Skydiving Courses - Accelerated Freefall Course (AFF)
Accelerated Freefall Course (AFF)
The Accelerated freefall course (AFF) the only way to learn.
The AFF course is the best, quickest, safest and most efficient way of achieving your wildest dreams, with no limitations. You are actually learning to fly. We will help you to accomplish that. An all inspiring, challenging, confidence building, mind blowing, maybe even life changing experience, the AFF course is the one….
The AFF course is a series of 8 jumps designed to the give the student the ability and confidence to jump alone and become a skydiver in the safest possible way.
After you have settled in at your preferred location, the first day will be dedicated to ground training, which prepares the student for their first jump. Yippee!! It will last for approx 5-7 hours covering every aspect of the jump: your basic freefall position, equipment, emergency drills, parachute handling and landing patterns, and the actual jump … as each jump has target learning objectives and every student must perform them to progress onto the next level.
Now you are ready to jump and experience your first freefall.
It will be carried out by 2 instructors holding on either side of you, exiting from an altitude minimum of 12,500ft depending where you jump, Spain will be 15,000ft, jump lasting up to 60 seconds in freefall.
Every jump is completed with DV video footage, giving the student a memory of a lifetime and an excellent training aid for fast training progression, radio assistance under canopy for safe landings.
The first 3 jumps are made with 2 Instructors covering ‘The arch’ the basic body position needed in freefall, forward movement and solo assisted deployment.
The last 4 jumps only require one AFF instructor where the student learns and performs turns, back loops, and tracking “superman” style!
Level 8 is the easy one, I hope. This is a level jump from 5000ft where the student must perform a stabile exit and deploy within 5 seconds. The purpose of this jump is to show in case of an aircraft emergency you can exit and deploy quickly.
Congratulations!! You are now free to explore the wonders of skydiving. You will be presented with a certificate, logbook and DVD of all your jumps.
Course summary
- 1 day ground school
- 7 AFF jumps to minimum of 13,500ft
- Level 8 hop and pop
- Freefall video on all levels
- Still photos on level 7
- 1 on 1 professional personal Instruction by USPA/BPA qualified Instructors.
- Briefing and De-briefing of each jump
- State of the art safety equipment
- Log book
- Insurance and temporary membership of either USPA/BPA OR FEADA
- An awesome time
Price £999 per person (discounts given to bigger groups, contact for details) In UK average course price is £1250 or more.
Price breakdown
AFF level 1 with ground school £219
AFF Level 2-3 £160 per jump
AFF level 4-7 £100 per jump
AFF Level 8 £60
Repeat jumps AFF level 1-3 £120
AFF level 4-7 £85
Consolidation jumps: Not included in course price, vary from resort to resort but only cost normally £15(21euros) per jump excl rig hire.
Consolidation jumps are mandatory after AFF is refine your skills and then to progress onto your ‘A’ licence. See further development for details.
Time allowance: Give yourself 7 days for course (weather permitting). Course could be completed in 3 days but it always advisable to give yourself a week to make the most of your holiday, to progress in your skydiving career if you like or to explore the different activities and wonders in each resort. At the end of the day you are here to enjoy yourself and make the most of your precious time.
Dates: Courses can run any day of the week all year round. On booking just give us your preferred dates and we will check our availability.
Restrictions:
Minimum age 18 years old
Weight limit: not exceeding 100kg
Must be at an average level of fitness
All skydives made in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations and United States Parachute Association/ British Parachute Association Recommendations.
