Just like holding your hand out the car window, you can feel the resistance of the wind pushing against your hand and you can move it all around without losing the tension. Positioned belly-to-Earth, your body is supported by wind resistance so you have some control and can intentionally maneuver. Like a dream-come-true, freefall is flying not falling. We covered the feeling of the plane exit, so let’s talk about freefall. Everyone wears a seatbelt and everyone gets a window seat, meaning you can take in the Puget Sound, Cascade and Olympic Mountain ranges, Seattle skyline, Victoria, and the San Juan Islands. All of our pilots hold a Commercial Pilot certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The ride up to altitude in our Enhanced Cessna 182 or Cessna Grand Caravan is smoother than a commercial airline flight. Your goggles will be as tight as is comfortable to keep them from sliding up during freefall – especially important for those who wear glasses. We’ll kit you out with a pair of goggles that will protect your eyes and let you keep them wide open so you can take in the glory of the Snohomish River Valley. Frap hats keep your hair out of your instructor’s face, provides abrasion protection should you need it, and keeps your ears warm and shielded from the noise of the wind. Secured with a chin strap, it’s not the most becoming of accessories, but it’s important. Frap HatĮvery tandem student wears a leather cap called a frap hat. The harness will feel snug or even tight when standing and in freefall, but it’ll appear somewhat loose on the shoulders while sitting and in the aircraft. Tandem jumpers wear a harness comprised of pads and straps that securely attach the student to the instructor. Your jumpsuit will be worn over your street clothes and can be snug or slightly roomy depending on what’s most comfortable for you.
Now that we have that puzzle piece in the right place in your mind, let’s talk about the other things you’ll physically feel during your jump: JumpsuitĮveryone who jumps with us at Skydive Snohomish wears a jumpsuit – zip-up coveralls made especially for skydiving. To put that in perspective, you’d likely experience more acceleration trying to merge a 1970’s VW Beetle onto the freeway. When you exit the aircraft, your body accelerates 40 MPH over a period of 10 seconds until you hit freefall speed of 120 MPH. Here’s why: the plane is already moving at 80-90 MPH. We love a good roller coaster, but we’re happy to report that skydiving cannot be compared to either of those experiences. People generally think that skydiving freefall will feel like one of two things – falling like a stone to Earth, or that drop in your stomach you get on a roller coaster.
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