DZs around Heidelberg, Germany or Budapest, Hungary?

[kirrz 0]

I'm going to be in Europe for a while in July for the world cup and would love to jump there!

I will be in Heidelberg for a while and then in Budapest. I will (fingers crossed) be freshly on an A license then and won't have my own gear so it would have to be some place with a rental scheme which is newbie-friendly. It would be awesome if I could do coached jumps. Also, I would be using public transport to get around.. are there any DZs accessible to either of these areas?

Please advise.. thanks!!
Edit to add: I have looked on the DZ database, it is just really hard because most of the relevant websites contain no English!!

[shunkka 0]

as far as i know the DZ near Budapest is CLOSED
all the jumpers go to SLOVAK REPUBLIC

http://www.skydive.sk/engltitul.html
they run a L410 turbolet - 17-20 slots (12-15 mins to 12K)

u can call this numbers for any new infos about jumping near budapest
Takács Kriszti: +36 (70) 311 2273 - in english
Bódis László +36 (70) 311 2272

if u want to travel a litle u can go to Romania -
www.totalair.ro
they run a SMG-turbolet with 8 slots (12 mins to 12K)
at 15 euros (probably the best price in europe... except russia)
they have student and other gear for rent at 5 euro

in germany u`ll find a LOT of good DZ`s but i dont know what`s close to heidelberg

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[mnealtx 0]

In Germany, there's a small dropzone between Heilbronn and Nurnberg that the Stuttgart Outdoor Recreation folks did their jumps at. I don't know if that's still the case, that was several years ago. You may want to try contacting them and see if they're still jumping there. As I recall, it was about 1.5 hours drive (or so) from the Heidelberg area.

Alternately, there's Schweighofen (about 15 miles or so from Karlsruhe, which is about an hour south of Heidelberg), and if I recall correctly, Schlierstadt, which is outside of Franfurt (again, about 1.5 hours drive from Heidelberg or so).

Good luck!!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[bloody_trauma 2]

http://www.fallschirmspringen-saar.de

that sites all in german but they have a beautiful dz and very presonal training, reasonable rates, but they only jump on the weekends, its located in an area known as saarlious-duren, ask for sebastian, great view from above and good winds

Fly it like you stole it

[Merkur 1]

Saarlouis-Dueren

Another good source for DZ in Germany is:
Skydiver.de where you can find a map of Germany with nearly all DZ including operational hours and contact details.

M.

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