friday and a good day for AFF !

Well, I didnt hold up much hope for today what with the track record of
weather this week.

the 2 indian pilots got a level 5 jump each on tuesday but they didnt pass
it. wed and thu were too high wind so that was their lot: they had to go
back to the congo today.

I was expecting much the same luck when i turned up at the DZ at 7.30 this
morning.

The level 5, 6 and 7 are the most tricky:

level 5: 1 instructor holding on exit. releases when stable and theb you do
a 360 turn in each direction before pulling at 4.5K

level 6: instructor exits with you, but not holding.. you do a forward
somersault exiting the plane, get stable then do a back flip. then get
stable, enjoy the fall and pull at 4K

level 7: instructor exits with you, not holding you...you do forward
somersault exiting plane. you then do a couple of 360s and a forward delta
fly using only the horizon as a point of reference instead of the
instructor. you dont pull till 3.5K

well, by 10.30 in the morning Is successfully completed all 3 of these
levels !!! yup, it surprised me too. .. clearly Im a natural :-)

so. . .only 3 jumps left and they are all solos. . no instructors at all !
so ifyou feck up, you are chubbed.

Unfortunately there is a 3 daily jump limit for AFF students. . arse.

so I am hanging around at the moment in the hope of persuading the owners to
let me jump some more today, seeing as Im clearly naturally gifted :-)