Finally, after 365 days of not skydiving, we got Amber back in the sky for her recurrency jump! The United States Parachute Association sets recommendations for skydivers "currency," which basically means how active they are in the sport.
If you jump regularly, you're considered current. If you haven't jumped in a while, they suggest refresher training appropriate for your skydiving history. If you've got 1,000 jumps, you probably don't need as much refresher training as someone who has 30 jumps.
Anyway here are the basic considerations for doing a recurrency jump.
A License holders who haven't done a jump within the previous 60 days should do at least one jump with a USPA Instructional Rating holder (usually a coach). For B licenses, that extends to 90 days. For C & D Licenses, 180 days.
After long layoffs, like a year, skydivers should do more refresher training. We reviewed jump run, spotting to make sure your exit point and freefall drift would take you back to the dropzone, and calculating ground speed of the aircraft so you can communicate exit separation. Then we reviewed the Check of 3's: your 3-ring release, 3 harness strap cinch points, and your 3 handles. I had Amber deploy at 4,000 feet so she could do some practice flares, and we reviewed packing the canopy a little as well since it had been so long.
If there had been any changes in dropzone procedure, or new flight patterns, I would've gone over that as well.
At any rate, she did a great job and it's nice to have my sky buddy back.
Thanks for watching, we'll see you next time!
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