August 2000
 

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26th August went well. Ish.

What happens when an unscrupulous Instructor sells you a canopy waaaayyy outside your level of capability...

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Doing what comes naturally.....under instruction with Airborne, I might add! Although they denied it, said I was there (on HIS hill) on my own. Ned was my Instructor.

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Then...

***!!"+**Ouch!**!

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Typical of the media to get it wrong.

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This is what happens when a student flies a DHV-2.

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Now it's hobble hobble. Ah well.

I want to say thanks to all those wonderful people who looked after me on the slope. Words cannot express my gratitude (especially to Terry, who massaged my thigh! - don't ask)

I tried to use a solicitor, from Irwin Mitchell. Got Dave Urpeth. I (apparently) had a personality conflict with him. Either way, he screwed me.