Self assessment:

Good altitude awareness (except #7), good canopy control, good awareness
and memory during dive.  Need to review exits - I've been looking down
rather than up at plane, leading to diving exit. Need to fix legs -
reason for coming to Perris tunnel.  Need to remember what toe taps are
for. Can't always relax.


#1	Tandem		July 1995	Las Vegas	11,000ft
#2	Tandem		June 2000	Hollister	18,000ft

#3	AFF1		8/9/2003	Monterey	First Jump
	Good: completed jump.  
	Bad: hesitation in count after JM check-in.  Flared a few feet high,
	PLF'd.

#4	AFF2		9/6/2003	90 Turns, Forward Movement
	Good: ok after long weather layoff, better exit, good stable form at
	end of dive
	Bad: lazy legs

#5	AFF3		9/6/2003	JMs release
	Good: still fine with exit, canopy flight, 15 seconds of release 
	time
	Bad: went butt high at pull time leading to half roll and minor line
	twists.  JM redocked for pull.  Legs!
	REPEAT

#6	AFF3-2		9/21/2003
	Good: good release, hover, directional stability.  Great jump
	Bad: got a little "ampy" towards pull time.

#7	AFF4		9/21/2003	Release, 90 Turns, Forward Movement.
	Good: great right turn.
	Bad: couldn't go forward.  Starting potato chipping.  Legs too out,
	didn't recognize legs in signal.  Stablized,but lost alti awareness.
	(Alti dial rotated 90 degrees - bad change).  JM signalled COA 
	at 6k,  I waved and grabbed at PC, got my leg instead.  
	Regrabbed, got JM's altimeter, JM then pulled for me at 5+.  
	REPEAT

#8	AFF4-2		10/11/2003
	Good:  altitude awareness fine, even when it got exciting.  20m
	accuracy.  
	Bad:  leg asymmetry led to hard 180 right turn on release.
	Compensated, but still no forward.  Stiffened up and hard left 
	turn - JM redocked to settle me.  Flared late landing in light 
	wind, hard impact.  Frustrated.
	REPEAT

New Venue - Perris, CA.  They use an 8 step AFF - AFF2 is split up into 2
jumps

#9	AFF4		4/30/2004	Release, 1 JM
	Good:   good return to jumping, stable, altitude awareness
	Bad:	legs a bit weak, minor backslide

#10	AFF5		5/1/2004	180s, 360s, floating exit
	Good:	good pair of 180s at 7000 in time for pull.  
	Bad:	still working on the legs out.  

#11-1	AFF6		5/1/2004	solo unstable exit, tracking,360s
	WIND HOLD - rode plane down

#11-2	AFF6		5/2/2004	(VIDEO/STILLS)	
	Good:	great 4s tumble and easy recovery to stable.  Good 360.
	Bad:	no track - bad backsliding on jump due to hands too forward.

#12	AFF7		5/2/2004	solo floating exit, fall rate,
					tracking
	Good:	recovered from tumbling exit, great 180 and track before
	pull. Cleared to final level!
	Bad:	blew simple exit, tumbled 3000ft to get stable (legs
	kicking).  not able to adjust fall rate like in tunnel.  

No time to finish, had to go home!

New Assessment:
Good stability, altitude awareness, exits are ok but can be improved.
Legs still prone to weakness, but can move forward and track at least
some of the time.  Feeling more comfortable about whole thing. Landings
are on target, but need to work on flare timing and strength, esp in low
winds.

Back to Monterey

#13-1	AFF6	5/15/04		Backflips, tracking
	WIND HOLD - called off 20ft from plane.

#13-2	AFF5	5/29/04		360s, forward motion
	Good: finally back in air.  Cessna exit fun/hard.
	Bad: down another level again for silly reasons, worse go on to 
	fail the level.  Legs getting lazy with the time off, no forward 
	motion, much backsliding.
	REPEAT

#14	AFF5-2	5/31/04	
	Good:  got legs right, first stand up landing, accuracy
	Bad: initially not aggressive enough with legs out.

#15	AFF6	6/12/04		Backflips, tracking
	Good: better exit, on heading flip, two tracks done
	Bad: don't drag feet hooks during track

#16	AFF7	6/12/04		Graduation Jump
	Good:  got beer signal.  did flip, 360s, track, stand up 
	landing/accuracy in high winds.  Landed vertical.
	Bad:  tumbled a little on exit, on backflip.  Pulled a bit
	high.  Amped up.  

#17	Solo	6/19/04
	Good:  first alone! Interesting opening handled.
	Bad:	landing flare high

#18	Solo	6/19/04
	Good:   Decent landing path in traffic, ok flare.
	Bad:    leg straps too loose, chippy, unrelaxed

#19	Solo	6/26/04
	Good:	Perfect poised exit on Skyvan.  
	Bad:    Fast, hard landing.

#20	Solo	6/26/04
	Good:	Fun dive out rear gate.
	Bad:	again jittery, pulled a bit higher than I thought.
		still not landing 265 well in no wind.