Well, I don't know if had happened to any of our friends here in the forum but here goes, coz I think this is kinda "universal"
Back then when I was undergoing my National Service stint, I had a chance to undergo a course for the paratrooper Airborne Wings...
To cut it short, the instructors were playing havoc with our fears (who has not had them) about our first jump. Questions posed like this one, "What happens if the chute do not deploy" (it sounded silly now, but at that moment it was'nt) were emt with replies like "Don't worry about it, just bring it back to us and we'll give you another one..." Duhh.....
Another questioned posed was "... should the main chute do not deploy, how long do I have before I can deploy my reserve?"
Well, I think you can guess the reponse would be like- "My dear trainee, you have the rest of your life to do that!"
Needless to say, during the first jump, when I was at the door of the aircraft, the first question that was going through my mind was "What the H*ll am I doing here???"
Back then when I was undergoing my National Service stint, I had a chance to undergo a course for the paratrooper Airborne Wings...
To cut it short, the instructors were playing havoc with our fears (who has not had them) about our first jump. Questions posed like this one, "What happens if the chute do not deploy" (it sounded silly now, but at that moment it was'nt) were emt with replies like "Don't worry about it, just bring it back to us and we'll give you another one..." Duhh.....
Another questioned posed was "... should the main chute do not deploy, how long do I have before I can deploy my reserve?"
Well, I think you can guess the reponse would be like- "My dear trainee, you have the rest of your life to do that!"
Needless to say, during the first jump, when I was at the door of the aircraft, the first question that was going through my mind was "What the H*ll am I doing here???"