First Jump Santa Rosa

Skydivers always have two parachutes , in order to increase safety. The main parachute is carried in a deployment bag on the back of the skydiver , while the reserve one, a completely separate parachute system is also carried on the back, should there occur any problems with the main parachute. After training you and your instructor will exit the plane at 14,000 feet and will have about 60 seconds of freefall before opening the parachute. In the years between the World Wars of the 20th century, barnstormers, typically adventurous orphans and runaways, performed parachute jumps at airshows. In WWII, the first troop insertions with parachutes are credited with turning the tide of the war against the Axis powers. Though this web site is oriented towards first time skydivers, we welcome both new and experienced jumpers to our little drop zone. With the Tandem Skydive, both the student and the instructor are attached to the same parachute system. In the US and in most of the western world skydivers are required to carry a second, reserve parachute which has been inspected and packed by a certificated parachute rigger (in the US, an FAA certificated parachute rigger). Many skydivers use an automatic activation device (AAD) that opens the reserve parachute at a safe altitude in the event of failing to activate the main canopy themselves. Hundreds of tandem freefall, static line, and AFF freefall skydives are made every year at Bay Area Skydiving, people from First Jump Santa Rosa love Bay Area Skydiving. Most countries have varying laws or regulations allowing who may skydive with a passenger or student. For example; in the United States, the FAA requires each potential instructor to have over five hundred individual skydives and three years of skydiving experience. We have a Beechcraft King Air A90 as out primary skydiving plane. Tandem skydiving systems also use larger main parachutes (400 square feet and larger) to support the extra weight of two passengers. Tiny Broadwick, another professional parachutist in the U.S., became the first woman to jump from an airplane in 1913 and the first to make a freefall in 1914.