uspa membership

[Rory81 0]

hi there, im going two weeks to puerto rico (16th - 30th december) and i have a couple of questions:

first: its a must to have uspa membership to make a few fun jumps? i got my A License in spain, and they told me i have to register online with USPA, but that's like 60$ for 1 year... and im only going to do a couple of jumps on christmas! Isnt it enough with my signed and stamped log book?

the second question is: i've read at uspa.org that uspa license takes from 3 to 4 weeks to be issued. Since i'm going to PR in 2 weeks that's a big problem :P. Isnt there a way to prove i already applied for my uspa membership so i can be allowed to jump on the US?

thanks a lot

[bogwarrior 0]

Hi Rory,

I would check with the dropzone you intend to jump at it may be that they require you only to have third party liability.

Im not sure if your Spanish Federation memberhsip covers you for third party liability abroad. Generally speaking you can also sign up for a 30 day membership of the USPA ( but that may have changed as it was two years ago that I met somebody who utilised the temporary membership).

A USPA AFF instrucor can issue you with an A license, once you do the exam etc. he can sign a temp A license into your logbook while you wait for the real thing to come through, or you can pay to have your application expidited and you will get your card in a week.

David

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[NWFlyer 2]

If you're only going to be there for two weeks you can get a temporary (one month) USPA membership. Not sure how much it is, though, but it's less than a full-year membership.

http://www.uspa.org/membership/individual.htm (near the bottom of the page).

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