Artistic
Events – changes to freefly licence
requirements
The
Artistic Events committee members of
the SSA have put a lot of work into
updating and amending the C and D licence
requirements for freeflying. It was
felt, even by proficient freeflyers,
that the D licence jumps were extremely
difficult to achieve. These changes
are effective immediately and will be
reflected in the next update of the
PASA Manual of Procedures scheduled
to be lodged with the Civil Aviation
Authority during the course of this
year.
Overview
of the changes:
The old D licence jump requirements
fall away completely.
The old C licence jump requirements
become the new D licence jump requirements.
All new C licence jump requirements
have been set as follows:
Jump
requirement 1
Unlinked exit, face-off, hand dock,
forward loop, backloop, cartwheel, hand
dock.
Jump
requirement 2
Unlinked exit, face-off, hand dock,
over under, face-off, hand dock, head
up orbit once (at least 180 degrees).
Jump
requirement 3
Back track with coach/competent freeflyer
in close proximity with video footage
of the jump.
To
apply for a C or D licence in freefly,
video footage of the relevant jumps
must be presented to a member of the
current AE sub committee or an authorised
discipline signatory (as determined
by the AE sub committee). Your Chief
Instructor will need to be shown this
approval when signing off on your licence
application.
Freeflyers
who have the current C licence will
not need to repeat the jumps when applying
for a D licence if they can present
footage of the previously successfully
completed jumps to the sub committee
or authorised discipline signatory.
