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Did you get your schooling there?

So I decided I am going to go to CSC early next spring for AFF. Just wondering anybody that goes there a lot or any instructors from there could give me some info on the place. Good vibe? Whats the school like? Any advice or tips I should know? Just excited to get started and it would be cool to get to know some people that go there and hear some first hand knowledge about the place.

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Great advice. I'll go this weekend to check one out. Thank You.

My wife acts like she is ok with it. She actually went with me on the fist tandem. Once I actually start going to AFF I think it will be a different story. She has already asked " What's the point of all this? Why can't you just go tandem once in awhile?" I told her it's not just the thrill of jumping, it's accomplishing something bigger, it's learning new things, making new friends, and following through with one of my dreams of actually flying, not just falling but flying. It's the one thing I can have that's just for me.

I'll be a weekend jumper as well so thats good to hear! I have 2 younger children and a wife at home so "balance" is the key to my life. I finally realized it's okay to do somethings just for myself once in awhile that make me happy. I decided to stop dreaming and start doing.

Thanks for all the replies, it made me feel a lot better about the decision I'm making. I will for sure take up a discipline once I'm confident in the basics.

I've gone on 2 tandem jumps and planning on getting my A-license next spring. I tend to jump into a passion 100% and then I get bored of them very quickly. Is it even possible skydiving could end up like this to some people?

LOL. That's after I've already dropped 30lbs so I could go skydiving to begin with. Just being realistic, I know I could get down to that weight its just keeping it off the whole time. I like to enjoy my beers on the weekend!!

Skydive Midwest in Sturtevant, Wi. I can't go there because there weight limit for students is 225lbs. I'm 6'1 237llbs,CSC and SDC weight limits are 240lbs. I really liked it at Skydive Midwest though.

My second one I did turns and he let me pull. No altimeter though, he gave me the sign to pull.

Hello, I'm 32 years old man that just jumped twice tandem in the last month, I'm hooked!! I loved every second of it, even when we had a line twist on my second one, for some reason I wasn't nervous about it since I new what it was and I have been researching skydiving everyday! I am going to go to a school to get licensed next year and posted a question on the General Questions already. Here it is.... Hoping you can help me out. I've been on a tandem jump twice in the last month. I'm going to get my A-license next year hopefully. There's 2 choices I have for schools...First one is CSC ( Chicagoland skydiving center ) and the other is Skydive Chicago. CSC is an hour away from me and SDC is about an hour and a half away. I've heard that SDC is better training because they do AFP training and CSC does AFF. Should I go to the dropzone that is closer to my home where I'll most likely jump at when I am licensed or go to SCD because of there AFP program? Thanks

Hi everyone, hoping you can help me out. I've been on a tandem jump twice in the last month. I'm going to get my A-license next year hopefully. There's 2 choices I have for schools...First one is CSC ( Chicagoland skydiving center ) and the other is Skydive Chicago. CSC is an hour away from me and SDC is about an hour and a half away. I've heard that SDC is better training because they do AFP training and CSC does AFF. Should I go to the dropzone that is closer to my home where I'll most likely jump at when I am licensed or go to SCD because of there AFP program? Thanks

Hi all, hoping you can help me out. I've been on a tandem jump twice in the last month. I'm going to get my A-license next year hopefully. There's 2 choices I have for schools...First one is CSC ( Chicagoland skydiving center ) and the other is Skydive Chicago. CSC is an hour away from me and SDC is about an hour and a half away. I've heard that SDC is better training because they do AFP training and CSC does AFF. Should I go to the dropzone that is closer to my home where I'll most likely jump at when I am licensed or go to SCD because of there AFP program? Thanks