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Rating courses<\/h1>\n

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Make your hobby a profession<\/h3>\n

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Skydive Sofia is a United States Parachute Association foreign affiliate. All courses we conduct are under USPA rules.<\/p>\n

We also follow the regulations of the British Parachute Association and the Bulgarian Skydiving Association.<\/p>\n

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With us, you can build a parachuting career from a coach to instructor examiner.<\/p>\n

In addition to courses for obtaining A, B, C, and D licenses, you can also receive a rating for tandem or AFF instructor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We also offer specialized rigging courses – if you want to learn to rig not only your main parachute, but also your spare one and make small repairs, or at least know when something is wrong.<\/p>\n

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They are suitable for everyone – from recent AFF graduates to skydivers with thousands of jumps, for jumps with a smaller wing or swooping.<\/a><\/p>\n

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We can teach you how to fly together in pairs, threes or a total of 5 people while having fun safely.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Our instructor examiners can help you with the first step – a pedagogical course for new coaches ready to grow as instructors.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Internationally certified instructors<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Apart from Hristo Kilikchiev<\/a>, who is the only one certified by USPA in the Balkans tandem examiner, every year we also welcome international examiners and instructors.<\/p>\n

Ernesto Gainza is a four-time Guinness World Record holder who jumped with the smallest parachute in the world \u2013 the size of a bed sheet. He is one of the biggest names in the world of professional skydiving and a good friend of ours.<\/p>\n

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