Skydiving and parachute jumping in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
UPDATE: We are making a lot of progress with getting access to this fenced area in case people land here! For starters, they will leave a section of the chainlink fence down until after the boogie, so you’ll be able to walk out if you land here until that fence goes up. At that point, …
Welcome to Dive Flow 15 in Skydive Spaceland’s Skydiver Training Program. On your 15th solo jump, you will demonstrate to your instructor that you have the skills for that A license! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 14 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Student’s choice exit (pick one you have confidence in) 360-degree turns both …
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Welcome to Dive Flow 14 in Skydive Spaceland’s Skydiver Training Program. On your 14th solo jump, you will practice skills you learned on earlier jumps with your instructor’s guidance. Previous Dive: Dive Flow 13 Your freefall objectives for this skydive may include: Tracking Side sliding Swoop and docks Flips Barrel rolls 6500 feet break off …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your 13th “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will continue to practice swooping down to dock on your instructor, and you’ll also work on side sliding. Relax and have fun! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 12 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Diving …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your twelfth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will work on your diving exit along with swooping down to dock on your instructor. Relax and have fun! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 11 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Diving exit Swoop and …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your eleventh “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will work on controlling your fall rate (speeding up and down), continue to develop a more powerful track, initiate your ‘break-off’ from the jump, and scan your airspace before deploying the main parachute by 4,500′. …
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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 …
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. Buy before it’s gone! Drop Zone Address/Contact Info Skydive Spaceland Dallas 1039 Private Road 438 Whitewright, TX 75491 (903) 364-5103 …
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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 …
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.” What do you do now? Please do not continue to submit the transaction without fixing the error! Call us at 903-364-5103 during normal business hours (8 …
Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your tenth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will float out, docked with your instructor, and work on tracking flatter and farther!!!!! Relax and have fun! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 9 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Compressed accordion exit Perpendicular heading …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your ninth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will dive out docked with your instructor and start working on forward movement and backsliding!!!!! Relax and have fun! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 8 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Compressed accordion exit Delta …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your eighth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will dive out solo and practice front and back flips!!!!! Relax and have fun! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 7 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Diving exit Back flips and front flips Pre-deployment scan …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your seventh “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will exit solo and practice barrel rolls. Relax and have fun! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 6 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Solo poised exit Barrel rolls Pre-deployment scan Deploy the main parachute at …
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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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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 …
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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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your sixth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will practice turns, forward movement, and docking on your instructor. It’s getting real now! 🙂 Previous Dive: Dive Flow 5 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Team poised exit Maintaining altitude awareness 360° lower-body …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your fifth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will practice turns, forward movement, and your instructor will dock on you. Previous Dive: Dive Flow 4 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Team poised exit Maintaining altitude awareness 360° turns Forward movement to …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your fourth “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will practice turns and forward movement. It’s time to start really flying! Previous Dive: Dive Flow 3 Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Team poised exit Maintaining altitude awareness Arched body position Two 90° turns Forward movement/heading …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your third “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will practice deploying your parachute, stable freefall, and altitude awareness. Your goal is to fly smoothly and stable so you can earn your release from your instructor, truly skydiving solo for the first time! Previous …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your second “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will practice deploying your parachute, stable freefall, team turns with your instructor, and altitude awareness. Watch the video to see how it’s done! Previous Dive Flows: Dive Flow 1 Your freefall objectives for this skydive …
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Welcome to Skydive Spaceland’s exclusive, innovative Skydiver Training Program! On your first “solo” skydive, wearing your own parachute system, you will practice deploying your parachute, stable freefall, and altitude awareness. Your freefall objectives for this skydive are: Proper climbout and exit Maintaining altitude awareness Arched body position 2 practice handle throws Identify the dropzone Deploy …
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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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Air turbulence can partially or completely collapse a skydiver’s canopy, causing injury or worse. Avoid it at all costs!
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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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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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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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. …