This is what I was upto this weekend

by **jshrew** Tue Aug 27 2013, 18:11

Just a little vid of one of my skydives from the weekend. Once a fledgling skydiver has passed their basic training I can then coach them how to fly safely with other people. I have the camera and the lad opposite me was on his qualification jump needing to complete 5 formations - he got 6 Smile

by **Steve** Tue Aug 27 2013, 18:12

you got balls miss jules

by Guest Tue Aug 27 2013, 18:14

Fantastic Jules , I did a static line jump when I was 18 , I think at the time you had to do 6 good static jumps to progress onto freefall and I wanted to do it but none of my mates at the time were interested , we started a society at Polytechnic but they were a bunch of idiots and none got past first base Sad

so that was my dream over

by Guest Tue Aug 27 2013, 18:17

I did a skydive a couple of years ago LOVED it Big Grin

by Guest Tue Aug 27 2013, 19:10

That's fab Jules go girl I only wish I could, but I hate heights though the feeling must be amazing! Big Grin

by Guest Tue Aug 27 2013, 19:19

Inezmaria70 wrote:That's fab Jules go girl I only wish I could, but I hate heights though the feeling must be amazing!

When I did mine it was only a baby jump but a fantastic feeling once I had all my lines uncrossed and stuff and just floating down with a couple of mates around me ( 6 of us did it together ) but the best for me was it was the first time I'd ever been in an aeroplane and I had to jump out of it , sort of instantly cured any fears of flying I may have had Laughing

by **Ben** Tue Aug 27 2013, 19:51

If only you weren't too far. Been planning to go out to the airport and do this. We have a great outfit about 10 min from my house... My wife just keeps reminding me I don't need more hobbies... You guys did great!

by Guest Tue Aug 27 2013, 19:56

OMG Jules - I get dizzy and feel faint when I wear high heels I dont want to s

by Guest Tue Aug 27 2013, 20:33

I don't know if you would remember this Jules as looking at your age on the forum you would be about 8 years old at the time but there was a woman in the UK did a paprachute jump ( I think it was just a 1 off static line jump for charity like mine ) and landed in the blades of a helicopter on the airfield

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19870810&id=8RI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKULAAAAIBAJ&pg=3100,1976588

My jump was about 1 month after Sad

I remember it being one of the instructors first comments that this airfield had no helicopters using it

by **jshrew** Tue Aug 27 2013, 21:10

Steve wrote:you got balls miss jules

after nearly 9 years in the sport it doesn't seem that extreme anymore

Inezmaria70 wrote:That's fab Jules go girl I only wish I could, but I hate heights though the feeling must be amazing!

Quite a few of my friend that jump won't go up a ladder, a lot compare it to looking out of a commercial flight window you don't get that height reference that you would on the top of a cliff etc

Ben wrote:If only you weren't too far. Been planning to go out to the airport and do this. We have a great outfit about 10 min from my house... My wife just keeps reminding me I don't need more hobbies... You guys did great!

Do it, part of me getting in to it is my parents live in the village next to the drop zone so we would regularly see the parachutes

Dave wrote:I don't know if you would remember this Jules as looking at your age on the forum you would be about 8 years old at the time but there was a woman in the UK did a paprachute jump ( I think it was just a 1 off static line jump for charity like mine ) and landed in the blades of a helicopter on the airfield

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19870810&id=8RI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKULAAAAIBAJ&pg=3100,1976588

My jump was about 1 month after I remember it being one of the instructors first comments that this airfield had no helicopters using it

I don't remember it but have had the story relayed by jumpers who were there at the time. Don't know if I would have kept going if I didn't have a group of friends that had started training before me also going, still of the 5 of us from work only 2 completed the training and the other guy freaked at about 200 jumps and never came back to it

by **janey** Tue Aug 27 2013, 21:19

Amazing, but sod that lol Xx

by Guest Wed Aug 28 2013, 13:34

Wow amazing jules, looks like great fun Big Grin

by **Kathy** Wed Aug 28 2013, 14:13

Wooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Well done Jules, you have more of a head for hights than me although I have flown but never jumped out. Surprised