www.epco.aero de Parachutisme de Château-d'Oex , 1660 Château-d'Oex
n this course, you can learn how to skydive alone through a series of seven jumps. At the end of the training, you will know how to: exit the plane, freefall in a stable position for one minute, perform a number of basic figures, open the parachute at the correct altitude, pilot the parachute, land and fold the parachute. The course begins with two sessions of theory, then on to the plane. For the first three jumps you are accompanied by two instructors. Begining from the first jump you have your own parachute (contrary to tandem) and are held during freefall by the instructors. You are taught how to open the parachute and are coached through the landing by radio assistance. As the course leads you progressively towards freefall alone, in the second jump you are only held by one instructor. For the third jump, both instructors release you and they simply remain by your side. For the remaining four jumps, you are accompanied by only one instructor and begin to discover the various movements (barrel rolls, back loops, front loops, etc…) that freefall allows. And then? At t
