AFF Ground School
Accelerated Free Fall starts with a full-day (minimum 6 hours), highly intensive ground school will have with a maximum ratio of 4 new students per instructor. This course covers everything you need to prepare you for your first skydive. This is a really busy day and it finishes off with an exam paper to ensure that the critical pieces of knowledge have actually ‘sunk in’ and you are ready in all respects to jump. The programme for an AFF ground school is a well developed system which is being constantly improved and includes the following;
- Drop Zone familiarisation (after toilets and cafe its the important stuff about drop zones and how they work)
- Kit and equipment (you'll astound your friends and yourself with the stuff you'll learn)
- Aircraft drills and emergencies (during your aeroplane ride)
- Stability and in-air signals (body position, exercises and communication signals)
- Sequence of the level one skydive (then lots of practice until it becomes second nature)
- In-air emergencies and how to deal with them (very easy to remember, and simple decisions to make)
- Canopy control (its a bit like flying a light aeroplane in some ways)
- Parachute Malfunctions, types, recognition and how to deal with them (serious stuff, but very essential)
- Landings – normal and abnormal (a little bit of rolling around but not too much)
- Final written exam
But I hate examinations and tests
We know what you mean, and so we keep this to the very minimum. Its part multiple choice and with maybe one or two diagrams to draw. The idea is not to catch you out, it's all about ensuring that you are ready and prepared to go up onto your level ne skydive. Usually, if we find any wrong answers, we will almost always do a re-teach session and then re-examine you on that specific subject.
Should I read-up before I come for ground school?
No, it’s really not necessary except for any items which your Instructor or AFF school sends you specifically.
