skymama 37 #1 April 22, 2002 While Stacy and I were sitting around in Deland on Saturday, she said, "I can't believe you all can drink beer here all day long." What?? You have to wait until the sunset load is over before you can drunk beer at some places? I had no idea! Yet another reason why I'll keep jumping in Deland...and it's such an important reason too! So, just out of curiousity, what's the policy at YOUR dz?AndreaI'm high as a kiteI just mightStop and check you out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #2 April 22, 2002 You don't mean that skydivers sit around and drink beer all day while jumping do you? Or, do you mean spectators? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #3 April 22, 2002 The rule at Perris - where there is a bar - is no drinking alcohol before jumping, and all alcohol must be kept in the bar or pool area until "green light" - when the last load takes off.At the little dz I "grew up" at, it was no drinking anywhere near the hangar until the beer light went on (we had a real beer light too - a neon sign that said "beer"). pull & flare,lisa[subliminal msg]My website Go Now[/subliminal msg] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 April 22, 2002 We have nothing is allowed out of a cooler until the sunset load has taken off... I like it that way, don't have to worry if the person next to you has had a few.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #5 April 22, 2002 Every DZ I have been too had a rule that there was no drinking allowed until after the last load went up. Even spectators. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #6 April 22, 2002 I have never actually seen someone drink beer, and then skydive in Deland. I guess it's kind of an honor system, and no one I know abuses the privledge.AndreaI'm high as a kiteI just mightStop and check you out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #7 April 22, 2002 Most of the DZ's I've been to just go on the honor system - if people drink they don't jump. Most of these DZ's are small enough so that you would know if somebody was doing both.It's a regular occurance at one DZ I frequent that people turn down the sunset load because they cracked a beer.I don't have a big problem with this. I only saw this abused once, and it was at a small DZ in upstate NY. It also wasn't beer, it was weed. This specific individaul was delt with.If people want to drink and then jump, a light the DZO turns on at a certain time isn't going to stop them. They'll just go out behind the hanger, or in their car, or somwhere else they won't be seen.I'd rather the DZO just teaches people to say 'no' after the bottle gets cracked._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #8 April 22, 2002 One of my "home" dz's does actually have a neon sign in one of the hangars that we're supposed to plug in before we start drinking. At that dz, no drinking is allowed until the last load of the day is in the air. I've also been to dz's that have beer available to people all day long and you just have to hope noone is drinking and jumping. "Do whatever you like, just untie me when you're done" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajun 0 #9 April 22, 2002 I jump at the same DZ as Phree, I think you will actually be kicked off the DZ if you are drinking before the "beer light" is turned on. It's very laid back at SGC, except we are pretty strict on no drugs, no alcohol while loads are still turning, and no low hook turns. I think we should put a sign at the end of the drive way that says just that. It's ok you can touch it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donna 0 #10 April 22, 2002 We have a beer light. I originally thought it was just an "imaginary" one but then once after the sunset load went my 10 year old daughter asked me if she could now turn on the beer light and I found out there was an actual green light! Figures she knew about it!Blue Skies,D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #11 April 22, 2002 SD Atlanta has a NO Beer policy during the day. Once the sunset load is off the ground beers get cracked. Raeford has a bar on the DZ so Spectators are always hanging out drinking. It is confined to the bar and a small area outside of it. You can drink in the parking area but no alcohol is allowed on the other side of the fence between the parking and landing areas until the last load has gone up. "It's all about the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #12 April 22, 2002 There is a blanket no drinking policy at Skydive Citrusdal until the last load is airborn.If you want to start early then it is off the DZ. People who do this then stay off the DZ until the bar is opened. No sense in teasing those who are still soberEvery day above ground is a good day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #13 April 22, 2002 haha, I tease people all the time with my beers, swinging it under their noses while they're packing, making them smell it...it's fun! AndreaI'm high as a kiteI just mightStop and check you out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #14 April 22, 2002 Quoteswinging it under their noses while they're packingIf you really want them to have fun do that with your boobies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites n2skdvn 0 #15 April 22, 2002 we have a beer light its a real street light that stays red until the last load is up then the green light is turned on .the green light is coverd except for the word "beer"every one generally follows the rule but if you have been drinking you dont jump.if ya can't dodge it RAM IT !!!!!!click me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyhi 24 #16 April 22, 2002 Quotehaha, I tease people all the time with my beers, swinging it under their noses while they're packing, making them smell it...Beer tease! Been to both kinds of DZ's. Heard of one (may have been Byron, but I'm not sure) where the DZO cxl'd the sunset load cause guys were drinking too early. His ball, so he can make the rules. Gotta believe that didn't happen twice. Was at Deland this weekend when a spectator was sitting out side drinking a beer. I walked by and said, "Guess you're done jumping for the day, huh?" He gave me one of those WTF whuffo looks. It was about 11:00 AM. flyhi"To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bbarnhouse 0 #17 April 22, 2002 Beer light doesn't go on until the last jumper is on the gound, the aircraft has arrived at the hangar and has come to a complete stop. The first beer of the eve is quickly delivered via golf cart to the pilot with a hearty "thanks" for a job well done.CheersIt only takes a little pixie dust...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,111 #18 April 22, 2002 >Every DZ I have been too had a rule that there was no drinking allowed until >after the last load went up. Even spectators.I think my experience has been the opposite. Just about every DZ I've been at has either allowed drinking somewhere while jumping was going on (parking lot, spectator area etc) or had an actual bar in operation during jumping. Maybe it's a west coast thing (although the ranch has the sportsman's club.)-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TheMarshMan1 0 #19 April 22, 2002 Quotehaha, I tease people all the time with my beers, swinging it under their noses while they're packing, making them smell it...it's fun!How mean! There is a sign behind the bar (on the end towards the deck) in DeLand that says no alcoholic drinks for anyone jumping or something like that...."If I could be like that, I would give anything, just to live one day, in those shoes..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sebazz1 2 #20 April 22, 2002 No beer till the last load goes up at the DZ's I jump at. Though I am sure many of us sneek 12 oz of weight on the sunset load occasionaly, no harm will come of that. We do not have the actual beer light but Beer:30 is Beer:30. You'll know it's time to drink!SEBAZZ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rdutch 0 #21 April 22, 2002 what skymamma was meaning to say was we can stop jumping in Deland and start drinking beer. There is a restaurant with a bar on the Dz. But drinking and skydiving definitely not.Hook low Flare late Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kingbunky 3 #22 April 22, 2002 no brew until the last plane of the day takes off. actually last year the airport owner wouldn't allow camping at the dz, so most people had a beer, maybe two, then headed off to a bar. this year, new airfield owners, camping is allowed!! [homer]woohoo!![/homer] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~bunkyget crazy, before it gets you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spy38W 0 #23 April 22, 2002 Quote You have to wait until the sunset load is over before you can drunk beer at some places?So, just out of curiousity, what's the policy at YOUR dz?At our DZ we have to wait until the sunset load takes off. Which is a big relief after flying all day, I usually don't crack it open until I make the power reduction at 500' though. j/k --Words I hate: Streamer, Horseshoe, Baglock... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kinney29 0 #24 April 22, 2002 At least your DZ's have a beer light. Mine has a no-beer policy. And that means ever. So we all go out or go home after the day is over. I love going to other dropzones were people drink together. The seem so much happier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Emmie 0 #25 April 22, 2002 We used to have a beer light at my dz, the green light would go on after the last load was up, but this year the airport's trying their best to fuck with the dropzone, so starting this season we aren't even allowed to have alcohol on the premices. Evil bastards! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 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
n2skdvn 0 #15 April 22, 2002 we have a beer light its a real street light that stays red until the last load is up then the green light is turned on .the green light is coverd except for the word "beer"every one generally follows the rule but if you have been drinking you dont jump.if ya can't dodge it RAM IT !!!!!!click me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #16 April 22, 2002 Quotehaha, I tease people all the time with my beers, swinging it under their noses while they're packing, making them smell it...Beer tease! Been to both kinds of DZ's. Heard of one (may have been Byron, but I'm not sure) where the DZO cxl'd the sunset load cause guys were drinking too early. His ball, so he can make the rules. Gotta believe that didn't happen twice. Was at Deland this weekend when a spectator was sitting out side drinking a beer. I walked by and said, "Guess you're done jumping for the day, huh?" He gave me one of those WTF whuffo looks. It was about 11:00 AM. flyhi"To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #17 April 22, 2002 Beer light doesn't go on until the last jumper is on the gound, the aircraft has arrived at the hangar and has come to a complete stop. The first beer of the eve is quickly delivered via golf cart to the pilot with a hearty "thanks" for a job well done.CheersIt only takes a little pixie dust...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,111 #18 April 22, 2002 >Every DZ I have been too had a rule that there was no drinking allowed until >after the last load went up. Even spectators.I think my experience has been the opposite. Just about every DZ I've been at has either allowed drinking somewhere while jumping was going on (parking lot, spectator area etc) or had an actual bar in operation during jumping. Maybe it's a west coast thing (although the ranch has the sportsman's club.)-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMarshMan1 0 #19 April 22, 2002 Quotehaha, I tease people all the time with my beers, swinging it under their noses while they're packing, making them smell it...it's fun!How mean! There is a sign behind the bar (on the end towards the deck) in DeLand that says no alcoholic drinks for anyone jumping or something like that...."If I could be like that, I would give anything, just to live one day, in those shoes..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #20 April 22, 2002 No beer till the last load goes up at the DZ's I jump at. Though I am sure many of us sneek 12 oz of weight on the sunset load occasionaly, no harm will come of that. We do not have the actual beer light but Beer:30 is Beer:30. You'll know it's time to drink!SEBAZZ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdutch 0 #21 April 22, 2002 what skymamma was meaning to say was we can stop jumping in Deland and start drinking beer. There is a restaurant with a bar on the Dz. But drinking and skydiving definitely not.Hook low Flare late Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #22 April 22, 2002 no brew until the last plane of the day takes off. actually last year the airport owner wouldn't allow camping at the dz, so most people had a beer, maybe two, then headed off to a bar. this year, new airfield owners, camping is allowed!! [homer]woohoo!![/homer] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~bunkyget crazy, before it gets you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #23 April 22, 2002 Quote You have to wait until the sunset load is over before you can drunk beer at some places?So, just out of curiousity, what's the policy at YOUR dz?At our DZ we have to wait until the sunset load takes off. Which is a big relief after flying all day, I usually don't crack it open until I make the power reduction at 500' though. j/k --Words I hate: Streamer, Horseshoe, Baglock... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kinney29 0 #24 April 22, 2002 At least your DZ's have a beer light. Mine has a no-beer policy. And that means ever. So we all go out or go home after the day is over. I love going to other dropzones were people drink together. The seem so much happier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmie 0 #25 April 22, 2002 We used to have a beer light at my dz, the green light would go on after the last load was up, but this year the airport's trying their best to fuck with the dropzone, so starting this season we aren't even allowed to have alcohol on the premices. Evil bastards! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
