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Adam Oke · Post by **Adam Oke** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:33 pm

Check out my first Assisted Free Fall Skydive at Grand Bend Sport Parachute Centre in Ontario.The details of the jump are on the page.

AFF Skydive

Who has been a Flight Instructor and a Jumper Dumper/Diver Driver at the same time to build some extra hours and get some free fall time in?

Deffinitly would be awesome to hang out at the DZ on the days off...get some flying in and some free fall time. Great people too.

dji · Post by **dji** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:28 am

nice vid, did you pass?

Gand · Post by **Gand** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:04 am

I spent a couple summers dropping jumpers while i payed at least most of my bills by instructing during the week. Very different experiences and requirements, but i really feel like they are very complimentary for somebody who's building new skill sets.

Allow your instrucing background to make you a better jumper dumper, while at the same time letting your skills from the DZ better your students.

Days at the DZ can be long and busy, but if your working with other good people it's a blast. Some of the most fun i've had to date.

Adam Oke · Post by **Adam Oke** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:21 pm

dji wrote:nice vid, did you pass?

This was my very first jump so I didn't start the Progressive Free Fall Program. Spring best be coming soon so I can start the different levels. Too much fun

Juggs · Post by **Juggs** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:44 am

I spent the summer of 03 as a skydive pilot in Didsbury, AB. Definitively one of the best summers I ever had.

Got some freefall in, gained some good contacts, and flew a decent airplane (for a skydive operation).

The DZ I worked at is no longer in operation but what I gained has been beneficial.

YYC the place to be · Post by **YYC the place to be** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:30 am

ha ha ha juggs you know that he old dids birds where peices of shat LOL. I was/am I guess a jump pilot too. best flying I have ever done and it has been very beneficial to my flying skill.

Blue Side Down · Post by **Blue Side Down** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:30 pm

Adam Oke had more style on that jump than any other FJ student I've ever seen

niwre · Post by **niwre** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:39 pm

did two jumps this past summer (IADs) and boy the "scariest" part was the .1 sec after letting go the "WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!!!" moment
but after the shoot opened it was a lot of fun. Had to jump again.. jump master was hot

My sister freaked out at me saying im supposed to be flying planes not jumping out of them...

I asked the Instructor the age old pilot question and he knew it was coming... "Why would one want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane" and he responded with "because I am giving you a perfectly good parachute"

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:58 pm

From an AME friend once:

because there is no such thing a perfectly good airplane.

Adam Oke · Post by **Adam Oke** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:50 pm

Blue Side Down wrote:Adam Oke had more style on that jump than any other FJ student I've ever seen

You know it Trygg!

Yea when it comes to the whole saftey thing its like beating a dead horse on both sides.

Ask the Jump Master..."Jumping is safer than flying"
Ask the Pilot..."Flying is safer than Jumping"

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