16.01.2010 22:46:13

adrian

Sorry its nothing Ham related, a cross post from my personal blog over at mcgonigle.net

Ive always had a fascination with Skydiving, its a sport ive always watched/followed but never actually taken part in, I have however completed 19 Parachute Jumps, Parchute jumps are not the same as skydiving, well not entirely, Skydiving entails leaving the aircraft and freefalling for a few thousand feet before deploying your parachute, Ive completed 19 Static line jumps which means that my Chute was hooked to a wire line in the aircraft and when I jumped my chute was automatically deployed for me without the freefall bit, I did these 19 Static line jumps many many years ago whilst in the Royal Air Force and have always wanted to progress to doing freefall, normally this would be via an AFF course ( Accelerated Freefall) but now im a family man with 4 children the thought of a malfunction concerns me greatly, What happens if I die, blah blah blah, but recently the urge has bitten again, we had some freinds round this evening, old friends from when we lived in Spain, Andy has the same feeling about Skydiving as me and basically said if I plump for an AFF course he will come with me, thats left me reeling, I want to do this more than I have ever wanted to do anything in my life, even if I complete my AFF course and never jump again I think that will be enough but the thought of something going wrong bugs me big style, I could not bear to be without my family, I love my family more than life itself, is it selfish of me to want to persue my dream of freefall skydiving when I have a young family, I dont know !!! its a situation that i am unsure about and unsure about the outcome, one thing is sure, its something I want to do with all my heart, I need guidance

A little taster of AFF for you