Show Student Describes ri es Skydiving Feeling As Float Not Drop There is no feeling of falling or dropping in parachute jumping jumping- just a feeling of floating explained Jim Sandberg a student of Architectural Architectural Architectural Archi Archi- Drafting who is a qualified skydiver Skydiving as a sport is catching on rapidly throughout the country When I started jumping I was told that if falling through the air with perfect control and being able to guide myself in flight excited me I should try skydiving said Jim It did so he tried it In skydiving explained Jim the procedure requires the d i v e r to obey signals from the ground ground to to execute right turns left turns back flips and land as close as possible to toan toan toan an X Y 16 feet across Since a body falls at approximately approximately approximately feet per second all controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled diving must be performed within 30 seconds The only way you can tell you are falling is to look off to the side at the mountains and watch vatch them rise because you cant can't see anything get larger looking straight down asserts Jim At most places equipment costs from 80 to for this sport Jumps usually cost each and equipment can be rented My wife doesn't like it said the skydiver but she wants me to jump as long as I enjoy it |