Ted's Skydiving Page

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I made my first tandem skydive in the summer of 1994 at a tiny Drop Zone in Waterville, Nova Scotia with my friend Norm. We flipped a coin to see who'd go first; I won. We both started our A.F.F. training at Skydive Pepperell two years later.  Here I am at pull time on my first A.F.F. jump.

Most of my jumps now are done at Pepperell, MA, which looks like this from the air. Note the Nashua river which parallels the runway. Landing on the wrong side of this can result in a very long walk, as I found out on my 16th jump. I've got a little over 100 jumps now, which still makes me a "novice" in the skydiving world. So far, my parachute has opened properly every time except twice.
 

• Want to learn more about sport parachuting? Here's a skydiving FAQ.
• I created this skydiving glossary so my whuffo friends could understand me.
• More skydiving pictures.
• Skydiving Humor
• Some amusing articles  from the rec.skydiving  newsgroup.

Skydiving Related Quotes from:

• Charles Lindberg
• Shakespeare
• The Bible
• Miscellaneous

Historical Jumps:

• The First
• The Highest
• George Bush
• The Origins of 'Geronimo!'

Myths

• Common movie myths.
• Is it possible to use a bedsheet as a parachute?

 

Ted's Jump Statistics

Total Jumps	203
Malfunctions	2
Time in Freefall	3h 05m
Largest Formation	8
Licenses/Awards	A - 26580  B - 20838  NCB - 306

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