fudd 0 #1 September 25, 2002 Ok, here is an idea! What about getting a group of skydivers together. Chip in on renting an airplane for 2 months. Fly around to different DZ's and jump. Renting the plane to the DZ's we visit if possible to cut some costs. If the weathers bad, fly somewhere it's better Anyone know if this would be possible? What would this costs for each skydiver, and what plane would be the best airplane to hire? Could be two months that rocks big time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #2 September 25, 2002 QuoteOk, here is an idea! What about getting a group of skydivers together. Chip in on renting an airplane for 2 months. Fly around to different DZ's and jump. Hrm, need a pilot? QuoteRenting the plane to the DZ's we visit if possible to cut some costs. If the weathers bad, fly somewhere it's better Anyone know if this would be possible? What would this costs for each skydiver, and what plane would be the best airplane to hire? Could be two months that rocks big time Sounds like an idea, but renting an airplane that we are renting probably wouldn't go over too well with the FBO we rent it from. And assuming you were talking about renting it to the DZ's as a jump airplane, well that wouldn't work for a few reasons. The need to rip out all the seats/door to make it jumpable. Most places you could rent an airplane from have a 3 hour daily minumum hour charge (at around $118 for a C-182). A better plan would be to find somebody to lease an airplane from, but I think that would be difficult, at best too. I'm not trying to be the source of gloom here, I think it would be a blast and would love to do something like that. When I started skydiving a group of us would rent a 172 and fly to semi close DZ's once every couple of weeks. Much better than driving except for the no post jump beer for the pilot -- Hook high, flare on time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SAMPLEKSample 0 #3 September 25, 2002 I think its a great idea! As long as there is a pilot, they could rent the plane even if we just use it to fly to dz's, not jump out of it "Technically" Count me in! ps. i know a great pilot...shes a chick too....a cute one 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
