a video.Freefall will seem much longer because you will be absolutely terrified and the adrenaline will be pumping. A common issue is that people stop breathing during freefall - try not to do this. I'm also going to lay down a hard truth and say this is the most fun plane to jump from 
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Mar 11, 2014 00:45
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mitztronic posted:gently caress is that a rear exit plane? Are there any DZ in California that have one? I want to run down a ramp and jump out of an airplane SO BAD. I obviously wont do it until I'm more experienced but curious where I should go to get that experience Yup! I did a couple AFF jumps out of it in September (my dz rented one for a weekend). It has a railbar on the top of the back which you can use to flip out of the back it's so much fun  e: Oops, didn't see second question. I'm sure some in CA have them, but I'm in TN & have no clue about CA dropzones - I am fairly certain Elsinore has one.
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Mar 11, 2014 00:58
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Thrasophius posted:What are the oxygen levels like during the jump? I've suffered from aneamia so wondering if that would effect things at all. I'm anemic and regularly jump @ 14.5k, I've never had any oxygen difficulties. My dz is @ an elevation of 756 ft. haha him sticking his tongue out until he realizes what happen and his immediate facial reaction is amazing
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Mar 21, 2014 23:39
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Dropping through a cloud is the coolest thing I have ever done. It was around 8k up, fell through it in about 3 seconds. Everything was grey - I could see my arms and that was about it. Get through it and I realize my entire body is damp. It was almost as awesome as my first jump.
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Mar 22, 2014 18:43
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DreadNite posted:Nice! What number jump was that for you? The first cloud I ever jumped through, it was around the pull altitude and I was freaking out about whether or not to pull above, inside or below it.. (I didn't know how deep the cloud was). So I ended up pulling inside it, which can be pretty dangerous, but it turned out ok.. I think this was during my 6th AFF Jump. Thrasophius posted:When dropping through the clouds do you not end up sopping wet and freezing cold from the air rushing past? I was just damp / moist across my entire body, but yes I was also loving freezing afterwards. Warmed up after I was under canopy though.
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Mar 22, 2014 21:18
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Thrasophius posted:What are the kind of conditions where you'd say "gently caress that" to going on a jump? For example is there a wind speed threshold where you would cancel a jump? AFF & Class A & B License are restricted to 15mph winds, not sure about Class C, D & E License. Complete cloud coverage & rain also puts jumps on hold.
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Mar 23, 2014 00:07
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I am so loving not current  as long as the weather doesn't go to poo poo, refresher and coaching jump on Thursday to fix that.My Q-Face posted:And having missed my Undie-hundie (because I opted for a six-way jump with friends instead), I've ordered one of these for my 200th jump. Pictures may or may not follow in a couple of weeks. I have one of these and it is so terribly loose (for reference: 6'2, 170lb).
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