Information for beginners
BASIC SKYDIVING COURSE (RAPS) -Do
It All By Yourself!
Your do this one all by yourself -a real achievement! Your first jump will be
from over 3000 feet, using an automatically opened parachute. Training requires
just one day of instruction and practice in basic skydiving techniques (how
to exit the aircraft and fall away in control) and how to steer and land your
parachute.
TANDEM SKYDIVING -Freefall
From 12,000ft!
After a short pre-flight briefing, you will be securely attached to the front
of an experienced instructor who wears a parachute built for two! You will jump
from up to 12,000 feet, sometimes even higher! After leaving the aircraft you
will spend thirty to forty seconds in freefall! The instructor is in charge
of opening the large square parachute at about 5000feet, and helps you to steer
it down to the landing area!
ACCELERATED FREEFALL
-Serious About Learning?
Your first jump will be freefalling from 12,000 feet! jumping is preceded by
a full day of ground instruction and practice in the methods and techniques
reuired to become a skydiver. You will be in charge of pulling your own ripcord
to open the large square main parachute at around 5,000 feet. Two specially
qualified instructors are there to help -holding on to you all the way in freefall!
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