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Awesome thanks for the info everyone! I should hopefully have my B License by the 14th. Do you know who is the point of contact for the balloon jumps at Lake Wales? Is it the DZ that's organizing?

Awesome! B license still required for that?

Thanks all! Location (Florida) and time (beg. of January) is fairly fixed for me so not much wiggle room sadly.

No :( This is actually what I'll be doing while there. Do all DZs require B for balloon and heli jumps?

Hi guys! I'm heading down to Florida second week of January and trying to figure out how/where I can sign up for some balloon and/or helicopter jumps (100th jump idea). Any information or references are much appreciated!

Thanks for all the invaluable feedback guys! I guess it's all pretty one-sided here. Given that I cannot (or haven't tried at the very least) to do all of these things (http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=47) I'll stick to my happy Pilot 210 until I get a solid number of jumps and experience. So on a related note, Should I be looking for a PD Optimum 218 Reserve then? Will that be sufficient? If anyone has any additional feedback or suggestions I'd love to hear it. thnx!

Hi, I'm a relatively novice jumper (~42 jumps, about 10 DZs, all types of weather). Lately, I've mostly been jumping with a Pilot 210 and fell in love with it. Given I weigh 220lbs with no gear, that'd give me around 1.17 loading. All landings on this canopy have been very smooth and standing up, albeit precision is still highly lacking. I'm tired of renting and looking into investing in my own rig. Friends tell me I should probably be looking for a 190 because I'll probably downsize fairly quick. I've considered Sabre2 190 and Pilot 188 as options. Is this too aggressive for my profile? How different should I expect a Pilot 188 to feel comparing to a 210? Would a PD Optimum 193 reserve be sufficient? Any advice highly appreciated!