This is one of my favorite skydiving videos from back in the day…
A super cool accidental visual, yes, but also an awesome educational piece on a bunch of different fronts:
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To fly through the inevitable benign bumps on exit no matter what your discipline
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To approach the formation in your quadrant
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To get on level
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To fly on level in your slot being patient for the formation build in front of you
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Only taking your grips when it is built (“let the center build” “build the center first” 😉 )
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A clean 180 before breaking off to clear the space behind you
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Tracking away cleanly.. safe deployment of your parachute
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Clearing of your airspace once you’re open, ensuring you are flying a clear safe direction once open while you stow your slider and do your controllability check
Check. Cool, I hope this helps..
Safety always always always first.