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- From: ljones@cithe501.cithep.caltech.edu (Lawrence Jones)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: Q: AFF safety
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 00:50:03 GMT
- Organization: HEP, California Institute of Technology
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- In article <1993Jan25.163144.16452@engage.pko.dec.com>, koning@koning.enet.dec.com (Paul Koning) writes:
- |>
- |> The safety record of AFF is extremely good, and as a training method it
- |> seems to work quite well. I've never heard of it being outlawed anywhere
- |> (except perhaps Britain, but then again don't they still require first
- |> jumps to be made with rounds there?). Having gone through it myself
- |> 1.5 years ago, I'd definitely recommend it to anyone.
- |>
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- At least when I was in Britain, 3 years ago, AFF courses did exist - however
- less DZ's were giving the course than is typical over here. If you take AFF
- then your first jump is a freefall, otherwise, yes, I think your first jump is
- on a round - mine was. (Tandem freefall jumps are also available).
-
- Other than that I agree with Paul - AFF has a good safety record.
-
- Cheers,
- Lawrence.
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