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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Arch problems
Message-ID: <3333@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 8 May 91 03:51:12 GMT
References: <28390@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991May7.134409.5340@eng.ufl.edu>
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>In article <28390@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> dth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (David Hightower) writes:
>>I have a problem that maybe some of you have encountered.  I took up
>>skydiving in the Spring of '89, and immediately fell in love with it.
>>Only problem was, I could not arch enough to remain stable; as soon as I
>>started my free-falls I lost control on every jump and had to time my
>>pulls with when I had the ground in sight.

I had the same problem. It turned out that it wasn't so much my body
position but my propensity for looking at the ground. This always blew
my arch. Then one day as I was climbing out I noticed that there were
fluffy clouds above the plane. As I exited I bent my head back sharply 
to look at the clouds. I stayed flat and stable.
Hope this helps.

Bob Church D-8195 NFS27



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