Skydiving: My First Solo Parachute Jump

RAPS stage 1, after doing a tandem I decided to do the RAPS course, this is my first solo jump.
Peterlee Parachute Centre
Instructor - Training - Nick Brown
Instructor - Despatcher/Cameraman on the day - Mal Richardson
Top guys!!

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Sports

Tags:

• skydive
• skydiving
• RAPS
• jump
• parachute
• freefall

[SuperMikeseven]

hi i am going to do one of these very soon. please tell me is it difficult to control parachute back to the ground? and how do u get your bearings!?

[JonskyGBR]

@SuperMikeseven You'll learn all you need to know in ground school training, but let me say it's not difficult. Pull the left toggle to turn left and the right one to turn right. During ground school you'll see a map/aerial photograph of the dropzone to learn what to look out for when you're under canopy. Most places will also use a radio to talk you down if you're getting into any kind of trouble. The radio is attached to your helmet so you won't have to hold it. I'm sure you'll love it !! :))

[SuperMikeseven]

@JonskyGBR thanks for getting back! hopefully ill be fine getting back down to ground then!! only a couple of weeks to go :-))

[JonskyGBR]

@SuperMikeseven I'm sure you will be, just pay attention in ground school, take it seriously !! Learn those reserve drills, they could save your life. I don't mean to scare you at all as skydiving is EFFING AWESOME. There's nothing wrong with having a little bit of healthy respect for what you're going to do, it'll keep you safe. Anyway, if there was no fear there'd be no point :p Well except from the amazing view! Blue skies!

[guitarsk8r11]

How old do you have to be to skydive?

[JonskyGBR]

@guitarsk8r11 16 with your parents permission, or 18 without it.

[SuperMikeseven]

@JonskyGBR i have done 2 tandems and thought they were great fun! you havent scared me much hehe!! dont worry i will be paying attention in ground school hun!! just hope it goes ok on the day!! :-))

[rrr1sportrider]

@BENebuchadnezzar I agree with you. But the black people that moved into my neighborhood turned it in too a hell whole. Regardless, I recently moved out into a rural area so I should not complain about it anymore. Its peaceful without the spooks out here. Blue skies and stuff.

[BENebuchadnezzar]

@rrr1sportrider bollocks, that's a social issue, not a racial one. In a room of a million people half white, half black the 200 people most genetically similar to you would consist of, on average, 115 white people and 85 black people. You shouldn't hate a race you should hate how your society reacts to race, how your society deals with race and how it segregates race. It may seem petty, but to openly not wish good things for blacks is fighting fire with fire and nothing is helped because of it.

[rrr1sportrider]

@BENebuchadnezzar Well darkies stank. Since their arrival to my neighborhood its gone to all hell. They act like monkies for christ sake. Betweeen blairing that fuking rap music all hours of the night abd the crimes they commit, yah there a hinderance to our society. Lazy as fuck too. And dont give me that shit that all races are like that too. Look at any statistics on crime you will see a huge correlation of violent crimes to spooks. A far majority, superior majority.

[BENebuchadnezzar]

Nice. Well done, =D, you got a reaction, thanks for being one of those people making the world shitter by the day, seriously. You're wishing me blue skies? I don't want them, I dont give a fuck if you were raised to be racist or whatever, you're choosing to live that way so it hangs on your head. What do you get out of it, a cheap laugh when you get a response, or do you actually hate black people? in that case you've got one sad, ignorant and retarded view right there. Give it up man. God bless

[cruiser277777]

whats it like to control on your own for the first time

[centurionknight]

The best jump video I've seen...Very Cooool! Takes me back to the good ol' days...Keep flying mate.

[drudogg84]

i pooped off an airplane it was cool i wonder if the turd hit anyone?

[JonskyGBR]

You have to have a fairly good grip yeah, the plane is flying at 50 or 60mph so it's pretty windy out there :P

[TheJailProductions]

when you have to walk out onto that platform, is it hard to stand? Like, do you really have to hold onto the support or what?

[JonskyGBR]

I'll admit it wasn't the best arch in the world but I think I went upside down due to the chute opening. :)

[nomordumeez]

Is it because he didn't arch that he turned upside down?

[rrr1sportrider]

Nice. I jumped right into it and did my AFF. Started free falling solo by my 8th jump. Shake and Bake/Blue skies to all. Except for black people.

[yourbollicks]

think you forgat to arch though by the look or if.ice jump all the same.

[basslord454]

how many did it take for u to qualify

[JonskyGBR]

67 now, including all my training jumps but excluding my tandem.

[basslord454]

nice video man! im starting the raps soon (aff is far too expensive!) tandem from ten thousand feet was awesome, hopefully ill be doing one from that height again soon, on my own! how many jumps you done now then?

[gibsonxp]

wow that opening looked a bit harsh...how did it feel?

[JonskyGBR]

I didn't really pay to get it videod, just the instructor on the day had a camera helmet that he uses for instructor purposes, I asked him for a copy, was £5 to get it put on dvd with some editing and the music on, bargain!