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Seagull61

S/L or not

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Hi,

First post, so excuse me if this is covered somewhere else.

I`ve just landed after a trial tandem jumped and thoroughly enjoyed the rush it gave me. I had intended on doing a S/L course later this month, but am currently doing my flying PPL. So my question is, how much time and commitment is required to progress from the S/L to the A Certificate.......i`m keen, but have a loton my plate at the moment.

Any advice would be most welcome.

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It takes a ton of time to do each. I'd suggest one or the other for now, and add the second activity to your future "to do" list.

Like you, I really wanted to be a pilot and skydiver, but couldn't afford the dollars and time for both. So, I started with a static line program, then did some parachute packing to pay for more skydives, then earned a series of instructor ratings, each helping to pay for more ratings, and more skydives. Finally my skydiving was generating positive summertime income, so I held that money separate from the money from my regular job, and used it exclusively for flying lessons. That approach carried me through private, instrument, commercial, and multi-engine ratings.

You can do it all, but probably not at the same time.
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Tom Buchanan
Instructor Emeritus
Comm Pilot MSEL,G
Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

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I did both at the same time. It is expensive to do it that way. I had a certain amount of money available and I had to spread it to two very expensive sports.

My budget back then was 5 jumps and one hour of flight a week. There were times I could not fly because I needed that money to jump, and times I could not jump because I needed that money to fly.

It can be done. It just requires effort and not allowing yourself to abuse a credit card.

The actual lessons didn't hurt each other. Maybe they helped each other since all my life was spent at an airport.

But only you know you. Some people need to focus on only one thing. And I can tell you that doing more helps. So two hours a week of flying or 10 jumps a week will let you learn faster.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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Take Tom Buch's advice.
Finish your pilot's license, then resume skydiving.
Both activities require a lot of time.
I did four jumps, then concentrated on earning my private pilot license over the winter.
Along the way I picked up all the skydiving and rigging ratings.
Now I am trying to complete my commercial pilot license. My greatest challenge is the written exam.

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