whats the average and highest exit altitude you get AGL?

[idoru99 0]

Normal loads - 14.5 - 15K
Highest - 24K

Of course our DZ is 100 ft above sea level.

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[spoons 0]

10k to 12kft depending on the plane and passengers

[monkycndo 0]

Standard is 15K, 18K for a few bucks more when a tandem is going, and about once a month we do a load to 24K. Proud to be a turbine snob.

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[gemini 0]

My highest was 30,500 AGL, but we usually get 13,000 to 14,900 at Spaceland. I would guess the average is 14K.

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[kelpdiver 2]

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Standard is 15K, 18K for a few bucks more when a tandem is going, and about once a month we do a load to 24K. Proud to be a turbine snob.

ain't life grand? When we're slumming, we settle for 13k at neighboring DZs. Below that is done voluntarily for HnPs.

[MrBrant 0]

9000.


got 9800 once

[Newbie 0]

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12500-13000. I used to be all over 16K+ jumps on regular loads, but I guess I'm getting older, because I worry more about people getting hypoxic and causing each other grief than getting the extra 10 seconds of freefall.

Do you get to decide the exit altitude bill?

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[HydroGuy 0]

@ Perris

12.5-12.8k AGL is avg.

13.5-13.8 AGL for:
A. sunset loads
B. when a pilot has the day off and is jumping (imagine that)
C. when some nice lady "earns" the load extra altitude

Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

[gravitysucks 0]

We get 10K, maybe 11K on rare occasions out of our Cessna 182WB's with field elevation 1200'MSL.

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Used to get 8-9k at LP, now that I'm doing more at Bozeman, we average 5k AGL due to the heat making the density around 10k and an old plane... but when the tandems aren't out sometimes they'll take us up to 8k...yay!

Hey mt_skydiver, look how much we have in common: We both 1. get lower jumps than all these people 2. got our A licenses on probably the same day and 3. both work in EMS. Plus I grew up not far from where you are now. Am I your evil twin? I didn't know you could jump in Bozeman, I'll have to look you guys up next time I'm in the area.

[Elisha 1]

I think I need to visit Hollister sometime.

[woodpecker 0]

Demonknite...
exaclty the same thing that happend to me and fitz. It was crap, no one was helpful and we were practically ignored. Where is a good, friendly DZ her in the UK to go and jump a weekend without all the local bulls%$#?

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[darrenspooner 0]

I did 16500 in a Navajo in Australia about 4 years ago. JM and pilot got a huge bollocking, but I had a great time!

[billvon 3,076]

>Do you get to decide the exit altitude bill?

Sometimes I have some control over it. When I organize big-ways I can often choose the altitude. On smaller loads, bitching about going above 15K sometimes works to keep altitudes lower; sending the chick up to flash the pilot sometimes gets us higher.

[kelpdiver 2]

Or Byron, or Monterey if the weather is good. Hollister has been the most consistent for me.

[Rickz 0]

10000 - 11500

[hexadecimal 0]

Usually somewhere around 12.8-13.5k... but we get extra altitude pretty frequently.

Highest I've been was slightly above 17k, and I've been on at least 4 or 5 loads that got 14.5-15k.

[MB38 0]

I've been between 12,800 and 13,500 on my jumps at Perris.

I really don't know what I'm talking about.

[Elisha 1]

I've been on several from 14-15k, but never over (maybe 500 ft, but that's it).

[alw 0]

Normally 15k and change. I average 2-3 18K's each weekend.

DZ Elevation 800 ft

Trip to 15k 7 minutes
Trip to 18k 9-10 minutes

God bless the turbeen

I'm excited about this weekend - I "get to jump" a 182.

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[kelpdiver 2]

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DZ Elevation 800 ft

Trip to 15k 7 minutes
Trip to 18k 9-10 minutes

Which DZ is that? Highest point in Florida is well below 800ft.

Love those climbing speeds. Though except when I had a Neptune on loan, I only think of climbing as fast, normal, and damn slow.

[alw 0]

Quiet man - if the DZO finds out we're going to 15,600 on every load we'll get busted back to 15

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[Elisha 1]

Jumping a 182 is NOT exciting, but boring by comparison.

[skyberdyber 0]

At Skydive Atlanta in Thomaston, we go to 14,000 AGL or higher almost every load in our Super King Air.

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[alw 0]

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Jumping a 182 is NOT exciting, but boring by comparison.

Think of it this way - It's 97 degrees F on the ground and you're gonna be back in 13 minutes or less - now balance that against a nice leisurely ride to altitude in a 182.

Boring and Cool

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[MrBrant 0]

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Jumping a 182 is NOT exciting, but boring by comparison.

Think of it this way - It's 97 degrees F on the ground and you're gonna be back in 13 minutes or less - now balance that against a nice leisurely ride to altitude in a 182.

Boring and Cool

awwww. 172's are even better