Nice one mate glad you liked it! Any questions just let me know

@@AdamRadcliffe do you receive a physical licence, like a driving licence. Also how often do you have to jump now that you have an A licence

@@mtube1720 yes but it’s more like a passport (I flash it on the screen at the start of the video that’s what it looks like). As far as I am aware it’s still advised to leave a maximum of 6 weeks between jumps while you’re still new or some drop zones will make you prove yourself again depending on how long it’s been that could range from a quick refresh, a check out jump (1 instructor) or maybe even another ground school if it’s been a super long time. Then when you move on to B and C license it gets slightly less important to stay as current. Check with the drop zone you’ll be jumping at though, this is just a rough guide from my experience.

Thank you Tiegan! Best of luck with it, enjoy! I’m going to get my B license this summer

Very welcome 👊🏼

Awesome, glad you went for it! 🤩

Hahahaha nice, welcome to the club. Hope you do your AFF

Nice! 😎

Thanks my friend 🤙🏼

Sorry to hear that mate, best of luck with your license!!

Enjoy mate 👊🏼

Thanks mate 🤙🏼 best of luck with yours hope you smash it! I’ve got some highlights from my Formation Skydiving badge on here as well which is a good vid if you want to check it out

Thanks mate 🤙🏼 best of luck with yours hope you smash it! I’ve got some highlights from my Formation Skydiving badge on here as well which is a good vid if you want to check it out

Cheers dude, welcome 👊🏼

Nice one Mr Tony, glad you found it useful! All the best with your AFF course

Any update? Would love to hear how it went and how much did it cost in theiland and how safe was it

Lovely comment mate. Thank you and all the best

His old is “too old to start?”

Haha nice

Thanks mate glad you liked it, one of my first vids! For the tandem, Hinton and Headcorn are closest to you. But the 2 best in the country are Langar and Hibaldstow so I’d make the journey to either of them for your AFF if I were you.

Thank you hahaha 👊🏼👊🏼

I actually didn't feel like I was falling. When we jumped out of the plane it was more of a roll. We rolled over completely once and by the time we were facing the ground we were going really fast. At that point it's just a lot of wind. To me, it felt like I was standing outside in a hurricane, instead of falling. The ground is so far away at first you don't get a perspective like you're falling towards it. Then when they pop the chute, you're going down AND forward at about 1 foot down for every 3 forward. There's no sense of falling at that point.

Hey mate, equalise your ears on the way up by holding your nose and blowing gently. Equalises the pressure

Thanks mate! Getting there bit by bit

Best of luck with it mate 👊🏼👊🏼

500 jumps are required to get a glide license

Thank you mate

Nice one mate congrats, thanks for subscribing! Maybe see you at a drop zone one day

👊🏼👊🏼

Noiceee

Only one way to find out hahahaha 🤣 just kidding, it’s not really about balance more about symmetry and relaxing, & no you don’t have to be fit at all, just not obese or at cardiac risk, you just have to be able to bend at the hips in order to arch your body

Thank you!

Nice mate enjoy 🤙🏼 check my most recent vid out it’s skydiving as well

Done the jump bro now booked in for aff in April any tips on landing bro?

@@Rivaboyz1987 congrats man! You'll get all the best advice in your ground training but biggest advice for the first jump is don't flare too early, and once you flare - hold it! Enjoy

@@AdamRadcliffe ok cheers mate have you got your own skydiving gear or once’s done the aff do you just hire the stuff when you wanna jump ?

With who and how much please ?

Hey mate, good luck with it! & Enjoy!! No, you are correct, you need to do 1 every 60 days roughly to remain current otherwise most drop zones will require you to refresh

Glad you enjoyed your tandems mate! Definitely not recommended to get your own rig for the first year until you’ve done at least 50 jumps (because you will downsize). Of course you know your financial situation best and the kid needs to come first however it is a fantastic hobby. I would say, like all extreme sports ‘needing’ to do it might not be the healthiest mindset. You’re looking at around £2k for the AFF and £40 a jump ish after that

Yes mate you do it all yourself - you learn it on the ground the day before

Hey mate, nope I went straight to solo

Nice mate yea it was filmed there - check the websites for prices and you can kit hire 👊🏼

Nice one Ben good luck with it! Yes it was at Hib! And no haven’t jumped with Chris before

Cheers dude

About £22 and the same again for kit hire. Depends where you jump tho mate

@@AdamRadcliffe not bad at all not long done a tandem jump now got the itch to jump again 🙈 so might as well bite the bullet and do the aff course haha. Thanks for the reply 👍

Hey Karen thanks for commenting! Summer is definitely most common as its warmer and more pleasant but there is no best time as long as the skies are clear and its not too windy for students. Best to check with Langar if they're doing AFF over the winter and go for it if you don't want to wait till summer. Also I would recommend doing AFF Levels 1-3 without tunnel time as they are super easy and require no skill. Then when you get to Level 4 you may find you get on with turns quite well and so no tunnel time required just keep smashing through it. Typically if people fail a level a couple of times then they look in to tunnel time. Its just about weighing up the costs for yourself, I wanted to do it as cheaply as possible so risked no tunnel time and was fine. Hope this all helps and all the best!

Spring is the best time because, although it is a bit colder, you can get your courser underway and be able to enjoy your license in the summer and start progressing onto different aspects of the sport starting with learning to fly with other people (search Fly4Life for inspiration). Take one jump at a time rather than trying to focus too far ahead and enjoy cos you only get your first times once! Langar is a great DZ, they should get you though your AFF in good time! Hope to see you in the skies :)

Thank you :) says in the video

Both those answers are in the video my friend

No mate - I don’t live in England at the moment

You can re take as many times as you need, it’s very normal to fail! I failed twice taking doing my FS1 badge

@@AdamRadcliffe omg thank you so much. Also another thing I forgot to ask is that what time frame do you have to do everything in. I get paid monthly and can afford to do 1 level a month.

@@miaclarke6859 you are very welcome. Then I wouldn't recommend skydiving for you. You should be in a position to pay for the whole course up front in my opinion. You need to jump regularly to pass, a couple of levels per month minimum

@@AdamRadcliffe you are so helpful. I have no idea why I can’t find this stuff online. Im hoping to be able to do 2 per month and where I’m looking they get cheaper as you progress. Just need to pass my driving test in 2 weeks then I can book my first AFF level. I’m super excited! Thank you so much

Hey mate, it is barely any writing from what I remember, mainly multiple choice and few word answers. (This was for the British Skydiving license not USPA). I would recommend learning basic hand signals before your course - otherwise everything I mentioned in this video is enough to know going into the course

Thanks for letting me know@@AdamRadcliffe

Most developed countries mate

Parachutes are a few thousand pounds. Harness is part of the parachute 🤙🏼

Many weeks

About £20 jump ticket and £20 kit hire mate per jump

@@AdamRadcliffe oh that's OK I got the course booked for June the 7th - so it's good to hear its not ridiculous amounts to jump solo after that

Depends entirely how often you jump, can be done in a couple of weeks

Varies hugely mate depending on what you want. Main cost is the rig they tend to be a few thousand dollars second hand from what I can see

@@AdamRadcliffe when you jump do you rent yours or do you own your own, thanks

@@Rapid0808 I rent mine still mate can't afford that haha. Only have my own altimeter and gloves etc

You’ll have to try it for yourself mate 😅😅👀

@@AdamRadcliffe haha might bloody have too😅 have you done much solo since earning the license?

Impossible to answer dude. I did mine at Hibaldstow in the UK. They have two planes and the biggest facilities

This ain’t google buddy

For sure, I don’t ifly do it keeps the costs down 🫡

Hibaldstow mate

£1800 in total

where did you get the license?

Hibaldstow

5k, correct

Ok thanks that altitude safer for sure. As we always said, altitude is your friend!@@AdamRadcliffe

In the video

Skydive Hibaldstow

Thank you

01:56

Thanks mate glad you liked it - BSL has credibility internationally and most countries round the world allow you to jump with it. Of course drop zone dependent for the license level they ask for 🤙🏼