by Richard Helou | Mar 25, 2015 | Sky Diving
You have probably heard the saying “Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?” when someone is talking about skydiving. I know I hear it whenever I talk about my skydiving experiences and I find it amusing that people would so adamantly refuse...
by Richard Helou | Jan 2, 2013 | Sky Diving
After an ankle injury which grounded me for a while I am back soaring the Blue Skies. It feels great to get back out there and feel the wind. I was able to get a couple of jumps in two weeks ago and should be back out there this...
by Richard Helou | Oct 17, 2012 | Sky Diving
I had my canopy course on Saturday. Gained some valuable knowledge on flying a canopy properly and making my landing pattern tighter. My fourth and last jump of the day I had a nasty line twist but was able to recover from it and had the best landing pattern I ever...
by Richard Helou | Sep 17, 2012 | Sky Diving
After a 4 Month hiatus I am once again skydiving. I had to do a short retrain and repeat Level 8. Level 8 went great and I got another skydive in as well. It was a great Saturday.
by Richard Helou | Apr 30, 2012 | Sky Diving
I had a great skydive this last Saturday. I got to the drop-zone a bit late in the day but was able to get one jump in. I started off with a good landing pattern until I realized I was reading the windsock wrong and had to re-evaluate my landing area. I made some...
by Richard Helou | Apr 8, 2012 | Sky Diving
I had three great skydives on Saturday April 7, 2012. Although my freefalls were great my landings were terrible. Last jump landed so far out I had to walk South for a while then west for a while, gave my chute to the driver of the van that showed up, good thing he...
