LEARN TO SKYDIVE
Learn to Skydive – First Jump AFF Course: $2100.00
Learn to skydive with our Accelerated Freefall (AFF) course! Crossed skydiving off your bucket list and still want more? Start your adventure as a skydiver and feel the intense adrenaline of deploying your own parachute with this extensive course. We will train and assist you throughout the course to feel confident in your ability to skydive by yourself.
Tandem Level 2 & 3 – To register for the AFF course you must complete 3 tandems with us. This way we can make sure you have the basic training and skills needed to progress successfully. Level 2 and 3 tandem jumps will teach you:
- Proper Freefall Body Position
- How to use an altimeter to determine your altitude
- To open the parachute at proper altitude
- A checklist to determine if your parachute will land you safely
- How to locate the landing area
- How to steer and land the parachute safely and accurately
AFF Course Outline – Ground School: A 5-hour course that will teach you the basics for your first skydive:
- Introduction to your Equipment
- Aircraft Safety Procedures
- Freefall procedures
- Altitude Awareness
- Emergency Procedures
- Canopy Control
Ground school is a full day of theory and practice followed by your Level 1 AFF solo Skydive with 2 Instructors. Each jump has basic requirements that must be met to advance to the next level. Levels 2-4 require approx. 1/2 day and can be done any day but it is always best to call in the morning to check for weather and availability. Ground schools are scheduled every second Tuesday. Check our calendar for dates.
AFF Level 1 and 2: Freefall with 2 instructors at your side. Instructors are like training wheels; they coach you during your freefall, from exit to opening. Your Instructors support you, coach and critique your jump for a safe and successful progression to solo status.
AFF Level 1
- Aircraft exit with 2 instructors
- Neutral Body position
- Altimeter checks
- Practice pulls
- Opening your parachute at 5,500ft
- Follow ground control to steer yourself to a soft, on target landing
AFF Level 2
- Aircraft Exit with 2 instructors
- Altimeter check and practice pull
- Follow an instructor through 90 and 180 degree turns
- Open your parachute at 5,500ft
- Follow ground control to steer yourself to a soft, on target landing
Level 3 and 4: Jump with one instructor on a release dive. The training wheels come off and you get to freefall alone for the first time.
AFF Level 3
- Aircraft Exit with 1 instructor
- Altimeter check and practice pull
- Instructor releases
- Turn 90 and 180 using your instructor as a heading
- Open your parachute at 5,500ft
- Begin to self-steer your parachute to a soft, on-target landing
AFF Level 4
- Dive out exit
- Altimeter check and practice pull
- BACKFLIP!
- Forward movement toward your instructor
- Open your parachute at 5,000ft
- Steer yourself to the ground for a soft, on target landing
Coach Jumps ($229.00) – Coach jumps may be required until you can pack your own parachute and you and your coach feel confident in your ability to make your first solo freefall ($139).
So, here you are! You’ve completed the Accelerated Freefall course and now the sky’s the limit! After completing 25 jumps, you are eligible for a CAPS/USPA license. This allows you to jump at different drop zones around the world.
The program runs 7 days a week by appointment. AFF Classes begin at 9 a.m. Consisting of 4 separate levels. AFF Chief Instructor – Jess Harper – with over 10,000 jumps, USPA AFF Instructor and Tandem Instructor Examiner, leads a team of highly experienced freefall instructors to assist in your training and certification.