Ok did my first one & as we went to the door i managed to say hey & we were out the door & what i wanted to say was hey I'm not to sure about this but we were gone anyway I got a massive brain freeze in my sinus took the edge right off .
Am i the only one that has happened to?
I think if i wasnt having a massive pain in head i would have enjoyed it a lot more. .
I wasn't scared after we went out the door but the looking out i was a bit scared. My dad did it with me he was totally stoked & wanted to go again which probably wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't 74 but all I wanted a hot water bottle for my head

I've done it twice. I didn't get a brain freeze but the second time was scary as hell because the aircraft was a small POS that had duct tape on the fuselage and it looked like we were going to hit the landing gear when we jumped out.

I did the 8 hour training and jumped solo - first and last time. Enjoyed it and landed good, but was in no hurry to do it again. Too much to think about, probably would have been better off doing a tandem. Didn't get brain freeze. Has been a bad week for skydivers -
www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-29/second-skydiver-dies-after-byron-bay-accident/6356278

I've only done it once and that was tandem. It was good fun.
I have often thought that if you wanted to top yourself it would be a nice way to go. Once you step out (without a chute) you're committed so second thoughts are totally pointless and you'd have time to settle in and just go with it.
Much more reliable than kiting. Less unnecessary collateral damage than flying an A380 into the ground.

A long time ago in a galaxy far away,.. I did a one day course and then did a solo jump late in the afternoon.

There were about four of us in the load, plus the jump instructor, and pilot of course, but he stayed in the plane.
After climbing to about four thousand feet and at a position slightly upwind of the landing zone, the plane slowed down to about 70 knots. I climbed out the door and stood on the undercarriage as we approached the jump point.
It was really windy out there and I was scared witless, both to climb out there in the first place and then to stand on the undercarriage leg, being blown to bits and trying to hang on to the wing strut.
The instructor yelled out "Jump" and I went to jump but my fingers wouldn't let go.

After a few seconds I manged to let go,. and down I went,.. ,.. falling,.. spread eagle, face down, back arched hollow, count one thousand... two thousand... three thous,,,.. POCK!,.. chute opened,..
Checks,... brakes off, end cells inflated, slider in place, security pins still in place, landing zone sighted, .

But,.. it was all so much of a rush I didn't really take much of it in until after the chute opened.
It was mostly ,."Whose stupid idea was this?,.. I'm gonna die,.. I'm gonna die,. .I'm gonna die.,,.."

After the chute opened and everything was nice and quiet and serene, I flew around in a few circles and then lined up for a landing, washing off excess height with a few sweeps which went pretty well really. It was an ok landing. I didn't break a leg, and I didn't fly through the nearby fence as was expected.

Because I didn't take much of it in I went back a few weeks later and did one more jump, which only needed a half hour refresher talk first.
I still found it really hard to jump out of a perfectly good plane, but at least I managed to take it all in.
So the sum total off my parachuting career was two solo jumps.

I was never really tempted to take it up and the only reason I did it was because when I was flying around the countryside, I sometimes wondered what it would be like to open the door and jump out.
Now I know.
It's very very scary, first time, and if you did it without a chute there would only ever be 'one time'.

Well done mate.
The brain pain or headache could be from sinus problem or a hint of a cold or something. Happens a bit.
Took me about 20 or 30 jumps before it felt quite stress free and began remembering the finer details of jumps. Now at 500 odd jumps I still need to see the video to remember it all
Did my 1st one 4 years ago. Best thing I've ever done and was AAF course.
I enjoy reading all the first time experiences and almost all relate to my experience. Thanks guys.