| If you find exciting the new idea you and your friends | | | | inspect the company's parachutes and make sure you |
| shared late one afternoon of getting together over the | | | | check their materials for any problems or malfunctions. |
| following weekend to try parachuting, the hobby of | | | | In fact, parachutes can malfunction in several ways. |
| jumping off a moving training airplane while wearing a | | | | Malfunctions can range from minor problems that can |
| parachute, you better read the following tips, as your | | | | be corrected in-flight and still land safely, to |
| and your friends' safety literally depend on pulling the | | | | catastrophic malfunctions that will require the unlucky |
| right type of cord at the right time. | | | | fellow to cut away the main parachute using a modern |
| Begin by researching the facilities at your area that | | | | 3-ring release system and the reserve parachute to |
| offer these kind of extreme sports adventures and | | | | be deployed. Most skydivers are also equipped with |
| then speak -in person- with the trainer who has to be | | | | small barometric computers known as an Automatic |
| an experienced and professional skydiver. You should | | | | Activation Device (AAD) that will automatically deploy |
| be able to tour the facilities, ask for other people's | | | | the reserve parachute in case of emergency. |
| reviews, request their authorization and certification | | | | Specifically, if a skydiver does not deploy the main |
| documents, and generally learn through observation | | | | parachute to reduce his rate of descent by a preset |
| before putting your money, your time and your life at | | | | altitude, the AAD device "reads" the malfunction and |
| the hands of someone not adequately trained to lead | | | | automatically releases the reserve parachute. |
| you back to safety once you jump off a moving | | | | If you are concerned whether or not this will happen |
| airplane. | | | | when you are going to be out there, statistical reports |
| Second, you have to inspect the gear you will be | | | | estimate that approximately one in a thousand main |
| wearing and using. By gear here we mean the | | | | parachutes experience some kind of opening |
| garment you should be dressed with, and most | | | | malfunction and must be cut away; although some |
| importantly, the parachute your life will depend on. In | | | | skydivers have on their records many thousands of |
| order for a parachute to be of good quality and | | | | jumps and never had to cut away their parachute. But, |
| ready-to-use, it had to be carefully folded, or "packed" | | | | most accidents and fatalities in skydiving occur under a |
| to ensure that it will open reliably. In the U.S. and many | | | | fully functional main parachute and are due to |
| developed countries, emergency and reserve | | | | turbulence or inexperience. Thus, ask, listen, and |
| parachutes are packed by "riggers" who must be | | | | essentially learn as much as you can from your |
| trained and certified according to legal standards. | | | | skydiving trainer before taking off and ultimately |
| Paratroops and sport skydivers are always trained to | | | | jumping off the plane. |
| pack their own primary "main" parachutes. Thus, | | | | |