Skydiving

In the USA the statistical odds of dying in a skydive are something around a million to one. That said in reality the odds of dying skydiving for all practical purposes depend on the skydiver himself. In excess of 95% of all skydiving fatalities are caused by human error, extremely rare that it's a gear failure. The gear has redundant systems, and is extremely reliable. Also, it typically requires a chain of events to end in a skydiver dying, eliminate any link in that chain and everyone walks away. In other words "Don't do anything stupid, and you'll be fine!"

An average belly-to-earth formation skydiving body position is around 120mph. This is the same speed for a beginners tandem skydive. Freefly headdown skydives are about 160mph. The fastest discipline is speed skydiving where Christian Labhart from Austria recently did 526 km/h average over the vertical kilometer. That is over 320mph!

At the end of the skydive, the competitior must pull out of the headdown streamlined dive and slow down to 120mph to safely open the parachute.

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Touchdown The only necessities are air and gravity. The parachute works with them to decelerate your falling speed from around 120mph, or so, to about one foot per second on landing.

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That depends. An experienced jumper needs to be open by 2000ft, and inexperienced one needs to be open at 2500ft. If you go above 15,000ft above sea level you will need oxygen in the airplane as the air is too thin without it. Most of the jumps are usually around 12,000ft above ground level.

Skydivers who are more interested in the canopy (parachute) flying aspect of skydiving usually exit at around 3000ft to 5000ft and open their parachute just after exit. That maybe for CRW (canopy relative work) or making formations with open parachutes or swooping which is a discipline that focuses on parachute landing with respect to accuracy, distance covered over the ground and skimming across water during landing. Students may do low exits for fun and to improve their canopy handling skills. The cost of a low exit jump (Hop and Pop) is usually lower than a high attitude exit so jumpers on a budget will opt for this type of jump. As someone who has done a few hop and pops onto the beach, it is a lot of fun and variety in jumping is the spice of life.

Commercial operators in New Zealand will take tandem and sports jumpers from 9000ft to 16500ft and the maximum altitude is 20000ft though only a few operators have the aircraft capable or the inclination to do so and a premium is charged for that altitude. Sports jumpers need to have completed a high altitude course and supplementary oxygen is required for such jumps.

That depends on which country you live in. The best way to find out where to skydive is to look for you National skydiving association. For example in the UK, its the British Parachute Association. They hold a list of all parachuting centres (also known as dropzones).

Another way is to use a search engine and type your location, for example 'skydiving Yorkshire'. The vast majority of dropzones have websites and they should appear when you search.

If you are looking to do just a single skydive, it is recommended to do a tandem skydiving jump as your first. This is where you are harnessed to an experienced instructor and you can experience freefall for up to a minute.

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I would add that the first jump method is not "recommended." True, the vast majority of first jumps are done with the tandem system these days. That said, what is best for any particular student depends on the student and his motivation. You can also make a first skydive through Static Line, Instructor Assisted Deployment, and Accelerated Free Fall. Every method of first jump has it's advantages, no method is the best, but many skydivers will tell you that one is better than another. People will push one method over another generally for business reasons, personal opinion, or ignorance of the other training methods.

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The simple answer is very dangerous indeed. It can be made safer by spending a lot of time and money training to become good in skydiving (min 500 jumps) from aircraft first. You can also reduce the chances of accidents by not jumping in high winds, finding a good mentor, constantly having a learning attitude towards the sport.

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It depends on the type of jump and the height you originally jumped from. Tandem jumps open no lower than 4000ft. Solo jumps can be as low as 2000ft, but are usually around 2500ft or higher.

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99.99999% of skydivers live, with the equipment today, the chance of dying is 0.00001%

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You can get a square parachute to descend extremely rapidly - indeed, there have been a number incidents (sometimes involving fatalities) when skydivers 'spiralling' close to the ground have had their reserve parachutes deployed automatically by the Automatic Opening Device (sometimes call the Automatic Activation Device). Indeed, a skydiver was killed a few weeks ago in Bad Lippspringe, Germany because he turned rapidly too close to the ground.

A round parachute would, depending on your weight, let you down faster than a square on 'half brakes', although some small squares (<170 sq ft) would give you a pretty heavy bump unless you flared just before landing.

Any skydiver can fall at a constant velocity. This is called the, "Terminal velocity".

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You certainly can.

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We call it "skydiving". Actually the term skydiving was coined in the 1950s and came into popular use in the 1970s and 1980s. Up until that time what we do was most commonly referred to as "sport parachuting."

There are basically 2 major expenses for sky-diving: 1. Equipment: It can be rented or bought, high-tech or low-tech. If you only want to dive once, sign up with a place that includes equipment with the price of the jump. If you'll be a repeat jumper, you can buy your own equipment (which can run thousands of dollars) 2. The jump: Expect to pay between $75 and $250 depending where you go, whether equipment use is included, and the style of jump you do. This website has a lot of great information about sky-diving in general, including a little bit of price info. http://www.skydivingmagazine.com/faq.htm

a small parachute, is a small parachute, ther is no technical name for it. :)

a small parachute is called a drogue

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Becoming a skydiving instructor requires much dedication and initial financial input. Typically, an accelerated freefall (AFF) instructor in the UK will be required to complete a minimum of 800 descents first.

With hard work and commitment, an individual can become an instructor within 3 years. This requires a lot of time and money to be spent.

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The three priorities for every jump are:

#1) PULL!! (deploy your canopy)

#2) pull at the correct altitude

#3) pull stable

It is most important to deploy your main canopy (your life depends upon it)! Pulling at an unsafe (low) altitude can result in a partially deployed canopy or not allowing your canopy to slow you down enough before you reach the ground. Lastly, pulling stable helps minimize canopy opening malfunctions.

That could be trampoline, or skydiving...

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