huffermoose 0 #1 August 17, 2001 right can anyone help me i have a plan to go to new zealandfor 3 1/2 weeks in febuary and go from D.Z to D.Z seeing i will be flying from U.K which would be the best place to start of and then where to go from there all suggestions accepted cheers mooose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #2 August 17, 2001 Watch your drinking when you get there huffermoose! You never know what you might wake up next to! We'd hate to have to see you change your name to "huffersheep!"Speed Racer"Come up to my lab,And see what's on the slab!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 August 17, 2001 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....Sheep............DAHAAHAAHAAADDDDYYYYYYYYYY "I've got pieces of corn in my crap bigger than him" -Fat BastardClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyke 0 #4 August 17, 2001 Hey Moose, glad to hear you're planning on going...let me see if I can be of any help to you...Depending on where you fly in to (considering it is from the UK, it most likely will be Auckland)...North Island:Auckland - there are several tandem only dropzones around...and a few parachute schools. I jumped in Mercer (nice views on the way up, wierd vibe at the dz, only female TM in the country, C-206), but that is like an hour outside the city.Most places are weekend only, some that I know of are...There is one in Tauranga (tandem only), one in New Plymouth/Taranaki, one in Martinsborough (nearer to Wellington), one in Palmerston North. They fly a C-210.Lake Taupo has a full service dz, comparable to those in the US (in size and vibe), Great Lakes Skydiving Center (planes featured in CrossWind). There is a Tandem op just next to it, but I don't know if they do sporties. YOU MUST JUMP OVER TAUPO!!!!!!!!!!! They also have the biggest plane in the country.There is also a guy who will do "extreme" para-sailing around the lake (only one that I know of) and he is worth every penny (not even that much - 65$). Seek him out and give it a whirl...it is a different kind of blast!!Napier had one, but he moved to Martinsborough.South Island:Nelson has a Tandem op, Fox Glacier has a tandem op, Wanaka have Tandem op (but I understand they might let sporties jump on the extra spaces in the cessna - and I recommend you try...Wanaka is GORGEOUS from the sky), Queenstown has a tandem op (and DON'T try to get on his plane...he is such an ass to sporties).Dunedin (my home dz) has a full sport/tandem op. Ring Peter and tell him that Blaine sent you...then go jump with them...they are the greatest guys, but then again...I am a little biased. If you do go down this way...let me know ahead of time and I can hook you up with friends in the area...show you a good time!Christchurch has a full parachute school at Wigram Airf Force Base, so the landing area is huge and I don't know what they fly, but some of the regulars in Ash"vegas" jump there as well and say it is good...so try it out!Well, I don't know if you wanted ALL of this...but you hit a chord with this one..can you tell?...I MISS MY HOME!!!!!!!Have a great time out there...and if you do make it to any of the dz's where I mentioned people...tell 'em I say hello!Cheers,Kahurangi e Mahearangi,Pyke NZPF A - 2584USPA C- ????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 August 17, 2001 "New Zealand , where men are men and the sheep are scared."No No No....you have it all wrong.New Zealand, where the women are ugly and the sheep are dirty rotten sluts."I've got pieces of corn in my crap bigger than him" -Fat BastardClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #7 August 18, 2001 QuoteNew Zealand, where the women are ugly you must be talking about a different NZ than the one I lived in!!!!MarcBecause I fly, I envy no man on earth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
