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It seems that this thread may have died based on the age of it, but since I just found it, here's my 2 cents worth.
As a long time skydiver/tandem master/instructor with 5000+ jumps, I can tell you that this incident is a very rare occurrence. I will also proffer that anyone wanting to learn bodyflight in freefall can be greatly served by first making a Tandem jump so that they can experience the environment with less responsibilities, and a result, hopefully make a better informed decision about whether the sport is really for you. Second, if you decide that you want to pursue it, go to your nearest Sky Venture vertical wind tunnel and spend some time learning to fly your body without the stress of fear in the equation. Once you have 10-15 minutes of solo body flight in a Sky Venture wind tunnel, the likelyhood of going out of control in freefall is greatly diminished, even if you end up with a less talented instructor, as had to be the case in this incident.
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