Talk:Tandem skydiving

Removed for "vanity":

Development

Tandem skydiving was developed in the mid-1980's by parachute manufacturers including Bill Booth, Ted Strong, and John B Sherman, among others.

Would be intresting if the general requierments for tandem skydiving, i've heard that you have to weight over 100 kg for example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.124.113.229 (talk) 04:51, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it vanity to mention the people who invented a device? Harksaw 15:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why would two people fall faster than one person. Doesn't that violate Newtononian physics? Zcleary 02:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)zcleary[reply]

It has more to do with drag than with mass. Without the air, a solo an a tandem would fall at the same rate. With air their weights are offset by the drag of the atmosphere. bdelisle

Where is the reference for tandem skydiving being the most dangerous sport? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.162.120 (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it true that tandem instructors are certified in the U.S. by the FAA and not the USPA? --Justin212k (talk) 08:25, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everybody. I was thinkig this page would be visited by people who are considering going tandem skydiving,and they might want to know what that is like. I would like to add the following link so people can read about a firt time skydiving (tandem skydive) experience. What do you think? http//:www.teamramble.com/Skydiving.html

Only for training?

I'm not a skydiver, just wondering if it's accurate to state that tandem skydiving necessarily involves a student and an instructor. Even if that's the most common use case, would it be more accurate to state descriptively that tandem skydiving is skydiving with two people attached into the same harness? We can then go on to state that it is primarily used for instruction. Retswerb (talk) 03:51, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]