uspa a-license program
Skydive Raleigh specializes in training new students how to safely skydive using the United States Parachute Association’s Integrated Student Program. The program starts with our First Jump Course (FJC), which typically takes 4-6 hours, during which you will learn about the equipment, the physics of flying a canopy, and how to do so safely. You will then make your first jump, typically the same day as your FJC, with two Accelerated Free-Fall instructors to help you meet your category A advancement criteria. Please see a description below of each category’s advancement criteria on your road to earning your USPA A-License.
aff syllabus
Solo Jumps
Instructors: None
Advancement Criteria:
coach jumps
Coach jumps begin after you have been cleared by your AFF instructor(s) for self-supervised skydiving. Your USPA Coach helps you refine and practice advanced techniques to safely skydive in group skydiving maneuvers. Additionally, a USPA coach can assist students in working on any skills still not accomplished on their A-License progression card to ensure that once a student is ready for their check-dive and licensing, they do not still need additional jumps to meet A-License criteria. Since every student’s capacity to learn and perform their advancement criteria in the AFF syllabus is different, a specific number of coach jumps is not required, but all students must successfully complete at least 25 jumps to be eligible for a USPA A-license. If a student doesn’t need to redo any AFF category jumps, the typical number of coach jumps in the program will be 12.