This was a British Army Adventurous Training expedition organised by the Royal Engineers. John helped to train and jump with the sixteen A...
It has however developed into the safest way to learn and the majority of skydivers today started jumping on an AFF course, it is now an internationally recognised system used by most professional skydiving instructors. The beauty of the system is that it can be adapted to suit the pace and needs of the individual student. AFF is a great way to learn and is lots of fun because your first jump is a whole 50 seconds of freefall from 15000ft with two instructors holding onto you. Of course you will be nervous, but don’t forget every jumper, no matter how experienced, started as a student, so we know how you feel.
I first had the pleasure of working with John when i organised a military AFF expedition to Lake Elsinore, California in March for 10 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade. I was put in contact with John through a colleague in the Army when he found out that I was looking for instructors for the expedition....
