it was fifty seconds of free fall from 14000 feet including through a cloud, and it was unbelievably fast. I was strapped to an instructor so it wasn't a big deal really.
then the parachute opened and we flew around for a while and the view was incredible.
heehee...when you said you were strapped to an instructor, i immediately thought of those ads on the subway which show an old granny skydiving while strapped to this other old guy. and it says, "your grandparents are having more fun than you."