I did it last August - prime soaring in New Mexico. For the first jump, I
wore boots. After that I wore sneakers. The landings were much softer than
I'd experienced under a round canopy in the Air Force. It's the ability to
flare almost to a stand still that makes it so nice.


"son_of_flubber" wrote in message
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On Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:06:06 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
I had plenty of simulation training during my Air Force pilot training.

Forty years later, I bought a ram air emergency chute and got training at

the local jump club.

This is very enticing but I've held off because I was concerned that I might
injure my legs/back. I'm not overweight, but my bones are older and a cast
would kill a season of soaring. I'd do this at the end of the season if
ever, but then I'd worry about missing ski season and putting on 30 pounds
over a winter of inactivity.