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ECHNOLOGIES

TANDEM RE-CERTIFICATION

RENEWAL PROCEDURES

Tandem Instructor Ratings must be renewed annually. To apply for renewal, you must have made at least 25 tandem

jumps within the preceding 365 days, and you must have made 3 tandem jumps within the preceding 90 days. It is

mandatory to view the Tandem Instructor Presentation prior to recurrency jumps, and it must be viewed by all tandem

personnel once at the beginning of your jump session and again during mid-season. When these requirements are

met, please:

1. Have this form verified and signed by either uninsured United Parachute Technologies Tandem Vector/Sigma

Instructor Examiner or Owner.

2. Send the form, a photocopy of your FAA Medical Certificate, a photocopy of your USPA instructional ratings,

and $35.00 (Instructor renewal) or $50.00 (Examiner renewal) to uninsured United Parachute Technologies.

NOTE: 1

class medical certificates must be renewed every six months, 2

class medical certificated must be renewed

class medical certificates must be renewed once every five years if you are under 40 and once

once a year, and 3

every two years if you are over 40. Make sure you send a copy of a CURRENT medical certificate.

We recommend making copies for your records in case this form is lost in the mail. Please contact uninsured United

Parachute Technologies if you have not received your renewal license or a response within four weeks. Any tandem

jump you make while not currently rated with uninsured United Parachute Technologies is in violation of federal law

(while we are under the FAA exemption) and is subject to a maximum fine of $1000.00 per incident.

Incomplete

paperwork will be returned to you without license renewal.

RECURRENT TRAINING

Recurrent Training consists of one (1) solo jump with a tandem system, and one (1) tandem jump with an experienced

jumper acting as a student/passenger. The experienced jumper must first be briefed on how to respond to tandem

emergencies. Passenger emergency handles may be used. During the jump the applicant must make a stable exit

from at least 7,500 feet, with drogue deployment within ten (10) seconds, and opening by 4,500 feet. The applicant

must demonstrate the ability to control heading during drogue-fall by making at least one 360-degree turn and

perform practice pulls to all operating handles.

Landing must be a stand-up (wind permitting) within 150 feet of

target.

These two jumps must be witnessed and signed off by a United Parachute Technologies Vector/Sigma

Instructor Examiner or Owner. If you are an owner or examiner or both, you can sign for yourself.

SOLO JUMP PROCEDURES

Review operation of the complete tandem system. Remember, you can experience every possible tandem malfunction

mode except student interference, so be prepared.

Exit the aircraft, be stable, and deploy the drogue.

Perform

practice pulls on all operating handles. This jump is intended to familiarize you with the system and how it operates.

Do not combine this jump with any other skydiving discipline, i.e. “RW,” etc.

CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS

In addition to yearly certification, Vector/Sigma Instructors are expected to maintain currency during the year by

covering all tandem emergencies while in a hanging-harness simulating canopy emergencies, and while wearing a

tandem system (standing on the ground) while simulating drogue and aircraft emergencies.

A. If any currently rated Tandem Instructor has not made a tandem jump in the preceding 90 days, he/she must

make a minimum of one (1) satisfactory tandem jump with an experienced jumper acting as a student prior to

jumping with actual students.

B. If any currently rated Tandem Instructor has not made a tandem jump within the last 180 days, he/she must

complete recurrent training before jumping with actual students.

C. If any currently rated Vector/Sigma Instructor has not made a tandem jump in the preceding two (2) years,

he/she must attend a complete tandem training course covering the classroom/ground school and make a

minimum of three (3) satisfactory re-certification jumps.

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