Monday, September 3, 2007

AFF Training Level 6- "Don't wait for me"


On this level you get to do the delta tracking two times if you finish the first early enough. I have a tendency to get out of the plane and really wait to level off before doing any maneuvers, so Ian let me know I might want to get on with it this time.

This jump is the first dive exit, which is a nice change. I dove out great with an excellent arch right into the wind. I was still coming down horizontal when I felt in control enough to do a back loop. The back loop was really fast and I recovered very quickly.

I immediately started the first 5 second delta track which was really cool. I kept steady and it was awesome. When that was done I spun a 180 and tracked the other way for 5 more seconds. This one got a little squirrely, but I made some adjustments to keep flying straight.

I still had a few seconds of free fall after all that. The pull went very smooth. While I was flying around I realized the wind was changing direction a lot. I decided to run a pattern then adjust it as needed to get into wind on the final. Ian left me alone on the radio except a reminder to get back into wind at the end.

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