Day 1
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| 08:00-10:00 |
Beachside: Individual fit & adjust; Seat controls, heads-up display. Hands-on review of: controls, life support, power-up, communications, etc. Familiarization with cockpit, dome closure and opening, monitoring and adjustment of life support, surface emergency procedures.
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| 10:00 |
Dive 1 (pilot A): Short shallow (beachside) orientation from back seat; Life support, cockpit closure, communications
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| 11:00 |
Dive 2 (pilot B): Short shallow (beachside) orientation from backseat; Life support, cockpit closure, communications
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| 12:00 |
Break for lunch. |
| 13:00 |
Dive 3 (Pilot A): Short shallow orientation dive: flight controls
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| 14:30 |
Dive 4 (Pilot B): Short shallow orientation dive: flight controls
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| 16:00 |
Review of lessons
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| 18:30 |
Dinner
Note: Day 1 may be limited to one dive per person, depending on progress of training.
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| Day 2 |
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| 08:00 |
Dive 5 (Pilot A) : Wet orientation; VFR short training dive (diver depths)
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| 10:00 |
Dive 6 (Pilot B): Wet orientation; VFR short training dive (diver depths)
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| 12:00 |
Break for lunch.
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| 13:00 |
Dive 7 (Pilot A: First dive below diver depth
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14:30 |
Dive 8 (Pilot B): First dive below diver depth
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| 17:00 |
Mission orientations for final dive (natural history, original explorations, hydrobatics), review of film, drinks/hors d'oeuvres Dinner - Free night
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| Day 3 |
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| 08:00 |
Planning and Preparation for final dive (2 hr hatch to hatch)
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| 10:00 - 13:00 or 15:00 - 18:00 |
Dives 9 and 10: Final Dives. The goal is that the student is the hands-on pilot for 100% of the 2 hr dive. Graham Hawkes as pilot in command will coach as needed and will navigate and operate cameras from the rear. The goal is to have the student pilot function on a purposeful dive deeper than 100 feet
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| 19:00 - 21:30 |
Wrap up. License certification/Dinner.
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