| AFF Diary - Level 1 - Updated 28 aug |
I have taken the plunge with a mate (Timmy) and we have paid up for the
first 3 levels of the AFF course, doing our training at the Irish
Skydiving Centre, in Clonbullogue.
The course is 7 instructor lead levels, 1 solo, then 10 consolidation
jumps. On this page I hope/intend to keep a short diary of what we
learn, more as a reminder to myself that for any other purpose.
Level 1 + Ground School
We arrived in darkness on the Friday night and to our amazement
quickly got the tent up, whilst getting eaten by midges. We had agreed
to behave and stay of the pints in order to get an early start on the
sat. Although I can only speak for myself - i did spend quite a while
starting at the top of the tent thinking about what the day ahead might
bring.
Sat 13'th August
In daytime we realised that the setup (hangers, clubhouse, etc) were
quite impressive by anyone's standards. Getting breakfast was priority
and after a tasty egg and bacon toastie with coffee I almost felt
awake.
We put our names down on the manifest and at 10ish in the morning
we
met our instructors Ronan and Peter, both nice guys who made us feel
welcome, and started training. During the day we had a number of coffee
breaks and bits of time to absorb the lessons, below is what I
remember.
Equipment
We took a look at the equipment, the pilot chute, the shoot, the
reserve, and all the other bits that i need to remember - a good
picture is available online at http://www.skydiveorange.com/parachute.htm
Freefall body position
- arch, legs at 45o feeling wind pressure on shins
Deployment6000ft lock on to alimeter, 5000ft wave, wave,
arch reach pull 1.2.3.4 check canopy - there, square, stable -
steerable We also learnt about checking for and recognising resolvable
issues including:
- end cell closure - pump brakes
- slider stuck - pump brakes
- twists - push open risers - kick out twist
- turning - brake open/brake fire
Hand Signals
- okay, arch, extend legs, contract legs, pull.
Exiting the Plane
- Check in, check out, propeller up, down, arch, heading, altitude, check left, check right, arch
- Importance of arch for acceptance into slip stream
Practice pulls
- One of the components of the first jump lesson is to make 3 practice
touches on the primary rip cord. This was done by arching, reaching, squeezing,
recovering - 3 times, then checking heading and altitude.
Landing patterns
- 1500ft in holding area, 1000 feet join onto downwind, 600 feet on
crosswind/base leg, 300 feet onto finals. flare at 12 feet (45o to
item) by pull both breaks fully down.
Parachute Landing Fall/Roll
- arms tucked in, feet together, knees together, side to the group, land feet - knees, roll onto side
Recognising a Malfunction
A malfunction being:
- 2 failed pulls - could not find primary pull cord
- Unrecoverable problem, e.g. end cell closure
- Knotted lines, lack of chute, unsteerable, unopened, streamer
Malfunction drills
Having recognised the malfunction - we learnt how to deal with it:
- look - at the primary release and reserve rip cords
- locate - (take hold of both - thumb into reserve release to prevent hand slippage)
- peel - peel release up and off
- punch - releasing the primary chute
- pull - releasing the reserve chute
- arch - giving the chute the best chance to open correctly
Putting it all together
After all that - a happy jump with no problems should go something
like: Check In, Check out, Propeller, Up, Down, Arch, Heading,
Altitude, Check left, Check right, 3 practice pulls - arch, reach,
squeeze, recover, heading altitude, at 6000ft lock on to altimiter,
5000ft wave, wave, arch, reach pull, 1, 2, 3, 4 check canopy - its
there is square and its stable, pump breaks check steering, toddle
about, 1500ft be in holding area, 1000 feet start downwind, 600 feet
start crosswind, 300 feet join finals, 12 ft flare, 0 feet land - pull
brake to deflate chute, collect chute, breathe.
Ground school over (about 4pm) we got some food and started waiting.
Waiting continued until we went to the pub at 8.30. We had a tasty
chinese, enjoyed some beer and banter.
Sunday 14'th
woke up at about 9.30, put our names on the list at the manifest and
started waiting again - pesky clouds were between 3 and 5000 feet which
was a no no.
In-between waiting, eating and more waiting we got an introduction
course into packing parachutes which was v interesting/useful as its a
skill that will require mastering at some stage. Waited until 6 and gave up after being advised that the weather was
unlikely to change. We packed up the tent and started the long (+3hr)
drive home.
Although there was lots of waiting - it was grand. Nice people,
planes
and plenty of other people jumping. I don't think either of us really
minded (although naturally disappointed) in the end - as it gave us a
chance to digest and sort what we needed to know. We also got
quite a lot of practice in helped us feel a bit more confident.
What's next - well basically I intend going back every possible weekend
(wife and weather permitting) until myself & Timmy complete the
course.
27 August 2005
So back again, put our names down on the manifest early and got
prepared to wait. This time we had Mons & Peter as our instructors,
we did a run through of what we had to do, and that was that. I had
written Timmy's name down first on the manifest, for no real reason,
but it meant he was going first. Timmy got suited & booted and away
he went to do AFF Level 1. 35 minutes later he was back on firm ground
smiling from ear to ear.
Having asked him a deluge of questions, it actually made me feel
better, a bit of a wait, 4 quick visits to the toilet with ever
decreasing purpose, and then it was time for me to go and jump.
We went to the plane and practised the exit, then had a 5 minute wait
while refuelling went on. Felt like an absolute lifetime, and nerves
were certainly building.
Take off, etc, was fine, I was happy looking out the window, at about 5
thousand feet i decided i would be better off thinking about Briony
(the wife) & work than falling to earth, that took me to about
7000ft when i started to brick it.
At 10k we levelled off, #!$%, the door opened, Peter took a grip on my
inside leg, Mons got out the door and took his grip. Check in, check
out, prop, up down, ........ arch, a split second later i felt Peter
shaking me back into the world of the living and i arched. It felt
great, heading, altitude, check left - thumbs up, check right - extend
legs sign, did that, altitude and started the practice pulls, heading
altitiude, jesus we were at 6k feet already, lock on, 5k, wave wave,
arch reach pull arch, look up at the canopy opening - jesus it
opened....sweet.
A lovely, albeit timid play under the canopy, by 3k feet i still had no
idea where the strip was and was starting to look for big fields, low
and behold it was directly below me. Played my way down did the circuit
correctly, flared and landed on my feet. sweet. joy. happiness, etc.
Well that was class, did a de-brief, it turns out i had moved back in
the door and got my chute almost stuck coming out the door, so we had
turned on the way out - other than that it all went just as it should.
We both passed and got 'Recommend Level 2' in our log books, happy
campers! At this stage we both could not wait to do level 2, which we
knew was following soon.
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| Posted by Chris Thompson on 15 Aug 2005 |
| Wife of Chris Thompson on 16 Aug 2005 |
| "Wife and weather permitting".... interesting comment. Have I ever had a say in this?! |
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| Joan Thompson on 17 Aug 2005 |
will excuse some of the grammar
but boy do I just wish I were around 30!
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