Static Line?

 

Static Line or automatic opening is the most traditional way of formation.

Everybody has seen movies with soldiers jumping out of planes. After the exit the parachute deploys immediately and they float trough the air. The static line familiarisation jump offers you this kind of feeling, except you will jump a square, dirigible parachute instead of the well-known round ones.

 

 

 

The formation is spread over 2 days. The first day you will get 6 hours of theoretical formation learning all aspects of piloting a square canopy. The next day we go for the jump.

After a short refreshing of the mind the plane will take you till 3500feet (1200meters). Once the plane is exactly above the drop zone, you will receive some last orders of your instructor and jump. Your parachute will open automatically, as been attached to the plane by cable. Now you can pilot your canopy direction landing zone, and land safely with radio guidance.

 

Doing static line you have no free fall, not yet at least. If you want to continue this way of formation we can make you a training schedule.

If you can prove after six automatic jumps that you are able to open your parachute by yourself, you can make your first free fall jump accompanied by an instructor. From now on every jump will be from a bit higher till you reach 13000feet.