Category B Freefall Dive Flows
Category B Canopy Dive Flow
Category B Instructor Notes

AFF

• Exit in a relaxed arch.
• Instructors release arm grips.
• Circle of Awareness.
• Practice deployment(s) until smooth and without assistance.
• Altitude, arch, legs, relax.
• Extend legs for three seconds and hold.
• Altitude, arch, legs, relax.
• Repeat as altitude permits.
• Team turns (if trained).
• Begin wave off at 5,500 feet.
• Pull by 4,500 feet.

IAD and Static Line

• Check deployment device prior to climb-out.
• Climb out.
• Exit on command with legs extended.
• Practice deployment with count to track time.
• Check canopy.

Tandem

• Initiate count after instructor's OK.
• Exit in a relaxed arch.
• Altitude, arch, legs, relax.
• Practice deployment until comfortable.
• Altitude, arch, legs, relax.
• Extend legs and hold for three seconds.
• Altitude, arch, legs, relax.
• Repeat as altitude permits or turns (if trained).
• Begin wave-off by 6,000 feet.
• Pull by 5,500 feet

• Release brakes and correct routine problems.
  
• Look left, turn left.
  
• Look right, turn right.
  
• Flare.
  
• Check altitude, position, and traffic.
  
• Find landing area and pattern entry point.
  
• Divide flight path by thousands of feet.
  
• Instructor explains minor canopy problems and remedies (tandem only).
  
• Look at runway and determine compass heading.
  
• Steer over correct portion of flight path until 1,000 feet.
  
• Look for obstacles around landing area.
  
• Follow pre-assigned pattern over landing area or alternate.
  
• Flare to land and PLF if necessary.

The instructor must consider carefully before advancing students more quickly than the recommended progression during the rudimentary skills training in Categories A-C. Repetition of fewer skills during the initial categories improves success in later categories and leads to higher overall satisfaction for the student.