How much training is required? Where is a good club ? Also what are the physical requirements?
2007-09-22 05:01:21 · 7 answers · asked by Beast from the East 4 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly sound aircraft?
There's a club at Press Heath in Shropshire.
2007-09-22 05:06:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are many different training methods. tandem progression, Accelerated Free Fall, Static line and Instructor Assisted Deployment. Depending on the drop zone you go to will determine the training method. All or very good. I personally went through AFF.
Physical requirements, make sure you have a healthy heart and lungs. Not head colds and just generally healthy. You don't need to be a pro athlete to jump. As long as you are under 250 lbs you should be fine.
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.
www.bpa.org.uk/ is the British version of the USPA
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, 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.
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!
2007-09-23 14:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by Merlyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on how old you are the best and safest way is to join the TA and be trained by professionals. I had ten years in the TA and jumped loads of times and got paid for it. You are trained until you can not do it wrong I could still jump now and I am 71.
I am horrified at some of these private classes so check their safety record
2007-09-25 05:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by jayjay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got started by jumping off a chair then the table, progressed to the upstairs window, then the roof, when I thought I was getting the hang of it,I did it from the multi storey car park and so on until now I think I,m about ready for Boulby cliff, if that goes o.k. I will buy a parachute.
2007-09-22 05:24:04 · answer #4 · answered by nickoscar 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try the British Parachute Association - (you are in the UK aren't you). Skydiving is a real joy and quite safe if done sensibly
2007-09-22 09:37:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Join a branch of service and learn for free.
2007-09-22 05:35:02 · answer #6 · answered by yp_will_chicago_369 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hope you get things right the first time lol
2007-09-22 05:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by not today thanks 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋