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How (and why) to jump out

of a perfectly good airplane.

/ BY JACQUELINE DETWILER /

Comprehensive

Jump Course/

Accelerated Free Fall

After hours of instruction,

you’ll do your first jump with

two instructors, who hold on

to you to ensure you maintain

a safe free-fall position—and

that you pull your chute.

Tandem

You’ll be attached via harness

to an instructor who will do

all the hard parts for you. All

tandem skydiving rigs use a

drogue chute (it looks like a fat

balloon) to reduce the terminal

Static Line

Often used during military

training. You’ll jump with

a cord attached to the

airplane hanging out of your

backpack. The cord pulls out

a deployment bag, allowing

the parachute inside to

inflate automatically.

Three Ways

to Fall Out

of a Plane

PHOTOGRAPHS BY IGOR SHPINO April 2019 17