I'm Gona Flyyyyyy

Fargo · July 8, 2003

From 13000ft...Wahoooo.

Yep i've booked myself in for a weeks Skydiving course in August with a view to getting qualified to jump alone anywere in the country...except at that place recently inthe news..poor man..

Bazza-old · July 8, 2003

From 13000ft...Wahoooo.
Yep i've booked myself in for a weeks Skydiving course in August with a view to getting qualified to jump alone anywgere in the country...except at that place recently inthe news..poor man..

no way

it would scare me s***less

you are a brave man

Matthew_McNally · July 8, 2003

From 13000ft...Wahoooo.
Yep i've booked myself in for a weeks Skydiving course in August with a view to getting qualified to jump alone anywere in the country...except at that place recently inthe news..poor man..

oh yeah!

always fancied sky diving.

how are you doing the course?

doubled up for a while?

or static line?

TonyGoose · July 8, 2003

From 13000ft...Wahoooo.
Yep i've booked myself in for a weeks Skydiving course in August with a view to getting qualified to jump alone anywere in the country...except at that place recently inthe news..poor man..

Can you vary the height of your jump from dash mounted controls inside your car :winky:

Geoffers · July 8, 2003

Ever jumped before?

The second jump is the worst.

The first one you are just nervous, not really knowing what you're going to feel.

With second one, you have all the usual anticipation as with the first, except you know what it's going to be like.

After that it's plain sailing (or floating should I say)

Fargo · July 8, 2003

Well ive already done a parachutte jump,, one of them stearable ones that also let you land nice and softly, That one i did purely to support a friend of mine who had just split up with her boyfriend..wnated to 'empower' herself etc etc.. and bloody hell i had to jump first... imagine sitting in a small Cessner airplane with no door attached and sitting right beside that hurtling up the runway,, do you think the parachute would save me then..

Anyways.. answering Mat's question.. the course is over 8 levels.. you can choose to do this over 3 weekends or a whole week.. levels 1-3 you jump with 2 instructors who will hold you steady whilst freefalling.. this is to practice a few things, then its with 1 instructor for levels 4-6 practising over stuff and finally level 8 is your first jump alone..

After that you need 10 consolidation jumps to qualify.. the course is 1300 quids, which aint bad considering you would pay 200+ just for a parachute jump, and then the 10 extra jumps are 17 quid each.. and this includes all equipment..