Hellian 0 #1 March 18, 2001 Easier here... where i don't have to wait 2minutes for my 56k modem to load the 5page long forum heh.Anyways, whaddayah mean 364 day skydiving, more like 365.25 heh. then there's the cash issue. doh!Well it all depends on whether or not i goto Spain this summer, but i do deffo have the cash right now, yay! But if i goto bristol then i'll deffo hopefully frequent both DZ's, what's Somerset like? b/c it sounds a bit small by the fact it's only got one Cesna and nothign else?But they sound like a friendly bunch Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallDown 0 #2 March 18, 2001 i sais 364 days because langer shuts on christmas day. real bummer huh. do spain the weathers excellent. was in empuria june 2000 for my aff and really enjoyed it.devon is very small and with only one plane u can't bang out 10 jumps in a day, however it is very friendly and the atmosphere down there is excellent, nethers is much larger and u can bang out 10 in a day (this hypathetical as we know british weather only allows one lift per day max) but it is a little more impersonal as there are so many jumpers there, everyone dosn't know everyone and therefore no one knows if your a visitor(to maybe aproach and say hi to) or a semi regular (who already knows people there). then again nethers does have an excellent bar!!i prefer devon for the people and nethers for the aircraft and site, but then i haven't spent enough time there to get to know many people yet so that may well change as the ones i have met are great people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellian 0 #3 March 18, 2001 Heh, the bar swung the deal, lol.Empuriobrava is where i do hope to go, but i need to convince my mum. We'll see, did you find your lack of spanish a problem, or can you speak spanish? heh, you wanna go with me this summer? (oh go on... Also, did you have any problems converting to a BPA liscence?Anyways.. take careEd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallDown 0 #4 March 19, 2001 didn't have a problem language wise as pretty much all the instructors and DZ staff speak really good english and in the bars BEER is a pretty universal word.love to go this summer but the credit card may not stretch to it as i just got back from spending to much in florida. two weeks should be enough unless the spainish summer becomes english winter in a freak accident, having said this it's always good to be flexible time wise so plan on a two weeker and stay on extra if you need to. if you can't do it this way and you can get three weeks take um. i had no problems geting a bpa liecence, just talk to your CCI before you go and see what he wants you to have done over there to qualify. personly i did one tandem and six AFF levels( meant to have been 7 but i skipped one) and 10 consolidation jumps including 5 ripcord jumps and 5 throw away jumps after a conversion brief and 1 hop and pop done at anytime during the 10 consol's.blue one'sjeff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
