skysmurf2 0 #1 September 24, 2006 Having searched the forums for the DZ in Dubai - there seems to be little information. I am considering a move to Dubai and would love to know about the DZ, if coaching is available (FS and/or FF), what the gear rental is like (or should I buy my own?), and what the DZ atmosphere is like. If anyone has any information I would really appreciate it. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeppo 0 #2 September 24, 2006 I'm actually in Abu Dhabi right now (not far from Dubai). The only dropzone that I found in the UAE was www.uaqaeroclub.com. I'd be jumping there today except it's too far away. (About $100 by taxi one way) I don't know much about the DZ other than the website, and a few comments I've received from it. I'd love to get the chance to jump there, but it's just too much to get there. Sorry I couldn't have been of more help.What goes up, must come DOWN!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysmurf2 0 #3 September 24, 2006 Thanks - I have had a look at the website before. I guess what I am really after is the atmosphere at the club and also, if I jump there, should I buy my own rig first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spirit_IV 0 #4 September 25, 2006 Hi Skysmurf, when will you go to Dubai?? I´ll go there on 15.Oct and also thought about having one or more jumps there (well, if it´s nice there I should have at least 10-20)... ;-) Did you find out anything about the dropzone??? Seems the last posts are from 2005... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grosfion 0 #5 September 25, 2006 Hi, I will be there end of November. If you need more information you can join the yahoo group : uaeskydiving@yahoogroups.com I got a reply straight away and I can't wait to jump there the view looks amazing (see pic)... Let me know when you are there. blues, Marcus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skysmurf2 0 #6 September 25, 2006 Cheers for that! The DZ looks gorgeous. If I do move to Dubai it would be at the end of October/ early November this year. Still not 100% sure though about the move. Spirit_IV: if you do get a jump pls. let me know how it goes.... have a fun trip! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spirit_IV 0 #7 September 25, 2006 Hmm, seems nobody was there in 2006 till now.... ok, then I´ll be the first to write... Think I´ll take my gear with me, no suit, just container, alti, goggles and soft hat.... should be possible to jump shorts and shirt.... does anybody have a telephone number of the dropzone??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grosfion 0 #8 September 26, 2006 please keep me informed if you are able to jump there and what the conditions are. If you need any advice about gear just let me know. blues, Marcus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andrelr 0 #9 September 28, 2006 Hi there I've just returned from a 2 year contract in Saudi Arabia. I had a lot of business in Dubai while I was there and got to the club quite often. Great place, excellent facilities, but not great from a plane or an organisation perspective. Since they sold their Grand Caravan, they operated a Cessna 172 only with preference going to tandems. They've subsequently purchased an Airvan which has helped the situation marginally. There is student gear available, but always a good thing to have your own when you travel. The club members are good guys, but reading the forums, they are an unhappy group of jumpers. From my own perspective, I have never jumped so little in my entire skydiving career as I did those 2 years. And that's not for lack of trying. PM me if you need more info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spirit_IV 0 #10 November 2, 2006 Hi @ all, just returned from Dubai. Sadly I didn´t jump at all, during thge week the plane was not there but in Abu Dhabi for maintenance and on the weekends I had some other things to do. Sorry, but I can´t tell you more about the DZ. Only thing I can tell you is that they do jumps on the weekends (normally also during the weeks) and you can hire gear from the DZ. The DZ is located in the next emirate, 70 km from Dubai city. One more reason for me not to jump wre the extreme temperatures, around 40° celsius, so I stayed at the beach and the pool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mik 2 #11 November 2, 2006 QuoteHi, I will be there end of November. If you need more information you can join the yahoo group : uaeskydiving@yahoogroups.com I got a reply straight away and I can't wait to jump there the view looks amazing (see pic)... Let me know when you are there. blues, Marcus __________________________________________________ Please let us know how you got on. My experience was that what I was told by the DZ about chances of jumping were not realistic - I spent the $100+ dollars each way to get to the DZ then could not get on a load (or more specifically was bumped off loads to let tandems go - the plane went up with TI, Tandem Student and camera - they did not let a solo jumper on). I did not get to jump before I got too hot / tired of waiting and gave up with no realistic chance of getting in the air, despite being there for several hours. I know that is how the smaller DZs make money but it is very frustrating after being told that there would be no problem making several jumps on the day I went and on that basis taking my rig from the UK, spending the dollars on taxis etc. I have since been back to Dubai but did not bother going to the DZ - once bitten etc.. Good luck, and I hope things have changed. *********************************************** I'm NOT totally useless... I can be used as a bad example Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skysmurf2 0 #12 November 2, 2006 Shame you didn't get to jump! I will be heading out to Dubai (permanently-ish) in the next few weeks and am looking forward to jumping at my new 'home' dz... Good to hear that they have kit hire as I need to work on that one. I also received an email about the Dubai Boogie 2007 - if anybody has any information on this I would really appreciate it thanks! Also to Grosfion if you get out there before me pls. let me know how you find it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fergs 0 #13 November 9, 2006 QuoteHi, I will be there end of November. If you need more information you can join the yahoo group : uaeskydiving@yahoogroups.com I got a reply straight away and I can't wait to jump there the view looks amazing (see pic)... Let me know when you are there. blues, Marcus Here's another pic - from one of the many times I was there over the years. Always had a ball - sometimes frustrations from lack of organisation or aircraft problems - but overall usually managed lots of skydives. Most times stayed in one of the cabanas by the lagoon down the end of the airfield - OK food and lots of beer. fergs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Spirit_IV 0 #4 September 25, 2006 Hi Skysmurf, when will you go to Dubai?? I´ll go there on 15.Oct and also thought about having one or more jumps there (well, if it´s nice there I should have at least 10-20)... ;-) Did you find out anything about the dropzone??? Seems the last posts are from 2005... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grosfion 0 #5 September 25, 2006 Hi, I will be there end of November. If you need more information you can join the yahoo group : uaeskydiving@yahoogroups.com I got a reply straight away and I can't wait to jump there the view looks amazing (see pic)... Let me know when you are there. blues, Marcus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysmurf2 0 #6 September 25, 2006 Cheers for that! The DZ looks gorgeous. If I do move to Dubai it would be at the end of October/ early November this year. Still not 100% sure though about the move. Spirit_IV: if you do get a jump pls. let me know how it goes.... have a fun trip! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spirit_IV 0 #7 September 25, 2006 Hmm, seems nobody was there in 2006 till now.... ok, then I´ll be the first to write... Think I´ll take my gear with me, no suit, just container, alti, goggles and soft hat.... should be possible to jump shorts and shirt.... does anybody have a telephone number of the dropzone??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grosfion 0 #8 September 26, 2006 please keep me informed if you are able to jump there and what the conditions are. If you need any advice about gear just let me know. blues, Marcus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrelr 0 #9 September 28, 2006 Hi there I've just returned from a 2 year contract in Saudi Arabia. I had a lot of business in Dubai while I was there and got to the club quite often. Great place, excellent facilities, but not great from a plane or an organisation perspective. Since they sold their Grand Caravan, they operated a Cessna 172 only with preference going to tandems. They've subsequently purchased an Airvan which has helped the situation marginally. There is student gear available, but always a good thing to have your own when you travel. The club members are good guys, but reading the forums, they are an unhappy group of jumpers. From my own perspective, I have never jumped so little in my entire skydiving career as I did those 2 years. And that's not for lack of trying. PM me if you need more info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spirit_IV 0 #10 November 2, 2006 Hi @ all, just returned from Dubai. Sadly I didn´t jump at all, during thge week the plane was not there but in Abu Dhabi for maintenance and on the weekends I had some other things to do. Sorry, but I can´t tell you more about the DZ. Only thing I can tell you is that they do jumps on the weekends (normally also during the weeks) and you can hire gear from the DZ. The DZ is located in the next emirate, 70 km from Dubai city. One more reason for me not to jump wre the extreme temperatures, around 40° celsius, so I stayed at the beach and the pool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mik 2 #11 November 2, 2006 QuoteHi, I will be there end of November. If you need more information you can join the yahoo group : uaeskydiving@yahoogroups.com I got a reply straight away and I can't wait to jump there the view looks amazing (see pic)... Let me know when you are there. blues, Marcus __________________________________________________ Please let us know how you got on. My experience was that what I was told by the DZ about chances of jumping were not realistic - I spent the $100+ dollars each way to get to the DZ then could not get on a load (or more specifically was bumped off loads to let tandems go - the plane went up with TI, Tandem Student and camera - they did not let a solo jumper on). I did not get to jump before I got too hot / tired of waiting and gave up with no realistic chance of getting in the air, despite being there for several hours. I know that is how the smaller DZs make money but it is very frustrating after being told that there would be no problem making several jumps on the day I went and on that basis taking my rig from the UK, spending the dollars on taxis etc. I have since been back to Dubai but did not bother going to the DZ - once bitten etc.. Good luck, and I hope things have changed. *********************************************** I'm NOT totally useless... I can be used as a bad example Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysmurf2 0 #12 November 2, 2006 Shame you didn't get to jump! I will be heading out to Dubai (permanently-ish) in the next few weeks and am looking forward to jumping at my new 'home' dz... Good to hear that they have kit hire as I need to work on that one. I also received an email about the Dubai Boogie 2007 - if anybody has any information on this I would really appreciate it thanks! Also to Grosfion if you get out there before me pls. let me know how you find it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fergs 0 #13 November 9, 2006 QuoteHi, I will be there end of November. If you need more information you can join the yahoo group : uaeskydiving@yahoogroups.com I got a reply straight away and I can't wait to jump there the view looks amazing (see pic)... Let me know when you are there. blues, Marcus Here's another pic - from one of the many times I was there over the years. Always had a ball - sometimes frustrations from lack of organisation or aircraft problems - but overall usually managed lots of skydives. Most times stayed in one of the cabanas by the lagoon down the end of the airfield - OK food and lots of beer. fergs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
