Category A : Exit & Free Fall

The goals for your first jump are:

• Reasonable arch and stability within ten seconds prior to planned deployment altitude.
• Reasonable altitude awareness.
• Initiate deployment procedures within 1,000 feet of the assigned altitude.

Video

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Step-by-Step Dive Flow

• Prior to your first jump, instructors will perform a thorough gear check
  
  Mechanics of a good gear check
  
  
  
  

Step-by-Step Dive Flow

• Exit in a relaxed arch
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Instructors release arm grips
  
  
  
  
• Circle of Awareness
  
  
  
  
• Three practice deployments
  
  
  
  
• Circle of Awareness
• Altitude, arch, legs, relax
  
  
  
  
• Begin wave off at 5,500 feet
  
  
  
  
• Pull by 4,500 feet
  
  
  
  

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