Like bungee jumping, skydiving is a sport that challenges the psychological limit. What kind of requirements does skydiving have for the physical quality? Where can we skydive in China? How about the feeling of flying freely in the blue sky? Learn about skydiving with the life of sihai.com!
Is skydiving expensive? How much is skydiving? What does skydiving cost?
Due to different systems, the price of parachute jumping in China is indeed higher than that in foreign countries, but it is safer. Foreign countries are free airspace, open at low altitude and self-confident in safety. All airspace in China is managed by air force and civil aviation air traffic control, with different security system and operation costs. Therefore, the high cost of parachute jumping in China also brings better security.
According to the level of parachute instructor, parachute base supporting facilities, station support, ground service support, air service support, air traffic control, meteorology, tower dispatching and other conditions, the price of a domestic experience of high-altitude parachute jumping for two people varies from 4000 to 7000. In 2008, Tibetan spring, the champion of skydiving, introduced the sport of double skydiving into China. So parachuting should pay more attention to the hardware facilities and the level of the coach, after all, personal safety is the most important. If you choose a coach, try to choose a domestic professional skydiving coach. This is because many foreign coaches come to China to apply for a tourist visa. If there is a problem, it will be very difficult to pursue responsibility.
Parachute jumping expenses generally include professional parachute instructor with jump, a complete set of parachute jumping equipment, training before parachute jumping, taking photos during parachute jumping and parachute insurance services, etc. when taking photos during parachute jumping, there is a separate charge, including hand-held camera with the parachute instructor and special camera for the third-party parachute jumpers, etc. you can choose according to your own needs.
3. What is the height of skydiving? What are the requirements and restrictions of skydiving on body and age?
The altitude of skydiving in China is 3000 meters, because China's airspace is controlled by the air force, which is currently the highest open airspace. There is no special requirement for skydiving experience. As long as the weight is less than 100kg, no heart disease or hypertension can participate in skydiving experience. At present, Geng Longwu (73 years old), the oldest record maker of Chinese double skydiving created by Xiangda skydiving club, Yin hanzhe (6.5 years old), the youngest record maker of Chinese double skydiving, and Chen Zhou, the first record maker of high-altitude skydiving without lower limbs airplane in China. Of course, there are more than 100 years old grandparents' skydiving records abroad, so as long as you want to jump, you can basically experience the sport of skydiving!
4. How to jump? Skydiving process and the whole skydiving steps
If you want to parachute jump, you need to make an appointment in advance, because domestic parachute jump needs to report the flight plan to the air traffic control department in advance, and the parachute club also needs to provide insurance for the parachute jumpers in advance.
The actual parachute jumping process generally includes the following stages:
In the first stage, the parachute instructor gives about an hour's training to the parachute experimenter;
In the second stage, the parachute instructor and the staff check whether the parachute equipment of the parachute experiencer and the accompanying parachute instructor is up to the standard;
In the third stage, after wearing professional parachute equipment, the parachute jumpers will fly with the coach;
In the fourth stage, after about 20 minutes of flying, you will rise to the altitude of 3000 meters. At the predetermined position, the parachute instructor will take you out of the cabin, allowing you to fully stimulate your free fall for more than 35-45 seconds;
In the fifth stage, when the free fall reaches 1500 meters, the parachute instructor will open the parachute, followed by a huge excitement and pleasure, overlooking the rare panorama of the ground;
In the sixth stage, the parachute instructor and the parachute experimenter land safely together.
5. How long is the skydiving experience?
Skydiving experience for about 30 minutes. It takes about 20 minutes for the plane to rise to 3000 meters. At a height of 3000 meters, the parachute instructor will take you out of the cabin. After 35-45 seconds of free fall, the time varies from person to person. At 1500 meters altitude, the parachute instructor will open the parachute, after 5-8 minutes of free flight, under the control of the instructor, land safely in the predetermined area.
6. Is double skydiving safe? How to ensure safety?
The more dangerous the sport, the better the safety measures. According to the statistics of American skydiving Association, the accident rate of American skydiving is only one in 100000, and all of them are single skydiving accidents. Even so, the accident rate is much lower than that of self driving, bicycle, outdoor crossing and so on. Before sorting out and writing this article, Xiaobian specially consulted the founder of Xiangda skydiving club, the only skydiving champion in China who has been operating for 9 years and has no accidents. He said that skydiving itself is a kind of extreme sport, which is dangerous to some extent. However, the club has made full safety measures, including field support, ground support, air service support, air traffic control, meteorology and tower The plane will not take off until all the support from the ground to the sky is in place.
All parachute equipment worn by the participants are imported from the United States. The main parachute is carefully folded and checked before parachute jumping every day. The standby parachute is folded and checked by professionals every six months. In addition, the professional excellent and experienced jump instructor escorts the parachute. The parachute instructor is responsible for all things in the parachute jumping process to ensure that everything is safe. At the same time, each set of double parachute is divided into main parachute and standby parachute. After the main parachute has problems, the standby parachute can be used to land safely. And the standby parachute is also equipped with a good performance automatic parachute opener (AAD), so that the parachute will be forced to open at a certain height. In the words of the coach, skydiving is safer than crossing the road.
7. Where can I skydive in China? Is there a special skydiving club?
At present, there is only one skydiving club which is approved by the state to be open to the public. Their parachute jumping base is in Anyang Aviation School of the General Administration of sport of the people's Republic of China. The parachute club has also trained the first batch of double parachute jumping coaches in China. The parachute jumping training of the national Parachute Team is also carried out here every year. The 2016 Anyang aviation sports festival is held in the school. The construction of parachute jumping base should take into account the airport, facilities, air traffic control, scheduling and other aspects, so not every place is suitable for the construction of parachute jumping base.