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Hi Chazi.... :)

Awesome video/contribution! I learned my first day, that listening to the experienced jumpers and staff at my DZ will definitely make the learning curve much easier and safer.

Blue Skies, Gregory Thanks for gving this inspiring interview.

Love this episode!

Another gem! Keep ‘m coming Garnett

Fantastic story, really inspirational 😊

Never in a million years would i have thought of skydiving would become my life. But here i am.

430 jumps on an "A" licence since starting on roundies on static line in 1986 and yeah nervous through static line but when I could use my body like a vehicle and do freestyle it was spiritual and I am scared of heights. However never become a GREAT GCA AND VOLUNTEER as your skydiving opportunities go down the drain dramatically keeping drop zone vector safe and customers from walking into propellers.

Because we can!

18 jumps myself. Just did my barrel roll and back and front flip. Small C-182 DZ, but I'm loving it. I was working as a packer under a rigger for a few weeks before my first jump, and that really helped me feel confident with the gear and EPs, just paying attention and listening while packing. Learning to fly is incredible, and everything slows down. Those 45 seconds feel like minutes.

Not one divorce in there? I'm shocked!

Cause many people like to do dangerous stuff?!

embrace your fears and they will diminish.

didn't you learn all this, the hard way? when did you first fly in the tunnel? great video lesson.

Love it, thank you!

An alternative I see would be a 12m repack cycle, with a mandatory mid-cycle main and harness inspection. I feel that combines the best of worlds: reducing the wear on the reserves through repacks, while keeping the frequent inspection over other parts.

I'd say the comparison between 300 ft from TSO requirements with 20 ft between pulling the cutaway handle and having the reserve out of the freebag isn't fair as the reserve that just got out of the bag is definitely not survivable. Moreover, after the cutaway one always goes back to freefall, no matter whether the reserve deployment is initiated by pulling the reserve handle, the RSL or the MARD. The only difference is the time and height of that freefall. I'm not saying the difference isn't there but there's always the freefall that follows the cutaway unless the reserve has been deployed before pulling the right handle. I think one more advantage of MARD wasn't mentioned in the video. It's not exactly safety-related but it doesn't mean it's irrelevant. When the MARD initiates the reserve deployment following the cutaway, more often than not the reserve pilot chute and the freebag stays connected with the main meaning one only needs to find one element instead of two, usually located at two different positions. And the freebag with the reserve pilot chute aren't particularly easy to find given their dimensions as compared to the main canopy.

Is it better to put Velcro toggles or pin toggles?

To me this common sense seems to apply to other areas of life. Thanks for the good show blue skies fun days.

How has this been up a year and no one has caught the massive typo in the title ?? hahaha

At 4:50 your video shows a jumper snagged on a step. See the January 2024 issue of CANPARA Magazine for a more detailed explanation. Hint: Cessna factory stock steps are the worst.

Reference the torn container at 3:21 ... I have had to sew back together a Vector, a Sidewinder and a Flexon after jumpers deployed unstable. After that I convinced the Sidewinder factory to install little triangles at the lower corners of the reserve container. Those triangles have two functions. First, they remind packers to route main risers straight down the sides of the main container. Secondly, they steer main risers away from snagging under the corner of the reserve container.

The longest I have seen rubber bands last was 3 years in a pilot emergency parachute in the hot and dusty California desert. Sadly, modern rubber bands are not nearly as durable.

UPT published that Service Bulletin - banning rubber bands on hip rings -because it forces the two pieces of webbing to rub together too tightly. In comparison, Rigging Innovations did not see the first frayed leg straps until a Flexon returned to the factory after 1,000 jumps in the Arizona desert. Flexon was the first skydiving harness with hip rings.

Thank you soooo much for sharing!

I have 2 tandem and 8 solo jumps. That first tandem I was calm as can be until the door open. Then I was scared shitless. The second tandem was better. My first solo jump I was also terrified. Even on my latest (8th solo) I'm still freaked out leaving that plane. I love the canopy flying of skydiving so that's the only reason I jump lol.

Thank you u love feel the fear and do it anyway

Thank you for your episodes on skydiving, I’ve been jumping for 53 years and really appreciate the subjects. I believe I’m never too old to either refresh or learn, please keep them coming rgds starshine

Tunnel is a great training tool. But your video title needs to be rewritten as it makes no sense.

Good point, Jules! Here in US I also started taking newbies to fly video behind the formation - they learn the canopy, they watch the action and understand the concept quickly, and they also learn to fly camera position. The same concept I took to a competition level - it is so much better to train 3 people right away in a beginner 2-way CF team and make them interchangeable: any of them can fly camera and any position of the 2-way. They learn all positions. This way we can grow more proficient CRW fliers!!

What a tough little cutter. I hope that I do not have a need to use one for quite some time ( if ever.)

How the hell does it cut through steel cable???

Well said, Garnett!

I came from a DZ with 2 landing direction to a DZ with 3 LZs and constantly changing wind direction and landing patterns. I much prefer 2 directions because it makes it simple and don't mind landing crosswind. That being said, this new DZ has really taught me to pay attention more to the wind and watching what the hell is going on. Everyone lands off at some point and possibly in a backyard.

Simple. Don't misrig it. I remember when Booth invented it. Before then we used shot-and-half Capewells. The 3 Ring has saved countless lives! Be nice. You're truly blessed.

My god. These guys used to just slam the ground.

Love the sound effects. :)

Did I tell you my friend was sucked out from a PC? Yeah, lived barely, freaking crazy.

To stop a flip over surely a plastic (deformable and disposable) bridle could be added. Think of a double-sided Y keeping the rings apart. Just a thought for future safety for you guys.

Aren't there fewer accidents when the canopy is round.

Thank you! For the algo, tell me, what is your favorite pizza topping, and why is it pineapple?

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Thanks for the quick tip!

The spooky music is unnecessary. This isn't a ghost story.

That's because no one identifies who the rigger is that fucked up!

There are riggers that I would not even let pack my lunch

Great video Jules McConnell. I remember being GCA on the training camp when Lyall Waddell came over from Canada to teach Parabatics at Lower Light and it was fantastic and great you are further stepping forward CRW training to another level. Good luck from Eddy and Lenny the galah. Spirit of Lower Light. 21 April 2024 17:05 hrs Adelaide Standard Time

Great video!

Why is that person flying diagonally across the landing area at a jumper on the ground?

Graet video...why I do so much coached jumps...just to be groomed into good habits ...thats the idea anyways.