Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Here’s another of reader’s question that I’ll try to answer.
Jumpsuits are one of the expensive parts of the skydiving equipment. In most cases their price exceeds $100 and goes to $200 and more. There are different types of jumpsuits - for free fly, camera suits, crater suits and more.
As usual one of the possibilities to find cheap skydive jumpsuit is to look for a second hand one. Unlike other sensitive parts of the skydiving gear, the jumpsuit isn’t as strictly related to safety so it’s OK for most people to buy used.
There aren’t much places where to find used jumpsuits online - one is eBay (just now there is only 1 offer, a jumpsuit for $50).
Here is a place which discusses several companies offering used skydiving gear: Skysurvey.com.au.
More links to used gear stores are available at DropZone and Skydive World.
As usual you can simply search the web.
You can consider buying used jumpsuit a better idea than buying very cheap new one (if we assume you find any). The new cheap jumpsuit is likely to be made in China and to have a questionable quality and non-standard size.
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
There are various regulations which may vary depending on where you live and the dropzone you have chosen.
In most cases you will need to be 18 years old to start skydiving.
If you are 16-18 years old, your parents may give the agreement for you.
But again, it depends on the dropzone and country. Some countries may have no regulations, but I would advice you to stay away from the drop zones in them.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
As described in the article about indoor skydiving, it’s much safe than the real outdoor skydiving. Only one indoor skydiving fatality has been documented as far as I know.
If you have tried this discipline yourself, please share your experience.
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