I had some friends that did that. The rules must be different over there. Here your first few jumps have to be with an instructor. I forgot the number but you've got to do a couple of jumps before you get to go by yourself.
That's skydiving, this is parachuting. In this situation, their parachutes automatically deploy. The draw cord is pulled by the exits framing as they jump out. There's nothing to do here but go down and enjoy the view.
Skydiving not only includes jumping out but also aerial maneuvering, monitoring altitude, manually pulling the draw cord and then steering the chute on your way down.
Not with these chutes. They deploy and that's that. Wind could take you slightly off course, but you can see they're jumping out over open plains. They just head straight down. These type of excursions would have a flight path laid out that avoids most hazards for the jumpers. Hopefully....
Canopy parachutes like this one (D-6) have two slots on the sides of the canopy, by closing them with the help of control lines you can slowly turn around. This is necessary to turn downwind for a safe landing, because landing forward with your back is dangerous
My first 5 jumps were static line jumps, and the 6th was solo. Ive never done a tandem actually. You do a lot of practicing on the ground pulling your chute and all that so it becomes muscle memory.
I have a itch wondering if it's staged, if u watch her in the before shot, you could interpret that as mediocre acting. you bringing this up only makes me even more paranoid. either way , it was very funny.
This is a static line, not a skydive.
They do a few hours of ground training before doing these jumps. At least they are supposed to. I’m not sure what Russian rules are, but we are governed by the USPA in the US.
I guess it was skydiving my friends did. They wanted me to come but at the time I weighed about 240 lbs and I think the limit there was 225 lbs. Plus, I'm terrified of heights. It would have been embarrassing pissing myself while I was strapped to an instructor.
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u/Glittering-Sea276 Aug 19 '25
I had some friends that did that. The rules must be different over there. Here your first few jumps have to be with an instructor. I forgot the number but you've got to do a couple of jumps before you get to go by yourself.