Ever jumped in a foreign country ??

[lazyfrog 0]

Could you list the countries where you jumped, and indicate pro's and con's

USA (i'm swiss)
Pro : first jumps (in Homestead), very friendly people at the DZ
con : scenery is a bit flat...

Spain
Pro : great DZ (Empuriabrava), cheap
Con : too far to go every weekend

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ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579

[flyingfrog 0]

he he I'm Swiss as well
OK here we go:

Spain:
dito

Hungary:
pro: very cheap
con: for sure an language issue

Indonesia:
pro: great scenery and great people to meet
con: limited jumping pos.

Ecuador:
just great

France:
generally OK

Italy:
generally Ok

but I still like to jump in Switzerland especially onto a glacier

[AndyMan 7]

I'm Canadian, living in the US mid-west. I visit skydive Gananoque in Canada every summer as it's 10 minutes from my dad's cottage.

USA
Pro: big turbine dropzones.
cons: corn fields are only so interesting...

Canada
Pro: stuningly beautiful scenery
Cons: Cessna 182's get tired quicly.

_Am

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[chuteless 1]

I trained the Special Forces in Ecuador, great guys all, great country as long as you are jumping near the coast, and under no circumstances, drink the water.


The Capital city "Quito" is 9500 feet above sea level...takes some getting used to if you are planning on staying awhile.

a 30 second freefall will take you to 17000 feet ASL and it will exhaust you completely.

[freeflyfrog 0]

USA: Michigan, Florida, Arizona, California, Illinois and Colorado
PRO: Never TOO far from a nice DZ
CON: Never TOO far from a nice DZ

Mexico:
PRO: treated like royalty before and after demo into Special Olympics event

CON: too much red tape

[flyingfrog 0]

yep Ecuador was just a great time... have been there with exotic sky adventures and jumped in Salinas close to the beach at an military airfield.
We had the Military Herc c130 to jump woohhooo

[Blahr 0]

USA and thats it (so far)

[Unutsch 0]

Austria
PRO: SkyVan
CON: TO EXPENSIVE!! (at least for me ;-)

Croatia:
PRO: good vibes, superb babes, great parties, fair altitudes, beautifull scenery (especially Vrsar and Rijeka)
CONS: ehm.... yes.... cons.... mmmm.... need help on this one

Check out the site of the Fallen Angels FreeflY Organisation:
http://www.padliangeli.org

[poohbeer 0]

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Could you list the countries where you jumped, and indicate pro's and con's

I only jumped in other countries then my own. Took the 6 AFF jumps so far in the Netherlands. And in 3 weeks I'm going to France to hopefully finish AFF. I myself am Belgian.

Pre: Oostwolde (Netherlands) has VERY BIG field everywhere arround. Even if you can't reach the dropzone just about every other place is a perfect terrain to land on. Watch the barb wire though!

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[jtval 0]

Im in the USA

Ive jumped in Australia (picton)
almost got korea in my log book too


PROS:
awesome ppl. nice otter
huge landing area, great beer, I even got my picture in the ASM(aussie skydiving mag) thanks to elise vale.
i spent my 28th b-day at the day

CONS: it was raining that day
the train ride was a bit confusing at first. (this is for the pros- got a few rides home form the dz. saved me alot of money- did I say AWESOME ppl yet? they drove my 50 minutes north more then once)
i cant really thingk of any cons....I did a dz review on them!

My photos

My Videos

[Tonto 1]

USA - lots of places - very cool.

UK - crappy.

France - compete for the crappiest

Italy - Nice.

Switzerland - Picky. Even for someone with over 1000 dives. Paperwork from hell, and E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E

Australia - World Meet 1994 at Kooralbyn - and then the post equinox boogie at Tegoolewah. (Ramblers)

Turks and Caicos Islands (British West Indies) Beautiful - between huricanes.

Namibia - Desolate - and beautiful.

Mozambique - Pretty. Dives were out to sea for a movie shoot.

Swaziland - Cold - and military.

and I'm from

South Africa. Nice.

t

It's the year of the Pig.

[jeremyneas 0]

Japan (Tokyo Skydiving Club, Skydiving Japan)

Pros: i'm thinking about it, the people are friendly
if you get there on the one day a year you
can see the horizon, you get an awsome view
of Mt. Fugi! You usually get a decent view of
Northern Tokyo


Cons: Expensive (65 a jump)
No seatbelts or door on jump plane (caravan)
No indoor packing, mats are usually muddy
Weather is crappy MOST of the time.
Hard to get on a load on the weekends

J.Neas

[VectorBoy 0]

Belgium: did static line progression thru FF (Temploux, 18 years ago)
Pros: very friendly jumpers, they helped me in english, they cracked up that I live by Perris but I was there learning to jump.

Cons: At the time it was just two cessnas a boogie was a german chartered porter. ( now they have a porter I think)
Hard to jump in winter.

[winsor 236]

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Could you list the countries where you jumped, and indicate pro's and con's

USA (i'm swiss)
Pro : first jumps (in Homestead), very friendly people at the DZ
con : scenery is a bit flat...

Spain
Pro : great DZ (Empuriabrava), cheap
Con : too far to go every weekend

Canada
Short season, otherwise great.

Germany
Reasonable and very nice.

Switzerland
Short season, costly, good community.

Austria
Most expensive, limited jump window.

France
Reasonable with outstanding infrastructure.

Italy
Great fun, but too long ago for opinion to matter.

Scotland
Great fun, but too long ago for opinion to matter.


Blue skies,

Winsor

[Eiley 0]

USA
PROS: Bigger, better, faster aircraft! 7 days a week jumping. Met some awesome people! More going on all the time.
CONS: last USA jump ended in tragedy

AUSTRALIA
PROS: It's home. It's my comfort zone. I jump with people I love.
CONS: See USA "pros"

Cheers,
Eiley

nothing to see here

[lazyfrog 0]

säääli du flying frog,
did you ever jump in Gruyères ???

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Fumer tue, péter pue
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ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579

[D22369 0]

hmmmm.


does canada and mexico reeeeeaaalllyyyy count as foriegn countries??.......they are more like suberbs of the USA arn't they?..... LOL

I wanna make it to australia and new zealand in a year or two, very cool people

Pros in Canada.......great people........... fun jumps
cons: finding a damn beer store is a adventure in itself......and what the f*ck is this kilometer sh!t??? LOL

Mexico...pro: inexpensive beers.....great people... lots of stuff for cheap
cons: UHHHH.....dont even think about using the water to wet your toothbrush.............

Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

[slotperfect 7]

Canada & England (both were demos)

Canada: Pro = Canadian beer, Con = scenery in Lethbridge, Alberta was rather non-descript

England: Pro = Steak and kidney pie, Con = rain and clouds

Arrive Safely

John

[Kinaa 0]

Most of my jumps are in Slovenia. (I live in Croatia)
PRO'S: Friendly people at the DZ, you can pay in 3 different currency, beautiful girls...genarally, I feel more at home jumping in Slovenia than jumping at any DZ in Cro.
CON'S: Expensive speeding tickets.

[flyingfrog 0]

sorry m8.... I mainly jump in Triengen, Buttwil, Speck, Hasenstrick, Locarno and sometimes Grenchen and Tuggen... till now I never came accross in Gruyères

[ltdiver 3]

Home DZ = Perris, CA.

Jumped at Utti, Finland.

Pro: Most beautiful scenery and wonderful people.
Con: Couldn't take pictures from the air of the DZ because it was right next door to a military base!

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[wingnut 0]

well i lived in germany for 2.5 years and i jumped there quit a bit, made it to 3 dz's there with one my home dz. also jumped up at texel in the netherlands...

germany:
pros: diffrent rule from the us, great scenery
cons: my dz was very rw oriented, always had to convert meters to feet

the netherlands
pros: they used feet on thier alti's
cons: you had to wear a helmet

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[riggerrob 643]

USA: pros; DC-3s and skygods like Jerry Bird at 1980 Easter Boogie in Z-Hills
cons: missed Lodestar because they only got it flying
on last day of boogie

Puerto Rico: pros; beautiful scenery, including golden beaches at Humacao
con; felt guilty skydiving in such a desperately poor country

France: pros: great food, long skydiving tradtion, french rolls and Porters
cons: French police and border guards. It is embarrassing when I have to explain their job for them in their language and translate for Australian tourists

Portuga: pros; my 500th jump was a demo into the back yard of a restaurant. Portugeuse wine, pretty little blondes.
cons: Portugeuse wine the morning afterl

Germany: pros; great beer, food and jump planes
cons; germans can be as pushy as me

Holland: pros: a laid-back, more genteel version of Germany with even better food and some mighty fine women. Mafia Brothers Boogie in Texel, 1986
cons; a long drive to get there (9 hours including ferry ride)

Austria: pros; great farmer's breakfast, Pink Skyvan and scenery around Saint Johan im Tyrol
cons: a long drive to get there

[vt1977 0]

I live in the UK so here goes...

UK
- pros - ummmm... most DZs have pretty good turbine aircraft these days. Definitely NOT the weather!
- cons - expensive and crappy weather

Spain
- pros - cheap, beautiful weather, relaxed
- cons - I can only get there a couple of times each year!

US
- pros - cheap, great aircraft
- cons - a LONG way to go for a great jumping experience.

Vicki

[softnotes 0]

South Africa:
Pros:
- Weather is nearly always jumpable.
Cons:
- Most inland DZs are at 4000ft above MSL so landings are a bit quicker and jumping is generally from only 9500' AGL.
- Most DZs only operate on weekends.

UK:
Pros:
- Relatively large number of DZs to choose from.
- Good eye on safety.
Cons:
- Weather is very fickle.
- Some DZs are pretty unfriendly.

Norway:
Pros:
- Very friendly people.
Cons:
- Weather can be worse than the UK.
- Rigging services for some equipment is not available.
- Smallish selection of DZs

Spain:
Pros:
- Weather is pretty good.
- People were quite friendly and helpful.
- Excellent scenery.
- Pretty serious about their skydiving.
Cons:
- Sometimes you need a bit of patience to bridge the language barrier.

USA:
Pros:
- Lots of DZs
- Excellent planes.
- Some really scenic DZs.
- Some DZ are really friendly.
Cons:
- Some DZs are operated by really unfriendly people.
- What DZs advertise on the USPA site and what they actually deliver are not always the same.

Blue Skies
SoftNotes
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