Skydiving

Skydiving

Ever envied the birds as they floated miles above the ground? Skydiving in Germany might provide you the very opportunity to soar the skies with them, falling high speed through the clouds as the ground approaches at an alarming speed. For all the thrill seekers it is the ultimate moment, the time of their lives.

Skydiving in Germany is a fairly common activity with most of the cities offering facilities for the same. Many institutes offer courses for amateurs and advanced provided they meet with certain requirements. You have the choice of learning to skydive or booking a package. The German BASE Association and German Parachute Association (DFV) are 2 major organizations providing services for skydiving in Germany.

Skydiving basically refers to the free falling from an aircraft at an altitude of approximately 4000 meters up to a certain level and then activating a parachute to ensure a safe landing. It first began in 1797 when André-Jacques Garnerin came down from a balloon. The military later used it extensively in the World Wars and was considered international sport from 1951.

Skilled skydivers can do almost replicate the birds in their freefall period.

A person's first jump is usually with a professional strapped together with him. With time he can master the process and gain mastery over various kinds of techniques such as accuracy landing, base jumping, freeflying, skysurfing and many others. There are various types of skydiving training starting with tandem skydiving where an expert or tandem master is strapped to a person to aid him in the jump. Static line skydiving implies a chord being tied with the parachute to deploy it at the right time irrespective of what the diver does. Instructor assisted jump is same as the static line; the only exception is here the instructor deploys the parachute as soon as the diver jumps. Accelerated freefall is where the instructor guides the student the whole way by diving with him. In the Accelerated Free Fall Course (AFF, Schlierstadt, Germany) two AFF instuctors freefall with the student for 30 to 50 seconds (typically 10,000-30,000 feet). The course also teaches the students practical instruction on climb-out and exit of the aircraft, freefall, canopy flight, landing, and emergency procedures.

You can also enjoy the fun of skydiving at nights, the absence of daylight adding to the thrill. Take a break from your regular routine to fly with the birds and I bet you will be hooked.

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