No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

11

08.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

Heading Maintenance

Description

Bad exit. Attempted to maintain heading on object on horizon. Very tense during first half of dive. Relaxed in second half of dive. Hand flashes approaching 5,000. Deployed own chute approaching 4,000. Good position during deploy.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

12

09.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

Heading Maintenance

Description

Bad exit. Instructor let go once stable. Tense during first half of jump. Relaxed during second half. Maintained heading on instructor well. Hand flash approaching 5,000. Deployed own chute at 4,500. Tipped forward slightly and slight turn to left during deploy.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

13

12.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

Heading Maintenance

Description

Bad exit. Rolled over. Kept spinning while instructor holding me. Was able to stop spin once instructor let go. Hand flash approaching 5,000. Deployed own chute approaching 4,000.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

14

13.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

Heading Maintenance Unlinked Exit

Description

Slightly better exit. Flipped onto back but was able to right myself on second attempt. Instructor flew in front. Attempted to maintain heading on instructor. At signal did 360o turn to left and stopped on instructor. Lost stability and drifted a bit. Hand flash at 5,000. Deployed at 4,500.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

15

13.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

AFF Stage Six

Description

Unlinked exit. Spinning on long axis but got a stable position and didn’t end up on my back. Maintained heading on instructor. 360o turn to left. Drifted to right and had trouble turning back to left. Decided to continue turn to right and stopped on instructor. Hand flash at 5,000. Deployed at 4,000.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

16

13.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

SOLO

Description

Exit not great but didn’t flip onto back. Picked heading once stable and was able to maintain it. Turned 180o and picked new heading and maintained. Deployed at 4,500.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

17

13.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

SOLO

Description

Dive exit! Felt much better and was in stable freefall position very quickly. Picked heading and maintained. 180o turn and picked new heading and maintained. Tried small forward movement. Deployed at 4,000.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

18

14.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

SOLO

Description

Dive exit. Slightly unstable but didn’t flip onto back. Felt like I was standing up just before I settled into stable position. Tried back flips. Only managed to do forward rolls. 4 attempts before 7,000. Was pushing head forward and down instead of back. Deployed at 4,000.

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

19

26.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

SOLO

Description

Dive exit – good! Tried four back flips before 7,000. Tried tracking for five seconds. Wave off and pull at 4,500

 

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No.

Date

Place

Aircraft

20

26.06.2004

Rotorua

Fletcher EUD FU24D

Equipment

Altitude

Maneuver

Telisis JYRO 330

12,000ft

SOLO

Description

Dive exit. Four back flips before 7,000 – 1 of them was good, the other 3 unstable. Tried tracking – veered off to one side before end of 5 seconds. Wave off and deploy at 4,500.

 

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