Depending mostly on weather, Parachute Club spends each weekend parachuting. I carry my homework with me and work on it in between jumps. Weather and school are usually the limiting factors. Parachute Club was established in the mid-1960s, making it one of the oldest collegiate drop zones in the United States. Members have been making their jumps from the Wamego airport since they were established.
People can automatically join the club when they enroll in their first jump class.
The club has 25 experienced jumpers and trains about 200 jumpers each year, said club President Brian Correll, junior in mechanical engineering. When I first started I was nervous. Anyone who claims to not be nervous at first is either lying to you or insane. I tended to get nervous and a little scared on the ground before the jump, but I found that once I'm in the air I lost most of that fear and just did the jump. The club consists of all levels of jumpers, from first-timers to experienced jumpers.