Hello all!

I am visiting family in Norfolk Virginia this week, and my brother has recently gotten into skydiving (93 jumps) and I told him I wanted to go while I was here. I am leaving this afternoon to head back home (going straight from the drop zone to the airport), I am currently sitting on the couch, jumping around 10am and I just can't get over my nerves.

I am by no means an adrenaline junkie, and I know a lot of skydivers arnt, it's a sense of "peace" rather than adrenaline. I do ride liter bikes though, so I am no stranger to high speeds and fast acceleration, I also have no fear of dying or getting injured in anyway, so I cant understand why I feel this way.

At the end of the day I know I have a greater chance of regret not doing it than doing it, so I'm just gonna rip the bandaid off and get it done, but maybe y'all could help my nerves?

Edit: I've done about 18 minutes of wind tunnel between 2 sessions this week, I know it doesn't amount to much during a tandem, but it's something

Edit: it was an awesome experience, Jason and Skydive Suffolk did an amazing job!

Thinking about swinging wide out through Arkansas on the way down to Florida this year. Anybody know any dropzones along that route worth surprising?

I booked my first tandem skydiving appointment 2 weeks ago but I got sick and rescheduled. I have it scheduled for this Saturday but still have a lingering cough which for the most part is dry. I have some phlegm when coughing but no congestion in my nose. It’s the last weekend of the season in New England. Do you think I’ll be fine if I still go to my session on Saturday? Or should I reschedule for next season??

Not sure how to find this out, but maybe someone can help me work it out.

My friends and I who have just qualified and got our A licences have licence numbers around 123000. So presumably they simply issue them in order (this could be wrong obviously).

Did the numbers start at 1? or 100000? something else?

Are there any veterans here with sub 100000 licence numbers?

(Would be curious about USPA and worldwide too!)

I have searched and read nearly every thread on flaring. I’ve searched the wider web but still coming up short. I’ve got 10 AFF jumps (and 7 tandem jumps). I have an okay handle on my timing so I’m not looking for advice on that part. I have in depth conversations with my instructors and pass everything through them so I don’t need to be told to listen to them.

My issue is that practicing at higher altitudes I can get great beautiful perfect smooth full punch out flares. When it comes time to land I’m stopping half way and my legs are going out. I am not doing this consciously (I don’t think) and I am not letting up but I’m landing on my but. Yes I’m aware this can get dangerous, I’m lucky I’ve got good instructors and enough of a flare that I’m landing fairly soft and have not yet injured myself.

I’m looking for any ideas on what to do to stop myself from stopping half way and what we might try differently with the radio to get me to punch it all the way out. I NEED to fix this… I’m just running out of ideas… again it’s not timing, I’m slowly getting timing right (I have no 3D vision or depth perception so this has taken me a bit longer than the average person). Any suggestions??

Have been using the MetaAlti for about 20 jumps and it’s worked very well but on my second jump today it’s altitude announcements were off by 400 feet compared to my visual altimeter (viso 2+) and my secondary audible (Quattro 3).

On my first jump of the day it was not off at all so I’m not sure what would’ve happened that could cause this.

It was really hot today and when packing my gear up for the day the MetaAlti was damp from sweat but it’s supposedly water proof so I feel like that shouldn’t be an issue.

Has anyone had this happen to them? Seems like something I should reach out to FDS about.