Beyond Wind Tunnel Flying - Skydiving Training, Instruction and Coaching.

Flying your body in a Wind Tunnel is an excellent way to experience the thrills of Free Fall skydiving. Tunnels are a safe and secure environment in which to fly and to learn. People of all sizes and ages can learn to fly themselves in complete safety.

With many of the stresses associated with a skydive removed (jumping from a plane, wondering if you can be stable, concern about whether your parachute would open and the pressure of flying and landing your parachute) the tunnel flyer can concentrate on how to use their body to fly under complete control. This means tunnel flyers learn to "skydive" at a much much faster rate than skydivers who just jump from planes. Sky Skills Wind Tunnel Coaching makes the most of using skydiving wind tunnels so you get the most from your Wind Tunnel Coaching and your time spent flying.

The photo above of Sky Skills Associate Michelle (on the left) coaching Rosie, 15, shows just how stress free and relaxed Wind Tunnel Flying can be.

As great as Wind Tunnels are to learn to fly in - and they are - they are no substitute for the absolute thrill of making a real skydive. There are many ways in which someone interested in making a skydive or taking up the sport can get started. If you are thinking about trying some Wind Tunnel Coaching which may lead on to you making a skydive, there are many sources that can help decide which way forward is best for you.

Good places to look for more information on making that first skydive are the British Parachute Association web site by clicking here or the equivalent in America, the US Parachute Association by clicking here .

These days the most popular way to take up skydiving as a sport is through a concentrated training programme called Accelerated Free Fall (AFF). If you would like to know more about AFF, why it is so popular, how you could learn to skydive and qualify in just a few days and the costs involved, then click on Free Fall University . To watch a real AFF skydive at Free Fall University, click here.

Sky Skills has coached many pre-AFF students in the Bodyflight Wind Tunnel. This means that, before they go and skydive for real, these students have the peace of mind knowing they can fly themselves under complete control. Check out the excellent feedback from some of our clients who have flown with Sky Skills before undertaking AFF, by clicking on our "What Our Clients Say" page. Sky Skills coaching prior to AFF has clearly made all the difference to their confidence and skill level.

Here is a photo of Isabel, who at 14 and with over 2 hours of flying time in the tunnel with Sky Skills, has to wait 2 more years before she can do her AFF!

As an alternative to flying in a Wind Tunnel or making a solo jump with Instructors through AFF, you can gain all the thrills and experience of free fall by making a Tandem Skydive. As a Tandem passenger, you would be firmly attached to a qualified Instructor who can take all the worry out of making a jump on your own, just as this picture shows.

If you are interested in making a Tandem skydive click on Headcorn Parachute Club for more information.

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