First Jump Stockton

Bay Area Skydiving is the Bay Area's premier Skydiving provider Only the most highly trained, professional, USPA certified instructors teach at Bay Area Skydiving. In the 19th century, women, who still number only between 15 and 20 percent among skydivers, began to appear on the scene. Kathe Paulus from Germany jumped professionally in Germany around the turn of the 20th century. 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. 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. Some drop zones use tandem jumps to introduce students into the solo training programs. Although most first time skydivers start with Tandem first jumps, our skydiving instructors will help you learn to skydive whether you start with tandem skydiving or AFF. The sport in which people jump out of aircrafts and land with the aid of a parachute is called skydiving. When Making an AFF Skydive The student exits the aircraft with two USPA AFF Instructors. Tandem Training generally takes less than 30 minutes, and depending on a number of variables, a student may spend only half a day for the training and the jump. Skydiving Competitions began to develop and gain acceptance among the international air sports after World war II.