In the coming weeks/next two months in our holiday till our GCSE results get back, me and a few (I emphisis the term few) friends are planning a day out skydiving.
I know the experience isn't cheap but we've managed somehow to get decent paying jobs ect. The main thing I want to ask is if anyone here has had an experience in skydiving or would be able to offer any advice in techniques what could come in handy.
We have chose to do a static-line drop so it's just us with no help guiding us down (Okay... it's also cheaper ) so any tips on guiding a chute down to a marker would be greatfully appreciated

The only advice i can give you is listen to what the instructors tell you.

I assume that you will be given a full days training the day before the jump, so they will give you all the info you need a lot of places have ground control who will talk you down anyways.

All I can say is just enjoy the indrenalin rush

I have never tried skydiving myself, but would definatley give it a go, I'm afraid of heights too...

BUT, I am an expert in the field of another type of diving....

Guiding a chute down will depend on the type of chute used, but for a first drop you will be given all the training to your instructors satisfaction before you even leave the ground!!
Have fun it's one hell of a rush.

P.s. the cheapest way to jump is not static line, all you need to BASE is a chute and something high enough to jump off!!

I did a static line jump about 20 years ago, after a weekend and on-site training.

There were many first time jumpers. Some landed in trees, one landed on the runway and a landing plane had to turn back up. Another landed on a cow.

I landed very close to the main building where we were kitted out, but nearly hit a fence and overshot the landing zone by about 50 metres.

My exit from the plane was very bad. I had one arm out, and one in, and did a spin which caused the opened chute to tangle. Luckily, it untangled itself pretty quick, and the steering was fairly simple albeit difficult to judge exactly where the ground was.

The ground rush comes a lot faster than you expect. You think you have more time for last minute manouvres, but you don't. Once the ground starts rushing be prepared for impact within seconds.

Face it Macky, you want in because of the Cow bit