[CaptainCrunch]

I think going from memory that it was the skydiving ranch that had a terrible safety record and tried to cover up one death. But I don't think its even in business anymore.

You really want to check the safety records of both the schools and instructors if you can. You can even ask the schools for references if your unsure.

Are you planning on solo or tandom?

Personally, I learned to jump out of planes in the military, then after searching far and wide I found a really good school in Medicine Hat. As a side note, I've heard good things about Vertical Extreme, but have never used them as I had to stop jumping about 5 years ago.

If you're doing a tandem jump, you get about a half hour briefing, when you jump you go from about 10,000 feet.

If you want to do a single jump, usually its a 2 to 3 hour ground school, your first jump is from about 10,000 feet and the instructor pulls your chute for you as you leave the plane so there's no free fall.

I do have a great video of my first civilian jump where I totally mis judged my turn into the wind and end up eating about 20 feet of dirt.