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- From: drp40@cd.amdahl.com (Doug Puchalski)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: freestylists from tunnel
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:39:03 GMT
- References: <SHIBUYA.92Nov13105121@chute.bl.cad.slb.com> <1992Nov16.021917.9860@mercury.cair.du.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.021917.9860@mercury.cair.du.edu>, tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (five left and cut!) writes:
- >
- >The guy that took 2nd last year came into the competition with only 17
- >skydives, but with 145 hours of tunnel time. He noted that skydiving is
- >easier than tunnel flying because in the tunnel you have only 11 feet
- >to work with, and so you have to be more disciplined. He slid all over
- >the sky, which I found to be rather amusing. And didn't he hurt himself
- >landing this year?
-
- The big joke at the DZ was that the guy was still on radios! (Now give me
- a left 90, ok let it fly....one, two, three, flare!) hah!
-
- I also found it amusing that he had 150 hours flying in a single vertical
- column of air, but slid all over the sky. You would think that his skills
- would be disciplined so that he would stay right in place.
-
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- Doug Puchalski You have the right to your opinion, even though it's wrong
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