Skydive Elsinore's
animated Flash tutorial "Jump Start" is the newest
and most innovative learning tool for student skydivers, covering
everly level of instruction. Fully animated and narrated, each
segment lasts about two minutes. You will need the Flash
Plugin to view Jump Start.
There is
no greater thrill than the experience of your first
skydive. It can also be the scariest thing you've
ever looked forward to! Watching this tutorial will
answer a lot of your questions about making your first
tandem jump.
Each level
of skydiving training requires you to learn specific
skills. AFF Level 1, for instance, asks you to demonstrate
that you are altitude aware, that you can maintain
a relaxed arch in freefall, and that you can find
your ripcord. Jump Start helps you to visualize and
understand the dive flow to better prepare you for
your first non-tandem skydive.
In AFF Level
2, your Instructors will release your arm grips, making
it increasingly important that you are relaxed and
stable in freefall. Know your altitude, maintain your
arch, check your legs and relax!
For the first
time in your training, AFF Level 3 sees your instructors
fully releasing you after exit and through deployment,
as long as you remain stable and altitude aware.
In Level
4 you will leave the plane for the first time with
only one instructor. Your instructor will release
grips in freefall as the situation allows. Remember
all the hand signals - you'll probably see some on
this jump!
On this level,
you will observe your instructor spotting the aircraft
before you exit. During freefall, you will demonstrate
your ability to start and stop a 90 degree turn.
Level 6 begins
with your first solo exit followed closely by your
instructor. While continuing to remain altitude aware
in freefall, you will repeat 360 degree turns in alternate
directions until 6,000 feet.
In Level
7 you will exit the plane in a sit, unassisted by
your instructor, and recover stability! Then you will
perform a back loop, a barrel roll and even tracking,
before 6,000 feet!
You will
begin Level 8 with a dive exit, then make front loops,
barrel rolls, track and even dock on your instructor!
Don't forget to know your altitude!
Congratulations!
AFF Level 9 is your first solo jump! You will spot
the aircraft, choose your own exit and perform your
own learning objectives. You are now your own jumpmaster!
Even a properly
packed parachute can have problems. Jump Start's Malfunctions
segment helps student skydivers to better visualize
some of the most common malfunctions. The narration
helps to firmly cement the emergency procedures.
In freefall,
skydiving instructors communicate with their students
using hand signals. This segment is a great way to
learn and practice your hand signals until they become
natural.
