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Welcome to the ultimate adventure

Accelerated Free Fall or AFF for short, is a concentrated course of skydiving instruction, that dramatically reduces the time required to achieve a 'A' Certificate.

You have decided to take up the challenge to do a solo jump or learn to skydive through the Accelerated Free Fall course.

  • Ground training course - preparing you for your flight
  • Skydive - one student - one set of state-of-the-art equipment
  • 9,000 ft exit with 2 AFF instructors
  • Freefall from 9,000 ft to 4,500 ft using the altimeter as a guide
  • You deploy your own parachute
  • Land your parachute with radio assistance from the ground
  • Debrief & Issue of ground course & AFF Stage 1 certificates
What is AFF?

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Exit altitude can vary up or down according to climate, aircraft performance & Air Traffic Control requirements

Stage

Objectives

1

Height: 9,000'

Orientation Jump - 2 Jumpmasters

Experience freefall, monitor height, deploy own main pilot chute

2

Height: 9,000'

Arm & Leg Awareness - 2 Jumpmasters

Introduction to turns; heading awareness

3

Height: 9,000'

Hover Control - 2 Jumpmasters

Leg & Arm Awareness; hovering

4

Height: 9,000'

Consolidation Dive - 2 Jumpmasters

Putting stages 1-3 into practice

5

Height: 9,000'

Turns & Docking - 1 Jumpmaster

360° turns, forward movement & docking with Instructor

6

Height: 9,000'

Consolidation Dive - 1 Jumpmaster

Unassisted climbout & solo exit; 360° turns; forward movement; staying relative to Jumpmaster

7

Height: 9,000'

Backloops & Tracking - 1 Jumpmaster

Dive exit; sub terminal control; proving stability & recovery; tracking away to clear airspace, wave off & main pilot chute deployment

8

Height: 9,000'

Fast & Slow Falls - 1 Jumpmaster

Figure '8' turns; fast & slow fall; tracking with 'S' turns; wave off & main pilot chute deployment

9

Height: 4,000'

Clear & Pull

Low level exit, clear & main pilot chute deployment

Solo Consolidation

Height: 9,000'

At the AFF Instructors discretion, you may be permitted to do a solo jump to practice your skills. This can only occur after successfully completing Stage 6 of the AFF Training Table