clemenssam

The facilities are enough to cover your needs. The layout lends itself to both experienced and tandem jumpers. The segregation of the facility (jumpers/tandems) gives the operation efficiency and creates an equally nurturing environment for both groups. Friendly. Every time I visit I am encouraged by how amazing the people are. Even on the most overloaded, strenuous days, the DZO goes out of his way to greet each jumper and thank them for coming out.

I gave it another shot, well a couple of shots. First, Skydive Tecumseh is not in Tecumseh, it’s in Napoleon. Turns out the DZ moved and kept the old name. No problem, I can drive an extra half our after the last hour because I enjoy it. The caravan isn’t the jump ship anymore, or the Pac, or even the Kodiac, it’s a King Air. I dislike King airs because they can’t slow down and they are terrible for maintenance issues. No problem, I couldn’t jump it this visit because it was out for repair. Determined to give the place another try, I headed out for another visit. I had to sign up for their “Big Brother” software to get on a load. I’m pretty sure I just opted to sell all my personal info to the KGB by using this crazy program but that’s ok because I want to skydive. I waited for the tandem work to slow, about an hour, to get on a load. I shared a few jumps with some nice, moderately experienced jumpers and enjoyed the well-kept landing area. They may have such plush lawn from recycling the poo from the overflowing porta-poty, really I almost yacked looking at this thing. After finding a semi private place to whiz near the hangar, I still wasn’t scared off. I was determined to continue enjoying the day until the owner made an announcement…on a bullhorn! Apparently the sport jumpers weren’t packing fast enough for his taste so he began chastising them with a portable mic and bullhorn. I packed my rig, put my gear in the car, paid for my jumps, deleted the big brother app and left. Good luck on all your future business endeavors.