My experience was very similar to Cowpersons. Grab the strut under the wing, step out on the ledge, step off the ledge, let go. That first step on the ledge was a bitch as the wind from the prop wants to blow your foot off.
In the training they told us most peoples adreneline rush is so strong the first time they jump that you kind of temporarily black out. Not pass out but just forget everything they tell you to do the first few seconds. Well I remember hanging from the wing and letting go...the next thing I remember is floating peacefully in the air. If my chute didn't open, not sure I would have recovered.
I jumped 20+ years ago out of beiseker and what Ryan Coke says was pretty much true back then. People were packing chutes and getting credit for future jumps for it. Not trained people but guys like you and me who had jumped a few times and wanted to jump more.
Don't go hungover. I was severely hung over and the ground training was horrid. We had to practice looking up, arching and counting to 3 in preperation for when you let go of the wing...I could barely do it without getting dizzy and almost falling over. We spent about 5 hrs in the sun doing little exercises and waiting for other groups to go. That part wasn't fun, mostly because of the hangover.
The jump itself was a blast and a few in our group thought we might like to do it again. Not long after a young woman plunged to her death out of Bieseker as her chute got tangled and didn't fully open.
As much as I loved the experience I would do a tandem jump. I do beleive you get to freefall a bit too which you don't get when you hang from the wing...although climbing out the door at 5000 ft and hanging from the wing was pretty cool.
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