councilman24 37 #1 August 28, 2003 Got back from a business trip to the Tirol region of Austria a couple of weeks ago. I was there over a weekend and decided to take my rig. I'd checked into DZ's and Skydive Tirol was about 2 km from the plant I was visiting. Managed to get out there and make a couple of jumps between the Alps. This was about 30 miles northeast of Innsbruk up (hmmm down based on the river) the valley. The valley floor was about 2 km wide with the first hills 1500 to 2500 ft high above the valley and the next set back up to 6000 ft high. Needless to say the jumpruns were along the valley. Pretty cool watching the panoram of the Alps change during freefall. The ground looked closer than my altimeter read. I've decided that was because I had "stuff" wrapping up around me before opening, namely mountains. Here, if I see things here in my peripheral vision its trees and I'm in trouble. Single turbo prop 206, and kind of a tandem factory (but it was high tourist season) but still friendly and fun. But Europe needs airconditioning. TerryI'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
