Accelerated Freefall, or AFF, is the most advanced skydiving training program available. The program's name signifies its nature - an accelerated training program using only high altitude freefall jumps. All of your AFF jumps, including the first, will be made from over 9,000 feet (up to 11,000 feet) and will include approximately fifty seconds of freefall. In as few as seven jumps you can graduate from student status and begin formation jumping with other experienced skydivers.
The first jump course will take approximately eight hours. Your training will cover all aspects of the skydive: from freefall body position, to canopy maneuvering, to landing. Your first jump will be made with two specially rated AFF jump masters who will exit the aircraft with you holding onto your parachute harness. In freefall, your jump masters will assist you in maintaining the correct body position and will be available to help you with the opening of your parachute. After you land, they will take you through a detailed debriefing of your jump.
Before each subsequent AFF jump, you will receive additional instruction on the freefall techniques you will learn and utilize on that jump. On your level 2 and level 3 AFF jumps, your jump masters will release you in freefall but remain close to you. This allows you to learn to maneuver your body in freefall while maintaining the security of having your jump masters nearby in case of difficulty. On the jumps for levels 4 through 7 you will be accompanied by only one AFF jump master. During these levels, you will hone your freefall maneuvering skills, including forward flight, turns, and docking. Upon successful completion of your level 7 training objectives, you will be released to start skydiving with other experienced jumpers!
AFF is only for the student who is certain he or she wants to become a skydiver and who is willing to make the financial and time commitments necessary to go through the program. Because of the concentrated nature of the training, AFF students must repeat training jumps if more than thirty days lapse between jumps. Although AFF costs more per training jump, the total cost to graduate from student status is comparable to that of the static line program. If you know for certain that you want to be a skydiver, and if you want to become one as quickly as possible using the most modern training techniques, this is the program for you!
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