BECOMING A SKYDIVER !

A five to seven hour ground school prepares you for your first AFF (Accelerated Free Fall) jump.

You will jump from 11,000 - 14,000 feet, with your own parachute system, accompanied by two jumpmasters. After almost a full minute of freefall, you'll pull your ripcord and fly your parachute with guidance from an instructor via radio. As you progress through the AFF course, you will be
released by the jumpmasters and be asked to perform maneuvers in the air. By your fifth level, you may be jumping out of the airplane unassisted, with your Instructor still with you. The AFF program consists of 9 levels of instruction and is the quickest way to become a licensed skydiver.

You can also choose to do the IFF course (Introductory To Freefall), which is the same ground school but you only do the first AFF jump. It is much cheaper and can be done in 2 days. After the first jump you could choose to complete the remaining stages of the AFF course and get your Skydiving license.

Our school Head Instructor, Kevin McCarthy, came from 10 years in Spain, running one of the leading Skydiving schools in the world. He is using cutting edge instructional techniques and our skydiving gear is brand new and top of the line.

All of your Skydives will be filmed, at no charge. We will use this footage to debrief your jumps, so you learn quicker. You will also get it all on a DVD at the end of your course.

For more info, prices and dates, please give us a call or send us an e-mail.

AFF LEVELS

Ground School

The ground school will cover all that you need to know to make your first
Skydive and many more after.

We will take a look at the equipment that you will be wearing: Helmet,
goggles, altimeter, jump-suit and of course your parachute. This is all
state of the art equipment. Both your main and reserve parachutes are square
cellular canopies which will give you total control and a nice tip toe
landing.

After this we will look at body position for the skydive and how we will
communicate while in free fall, with the use of in-air signals. Then we will
take some time "Dirt Diving" (practicing the Air Work of the Skydive) so
that you perform well in free fall.

After this, and a cup of tea to let it all sink in, we will learn how to
exit the aircraft and then more Dirt Dives just to make sure you haven’t
forgotten what’s going to happen.

We will then discuss how we steer the canopy down to the Drop Zone for a
nice soft landing. Just in case you need help under canopy, your equipment
contains a radio system so we can stop you before you reach the next
country.

This finally leaves Malfunctions. Although they are very rare we still have
to tell you about them. The last one I had was well over 2000 jumps ago.
Once we have spent time going through all of the drills and you are happy to
progress you will be ready to make your 1st skydive, and jump level 1.

LEVEL 1

Jumping with 2 Instructors. This skydive will concentrate on body position,
altitude awareness and being able to deploy your own parachute. Easy...

LEVEL 2

Still with two instructors, this will also concentrate on body position, but
we will introduce forward movement and turns, and there will be more time to
relax and look around.. Remember to give lots of smiles at the camera!

LEVEL 3

This is the 1st skydive where both jump masters will release you in free
fall. Yippee!!

LEVEL 4

This is the 1st Skydive with only 1 jumpmaster We will exit together (The
Instructor is holding you) then we concentrate on heading control,
orientation and make some small turns, easy peazy

LEVEL 5

This time you may exit without the instructor holding you, the instructor
stays right with you and eases you into some 360° turns and you practice
forward movement

LEVEL 6

This is a similar skydive to level 5 with turns and forward movement to the
instructor.

LEVEL 7

A dive exit with back loops and tracking (controlled horizontal movement at
speed). This will prove to the jump Master, and yourself, that you can get
stable from an unstable position. The tracking is to show that you can move
away from other people, in order to open your own parachute in a safe area.
You will love this one!!

LEVEL 8

This is the one where you put it all together. You do a nice dive exit
followed by fall rate control to the instructor, then a 360° left and right
turn followed by a track, wave (to let others you are about to pull) and a
stable pull.

LEVEL 9

You're on your own! This one is easy, all you have to do is exit the
aircraft at 5000ft and deploy your main canopy within 5 seconds. Enjoy the
canopy ride. Congratulations you have just graduated!!

YOU ARE A SKYDIVER.

YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!!

After the course has finished you will be able to jump on your own in total
control and safety.

When you have finished the course you will then have to do 10 consolidation
jumps just to practice the skills we have taught you and to become more
relaxed in free fall.

After this there are many different ways you can go with the sport……..Plan a
visit and find out what exciting and challenging activities are out there!!

And Don’t Forget........ AFF is only the start, there is a whole world of fun up there . . .

jump@goskydive.com.au