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I’m on my level 5 of aff at 18 yrs old but I have this weird stomach drop fear asoon as I leave the plane which affects my arch but other than that when Im actually in freefall all is fine it’s just that Initial exiting the plane, anyone have any advice?

So what I do need for a wingsuit is it anything special or gonna take me long time or I am better off just buying suit for myself and rent a plane to jump ? Please no concerns about my safety if I wanna jump with it I jump and no one is gonna talk into it. My question is can you just go somewhere as total beginner or I just need to do the jump cpletly on my own because i wouldn't be allowed ?

when I turned 50 I went skydiving in my hometown of Camarillo California. It was lovely. And now I’m about to turn 60 and I was thinking about doing it again, but now I’m in the Louisville Kentucky area and I don’t know if I should find out how to check their history. I’m not afraid of dying I think that’s ridiculous but as I’m getting older I find myself viscerally aware of how awful it would be to break an ankle or something. Also I have arthritis now so I would not want the tandem instructor to give me the “ reins so to speak.

Curious if anyone has any details of known malfunction in the case, articles aren't going too deep into it or may be it is still not clear. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/experienced-skydiver-dies-arizona-leads-faa-investigation

Hi there, i love read all the post here about skydive.

I finally found a Vector wich can fit me, v350. I will put a Pilot7 167sqf in the Container. I also would like to put in the future a 150 sqf Canopy.

Could fit on it? I don't think i will ever fly a 135 or less but this rig should stay with me for some time 😃

Thanks everybody and good landings

I wanna go for a tandem skydiving in pemberton vancouver. It's my second skydiving.so I still don't know what I'm doing. My question is does it matter if I choose a sunny or cloudy day? I wanted to go this weekend but the weather is going to be cloudy. Should I wait for next weekend or can I jump on a cloudy day?

Does some one have a 3D model for flysight 2 for G4?

everyone is looking at that 100M plus jet crashing into a fireball while the poor pilot, under a round, had to remember how to PLF, and he's landing on concrete for sure...

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1iclncy/longer_footage_of_the_f35a_crash_earlier_today_at/

Had my first cutaway yesterday on my 9th jump. Damn, it was intense! I had the craziest adrenaline dump after and definitely cried like a little bitch haha. Instructors wanted me to get on the next load to get over it but I needed time to process.

Hoping to get back at it tomorrow (weather was not cooperative today, but I got some tunnel time in) and have some good jumps. Blue skies y'all, and practice those EPs 💙

Edit: I got back in the air today and the jump was amazing!

Hi everyone! Looking forward to getting my A license through aff this upcoming season and trying to decide on a drop zone. I am able to travel but lodging is a must. Currently deciding between skydive Arizona eloy or skydive space land Dallas, but I’m open to any recommendations. Does anyone have experience with either of these dropzones? Also wondering the best month to complete the program obviously depending on weather but what month does the season typically start? Thank you and any tips or advice is appreciated (:

Have 2 tandems under the belt, one in Eloy one in Mesquite. Eloy was a rad experience, everyone super cool, seemed like a top notch operation. Mesquite jump was rad, TI was arrogant. Observed interactions with AFF student and he was quite condescending, then he had similar interaction with me as tandem student.

I live in StG, so Mesquite makes the most sense for location but I’d be doing this on 3 day weekends, so a quick flight to Phoenix would be cheap and easy, or a quick drive up to Skydive UT would be easy, too.

So… pros of Eloy are most possible jumps per day and a better vibe. Utah also seems to get in a good # of jumps/day, but no experience there.

I’m just not stoked on Mesquite after my experience. I hate to judge it on 1 experience, dude could have just had a bad day, but they only have 2 instructors I think, and only do 3-4 jumps per day? I’m sure after AFF I’d jump there sometimes when I didn’t want to commit a whole weekend to jumping.

Is there any schools in the United States that have programs setting up towards obtaining a USPA license ? I am a beginner and have performed one tandem jump before.

Hi there! I am a newly licensed skydiver (42 jumps) and am planning to travel for skydiving a lot this year. So far, I've been renting rigs at the DZ's I went to, but I've been advised to look into buying my own rig as renting obviously adds up if I jump a lot. So now I'm looking into buying a used rig, that will get me through the next 2, maybe 3 years. Been looking through FB market place, but honestly I'm a little lost as to what to look for. Like how old should a container/main/reserve be maximum? What red/green flags do I look out for? How do I determine if the price is fair? I would ask for advise at my DZ, but they are closed for winter currently, so here I am. No idea, if thats of any relevance, but I'm 5'4, 190lbs, muscular built, just recently downsized to a 220 square feet canopy and would like to get into free flying once I get to 100+ jumps. Budget would be around $4500-5000.

Any help/advice would be much appreciated!

Hi guys just a weird situation I’ve been skydiving recently and I found that fine without much fear but also recently I’ve been absailing and rock climbing (both about 100m high and the rock clim descent was similar to an absailing) and I had the worst panick attacks of my life which doesn’t make sense cause skydiving I was fine. Just wanted to put this out there and wondering if anyone had any solutions to what the fear might be. Many thanks.

Looking to start AFF again, stoped at level 2. Has anyone ever sprunged an ankle or anything when landing during training ?

Alittle scared of a minor injury when landing and I don’t want to be out of work for weeks. Any advice? Thanks

I have my British Skydiving A License, looking to jump at Skydive Spaceland Houston TX. Not sure how it works, the lady on the phone said I need to apply for USPA?

I see, on this sub and other platforms, people making fun of jumpers with only 50-100 jumps giving advice to students. I’m a bit confused by that so I’m wondering if my thinking is wrong:

As a student, I like to watch A and B license jumpers land because I feel I have more chance at reproducing their landing than a D license coming in super fast. I also feel a jumper who went through AFF last year is more likely to understand my fear before my first hop and pop than a jumper with 6000 jumps.

So, as a newbie I understand I’m not going to be the guy explaining AFF students how to exit a plane (also I such at exits so much they’d be very wrong to listen). But after it finally clicks, couldn’t I be of great help to a beginner, because I still remember what I was doing wrong and what I did to fix it, compared to a jumper who hasn’t screwed up an exit in 8 years?

Btw I’m not comparing A licensed to AFFIs. Just more experience fun jumpers.

Just wanted to say Hi to y'all. Can't wait for the winter to be over so we can yeet ourselves from planes again 🤘

Be safe and happy

Hi all,

Just saw a rig for sale but I can´t make out what brand the canopy is. The tag on the canopy is too faded (dom 2005) and on the fabric it says 'X-fly by Parafun' which doesn´t seem to exist at all if I google it.

Maybe purchasing it for the rig without the canopy, but really curious.

Does anyone have any clue about its origin?

All, putting this out for awareness. It’s not my rig, so I have limited info and images. If anyone has info, DM me, or drop a comment and I’ll happily pass it along

https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/25/woman-dead-after-parachuting-incident-eloy/

Very unfortunate. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

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