Fly With Your Own Wings

Skydiving! It's not just falling but the thrill of free unencumbered horizontal flight. Sport parachuting today is not rough and tumble. New equipment and new training techniques let you advance quickly to graceful freefall, swift and controlled canopy flight, and smooth and easy tip-toe landings. This all new, sixth revised edition covers every phase of beginning-to-intermediate skydiving from instruction to equipment and more.

Author Dan Poynter has earned virtually every license and rating in his 30 years of skydiving. He has generously shared his vast experience by writing this and eight other books and over 400 articles on the subject.

Experience is a tough teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson after Now you may benefit from the training, experi- ence and expertise of Dan Poynter and the 12 other experts who contributed to this book.

-William H. Ottley, Executive Director United States Parachute Association

This is a handbook and a reference book that will help you in every phase of skydiving. It is a book you will refer to again and again.

-Eric Roggenkamp, President Canadian Sport Parachuting Association

Complete, accurate and up-to-date, this book should be studied by every skydiver and potential skydiver. Fortunately, it is also fun to read.

-Dan Tarasievich, President Parachute Industry Association

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