Will
I be jumping on my own to start with?
With the Static Line route into the sport you will be jumping solo
from your very first jump. An instructor is with you in the plane
and dispatches you but you will be jumping out on your own.
For the first
few jumps your parachute will be deployed automatically by the static
line which is attached to both your parachute and the plane. After
you have demonstrated that you can exit the plane in a stable body
position you will progress onto short freefalls where you pull the
ripcord to deploy your parachute yourself.
If you
choose to start with AFF then you will be jumping with two very
experienced instructors (each with over a thousand jumps) for your
first three jumps and one instructor for the next four jumps. Over
the course of those jumps you will demonstrate that you can fall
in a stable body position, turn and move around the sky yourself.
You will then be jumping by yourself for the next 10 jumps –
your consolidation jumps, after which you will be given your A Licence.
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