2 jumps today. First was my standard warm-up jump. I dove out of the plane facing the wind, got stable quick. I tried all the things that I was supposed to do with Casey 2 weeks ago. Easily did 4 360s (2 each way) and 3 back flips. On 2 of the back flips, I finished on the same heading. I turned onto final just a little early and landed on the taxiway. Bill H gave me some tips on using brakes to slow down my forward speed and land where I wanted to.
2nd dive was my A license check dive with Bill Hanrahan. I spotted after a 6-way went out. He went in the door and gave the count. I dove out right after him. 1 360 each way. 1 back flip. Bill moved in front of me as I turned to face him. I closed on him and docked. We were still at 9,000 feet, so he signaled for a couple more 360s. Stopped at 6,000. At 5,000, I turned and tracked away. Opened by 3,500. Under canopy, I played with the brakes based on Bill's suggestions from the last jump. Again, I saw that I turned into final heading for the taxiway. The brakes stretched out my glide path instead of shortening it. I went over the taxiway, and landed in front of the other building. Bill said that maybe next time I should try deeper brakes. The 230 and 240 rigs are back in use, so I'm probably not going to be jumping the 280 anymore.
Final exam, some paperwork, and I have my temporary A license. First jump was 4 years ago yesterday.
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