New Mexico Skydive recognizes and enforces all USPA Basic Safety Requirements with emphasis on the following:

Alcohol and Drugs

1. No person may make a parachute jump or attempt to make a jump if that person is or appears to be under the influence of either;

   • alcohol

   • any drug that affects that person's faculties in any way contrary to safety.

2. No person may make a parachute jump or attempt to make a jump within 8 hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage.

Maximum Ground Winds

1. For all solo students

   • 14 mph for ram-air canopies

   • 10 mph for round reserves

2. For licensed skydivers are unlimited

Minimum Container Opening Altitudes Above the Ground for Skydivers are:

1. Tandem jumps–5,000 feet AGL [E]

2. All students and A-license holders–3,000 feet AGL [E]

3. B-license holders–2,500 feet AGL [E]

4. C- and D-license holders–2,500 feet AGL [S] (waiverable to no lower than 2,000 feet AGL)

Extraordinary Skydives

1. Night, water, and demonstration jumps are to be performed only with the advice of the appropriate USPA S&TA, Examiner, or Regional Director.

2. Pre-planned breakaway jumps are to be made by only class C- and D-license holders using FAA TSO’ed equipment. [E]

3. Demonstration jumps into Level 2 areas require a D license with a USPA PRO Rating for all jumpers, including both tandem jump participants. [E]

4. Contact canopy formation activity is prohibited on tandem jumps. [E]

5. Tandem jumps into stadiums are prohibited. [E]

6. Any person performing a wingsuit jump must have at least 200 skydives and hold a current skydiving license. [E]

7. Freefall within 500 feet vertically or horizontally of any student under parachute, including tandem students, is prohibited. (This requirement excludes scenarios where— during a training jump—a student’s instructor(s) and videographer may be within this distance.) Freefall within 500 feet vertically or horizontally of any licensed skydiver under canopy requires prior planning and agreement between the canopy pilot and the skydiver in freefall.

Camera Flying

1. Prior to jumping with a camera, a skydiver should have enough general jump experience to be able to handle any skydiving emergency or minor problem easily and without stress.

2. A camera flyer should possess freefall flying skills well above average and applicable to the planned jump.

   • belly-to-earth

   • freeflying (upright and head-down)

   • canopy formation

   • multiple (for skysurfing, filming student training jumps, etc.)
     A USPA C license is recommended.

A USPA C license is recommended

1. The jumper should have made at least 50 recent jumps on the same parachute equipment to be used for camera flying.

2. The camera flyer should know the experience and skills of all the jumpers in the group.