Accelerated Free Fall Course and Chris

[skyman00]

Last Sat, the 18th, Chris took his AFF level 1 class in Longmont at Mile Hi Skydiving Center. He had a full day of ground school and followed that up with a successful level 1 skydive later that afternoon. His instructors, Brady and Josh, reported a perfect skydive with the exception of a couple of items for minor correction which Chris fixed right away. When he landed, he had a sh!t-eating grin from ear to ear! Cassandra, his girlfriend, did her first tandem skydive on the same plane load! She had a great time as well!

I’ll try and get the photos that were shot that day to post here.

So, he passed with flying colors and is proceeding on to his L2 jump which is scheduled for this Thurs am. If the weather is warm enough (I’m such a ***** for cold weather), I’ll jump with him and fly outside video. I’ll post some pics after Thur (if I don’t puss-out).

Oh yeah, I’m doing a half hour in the Sky Venture wind tunnel tomorrow with my good friend and fellow skydiver, Nick! -j

[silk2k]

you're not the only one that is a Fagina! :barf:

[skypowersport]

Hey Skyman you ever jump in florida, weathers always warm down here.

Blue Skies

[OVERSTEER]

I always wanted to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, I'll get to it some day.
What was the temperature up there and at ground level that day?

[CMan]

Congrats! You've got more guts than me. Although, I think it would be a blast to do (once I took that first step)!

~C

[skypowersport]

I always wanted to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, I'll get to it some day.
What was the temperature up there and at ground level that day?

Who said our airplanes were perfectly good. Thats why we jump out, oh by the way you haven't seen the pilots either. :lol3:

[skyman00]

Hey Skyman you ever jump in florida, weathers always warm down here.

Blue Skies

I've jumped in Deland, Lake Wales and Z-Hills.
For the most part, the weather's great down your way! As you know, it's always a toss-up between FL and AZ during the winter.

Just got back from the tunnel; some belly flying:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/Skyman00/Back.jpg

Back flying:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/Skyman00/Belly.jpg

Oversteer-
Ask any pilot and they'll tell you there's no such thing as a "perfecly good" airplane. That's why chutes were invented.

It was in the 40s on the ground and earlier in the day Sat, it was reported to be 10 below at altitude (12.5K AGL = 17.5K MSL).

Chris-
Good luck tomorrow, be safe, RELAX and have fun!

We need an S2K jump day to get as many S-whuffos in the air as possible!-j

[skyman00]

BTW, Chris is an S-owner. Here he is with his lady and his ride.
http://www.s2kca.com/photopost/data/500/4371Picture_231-med.jpg

Here's Silk after his first tandem jump.
http://www.s2kca.com/photopost/data/500/4371Picture_183.jpg

And Chris landing with Chuck, his tandem instructor.
http://www.s2kca.com/photopost/data/500/4371Picture_191-med.jpg
-j

[silk2k]

yo J~ nice wind tunnel pics! did you have fun? :)

[skypowersport]

Nice pics good form in the tunnel.

[skyman00]

yo J~ nice wind tunnel pics! did you have fun? :)

Silk-
It was great! I did 30 min in there. That's the equivalent of about 30 skydives.
As sore as I am today, I'm planning for more tunnel time soon!-j

[skypowersport]

Tunnel time is great for learning to fly really get a chance to feel things out plus you have a point of refrence to know if your falling straight down and you get to build muscel memory in the correct position. Also fun to work out 4way routines. :clap:

[OVERSTEER]

Too cool! And way too cool at -10F + 120mph=windchill factor of my nuts are fused to my pelvic bone :nervous:

[skyman00]

Bad news....
Looks like Chris is leaving us and headed back to the sandbox. He just received his orders today. He leaves Sun.

Chris-
I cancelled your AFF L2 for tomorrow. Man, we're gonna miss you. Be safe over there and we'll do your AFF when you get back. -j

[kickboxer-mom]

Chris - I'm really going to miss you kiddo - be safe and when you get back we can do some serious Kung Fu on Brandon's a$$....Love ya ....m

[spa01s2k]

John - Those are sweet pictures from the tunnel!!

Chris - WE are going to miss you buddy, :sad: . Take care over there in the sand box.

Kyle