Who has a porter in the U.S.A.

[rhys 0]

Hi,

Do any of you guys out there know of friendly dropzones that Have a pilatus Porter or 3?

Myself and My partner Leigh will be training for the 2008 world meet (to be held in France), The competition aircraft will be porters so we would like to train from these aircraft.

We will be grateful for any information.

Blue skies,

Rhys

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[peggs82 0]

I believe both Perris and deland will be flying them.

There is also a dropzone in pennsylvania that flys a porter.

[monkycndo 0]

Eloy is getting one ready.

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[NWFlyer 2]

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Not sure if they're operating off-season, though. And our weather definitely can't be relied upon outside of the summer.

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[Martini 0]

And one in Washington (state).

Edit to add: what Krisanne said.

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[matthewcline 0]

There is to be one in Ohio for the US 8 Way Team look to the DZweb page for the dates.

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[pilotdave 0]

I was at Deland two mondays ago... I think they put up 19 porter loads or something. That's impressive for a monday, but not so impressive compared to the 20+ skyvan loads they put up that same day.

Dave

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Skydive the RAnch in NY has a Porter. It's the prefered aircraft in the winter because it is heated.

[aphid 0]

This one is up and flying at Skydive Arizona... see attached.

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[LloydDobbler 2]

Was down at Perris today, and they're still rebuilding theirs (if what I've heard is true, they bought two Porters and are cannibalizing one to get the other one flying - a "FrankenPorter," if you will).

On the plus side, the DC-9 is down for maintenance, and I was told it was queued behind the Porter, so it looks like they're making it a priority. Didn't get an ETA, though.

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[rhys 0]

Thanks you guys,

Who out of allt he DZ's mantioned would have the best jump ticket bulk prices?

Shit I can't wait to bang out some training jump!!

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For a "bang out the training jumps" type DZ you'd probably want to look at other DZs than NW Skydivers. I'm a big fan of the DZ and certainly don't want to disparage it, but it's not typically a training-oriented DZ, and if that's what you're looking for I think you'd be disappointed (e.g., not open 7 days a week turning lots of loads with amenities and services geared towards teams).

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[PhreeZone 20]

Bulk rates? Deland, Eloy and Start are about your only options for now. Start might not have bulk rates on it since its not thier plane and its really being used just for the training for World. The plane will probally do non-stop loads when they have it but its for limited weeks only so look at your schedule first. Deland and Eloy are there all the time.

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Basically NWSkydivers is closed at least till the airplane does not sink into the runway.. somewhere like the end of April....its a little muddy out there right now

And its not what I would call a bang out jumps kinda place even in the summer...Doc is thinking maybe training of students this year..... Maybe....before that he wants a nice big field for them to aim at rather than the RR Tracks or I-5... or the apple orchard.
Otherwise we are still an upjumper only kind of place with a few tandems on the weekends. $ Way training.. ... we just dont do that.

Until then I would suggest he stay in AZ or CA...

[chriswelker 0]

West Tennessee Skydiving has a Cessna 195 basically set up like a Porter but you can only do 4 + camera. Climbs well to 12,500 or more if needed.

Mullins' place is real nice. mikemullins@skydivekingair.com

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Skydive the RAnch in NY has a Porter. It's the prefered aircraft in the winter because it is heated.

I thought their porter went down to Z-hills so people can train.

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[jumper03 0]

Rumor is that Paraclete now has 3 porters.

I've seen two but I do not know their status.

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Usually, two of the three Otters go to zhills.

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Skydive the RAnch in NY has a Porter. It's the prefered aircraft in the winter because it is heated.

I thought their porter went down to Z-hills so people can train.

nope...the porter is there...

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