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Jumping tandem is pretty much the best way for beginners to get a taste of skydiving! You'll be securely attached to a skilled instructor, and then you'll both jump out of the airplane together. No...
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Tandem Skydiving Versus Solo Skydiving If you are reading this, we are assuming you’re ready to skydive – congrats! This article will touch on solo skydiving questions, like how to skydive solo, ...
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Skydiving is an uplifting, soul-nourishing experience that boasts many physical, mental, and emotional health benefits that will leave you feeling superhuman even hours after the jump is over. But if...
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For your first time skydiving, you may not even think about what altitude you’ll be jumping from or why it even matters. The truth is, skydiving from any altitude is pretty darn amazing – but we...
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Night Skydiving   Jumping out of an airplane conjures images of sunshine, open skies, and warm weather. But are these the only conditions suitable for skydiving? Can you skydive at...
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You’ve dreamed of flying. We know you have because we’ve dreamed of flying too (still do!). You’ve dreamed of soaring through the sky, feeling the rush of adrenaline and the wind in your hair. ...
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Being a full-time skydiving instructor is the dream gig, but it doesn’t come as easy as you may think! Being a skydiving instructor means getting paid to be a certified badass, but it also means...
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After you book your first time skydiving experience, you might not even be wondering about the type of aircraft you’ll be jumping out of – I mean you’re just using it to jump from it, right!? But the...
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We want you to be fully prepared when it comes to making your first tandem skydive at Skydive Danielson. Comfortability is one of the biggest factors that can affect your entire skydiving experience. ...
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What Are The Differences In Skydiving Licenses And What Can I Do With Each One?  If you’ve made a tandem skydive and can’t wait for more freefalling fun, you’re probably wondering: what’s next? ...
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Skydiving is one of the most thrilling experiences a person can have. Jumping out of a plane and freefalling through the wide-open sky is an experience unlike any other! Naturally, the thought of...
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It is said that about 75% of adults use some sort of vision correction, with a projected 164 million American adults wearing glasses (according to The Vision Council). That is why “can you wear...
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You can bet that when it comes to skydiving prices, you get what you pay for. Not all dropzones are created equal and require a bit of research before choosing which dropzone to jump at, especially...
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Were you bitten by the skydiving bug? Are you ready to go beyond the tandem skydive? How can you skydive alone? We got you!    Nothing makes us more excited than to hear that someone is...
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Skydiving weather is notorious for being the biggest letdown EVER on the day of your big jump. While weather conditions for skydiving are typically favorable (or else we’d never be able to skydive!), ...
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Alright, listen up! Class is in session. Today’s physics lesson is… skydiving terminal velocity! SKYDIVING TERMINAL VELOCITY Skydiving terminal velocity is the constant speed that an object (or...
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Yes, there is a skydiving season, especially here in New England where it gets quite nippy in the wintertime! The idea of skydiving through snowflakes might sound like a winter wonderland, but it...
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Stepping out of your comfort zone is empowering and exhilarating, but walking into an unknown situation can be stressful. Your first skydive is no exception - the experience is new and like nothing...
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What Is a Tandem Skydive? You’ve probably met someone who’s gone skydiving before, or maybe you’ve even thought of making the leap yourself. When people talk about their first jump, they are...
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Can you breathe when skydiving? Of course! We want your experience with us to take your breath away, but not literally!  People often ask us how to breathe when skydiving, and the answer is simple:...
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Imagine an experience that combines practicing mindfulness, an increase in serotonin and adrenaline (at the same time!), and support from the best community on planet earth…that’s how we would...
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Although tandem skydiving is one of the most accessible forms of skydiving for first-time jumpers, you must be in relatively good physical condition to participate. While we would love to share our...
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Is there a weight limit for tandem skydiving?        The skydiving weight limit can be a somewhat controversial topic. We promise that the reasons for these weight restrictions are for safety...
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Our #1 answer to get the best skydiving pics? Be yourself! Don’t worry, we’ll tell you our top tips and tricks to achieve the perfect skydiving face, but we promise that when skydiving pictures show...
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If you’re asking “how old do you need to be to skydive?” then you’re probably right on the cusp! Here at Skydive Danielson, we are a proud member of the United States Parachute Association (USPA), ...
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It is completely normal to worry about these potentially embarrassing situations if you are planning to skydive for the first time. Puking, screaming, and involuntarily urinating are common fears for...
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Extreme Leaf Peeping Fall is just around the corner, and you know what that means. It's time to start planning your iconic leaf peeping road trip through New England! But how can you make the...
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Skydiving and Alcohol Should you drink alcohol before skydiving? To put it simply, no. Although it is perfectly normal to worry about falling to the ground from an altitude of 14,000 feet, ...
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Covid-19 - What Are Our Skydivers Up To? We are all going through challenging times right now with Coronavirus information everywhere. Skydive Danielson would like to share good news and take some...
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Coronavirus & Skydiving We have many customers and staff members who are working hard right now to protect us all. Skydive Danielson would like to extend our gratitude towards all of you! Thanks...
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Coronavirus & Skydiving We are all going through crazy times right now and we want to take a second and give a big shout out to all the medical workers on the front lines. Skydive Danielson would...
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¿En qué condiciones climáticas puedo saltar en paracaídas? El mal tiempo en el paracaidismo resulta en clientes tristes u frustrados que no pueden saltar en paracaídas. Como un negocio en la...
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Top Ten Skydiving Myths De-Bunked! Skydiving is a sport that is often portrayed in the media very differently than it happens in real life. Since the average person does not know that much about...
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What Is It About Skydiving That Makes People Crave It? There's an endless amount of reasons as to why someone would choose to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Is it mostly for the freedom or...
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Is It Possible To Do A Tandem Skydive In New England In The Winter?  Skydiving centers in the New England area are all seasonal and are closed during the winter months. Most skydiving centers are...
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Is your second time tandem skydiving still fun?  If you're reading this chances are you've already made your first tandem skydive and you're thinking of booking your second jump. Well, first...
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Three Things You Need To Consider If You Want To Learn How To Skydive Did you love your first tandem skydive so much that you wanted to learn to skydive? It's common for people to want to...
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Skydiving In The Fall In New England Not only is Fall one of the greatest seasons of New England simply for the pure joy of indulging in all the Pumpkin Spice Latte's, but when it comes to...
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Can I Bring My Children To Watch Me Skydive? Children are always welcome at the dropzone, but some factors might make you think twice about it. With weather delays especially, both the child and...
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What Skydiving Taught Me About Fear One thing we should all remember about fear, is that it's just a state of mind! You're only limited to what your fears tell you you're limited to! Skydiving...
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What Skydiving Feels Like: The In's And Out's Of  Your Tandem Experience   In all honesty, when we sit back and think about the feeling you get from skydiving, we can't exactly say it's a...
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Where Is The Best Place For Me To Learn To Skydive? Here at Skydive Danielson we have an excellent Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) Program. We take a lot of pride and satisfaction in this program and...
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Will Smith's Bucket List: Tandem Skydiving  We all have a soft spot for this guy, right?! He is just AWESOME. We think it's pretty incredible that he is completing this adventurous and...
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Top Five Tips On How To Prepare For Your Tandem Skydive Nervous for your tandem skydive? Look no further. Here are five helpful tips to get you ready for your first skydive!      Wear...
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Your Tandem Skydive Timeline Explained One of the most frequently asked questions from first time tandem skydivers is, "How long will my whole skydiving experience take"? Fret no more, we are here...
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Outdoor Skydiving Vs. Indoor Skydiving Explained Trying to go on a new adventure and can't make up your mind? Both forms of skydiving offer different ways to experience freefall.  Freefall is the...
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Skydiving Is An Amazing And Out-Of-This-World Experience. Skydiving With Us At Skydive Danielson, Makes It Even Better!  We take such pride in our work and our lives here at Skydive Danielson. The...
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Are Skydiving Videos Realllllllly Worth All That Money?  When first time tandem jumpers consider the expense of adding a media package onto the price of their skydive, they start to wonder if it's...
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The Best Way To Celebrate Your Birthday Is With Us! We are strong believers in the best gift you can give to someone or better yet for yourself, is the gift of a tandem skydive! We offer a...
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Skydiving Has Health Benefits?! Say Whaaaat!   Skydiving is not only a complete stress reliever, but there are many other health benefits as well. Other health benefits in skydiving include...
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Are You Thinking About Making Your First Tandem Skydive? Here's What You WON'T Expect During Your Adventure With Us! Tandem skydiving has a lot of customers considering all sorts of things, ...
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Gift certificates are the best option when trying to buy gifts for people who are hard to shop for. If you know someone who is looking to live a little and needs some adventure in their life then a...
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¿Qué tan alto voy a saltar en paracaídas? Al eligir un lugar para realizar su primer salto en tándem, una de las preguntas más importantes que debe hacer es "¿A qué altura saltaré?" Las empresas...
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What Weather Conditions Can I Skydive In? As a business in the entertainment industry, skydiving centers are aimed at providing a once in a life time, awe inspiring adventure. When Mother Nature...
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Give The Best Present Anyone Could Ever Dream Of  It's that time of year! Are you stumped on what to get that special person for the holidays? No need to look any further, we have the perfect gift...
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I'm Too Afraid Of Heights To Skydive Thousands of people come to try skydiving for the first time every year. Even more people watch from the ground as their loved tumble out of airplanes from the...
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Would You Like To Know The Top 5 Coolest Things About Skydiving?  Have you never done a tandem skydive and ever wondered what all the fuss is about? Check out our list of the top 5 coolest things...
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What To Expect When You Arrive For Your Tandem Skydive: From Saying Hello To Shouting 'I Did It!'  Here is a step-by-step process of what to expect for your first tandem skydive when arriving at...
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How Much Bang For Your Buck: Tandem Skydive Pricing Debunked.  Do you ever wonder why your tandem skydive costs so much money? Here are a few of the reasons why your skydive is priced the way that...
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Would You Like Your Very Own Blog Post To Be Featured On Our Website? Here's How:  We think it would be awesome if you could share your complete experience with us, in the form of a blog for the...
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Tandem Skydiving Media Packages:  It is our utmost recommendation that you purchase a media package for your first ever tandem skydive! This is something, you can not only say you have...
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What Should I Do With My Hair Before My Skydive?!  If your hair is longer than chin length, you might want to consider a method of keeping it from flying around at 120 mph. Ignore this advice...
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Top 3 Extreme Activities To Do In CT:   Are you wondering what fun and extreme activities you can do in Connecticut? Check out a few of our favorites...
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How Important Is It To Book Your Tandem Skydive At A Dropzone With Good Reviews? We cannot stress the importance of good reviews enough. When you see a dropzone with all 5-star reviews and each...
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First Tandem Skydive Checklist Pack your bags, it's time to get ready to skydive! What will you need to bring with you for your big adventure? Going on a tandem skydive for the first time can be a...
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Where To Tandem Skydive In Massachusetts:     Finding the right location to do your first tandem skydive is exhausting and exiting all at the same time. We believe that in order to pick the...
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ALS Fundraiser with Eric Jurado-Diaz    Skydive Danielson is proud to be a part of an event in effort to help raise money for the ALS Foundation and it's research. After a life of challenges, ...
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How To Choose a Skydiving Center Most people tend to choose a skydiving center based on 2 factors: location and pricing. However, the first reason to choose a skydiving school should start with...
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Skydive Danielson's History My husband and I purchased Skydive Danielson in 2013. When we bought this company it came with just one little airplane that held four skydivers and flew up to 10,000...
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What Kind of Media Packages Do We Offer?  Here at Skydive Danielson we provide three awesome media packages. All three come with video and photos. All Media Packages are delivered to you the same...
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Q: What Happens If There Is Bad Weather On The Date Of My Skydive?  Skydive Danielson will have our facility open for skydiving every day. While we may be open for skydiving, we may be on a...
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Will I Puke On My First Skydive?  Puke is definitely part of our job as skydiving instructors. However, the number of people who throw up on their first skydive is not as high as you might think. ...
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Mission: Make A Child Smile Skydive Danielson hosted its first Canopies For Kids event over the July 4th holiday weekend.Canopies for Kids is a charity that takes the 'Bravest Teddy Bears in the...
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I had always wanted to go skydiving but was incredibly nervous to actually do it, if I wasn't working here at Skydive Danielson I might not have ever done it. I was only working here for about a week...
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What You Should Know About Group Skydiving At Skydive Danielson Skydive Danielson is a popular group skydiving venue throughout New England. Our facility has accommodated groups as large as...
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How to Reserve a Tandem Skydive for a friend/loved one: Are you looking to book an appointment for someone you know to go skydiving? Follow our step-by-step tutorial on how to book a tandem...
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Skydive Danielson is a top choice for Boston residents looking to make their first tandem skydive. What makes Boston skydivers head to Skydive Danielson for this bucket list adventure?  What...
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What Does AFF Stand For? Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) is a skydiving training program for those pursuing a license to skydive on their own. The end goal is to achieve an 'A License' through the...
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Where Will I Land My Parachute? Arguably the most important part of a skydive is the landing. A tandem skydive consists of 3 parts: Free Fall, Parachute Ride and Landing. The landing area is a...
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How Many Parachutes?  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires there to be a 2nd parachute in all skydiving equipment that has been certified and packed by a licensed FAA Parachute...
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One of the most frequently asked questions about skydiving is, "Can I bring my own camera with on my tandem skydive?" Read on to learn about skydiving regulations.  USPA Safety Regulations The...
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Can Minors Go On Tandem Skydives? The #1 skydiving question that we are contacted about is, "Can my child skydive if they are under the age of 18?" "Many parents also want to know, "Can I give...
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Author: Nikia Lane   On my first skydive, at 26 years old, I imagined the worst of the worst!! I am the type of person who worries over each and every little thing. I put way too much thought...
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With opening day fast approaching just 7 days away I'd like to name 7 things that I look forward to at Skydive Danielson this season. Read on to find out what skydivers like myself are looking...
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The #1 question that customers call Skydive Danielson to ask is, "What does skydiving feel like?" Skydiving has this amazing way of feeling completely different than most people's preconceived...
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Skydive Danielson - Boston's #1 Choice For Tandem Skydiving Skydive Danielson offers something special to Boston residents who are looking to make their first jump. While Boston customer's can...
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In The Spot Light  Skydiving is a momentous occasion for our first time skydivers. We have had some of the most amazing customers share their stories with us and we have enjoyed being a part of...
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Need a little motivation to try skydiving? We are always asking customers why they have decided to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. We've put together this list of the 10 most common reasons...
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$99 Hop N’ Pop Boogie! What a success on our $99 Hop N’ Pop Boogie day! This was a crazy fun all-day event starting at 10am and lasting until after sunset! We got some night jumps in because the fun...
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La pregunta número uno a la que los clientes llaman Skydive Danielson es "¿Qué se siente al hacer un salto en paracaídas por primera vez?" El paracaidismo tiene esta sorprendente forma de sentirse...
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In anticipation of the upcoming season Skydive Danielson hosted their annual “Just Huck It! Wind Tunnel Invasion” camp at Sky Venture in Nashua, NH. 15 jumpers of all experience levels from AFF...
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December 16, 2015 - January 16, 2016  Well, as the majority of you all know the skydiving season ended the first week of November. This dreadful week is usually followed by the disbanding of the...
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Altitude In Skydiving Airplanes Makes You Fart You made the decision to jump out of an airplane for your first tandem skydive. You've signed the papers, attended a skydive training class and are...
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Knowledge is power There are lots of stories out there about skydiving and everyone claims to know someone who's parachute didn't open. Don't believe everything you hear! With only 0.003...
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Whether you're turning 16 or 98 there is no reason to not live it up on your birthday. And I'd say our whole drop zone did just that last Wednesday in celebration of Mr. Tim Ryder's birthday. ...
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Flight-1 works with canopy pilots of all experience levels around the globe. Over one thousand skydivers in more than twelve different countries go through a flight-1 course each year. And this year...
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Last weekend we put on our second annual CRW Boogie. For those of you reading this and have no idea what I'm talking about it's Canopy Relative Work, which sums up to a whole bunch of awesomeness. If...
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So I finally made my 100th jump this past weekend, but let me tell how I ended up doing it here at Skydive Danielson and why it was so memorable! Skydive Danielson probably has no idea how much...
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Almost a year ago my husband Alex and I booked an appointment for a tandem skydive at Skydive Danielson. Our lives have changed in epic ways since then and we just celebrated our 100th jump together! ...
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Wow! What a great time we had here at Skydive Danielson with a visit from our new friends in the Fitchburg State University's Outdoor Adventure Club! 35 students bought skydiving tickets from the...
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Opening Day at Skydive Danielson was filled with new jumpers coming to check us out and old jumpers reuniting. After not seeing each other much of the winter everyone enjoyed hanging out with their...
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United States Parachute Association dropzones hold their annual Safety Day during the month of March. In addition to Safety Day, Skydive Danielson added a free AFF Ground School Refresher for the...
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Skydive Danielson hosted it's very first Wind Tunnel Basic Skills camp at Skyventure New Hampshire. This camp was geared towards our students in our training program and newer licensed jumpers. The...
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Welcome to the world Sebastian John Morris AKA Bash. Dropzone owners Rob and Laura Morris welcomed their baby boy into the world on November 19th at 1:30am. Bash will be seen at the DZ all summer...
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Where can I even begin?! What an amazing event here at Skydive Danielson. This was our first boogie and we sure made it count! Taylor Cole and Denis Zhuravkov hosted a beginner skill building CRW...
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A three day USPA Coach Course held by Xcel Skydiving instructor Laura Morris was held at Skydive Danielson. Eager coach course candidates joined the class ready to enter the world of skydiving...
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The end of the season party was a blast! It's always bitter sweet when the end of the season comes, friends who feel like family all go their separate winter ways. Some travel to warm Southern skies, ...
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What an amazing Wicked Wednesday we had! First of all, you can't beat $13 hop n pops, life just doesn't get any better than that! Stephanie and Jeremy H. (friends of Laura and Rob's) from Skydive...
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Night skydives are a big deal for many new jumpers. To complete your first night skydive, you must be a licensed skydiver with a B license issued through the United States Parachute...
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After a beautiful day of jumping, the staff and fun jumpers at Skydive Danielson held a Cinco De Mayo party. Our one and only Pirate (AKA The Pilot) had his family in town to enjoy a fun night with...
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New season, new owners, trees cut down and a bonfire/bbq. Licensed skydivers from all over the New England area came to check out Skydive Danielson's grand opening for the 2013 season. Skydivers came...
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