PAC skydiving course near Amiens 5 days

Do you want to learn how to parachute jump? Come and discover the sensations of free fall with us!

We invite you to introduce yourself to this sensational sport thanks to the PAC method. It is modern and you will be able to quickly assimilate the basics of this outdoor activity. You will learn how to stabilize yourself in free fall, to deploy your parachute and to steer your canopy once open. Thanks to this training, you will become completely independent during your parachute jumps.

Our training takes place in seven jumps. The first jump is a little different from the others since it is your first experience in the air. You will be accompanied by two state-certified professional instructors with more than 1,000 jumps to their credit. You will jump from 4,000 meters highand be in free fall for less than a minute. One of the instructors will be in front of you to advise you, the other will hold you to the parachute harness on the side to ensure your safety and your stability . Once you have your parachute canopy, you will be able to benefit from radio guidance to advise you on how to reach the ground in the best possible way. The following jumps, you will be accompanied by a single instructor. The last jump will be done in total autonomy.

The course takes place over the course of a five-day week. If you do not have a full week, we can arrange with you to spread the different sessions over several weekends. Just note that the weather conditions must be favorable for parachute jumping to ensure your safety. It will therefore be impossible for us to offer sessions on days when it rains or when the wind blows too strong.

Our primary aspiration is that you enjoy freefall and parachute. We offer you a formula allowing you to become comfortable with this impressive sport in a minimum of time.
In order to jump independently, you will need to achieve several essential objectives:

• Be able to return from any position to a stable freefall position suitable for the opening of your parachute.
• Knowcontrol rotations both left and right.
• It will also be essential for you to be able to read your altimeter correctly in order to deploy your sail at the correct altitude.
• Finally, you must be able to open your parachute alone, in total autonomy.

You will have the chance to be accompanied by an instructor with a camera during your jumps. You can review the images with him to analyze your progress and help you improve. We adapt 100% to you to offer you a program that adapts to your pace of progress. Different exercises and games will be offered to everyone according to their areas of improvement. The goal is to offer you a personalized experience to help you progress as quickly as possible.

First of all, you will have the chance to benefit from ground training of 5 to 6 hours of lessons. This will be an opportunity to understand the constituent elements of a parachute, the positions to adopt in free fall, the driving techniques under canopy > and finally the safety instructions.

The final outcome of this training is to be able to jump solo. You will obtain your jump logbook allowing you to jump independently on all Drops Zones in France.

Good to know:

• We provide you with all the necessary equipment during the internship. You will have at your disposal a jump suit, a helmet, goggles, an altimeter and obviously a parachute adapted to your body shape. li>
• You will need to wear low sports shoes to perform the jumps.
• You can benefit from this training between the ages of approximately 15 and 55. This age limit can be adapted depending on any previous experience in parachuting and according to your physical condition.
• Minors must provide written legal authorization from their legal guardians. It is most often both parents.
• You must weigh less than 90 kg.
• We also ask you for a medical certificate of no contraindication to the practice of sport skydiving. This must be carried out by a general practitioner less than one year before the internship.

You now have all the information you need to become aparachute jumping pro!