Did my 1st parachute jump yesterday!

JoeF1 said:
The way you just tossed out.... Sca-rew that lol.
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LOL

Admittedly the 1st few seconds were a total blur & I forgot to count the drop etc, but we were warned it may happen. As long as you remember to check your canopy & make sure it's (A) There (B) Open (C) Working etc then you can start to relax and do the checks you need to.
 
koolpc said:
Did a jump when i was 22. Scariest thing i have ever done!! lol
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True, it's the same for me. It's a feat just to go past that fear point.

There was one refusal on a tandem on the Saturday & one girl in our class nearly refused, but she eventually went. With having to push yourself out (you don't get pushed) it's having that self-control & determination to do it & trust the gear to do it's job.

What made me laugh was there were a couple of young girls, really small who were both jumping for charity, yet one of them had never even been in a plane before in her life! :eek:

She only mentioned this when we took off. :D
 
I had never been in a plane till i jumped too! Mad!!

Instructor said we are not allowed to push you out but we are allowed to push the parachute out!! lol

He also told us that there was only one reason why we had to wear all in one boiler suits. It was just incase the parachute didnt open as then they could lift us up in one go!! lol
 
I was a RAPS instructor about 10 years ago now. :) Great fun and well done! :D

When I started jumping I went and did it via the RAPS course, was far more affordable to me back then.

Onwards and upwards! :D Enjoy your rest of your skydiving career. I do miss it :( Even after 507 jumps.

Blue skies!
 
Freefaller said:
I was a RAPS instructor about 10 years ago now. :) Great fun and well done! :D

When I started jumping I went and did it via the RAPS course, was far more affordable to me back then.

Onwards and upwards! :D Enjoy your rest of your skydiving career. I do miss it :( Even after 507 jumps.

Blue skies!
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Roughly how many jumps does it take to get a Cat A licence using RAPS?

Looking forwards to my next jump, even though I'm not sure exactly when it'll be as I'd love to do all my training at Cark, but live so bloody far away :D
 
Gazanimal said:
Roughly how many jumps does it take to get a Cat A licence using RAPS?

Looking forwards to my next jump, even though I'm not sure exactly when it'll be as I'd love to do all my training at Cark, but live so bloody far away :D
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Good job on your first jump! It's an awesome experience. I remember my first static line jump - complete mental overload!

Number of jumps to Cat A varies depending on how well you do at each stage of the progression which depends on you and how good your coaches are. It took me 23 jumps to qualify.

I've almost clocked up 100 jumps, but have pretty much given up the sport since moving to Central London.:( I used to jump at Langar and took it up while at Uni.

Rock climbing and cycling are my hobbies now, but I'd love to jump again. There is nothing more awesome than diving head first out of a plane into the blue void at 13,000FT.
 
Shamrock said:
Good job on your first jump! It's an awesome experience. I remember my first static line jump - complete mental overload!

Number of jumps to Cat A varies depending on how well you do at each stage of the progression which depends on you and how good your coaches are. It took me 23 jumps to qualify.

I've almost clocked up 100 jumps, but have pretty much given up the sport since moving to Central London.:( I used to jump at Langar and took it up while at Uni.

Rock climbing and cycling are my hobbies now, but I'd love to jump again. There is nothing more awesome than diving head first out of a plane into the blue void at 13,000FT.
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Thanks for that info Shamrock. Sounds just like the same scenario as learning to drive :D

Also, if I could get to Cark & train with Dan he's a Head Teacher at a school in Manchester so he's good at getting his point over :D
 
Gazanimal said:
Roughly how many jumps does it take to get a Cat A licence using RAPS?

Looking forwards to my next jump, even though I'm not sure exactly when it'll be as I'd love to do all my training at Cark, but live so bloody far away :D
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If you're good and you're lucky with the weather - you can do it in under 20 jumps if you do some good jumps (that's for BPA, the FAI licence is different IIRC). If you incorporate your canopy handling jumps as part of your training (CH1 + CH1 exam). It used to be a case of just doing your Cat 8 jump and that was that - now it's a bit more involved.

From the Ops manual:

http://www.bpa.org.uk/assets/Operations-Manual.pdf/Ops-Manual-June-2012.pdf

To obtain Grade 1 in Canopy Handling (CH1), the parachutist must be
introduced to CH by a CCI/Advanced Instructor nominated Category System
Basic Instructor (CSBI), a Category System Instructor (CSI), an Accelerated
Free Fall Basic Instructor (AFFBI) or an Accelerated Free Fall Instructor
(AFFI) of proven CH instructional ability, received a full safety brief and
been instructed, both theoretically and practically on canopy handling
relevant to CH1, and has successfully achieved the following:
a) Flat turns on at least 3 descents.
b) Increased the range of the canopy using the toggles on at least 3
descents.
c) Displayed a reasonable level of canopy handling.
d) A CH1 written examination.
N.B.(1) Student Parachutists must have successfully completed CH1 before applying for a BPA ‘A’ Licence.
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I did my IC1 (as it was called) 5 predeclared landings (landing on a the "x" usually) whilst doing my RAPS course, JM responsibility, packing certificate, and can't remember... lol. It's changed a bit now - got my packing certificate and did all the necessary for IC1 (but that was for my B licence). Went on do do my FS1 too - happy times! :D

Shamrock said:
Good job on your first jump! It's an awesome experience. I remember my first static line jump - complete mental overload!

Number of jumps to Cat A varies depending on how well you do at each stage of the progression which depends on you and how good your coaches are. It took me 23 jumps to qualify.

I've almost clocked up 100 jumps, but have pretty much given up the sport since moving to Central London.:( I used to jump at Langar and took it up while at Uni.

Rock climbing and cycling are my hobbies now, but I'd love to jump again. There is nothing more awesome than diving head first out of a plane into the blue void at 13,000FT.
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I used to jump at Langar when I was at uni there. :) Awesome summer boogie and great DZ with amazing instructors.

I also gave up owing to living in London and having a busy lifestyle. It's just too hard to keep up. Still did most of my jumps on skydiving holidays abroad. :cool: Sold both my rigs and all my kit - ah well... it was a nice time in my life. :)
 
I did parachuting last month in cyprus. Was awesome, managed 4 static line jumps at 4000ft.

Love to take it further.

I was bricking it on the first one, more so in the plane as it was climbing
 
Gazanimal said:
It's under investigation as what went wrong. Details are really sketchy atm

There's 3 things that stop you from hitting the earth with a splat. Your main canopy, your reserve and the AAD which will deploy the reserve if it sees you are descending too quick below approx 2,500-1,000ft should your main fail.

There must have been some serious issue if all those 3 things didn't work, but the investigation should find out hopefully.

(reading a report from an eye-witness it seems his main was tangled, but tried to untangle it and couldn't and left it too late to cut away his main and deploy his reserve, or his AAD did it for him if his descent was too fast. Which could have been a BIG problem if he'd not cut away his main).
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We had a bit of a panic on as a close mate jumps with the black knights. He was there but wasn't involved. Apparently he pulled too early ( He pulled on his first out of 3 checks??) got tangled and didn't cut away early enough to deploy his reserve.

RIP.
 
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