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Skydiving – Your First Landing – What You Should Know

Skydiving – Your First Landing – What You Should Know

by Eric Junge | May 6, 2022 | First Time Skydive, Skydiving History, Tandem Experiences

First Time Skydiving Landing. What to know. The skydiving landing is one of the most important parts of the parachute jump, including on a tandem skydiving. It consists of coordinated inputs done by the skydive instructor, to slow down the descent and the forward...
Sport Parachuting Then and Now: 1960s vs. Today

Sport Parachuting Then and Now: 1960s vs. Today

by Eric Junge | Dec 6, 2019 | Lifestyle, Safety, Skydiving History

50 YEARS AGO AND TODAY – A HISTORY OF PARACHUTING While skydiving and parachute jumps have been around for more than 100 years, nobody really expected it to become a sport. Except for some crowd-pleasing stunts at air shows (look up Tiny Broadwick, who was...

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