What is the training for AFF or Static Line?
You will generally arrive early in the morning (8:30-9:00am), complete your waiver and start the classroom training. Your day will be a mixture of classroom and practical training to prepare you for a skydive with your own equipment. How long will this all take ? Plan on spending a whole day here to complete your first jump. Your training is about 6 hours, so usually by mid-afternoon, you will be ready to jump. After the jump, your skydive will be reviewed by our staff, your paperwork completed, and you can be on your way. It is not uncommon to complete two skydives on the first day here. Please plan on being here the entire day. Why all the training when a Tandem takes so little time? AFF and Static Line assumes that you will be making a solo jump, even though two instructors jump with you during AFF. With the static line program, you will jump solo the very first time. With either program you have to steer the parachute safely to the ground on your own. You need to know how to take c
