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Sky Diving Cheap Thrills: The Fall of Mark Evans
May 8th, 2010 | 
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Cheap Skydiving - You get what you pay for
The Basics
First, you will need to find a skydiving school with a good reputation.This is a fairly easy thing to do.The internet, phone book, and local airports are full of them.Next, you will need to check your pocket book.Skydiving is one of the more expensive sports to learn.Then, you will need to decide how you want to learn.There are three methods of training: tandem, static line, and Accelerated Free Fall (AFF).All of these methods have their benefits and drawbacks, but we will touch more on those a little later.
What’s First?
Health and Safety.
First, you must consider health and safety.Know the risks involved before you get involved.Skydiving is not chess; you will not be sitting on an uncomfortable concrete bench moving your pieces around a game board.You are going to step out of an airplane and, in freefall, will reach speeds of up to 250 feet per second… that is 110 miles per hour!!If you have a bad ticker, unregulated high blood pressure, or any number of other health problems,
speak to an instructor and discuss your options in detail.Also keep in mind, even the best of the best in this sport sometimes hit the ground a little harder then they intend to.So, bad knees may also be a consideration.DO NOT be afraid or embarrassed to discuss these things with your instructor before making that first jump. It is always preferable to hit the ground safely then to plant yourself in it.Truthfully though, with the proper preparations and instruction you would be more likely to develop cataracts from reading this article then suffer a serious injury from skydiving.Listen to your instructors, know your equipment, and never assume you know how to do something just because you saw it in a movie.
Which Training Method To Use?
Training Methods
As I researched information, I discovered that there are three approved methods of training to become a licensed skydiver, the Tandem jump, the Static jump, and the Accelerated Free Fall (AFF).
Tandem
The tandem jump is the easiest and quickest method to get into the air.With ground training typically lasting about 30 minutes, you will then jump out of an airplane while strapped to the chest of a professional Tandem Instructor. After three or four of these jumps and completion of the approved First Jump Course (ground school), a student may then move on to the next level.
Tandem jumping, however, does provide an opportunity for the adventurous spirit who may not quite meet the physical or proficiency requirements for the static line or accelerated free fall jumps. By relying on tandem instructor’s skills, it may still be possible to experience the extreme thrill of skydiving.
Static Line
Static line skydiving was developed by the military as a safety measure for paratroopers.It is used for instant and reliable deployment of parachutes at a relatively low altitude, about 2000 – 3000 feet.Basically what happens is a specially designed cord is attached to the plane and to your parachute. As you step away from the plane, the cord immediately deploys your parachute for you. No fuss – no muss. After about two of these jumps the student begins demonstrating mock-pulls of a dummy ripcord.After about three of these jumps the student is then ready for their first free fall.
Accelerated Free Fall
This is the way to go for the adrenalin junky out there. Why?You get to free fall from jump one!!Of course this method is a little more expensive due to the fact that you will have two instructors jumping with you, and, although you will be in free fall, the instructors will maintain hands-on contact at all times during free fall.After a few jumps like this, you will begin doing it on your own with a single instructor giving more advice and training.This method will get you your class a license a little faster.
Training Completed!!Really?
After Class
After you have completed 4 to 5 hours of ground school training and have made 25 jumps, you are qualified for a license and can keep going all the way to your D license, requiring 500 jumps.But once you have your license, are you really done?The answer to that question is no.As with any skill, you never learn everything.There is always going to be that next skill level to work towards.New equipment and techniques are being developed every day.So the only thing left to do now is to get started!Have fun and good jumping!
Andrew Caxton
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/information-on-skydiving-2668.html
I need help finding a place to stay and party in Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland? please?
My friend and I are going to be in The Airfield Clonbullogue, Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland? we skydive for a living and will be working at the skydiving center for 2 weeks. do you know of any cheap bed and breakfast close to the airport? and we are looking for a couple clubs to party at (with a lot of girls!!! 
) can you please help me out? and give me any tips
Well, you might find accommodation, but not sure about the women and the parties.
What Is The Price Of A Skydiving Simulator?
exspensive ones and cheap ones
the wind tunnel kind of simulator…
i need names and prices of cheap ones and exspensive ones…
skyventure wind tunnels are the best. I don’t know of any others. It’s going to be price no matter what. you’re looking at anything from $14 to $25 a min in the tunnel.
I’d just go jump out of a plane if I were you. I have done tunnel time and skydiving and the tunnel is a good, no, great place to learn the skills of body flight, but the jumping and parachuting is so much more fun!
Where is the best and cheapest place in Central Florida to go Skydive?
it will be my first time and a bunch of friends want to do it too but its hard to find a good place just from searching on the internet. I’m looking for something in orange or brevard county.
Best and Cheap usually dont go hand in hand.
Just google Orlando Sky Dive
Ideas for a 3 week itinerary for Australia in March/April ish?
I know this is a vague question but I really don’t know where to begin planning this one! There are 2 of us, and we have 3 weeks. We hope to have in the region of £6000, this is to include our flights. We want to stay in b&bs or hotels, cheap but not hostels. We want to take in Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, and possibly the Great Ocean Road. We’d like to do some adventurous stuff too, like skydiving and rafting, quad biking etc. Basically the absolute most we can with the time and money we have. We don’t want to waste a minute as this is taking all our savings (its going to be March 09, not 08, so we can save!) and 2 loans and is a once in a lifetime trip! Any help/advice/ideas at all would be appreciated. Things like internal flights etc all seem a bit baffling, and although I’ve read the travel guides I’m more confused than before I knew a thing!!!
the great barrier reef is a good start it has the largest population of great white sharks in the world some people go in shark cages in the water but for the real adventurous do it without a cage and if you want the full experience don’t forget to wear your lucky ham hock just kidding I would like to go myself sometime, say why don’t you dump your husband and take me instead lol I’m sure you’ll have a great time what ever you do have fun
skydiving in london???
I’d like to try skydiving and I’m looking for a good and maybe cheap school where it’s possible to have one single dive off. any advice?thanks, ivan
http://www.bpa.org.uk/links.htm
this is website for the British Parachute Association. There is a list of schools and places to jump. I’m a skydiver in the United States, and I’m a member of the United States Parachute Association. Skydiving is the greatest sport in the world. Enjoy your jump!
There are a couple websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving.
http://www.uspa.org is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all sorts of great info on the sport.
http://www.dropzone.com is another great resource for everything about skydiving and some BASE too.
http://www.skydiveradio.com is just fun and a good place to feel like you’re at the drop zone when you can’t physically be there.
Make sure that you contact the drop zone you want to jump at directly. There are a few scams out there, so please, please, please contact the dropzone directly.
The tandem is a great jump. I’d get video too. I made one tandem a little over two years ago and came back to start student training (good info about student training at uspa.org) and got my license. I’ve been jumping for two years and have a few hundred jumps. I love this sport and I sincerely hope that you’ll become a full time skydiver and I’ll be able to make some jumps with you at a boogie!
Blue Skies!
want to take my mum skydiving as its the last time ill prob b able to, where is cheapest(without dieing!)?
please help me because i have tried taking my mum for 6yrs and cannot afford it, this is the last time i can try!i only have limited funds so any help would be appreciated-thankyou in advance!xxx
sorry i meant dying
There are 20 Drop Zones across the country. I would go to your nearest one as you may have to return twice (or more) if the weather is bad.
If your Mum is over 40, she will need to have a medical done at her doctors before she goes.
Have a great time!
First time skydiving in New Jersey !?
So I want to Skydive, for the first time. I want to know what are good cheap places in which i can skydive in NJ.
A list of the dropzones in NJ are found here:
http://uspa.org/dz/states/NJ.htm
There are a few websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving.
http://www.uspa.org is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all sorts of great info on the sport.
The official site for the British Parachute Association is: http://www.bpa.org.uk/links.htm
The official site for the Canadian Parachute Association is: http://www.cspa.ca/
The official site for the Australian Parachute Federation is: http://www.apf.asn.au/
http://www.dropzone.com is another great resource for everything about skydiving, including dropzones in the United States and the rest of the world, and some BASE too.
http://www.bigairsportz.com is the web site for Brian Germain, one of the best people on the planet to get information on canopy flight from.
http://www.skydiveradio.com is just fun and a good place to feel like you’re at the drop zone when you can’t physically be there.
http://www.azarsenal.com/ is the website for the top vertical relative work team right now. Arizona Arsenal won the 2007 USA Nationals.
If you’re not sure about skydiving, or you are too young to jump right now, but want to fly you should look at the vertical wind tunnels. http://www.skyventure.com/ is the website for skyventure which operates many tunnels in the United States, Europe and Asia. I love flying in the tunnel. I don’t do it very much, I’d rather spend my money on skydives, but it is a great place to learn, work on my flying skills and just have a lot of fun!
What type of skydive should you do? Tandem or student training…? While, if this jump is just a one time thing, a “check it off your life’s to do list,” then go for the tandem jump. If you know you want to get into the sport then I would suggest that you start with the tandem just so you have been in the air once before you start student training. But if you know that you will be jumping as a hobby, the going right into the student training would be a good idea too.
The different in first jump courses is quite a bit. For a tandem you need very little training, five to 20 minutes depending on the dropzone and a few other factors. Student training will start with about 8 to 10 hours of ground training before your jump. Either way you will be jumping with professional, rated skydivers who have been trained to teach and fly with new jumpers. You will not be able to jump solo until you’ve been cleared by going through a training program.
Make sure that you contact the drop zone you want to jump at directly. There are a few scams out there, one of which is 1800skyride. They will take your money and send you to any dropzone they want too but only about three dz’s in the country except skyride tickets. So please, please, please contact the dropzone directly.
What does skydiving feel like? — Freedom. For 45 to 60 seconds there is nothing but me, the air and my friends. Flying your body in the sky is the greatest feeling I have ever experienced. Flying and landing a parachute is a lot of fun too. I’d say it is kinda like driving a race car and landing an airplane all at once.
For me I find relaxation in free fall. I know no better way to relax then jumping out of plane and back flying solo.
It is very easy to breath in free fall. There is a lot of air up there. Being relaxed and just flying and having fun.
By the way, if you are afraid of heights you have nothing to worry about for skydiving. After about 2000 feet of climb it will all look the same. When you are in free fall you do not have the feeling of falling because there is nothing to tell you how fast you are falling. Think about as driving down the interstate and looking at an overpass two miles away. You’re doing 100mph towards the overpass but it does not seem to be getting any closer until you’re right up on it. Same thing in skydiving, the ground is far enough away that there is no ground rush. It took me about 100 jumps before I could see the difference between 12000 feet, 7000 feet and 3000 feet.
The length of a skydive depends on the type of skydive. a low altitude jump I may have 5 to 20 seconds of free fall. Full altitude I can have 45 to 60 seconds of free fall. If I’m free flying then less free fall because the speeds are higher. If I’m on my belly then more time because the speeds are lower. The canopy flight time depends on how you fly and the type of canopy. It can be anywhere from less than 60 seconds under canopy to 5 or 6 minutes for a normal jump.
My first jump was a tandem and I don’t remember being in the door, but I remember the rush and how i felt like i was floating during free fall. My first jump as a student I remember climbing out of the plane and getting the shake from my instructors telling me they are ready. I thought, "What the F am I doing?" then I just took a deep breath and gave the exit count. Letting go of the plane and starting the dive flow. What a rush! It was so much fun to fly my own body!
Now when I jump I think about the next point to turn. I think about flying faster in a track. I watch my friends’ body position and try to help them get in a better position with hand signals or I get coaching from someone else and work on my body position. Under canopy I think about my set up points and how and where to enter the landing pattern and where I want to land. But more than anything I think about how much fun and wonderful this sport is.
The tandem is a great jump. I’d get video too. I made one tandem in June of 2005. If you are looking at skydiving as a one time thing, something to check off your life’s to do list then go right for a tandem. If you know you want to be a skydiver right now then go for a tandem or start student training. Either is great. I started skydiving by going for a tandem, thinking it was a one time thing and loved it so much that I have made it a major part of my life. In August of 2005 I started student training (good info about student training at uspa.org) and got my license. I’ve been jumping as much as I can and have a few hundred jumps. I have earned the USPA Coach Rating and plan to continue to jump for fun and help teach others how to fly and be safe in the air. There is nothing better than flying your body through the sky with your friends. The canopy is a lot of fun to fly too. It only gets better and better. Every weekend seems to be more fun than the one before. You will get into the sport for the rush, but you stay because of the people. I love this sport and I sincerely hope that you’ll become a full time skydiver and I’ll be able to make some jumps with you at a boogie!
Blue Skies! Black Death! And EFS!!!!
Cheapest skydive near Tennessee?
I’m trying to find the cheapest tandem skydive near TN to buy as a gift for my husband for Christmas. Does anyone have any advice? I don’t want to get scammed but I also want to buy this for about $150 or less.
I doubt you’ll find it for that price. Richt now tandems are going for more than $225 and AFF’s are $325. Check www.uspa.org for skydiving centers near you. There are scams out there so make sure you can go to the DZ & get the certificate.
P.S. It’s worth the money, he’ll have a blast.
