What is the best parachuting/skydiving textbook?

There isn't really a "skydiving textbook", as it's not something you learn from a book. read more

(If you're a skydiving student in the U.S., you'll need to have a copy of it anyway.) But all that being said, I've never heard of such a thing as a "skydiving textbook." Almost all skydiving is experiential - learned directly from instructors, and by jumping under their supervision. A book won't do you much good by itself. read more

It's what makes skydiving different to parachuting. Skydiving begins with that leap out of the airplane and into the freedom of the sky. Depending on what we're doing, skydivers fall for between 30 and 90 seconds, flying their bodies to perform tricks or create formations on the way down. read more

You need look no further than the book cover of this book for recommendations. Shannon Pitcher says that "it's the best book on the topic of ram-air parachutes for all skill levels". The most important part of this statement is all skill levels-please don't think that this book is only aimed at those skydivers who are interested in swooping. read more