Ray’s first skydive.

See also my MOTION PICTURE video of this same skydive (uploaded 14 June 2008).

Teaching technique is “Accelerated Freefall” (AFF) in which two instructors hold on to either side of you until you deploy your chute, and you control your own descent under canopy. (Different from tandem jumping in which you’re affixed to an instructor all the way to the ground.)

See U.S. Parachute Association,
http://www.uspa.org/

Yes, it’s exciting.

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