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Become a skydiver in 7 days!
You just did your first jump and you want to learn to skydive? Here is how you can become certified in 7 days!
There are seven more jumps to do with an instructor. Two are tandem jumps (Tandem Level 2 and Tandem Level 3) and five more IAF (where you will be wearing a parachute on your back and an instructor will be assisting you in freefall).
After eight jumps done with an instructor you should be ready to jump on your own, without assistance. Most of the dropzones will charge you not more than $25/ticket as a license jumper!
Note: Instructor Assisted Freefall (IAF) follows the United States Parachute Association’s (USPA) Integrated Student Program.
The IAF student program includes three tandem jumps and five assisted freefall jumps:
Jump # 1 / tandem skydive (Cat A)
- COA
- PP’s
- Maintain arching / hover control
-7.000 ft lock on
- 6.000 wave and pull
- Canopy check
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Landing
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Jump # 2 / tandem skydive (Cat B)
- COA
- 3 PP
- Hand signals practice
- R turn 90
- L turn 90
- 7.000 ft lock on
- 6.000 wave and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Landing |
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Jump # 3 / tandem skydive (Cat B)
- COA
- 3 PP
- Hand signals practice
- Heading corrections / L turn 90
- Heading corrections / R turn 90
- Forward movement
- 7.000 ft lock on
- 6.000 wave and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Landing
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IAF Comprehensive Jump Course
Before the Level 4, you will go through the Comprehensive Jump Course. The course is a 5-6 hour course, which is designed to help you to develop the knowledge necessary for you to jump using your own gear (a student parachute other than tandem).
Jump # 4 IAF (Cat B)
- COA
- 3 PP
- Hover control
- 6.500 ft lock on
- 5.500 ft wave off and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Traffic avoidance
- Practice flaring above 1.000 ft
- Landing
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Jump # 5 (Cat C)
- COA
- 2 PP
- If stable, instructor release student
- Hover control
- 6.500 ft lock on
- 5.500 ft wave off and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Brake turns / half away brakes flying / flat turns
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Jump # 6 (Cat D)
- COA
- 2PP
- Instructor release student
- R turn 180
- L turn 180
- Hover control
- 6.500 ft lock on
- 5.500 ft wave off and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Fly rear risers
- Practice flaring above 1.000 ft
- Landing |
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Jump # 7 (Cat D)
- COA
- Instructor release student
- R turn 360
- L turn 360
- Forward movement 5 sec.
- 6.500 ft lock on
- 5.500 ft wave off and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Practice flaring above 1.000 ft
- Landing / land in within 50 meters of target
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Jump # 8 (Cat E)
- Solo poised exit
- COA
- Barrel roll
- Back flip / both above 8.000 ft
- Forward movement
- 6.500 ft lock on
- 5.500 ft wave off and pull
- Canopy check 4 S’s
- Locate DZ and fly back to holding area
- Deep brakes
- Best landing flare ("sweet spot")
- Landing / land in within 50 meters of target
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Wind tunnel
With Blue Limit you can develop your freefall skills flying in the wind tunnel. We strongly recommend that you sign up for a tunnel coaching session when you are half way through the IAF program (before level 5 or 6).
One session consists of 15 minutes of flying under supervision of wind tunnel instructor, at 120 MPH. The 15 minutes will be split in seven sessions of 2 minutes and one of 1 minute during one hour. You will be coached on basic body position / arch, hovering with maintaining heading, adjusting fall rate speed, forward and backward movements, turns, and practice pulls.
15 minutes in the tunnel equals the freefall of 15 real skydives, but with a lot more coaching opportunities. The immediate feedback from your coach or the video helps you to improve your freefall skills quickly.
One session of 15 minutes will cost you anywhere from $ 170 up to $235, depending on the time of the day or other factors.
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