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Skydiving

Skydiving is an air sport in which jumpers exit an aircraft or suitable aerial platform, perform freefall or canopy tasks, and land safely in a designated landing area.

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Classification

Category Air sport

Family Air Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Air sport takes place in airspace, wind tunnels, dropzones or airfield settings and requires clear safety, weather and training rules.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who take height, technique, structured training and mandatory safety routines seriously.

Cost No uniform estimate: course, dropzone/airfield, licence path and rental or specialist equipment must be checked locally. Recurring costs depend on jumps, flight time, training, insurance, club and personal equipment. Club or federation dues do not replace safety, training or licence requirements. Air sport is safety-critical; training, equipment and weather…

First progress A supervised first experience can be quick; independent routine takes training and many repetitions.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

recognised school or club
briefing and supervision
appropriate air-sport or wind-tunnel equipment
weather/airspace clearance by discipline

First steps

check a local club or operator
book an introductory briefing or course
learn safety and equipment rules
train under supervision first

Air-sport club, dropzone, wind tunnel, flight school or federation pathway.

Train only with qualified supervision, approved equipment and suitable weather/airspace conditions.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Parachuting, Skydiving

Tags skydiving, air-sport, luftsport, fallschirmspringen, fallschirmspringen-skydiving, parachuting, skydiving-parachuting, skydiving-fallschirmspringen

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Depending on discipline, the objective is precise formations, accuracy, flight line, speed, distance, or safe canopy control.

Teilnehmer

Individuals, teams, formations, canopy, and wingsuit classes.

Teamgröße

Individuals or teams by discipline, such as 4-way/8-way formation skydiving.

Spielfeld

Airspace, exit aircraft, freefall area, canopy flight area, and landing zone.

Dauer

Jump run with exit, freefall/working time, deployment, and landing.

Wertung

Judges score formations, points, accuracy distance, time, distance, speed, or freestyle execution.

Gewinnbedingung

Victory comes by highest score, lowest accuracy distance, or best performance by discipline.

Ausrüstung

parachute system
reserve
AAD
helmet
altimeter
jumpsuit
aircraft/landing zone

Wichtige Regelpunkte

separation violation
wrong formation
equipment breach
landing/airspace violation
time/working error

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

FAI Skydiving Commission (ISC)

Your First Skydive United States Parachute Association · official-beginner-guide · medium
Skydiver's Information Manual United States Parachute Association · official-manual · medium
Competition Rules Section 5 Federation Aeronautique Internationale · official-rulebook-index · medium
Topend Sports Topend Sports · aggregator · medium
Britannica Britannica · encyclopedia · high