Author: Skydive Spaceland Dallas
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Which Way to Track? (Breakoff Series Part 4)
There’s a uniquely confusing time in a new skydiver’s life where they may not be at all sure which way to track at breakoff. This may not be due to them being stupid; it could actually be the result of being very WELL coached as a student. Imagine you are this new skydiver. You’re recently…
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Don’t Chop Your Fingers!
What’s most important, an on-heading opening or a fully open canopy? (Video follows article) Many manufacturing industries educate their employees about hand safety, especially when they have to work around heavy machinery. We don’t tend to talk about hand safety too much in skydiving, other than to recommend not wearing rings that can get hooked…
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Don’t Be Late for Your Date!
We’re all adults here, and we all know that showing up late for a date can make you miss out on… well, whatever you had planned! 😳 Your date with the airplane for a skydive is no different, and few of us ever miss that! However, there are a LOT of skydivers who can be…
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Skydive. Refer Friends. Make More Money to Skydive. REPEAT!
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Want a few free skydives? Tell your friends to come skydive with us! Every single new tandem skydiver you send our way gets YOU $30 on your jump account! That’s a free skydive if you’re licensed, or $30 towards your next skydive if not! There are a few ways we can help you get the…
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Tandem Product Info
A Tandem skydive adventure allows you to experience the thrill of a lifetime! Jump out of a perfectly good airplane from up to 14,000 feet! Freefall at 120 mph! Jump harnessed to an experienced instructor after a brief class Pull your own ripcord for a peaceful, 5-minute parachute flight and a soft, on-target landing Get…
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Video Info
Don’t forget to capture your tandem skydiving adventure forever with our professionally edited high-resolution (1080p) video of your jump set to your choice of music style! Let us document your skydive so you can relive your experience of a lifetime with friends and family (and prove that you actually did it)! No matter which package you choose,…
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Group Rates Table
Group size Weekday (reg. $249) Weekend (reg. $279) 5-9 people ($20 off) $229 $259 10-19 people ($30 off) Organizer jumps for $99! $219 $249 20+ people ($40 off) Organizer jumps FREE! $209 $239
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How to Pick Up Your Canopy
Hey, new skydiver! Do you feel confused when picking your gear up off the field? Do you constantly hear “YOU’RE DRAGGING!” being shouted from across the landing area? Do you want to look more like a PRO on your way in?! There’s a whole lot of information thrown at you as a new skydiver, and…
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Parachute Landing Patterns Explained
Have you ever struggled to understand what a parachute landing pattern is and how to modify it for different wind conditions? Check out this video! (Another fantastic edit by Nick Lott!)
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Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Runway
When we were kids, pretty much everyone who took care of us taught us to look both ways before crossing any street. Right? This was probably one of the rare pieces of advice most of us didn’t challenge too much, because no one wants to get hit by a car! Why, then, do we not…
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New Landing Hazard at Spaceland Dallas
UPDATE (10/10/22): We now have a secure gate on our side to access this area (in the southwest corner, the one closest to the hangar). It’s still not ideal to land here for sure, but we should be able to get you out without too much trouble. We would still recommend avoiding this area when…
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Super Caravan Seating
TL:DR–Skip to the video! Airplanes are a lot like people–individual (sometimes ridiculously so) in their needs and tolerances. For example, you can safely get away with sitting far back in the cabin of the Super Otter, but not so much in the Super Caravan. This is the reason for a recent policy change in how…
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Unlimited Jump Package Survival Guide (Dallas)
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Welcome! We look forward to making ALL the jumps with you, ALL YEAR LONG!!! Here are a few tips about Skydive Spaceland Dallas that you might find useful if you are moving here from afar. Slots are limited each year, so… Get your unlimited jump package before it’s gone! Drop Zone Address/Contact Info, Mail/Shipping Skydive…
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It’s YOUR Job to Avoid Aircraft!
Remember the Smokey the Bear public information campaign with the slogan, “Only YOU can prevent forest fires?” The idea was to remind us that we all bear personal responsibility for avoiding this dangerous situation. (See what I did there? 🙂 ) Flying parachutes puts us in a similar situation that requires each of us to…
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The provided address does not match the billing address for the cardholder. What??
If you’re reading this, chances are you tried to buy something here and received this error message: “The provided address does not match the billing address for the cardholder.” Please do not continue to submit the transaction without fixing the error! This message is telling you that either the numeric part of the street address…
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19 Things You Want to Know About Tandem Skydiving
You’re thinking about trying skydiving. Or maybe a friend/family member is. Or maybe you just need a few minutes’ break from work or your amazingly awful blind date, and this article sounded like the perfect activity to kill time while you’re hiding out in the bathroom. Let’s have some fun with this! These are the…
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American Revolution Boogie 2018
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Get ready for a whole lot of awesome skydiving July 6-8, 2018! Whether you’re a first-time jumper or you have thousands of jumps under your belt, you’ll have a blast at the annual American Revolution Boogie! We have extra aircraft (and we’re working on more), tons of organizers, a kick-butt fireworks show, and even trapeze…
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Manifest General Reminders
If you find yourself at the dropzone, you will most likely be spending some time in the manifest office. With the rapid rate of growth that Skydive Spaceland has been experiencing, we want to spread the word on some general reminders and guides for manifesting and sharing the space of the office. Manifest Basics What…
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Dallas Super Cup 2017 Scores
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Done!! Videos are FINALLY being posted…click on team’s final score to view all 6 rounds Click here to see FaceBook Event Page 4-Way FS AA Class Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Average Babes On Our Bellies 9 10 8 9 11 13 60 10 Dallas InterSpeediate…
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Scott Latinis Joins Skydive Spaceland Team as Organizing and Events Director
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Skydive Spaceland is thrilled to announce the full-time addition of longtime competitive skydiver Scott Latinis to the Skydive Spaceland team as Organizing and Events Director. “My parents will be so thrilled that I got a real job,” Latinis jokes. “But seriously, it’s a really great thing to be able to work in and give back…
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Turbulence and Skydiving: What You Don’t See Can Kill You
Air turbulence can partially or completely collapse a skydiver’s canopy, causing injury or worse. Avoid it at all costs!
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Skydive Spaceland Military Transition Program
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At Skydive Spaceland, we love our active and retired military service men and women! We greatly appreciate your service to our country, and we’d like to welcome you to our training program to transition military-trained skydivers to the civilian skydiving world. This program is now available at all Skydive Spaceland locations—Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Ga.; Dallas/Fort…
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Weekdays Rock for Skydiver Training (STP)!
Weekends are definitely the most popular days for our Skydiver Training Program–of course, because that’s when most people are off work! However, as you might know we are open 7 days a week. If you have any availability to jump on weekdays, you might enjoy weekday skydiving training even more! Why? Overall slower pace of…
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Breakoff Series Part 3: Video Takes the Center, High
It’s a super cool shot to get when you’re flying outside video above a skydiving formation–that shot when the outside camera flyer (who is filming the jump without being a part of the formation) drops into the center as the formation breaks away, probably turning in place to watch everyone track far and fast before deploying.…
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Breakoff Series Part 2: Flat Tracking
Tracking away from other skydivers well is one of the most vital survival skills a skydiver can have. No matter what kind of freefall skydive you do, unless it’s a Mr. Bill or a solo, you will be tracking to achieve horizontal separation from the other people you are skydiving with before deploying your parachute.…
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Breakoff Safety Series
As skydivers who want to skydive again (and again, and again…), we tend to pay attention to the highest risk areas for our skydives to make them as safe as possible. We learn as students how to fly and land our parachutes safely, and we take canopy courses to get even better at it. We…
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Breakoff Series Part 1: Planning Breakoff and Tracking
Revised August 2015 Before you hop in the plane for your next jump, here’s some food for thought on safety: Plan your breakoff and tracking just as carefully as you plan the freefall part of your jump. This part of the jump is often neglected because it comes after “the good stuff,” but it is…
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Red Light, Green Light, No Light?
Quick! What do you do if you are on jump run, the green light has been turned on, and then the green light goes out (either the red light comes back on or the green light simply turns off)? Assume the light is broken and proceed with your climbout and skydive. Flip the spotting switch…
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Skydiver Training Tip: That First Hop and Pop
Is it about time for your first hop and pop (low-altitude emergency exit simulation) in our Skydiver Training Program? If you’re like most skydiving students, chances are you are more nervous about this jump than most of your full-altitude skydives! The lower exit altitude combined with the 5-second maximum deployment time, and possibly your first…
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Skydiver Training Tip: Finding Your Match
When you get ready to skydive for the first time, you put the ultimate trust in your instructor. You trust that person to gear you up, give you the freefalling time of your life, and deliver you softly back to the real world on the ground. The relationship between first-time student and instructor is an…