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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
In the news.
We've made the news again! This time, as part of their new one hour program: eight west, WOOD TV8 sent out meteorologist Matt Kirkwood to make his first skydive;
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Just because you can't walk doesn't mean you can't fly!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Learn to Skydive!
Now is the time!
Skydiving is a fantastic thrill-a-minute sport and Michigan is a beautiful place to skydive. We don't blame you for getting hooked and wanting to continue on to learn to jump on your own and get your license through the United States Parachute Association. Now that Spring is here and the weather is starting to calm down and be reliable enough for student jumps (USPA says that wind need to be below 14 mph for students) it time to learn.
Here is an quick outline of our student program:
Student Skydive Training
Once you have completed your first jump, you will need to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to safely and successfully jump on your own. We offer a comprehensive training program that will progress you from the basic skills to the advanced techniques required to achieve your first United States Parachute Association (USPA) license, which will allow you to jump on your own anywhere in the United States along with many different countries around the world. The Ground School Training Package includes; approximately 4-5 hours of classroom instruction, a copy of the United States Parachute Association (USPA) Student Information Manual (SIM), a log book, and the students first Instructor Assisted Deployment (IAD) solo student jump from 3,500. *** The students Level 5 and Level 6 jumps MUST be successfully completed on the same day! ***Level 1: Tandem training jump Introduction to skydiving! Level 2: Tandem training jump from 10,000 (Canopy control skills) Level 3: Ground School Training Package. (First solo student jump) Level 4: IAD jump from 3,500 (Second solo student jump) Level 5: IAD jump from 3,500 (Practice ripcord pull) Level 6: 5 second delay freefall jump from 4,000 (First freefall) Level 7: 10 second delay freefall jump from 4,500 (Canopy control skills) Level 8: 10 second delay from 4,500 Canopy control skills; exit spotting) Level 9: 15 second delay from 5,500 (Freefall maneuvers) Level 10: 15 second delay from 5,500 (Freefall maneuvers) Level 11: 20 second delay from 6,500 (Freefall maneuvers) Level 12: 20 second delay from 6,500 (Bomb Out exit and tracking skills) Level 13: 30 second delay from 9,000 (Freefall maneuvers and aircraft exits) Level 14: 30 second delay from 9,000 (Back loop, tracking, and wave off skills) Level 15: Introduction to Relative Work from 10,000 (Exit, fall rate, docking, tracking) Level 16: Relative Work skills from 10,000 (Graduation jump and dock with Instructor)
Give us a call at (269) 998-7747 and we'll get you started!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Moving to a better location!
Skydive Inc. has recently struck a deal with the Allegan City Airport to develop facilities and bring skydiving to Allegan!
While Hastings was a nice enough airport to operate out of, the airport management decided that it did not want any business development at the airport so we have moved our operation to Padgham Field in Allegan and are working on developing a first class skydive operation! Allegan is a top notch airport and has just recently finished an airport expansion with a brand new runway.
Check out our new videos, they are located on the right side of our Skydive, Information, Training, and Prices pages and will randomly change every time you change pages or refresh your browser window.
Skydiving at Allegan will allow us to focus on bringing you the best and safest skydiving experience possible and will put us closer to the Michigan lakeshore for beautiful views of the sun setting over the lake.
Give us a call at (269) 998-7747 anytime and we'll help you experience the excitement of skydiving!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Safety Day is Coming!
We are having our annual Safety Day on March 14th at our hangar at the Hastings Airport. Come on out and participate in the activities, we're going to have a bunch of skydive stations set up for informative and refresher training and will be giving away a ton of prizes to participants.
We're meeting at the hangar at 11:00a for lunch, so bring a dish to pass and we'll fire up the grill. After everybody is full, we'll start the activities.
Doesn't matter if you've been in skydiving for 20+ years, are a student, or are just looking at getting into skydiving and want to introduce yourself; come on out!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Winter Skydiving
Well, it's Michigan and Winter has arrived. Winter means that we have suspended Tandem and Student training skydiving at Hastings, Michigan.
Once the weather gets too cold, fewer people want to come out and make their first skydive and it becomes difficult to coordinate those few hardy folks that do with pilots, instructors, and support staff. We will open again in the Spring, usually by the middle of April, for full skydiving operations!
We do offer Skydive Gift Certificates throughout the Winter season (or anytime) which are the perfect "unique" gift for the daredevil on your Christmas list.
Give us a call anytime at (269) 998-7747 to order your Skydive Gift Certificate in time for the holidays. Skydive Gift Certificates can be ordered in any denomination and for any skydiving service that we offer!
For more information on Skydiving in Michigan, you can visit us here: www.SkydiveInc.com
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