Upon completion of the Tandem jump, you are eligible to enter the Accelerated Freefall program. The Accelerated Freefall program, or "AFF", is an accelerated method of learning freefall skydiving skills. Upon graduation from AFF, the student skydiver has all the basic skydiving skills; can make turns in freefall, do back and front flips, move horizontally to hook up with other jumpers and steer the parachute to a stand-up landing in the target area.

Prior to the first AFF jump the student will receive six hours of ground school instruction and prior to each subsequent jump about a one hour briefing. All jumps are made from 14,500 ft with freefalls of 60 seconds. The student is equipped with their own indidvidual harness and dual parachute system. Both main and reserve are the square type of gliding canopies as used on the Tandem Jump. Each rig is also equipped with an altimeter, automatic activation device (AAD) for the reserve, a radio receiver for assistance from a ground instructor in landing and other safety equipment.

The AFF program can be completed in as few as seven jumps provided the student has mastered the required skills on each jump. On the first three AFF jumps the student is accompanied by two jumpmasters who initially act as "training wheels" to stabilize the student in freefall, observe his progress and correct errors in body position or technique. On the last four AFF jumps, one instructor accompanies the student.

AFF Graduates are eligible to continue working on the first skydiving license, the United States Parachute Association "A" License, which takes about 25 jumps to acquire. The Tennessee Skydiving Center will help you acquire all your skydiving gear at discounted prices.

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