9 Aug 11
Getting down fast; diving & spiraling the canopy. I love how responsive and fast this chute is. In a hard spin, it swings me out beside the chute so that I'm on the same plane horizontally as the canopy, with the nose of the chute diving straight for the ground.
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9 Aug 11
Deploying the parachute. Here the chute is just starting to inflate. Modern parachutes are designed to open softly and slowly so they don't jerk your shoes off your feet or hurt you too bad. Still, it's a little like getting whiplash each time the chute deploys.
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9 Aug 11
Trying some upside-down, head-down flying.
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9 Aug 11
Sit-flying with Doug.
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9 Aug 11
Shortly after exit.
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9 Aug 11
Exiting the Otter with Doug at 14,500 feet.
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9 Aug 11
WWA 2010 and the borrowed Otter jump plane. The Gold Coast Skydivers' regular Super Otter jump plane was off in New Orleans having an engine replaced, so we borrowed an Otter from Skydive Spaceland in Texas for the weekend.
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8 Aug 11
WWA at the Wounded Warrior Project boogie. The Wounded Warrior Project is a wonderful organization that helps injured soldiers. Almost all of the donations go directly toward helping the soldiers and their families. I plan to leave this WWP magnet on my car for a long time.
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8 Aug 11
WWA 2010, safe and sound, back on the ground.
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8 Aug 11
Flying in to make it a 4-way.
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8 Aug 11
Ah, success. A stable 3-way round.
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8 Aug 11
Not getting any better.
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8 Aug 11
This is not how a 4-way exit is supposed to look.
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7 Aug 11
Close proximity sit-flying.
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7 Aug 11
Sit-flying on jump #3. Sit-flying with Angela and a visiting skydiver on the third jump of the day.
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7 Aug 11
Head-down exit from the plane on jump #3.
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7 Aug 11
Diving the parachute toward the ground. To get down fast or to get vertical separation from the other parachute traffic in the air, I often dive and spiral my parachute down quickly.
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7 Aug 11
Flying around the formation on the second jump.
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7 Aug 11
Exiting the Otter at 14,500 feet. Five-way no-grip exit on the second jump of the day. Only Doug and Wendy are visible in the picture, but there were five of us jumping together.
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7 Aug 11
The TB and GCs that jumped with me today. Placed on my skydiving rig before the first jump of the day. We made four jumps together today.
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