Skydiving Santa Rosa

People have been using parachutes for hundreds of years, even back to China in the 1100s. Around 1495, Leonardo DaVinci designed a pyramid-shaped, wooden framed parachute. USPA's Accelerated Freefall method of skydiving includes practical instruction on climb-out and exit of the aircraft, freefall, canopy flight, landing, and emergency procedures. Only the most highly trained, professional, USPA certified instructors teach at Bay Area Skydiving. Tandem skydiving systems also use larger main parachutes (400 square feet and larger) to support the extra weight of two passengers. Parachuting is an activity involving a preplanned drop from a height using a deployable parachute. After watching a short video you will be trained by your Tandem Master instructor to make your first skydive. There are several different disciplines to embrace within parachuting. Each of these is enjoyed by both the recreational and the competitive skydivers. Parachute canopies have sizes that go from 4.3 sq m , that is 46 sq ft to more than 46.5 sq m , meaning 500 sq ft. With the Tandem Skydive, both the student and the instructor are attached to the same parachute system. In order to make a jump safe, skydivers have to do two actions every time: firstly, they must open the parachute in time and secondly, they must land in a safe location. Tandem instructors are required to pass an instructor certification course for the system they jump before skydiving with students.