Las Vegas area dropzone worth going to...

[Danhole 0]

Are there any DZs within 3-4 hours of Las Vegas worth going to? I will be in Las Vegas in February and would love to get a few jumps in. I remember that the Las Vegas area DZ had some problems with the USPA. If I remember they wouldn't let outsiders jump there. Also they only have small Cessnas for jump plains. Nice airplanes but not worth dragging my rig from PA to jump from.
Thanks for input
Danhole

[mnischalke 0]

When are you going to be there in Feb?
mike
...red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me...

[lazerq3 0]

Well if your talking 3-4 hrs away.....Elsinore and perris are about 4 hrs!!! And if your in Downtown LV check out the windtunnel there. That thing was kick ass!!!!!!!!!! its just east off the new strip next to the new stardust on conventional Dr.
jason

[pdj6p 0]

Sky dive salt lake will be operating in mesquite Nevada on feb. 8,9,10. other than that there is jean.

[lazerq3 0]

Hey don you going to be at toole tomorrow? weather permitting we'er coming out there!
jason

[Danhole 0]

Feb 6 to 14, but tied up till the 10th.

[Zennie 0]

The Las Vegas Gravity Zone is prolly about 1/2 hour south of Vegas. It's run by the folks who run the Flyaway wind tunnel in Vegas (right next to the Riviera).
If you can't make it to the DZ I would recommend doing time in the tunnel. Eeven though the air there isn't as good as Orlando's, it's still time well spent IMHO.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[mnischalke 0]

I was hoping to find another East Coaster out there to make bringing a rig worth while. I'm gonna be out there the week prior. SHOT show baby!!
mike
...red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me...

[mnischalke 0]

Zennie,
Do you know what the rates are out at Flyaway?
mike
...red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me...

[lazerq3 0]

One 3 min session is 45$. If you are a USPA member it is only 35$
jason

[pdj6p 0]

Jason I will be in toole depending on the weather and what time the they start to spin the turbine.
Don

[mnischalke 0]

Damn,
That's more expensive than a whore. I'll flip a coin.
mike
...red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me...

[lazerq3 0]

And a cheap whore at that for vegas
jason

[mnischalke 0]

If you call $700 an hour a cheap whore. And that's at the USPA prices. If you're in whuffo pricing, you're talking nearly a grand. I think I could get two hotties and a midget for a grand in Vegas.
mike
...red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me...

[Danhole 0]

this threds going nowhere.

[AggieDave 6]

what? This thread has it all: skydiving, gambling, las vegas, drinking, whores, sex, midgets, wind tunnels...what else do you want? Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton-

[lazerq3 0]

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I think I could get two hotties and a midget for a grand in Vegas.

I wanna hear more about this midget action going on!
LMAO
jason
(and they prefer to be called the "little people")

[lazerq3 0]

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Are there any DZs within 3-4 hours of Las Vegas worth going to?

Dan I think people have answered your qusetion. thers is Elsinore and parris approx 4hrs away, Jean (which I believe is gravity zone) which was 1/2hr away, mesquite will have a plane there the 8,9,10 which is approx 1.5hrs away and then there is the windtunnel in LV. What more do you want. Hell we even threw in some midgets and whores for a fare pricejason
all theses palces are very good from what I've heard

[mnischalke 0]

Thanks Jason, for putting it all in perspective.
mike
...red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me...

[Danhole 0]

Thanks Jason, I think i'll take in a few jumps and maybe a midgit for fun.

[chopchop 0]

Yes - for great dzs within 3-4 hours, Perris or Elsinore. I went to the dz in Jean 2 weeks ago. Nice people but it is a small 2-Cessna dz and it is a little pricey. $19 to 10k. OUCH!, now that's expensive altitude.
chopchop
PD makes canopies all day long, you only have one life, when in doubt, cut away...

[pdj6p 0]

In reply to chop Jean does normally operate just small cessnas but after the 10th of feb. sky dive saltlakes caravan will be in jean for pretty much the rest of the month. this will be due to the olympics grounding all general aviation flights in utah for feb. so enjoy our misfortune.