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[thezephr 0]

Im off to jump at skydive eurograd in russia in July for two weeks. Has any body jumped there before? any comments on what its like for jumpin over there?

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[inzite 0]

Yo Zephr, I've been living in Moscow for 9 months now, and I'm sorry to say I've never heard of Eurograd. Is it near Moscow? You sure you don't mean Egorevsk or Kolomna?
I've been to Stupino a couple of times. I'll probably be visiting Egorevsk (and Borki and a few others) before July too. There are something like a dozen various dropzones to choose from all around Moscow, each with a different atmosphere.
One nice thing about several of the dropzones in Russia is many of them have one (or more) helicopters in use, with lift tickets running the same as for a normal plane ride. At Stupino, they've actually got a huge Mi-8 helo that takes a load to altitude in about 8 minutes (guessing, never have timed it). That's about twice as fast as the L-410 plane they also use. Lift tickets are now running about $12 - $13 to 4000 meters.
Anyway, PM me if you have any questions about DZs around Moscow, or if you have any extra info about Eurograd. If it's near Moscow, I might just let you twist my arm to visit it and give you a review.
I'm assuming you speak some Russian or have friends in Russia. If not, getting around Russia will be very difficult. At the dropzones there'll definitely be someone who speaks English, but don't expect average Joes in the street to be able to help you in English.

[Donoff 0]

thezephr, all is simple. It's not Eurograd, but Aerograd, that is - Kolomna - my home DZ...at least that's my idea:)

[Sen.Blutarsky 0]

The Senator jumps at Aerograd near Kolomna. I can PM details if you like, it's a great place to skydive and has the largest vertolet (helicopter) I've jumped to date, the mighty Mi-8. Say privet to Crazy Doc for me.


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