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| Welcome to the wonderful world of Skydiving (or sport parachuting). Making a Skydive is a unique experience that will change your life. I often tell people, before they make a freefall parachute jump, that they will never look at the sky the same way again. Please use are DZ locator to find a skydiving school near you. |
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Three ways to get in the AIR: |
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| TANDEM JUMP: A skydive during which two people use the same parachute system, each wearing a harness with one attached to the other and featuring a single piggyback container system with an extra-large main and reserve canopy. |
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Accelerated Freefall (AFF): With AFF training, the student
receives dual instruction in freefall. The jump is made with
two Jumpmasters who provide direct assistance during the
exit and freefall. Once the parachute is deployed, the
Jumpmasters leave and the student makes a solo canopy
descent. This method also requires completion of ground
school before the jump. AFF jumps are usually made from
at least 9,000 feet, which allows for freefalls of about 40
seconds or longer.
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| STATIC LINE: A line, cable or webbing, one end of which is fastened to the pack, the other to some part of the aircraft; used to open a container or deploy a canopy as the load falls away from the aircraft. |
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