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From: ryoder@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert W Yoder)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Skydivin'!!!!
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.155103.13448@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 15:51:03 GMT
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In article <2803.2814B077@ehsnet.fidonet.org>, SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.FIDONET.ORG
(SKYDIVE) writes:
> Reply-to: Mark.Davey@p0.f105.n2200.z1.fidonet.org (Mark Davey)
> Fido-To: all
> 
> Hey all!  Well I guess I'm the first to post here.  I would just like a little
>basic information since I've never done this before.  Where are some good
>places to go (in the 313 area) and what are average costs for lessons? 
> 
> We almost went once but some of the people were afraid to jump with some
>psycho instructor strapped to their backs.  Know anywhere where you can take
>lessons so that you jump alone?

I know what you mean.  Several years ago some friends and I decided to take
flying lessons, but we encountered the same problem:  Every place we checked
out insisted on starting us out with some psycho instructor strapped into the
plane beside us, so we dropped the idea.

Does anyone out there know of any flying schools that will let you fly alone
the first time?

Robert Yoder  "It's 10 o'clock.  Do you know where your child processes are?"
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