pinkfairy 0 #51 April 22, 2007 No problem getting a low pass where i jump. But you pay full price for it.Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
everymansaved 0 #52 April 22, 2007 Man, you guys have it good, with all this $12 low pass talk. We pay $21 to 3500 and 34 to 10k.God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
za_skydiver 0 #53 April 22, 2007 At the dz where i jump its £20 from 13000ft and £15 from 5000ft. And if you get out at 13000ft you are not allowed to open above 8000ft.Some dream of flying, i live the dream... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingDuck 0 #54 April 23, 2007 My dz doesn't have a problem with it unless its a real busy day and they have a lot of tandems to get done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #55 April 23, 2007 SDH in Waller, TX. isn't prejudice. In addition to other low passes, 1 get-what-ya-can-get and 2 dedicated low passes on Sunday. It was like a continous orgasm. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #56 April 23, 2007 Low passes Are $12 at KSUPC, and I do them occasionally because sometimes all I want is a Hop & Pop. We do a LOT of SL students, so 3,500 is almost the norm. I avoid doing a Low pass on a tandem load - too much of a pain in the butt for the TM to hook their students up at 3,500 so I can open the door.... =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #57 April 23, 2007 H&Ps are no problem at The Farm. Grand Caravan. $13. There's usually at least one H&P on every load - we have some really good swoopers and we throw their asses out low so they'll be gone by the time we cool-kids RW folks get to altitude. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #58 April 23, 2007 Was there for about a week last month and asked Bill every day for a low pass on the KA and every day he said no>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is because it is dangerous to exit a King Air while it is still climbing. When a King Air is climbs, the horizontal stabilizer is low - relative to the door - and you risk denting it. When skydiving from airplanes with low tails (King Air, DC-3, etc.) you should wait until the pilot levels off, reduces power and lowers the flaps before exiting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tetra316 0 #59 April 24, 2007 Quote Was there for about a week last month and asked Bill every day for a low pass on the KA and every day he said no>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is because it is dangerous to exit a King Air while it is still climbing. When a King Air is climbs, the horizontal stabilizer is low - relative to the door - and you risk denting it. When skydiving from airplanes with low tails (King Air, DC-3, etc.) you should wait until the pilot levels off, reduces power and lowers the flaps before exiting. Then why didn't he have a problem with us doing hop and pops out the KA in January, four of us all weekend? As long as the jumpers understand the low tail situation... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #60 April 24, 2007 >Then why didn't he have a problem with us doing hop and pops out the >KA in January, four of us all weekend? Perhaps he trusted you to stay low on exit? I know there are people I would trust with that and people I wouldn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toronto_bill 0 #61 April 25, 2007 We have a prejudice....nothing higher than 3300. FJC altitude Then our DZO would be happy. We can get 9500 ($29cdn)without too much whinning from him. U206B. no door where the cargo door is supposed to be. Air Canada laughs at us in the winter. very nice in august though. 2500 is 16 bucks? 17 maybe? hopnpopers are beloved by the DZO. get out early so the plane climbs better. typical cessna dz. tandems arent the greatest...but the door is nice. is RW from 4500 wrong? lol. Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearless_chris 1 #62 April 25, 2007 Is freeflying from 5,000 more wronger than RW from 4,500?"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toronto_bill 0 #63 April 26, 2007 lol....what if you had a premature? I think its wronger. Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyberdyber 0 #64 April 26, 2007 Quotedz's that charge full price for hop and pops. That is total bs. If you owned a turbine aircraft you might feel different. http://www.skydiveatlanta.com http://www.musiccityskydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #65 April 26, 2007 Quote Quote dz's that charge full price for hop and pops. That is total bs. If you owned a turbine aircraft you might feel different. seems like the smaller DZ's even WITH turbines mange it pretty well... its the larger ones with multiple planes rotating that have issues...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2shay 0 #66 April 26, 2007 There are many turbine dz's that do so....... Something is not adding up here to me.don't try your bullshit with me!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyn 0 #67 April 26, 2007 Quote Both Perris and Otay will do low passes, although sometimes they have to move you around on loads so you won't be in the air as the next load comes through your airspace. I can't comment on Otay, however, at Perris you rarely get moved around as Dan does an amazing job at coordinating all parties involved. I have been able to back up the same aircraft for 8 consecutive jumps, with no gripping. oh jumps are $15 to 4-4.5K, with an occasional 3.5K (once every 40-50 jumps) and the occasional 7-8K (about the same frequency). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatbomb 0 #68 April 27, 2007 Quote at Perris you rarely get moved around as Dan does an amazing job at coordinating all parties involved. I can second this, when I'm pushing it at Perris, I regularly get 15+ hop'n'pops into mostly clear sky a day...there are the odd occasion when we have to run in after the jet and I find myself above 50 canopies, but hey, that's life at the (second best) DZ in the world... (And it makes for cool visuals!)--- Swoopert, CS-Aiiiiiii! Piccies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #69 April 30, 2007 >however, at Perris you rarely get moved around as Dan does an amazing >job at coordinating all parties involved. I agree! Unfortunately, Dan doesn't work every day. Even then, they do a pretty good job of handling various passes. On one load I recall we had a 5K pass for hop and pops, a 10.5K pass for a 4-way team, a CRW pass for some CRW people, and a regular 12.5K pass - and that one had to go around. On the minus side, that leads to more expensive jump prices as the aircraft takes longer to cycle a load. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDivinRyan 0 #71 May 2, 2007 our DZ does prbably 50/50 on high and low loads Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #72 May 3, 2007 Chicagoland Skydiving Center regularly gives low passes, even on their busiest days. To me, good customer service is priceless. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #73 May 3, 2007 Quote Chicagoland Skydiving Center regularly gives low passes, even on their busiest days. To me, good customer service is priceless. _Am That's called a Tombstone pass at Hinckley. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #74 May 3, 2007 Our DZ offers them for a reduced price. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #75 May 3, 2007 That is usually the norm in the US also."No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
