Tipping
It might seem like just a lot of fun to you, but your tandem instructor works very hard all day long and has a tremendous amount of responsibility keeping you safe and making sure you thoroughly enjoy your skydive. If they do a good job, it is customary to tip them for their efforts. 10% of your package price is an average tip.
First Parachute Jump from a plane
First parachute jump from a powered airplane. Albert Berry jumped in a test over Jefferson Barracks military post, St. Louis (March 1). Some sources credit Grant Morton as making first jump in 1911.
Tandem Skydiving - Pricing
  • Tandem Skydive: $199
  • Video: $99
  • Video and Stills: $129
Volume Discounts
  • Book 3 or 4 tandem skydives at the same time and receive 5% off each skydive
  • Book 5 to 9 tandem skydives at the same time and receive 10% off each skydive
  • Book 10 or more tandem skydives at the same time and receive 15% off each skydive
2nd Jump Discount

Book another tandem skydive within 24 hours of your last jump and get 20% off!

Deposit

A $50 per tandem non refundable deposit must be paid at the time of booking. The remainder of the payment will be taken when the customer checks in. The deposit will be refunded if NorCal can't fly the student within 4 hours of their booking time (or by the end of the day). The reservation date/time can be changed up to 48 hours prior to the booked time.

Fuel Surcharge

NorCal charges a fuel surcharge of $1 for every pound the student weighs over 200 pounds.

Biggest Formation
On August 2nd, 2006, skydivers from 31 countries set a world record of 400 people holding hands in a mid-air free-fall formation.
First Parachute Jump
André Jacques Garnerin made his first successful parachute jump above Paris on 22nd October, 1797. After ascended to an altitude of 3,200 feet (975 meters) in an hydrogen balloon he jumped from the basket. As Garnerin failed to include an air vent at the top of his parachute, he oscillated wildly in his descent. However, he landed unhurt half a mile from the balloon's takeoff site. Garnerin therefore became the first man to design a parachute that was capable of slowing a man's fall from a high altitude.