Got here a little later than I wanted to, but in the end that didn't matter. 3 jumps, all practice pull, all with Jedd.
First - Dearched. Found the newspaper, pulled and threw it. Even though I dearched, I stayed exactly on heading. Normal canopy practice stuff. Another pretty much dead calm day, so I ended up overcompensating for the previous overshoots and landed in the grass next to the runway by the far end of the field.
Second - Same story. But this time I landed in the corn. Right at the corner, so easy to get out, but still. Video shows me with a good arch, but then looking down when I pulled. Don't know why. I know I'm doing this by feel, not trying to see what I'm doing, but there is no question what I'm doing wrong.
Third - On "Go" I took a fraction of a second to look up at the wing, then when I let go I focused on watching Jedd watch me while I left the plane and did the practice pull. That did it. Head stayed up, kept the arch, threw the newspaper. There was a little breeze on this one, so I tried to adjust for that. Overthought it. Landed next to the runway but next to the field. Rose up when I flared, so did a PLF. Austin said it looked like I didn't finish my flare.
During the day, did some packing work with Adam.
After the third jump, I was really feeling wiped out. Heather asked, "Are you drinking enough water?" All I said was "Nope." Did I mention it was 95 degrees?
Back for more tomorrow.
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