I was so proud of my AFF student this weekend.
Not for the fact that he never told me he had a weak shoulder, but on exiting the airplane, he dislocated his shoulder.
Trying to work through the pain to do the required moves in the sky, I eventually realised that he had dislocated the shoulder and we needed to act quickly on getting him under a parachute.
In a matter of 20 seconds from exit to open, he was under a parachute and the second instructor and me were hauling back to the DZ to let the ground crew know that we had a situation to deal with.
Once we were on the ground, we saw that he managed to release his steering toggles and manoeuvre himself towards the DZ.
He responded very well to the radio and took both toggles in his left hand for the flare and slid in a landing into the student pit.
He headed off to Lesley Williams hospital for some Pethadine and to reset the shoulder.
Now he needs some rehab and a way to strengthen the weak muscles around the shoulder so this does not happen in the future.
He was fully aware of what was happening and with some intuition and mental telepathy, we all knew what was happening.
I am very proud and a little in awe of this guy and what he managed to achieve yesterday. Well done Clive.
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