How tandem jumps prepare student skydivers for the Orange County Virginia
skydiving certification program
When you come to Orange county, Virginia to make your first tandem skydive with us, it can either be a joyride or a learning jump that
counts as the first jump in the Accelerated Freefall skydiving certification program. the basic learning requirements of the first category
in the certification program are:
1) Altitude awareness - Check your altitude by looking at your wrist altimeter periodically in freefall.
2) Open the parachute at 5,500 feet above ground, wave, reach and pull the handle on your instructor's right hip.
3) Learn the landing pattern, which starts at 1,000' above ground when you turn and fly downwind. Fly downwind till 600', then turn
90 degrees for your base leg of the landing pattern till 300', then into the wind for the final approach. The landing pattern for flying a
parachute is similar to the landing pattern an airplane flies.
You can do this most efficiently with on a tandem jump, which is like learning to fly an airplane with a flight instructor right there. This
allows you to concentrate on the basics instead of learning to jump entirely by yourself the first time.
As long as you meet all the learning requirements, your instructor will give you a logbook saying you can go on to the second category
of the Accelerated freefall course, which is a 2-jumpmaster freefall skydive with two instructors right there next to you until you open
your parachute.
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