San Francisco DZ's ?

[padraigbrowne 0]

A friend of mine is moving to San Francisco and is looking for a nice friendly DZ close to the city , any recommendations ? He has been looking at Skydive San Francisco but I have heard its 80 miles outside town Are there any others closer ?

[bob.dino 1]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/dropzone/finder.cgi

[padraigbrowne 0]

thanks ,never noticed the locator function before

[vdschoor 0]

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A friend of mine is moving to San Francisco and is looking for a nice friendly DZ close to the city , any recommendations ? He has been looking at Skydive San Francisco but I have heard its 80 miles outside town Are there any others closer ?

Byron (Bay Area Skydiving)
Davis (Skydance)
Lodi (The parachute center)
and a bit further would be Hollister and Monterey

Have your friend check all of them out!

I am usually in Byron.

[kelpdiver 2]

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A friend of mine is moving to San Francisco and is looking for a nice friendly DZ close to the city

Byron (Bay Area Skydiving)
Davis (Skydance)
Lodi (The parachute center)
and a bit further would be Hollister and Monterey

Hollister is actually the same distance (~90miles) as Skydance, but doesn't require crossing a bridge (or two) or going through the 80/680 junction in Fairfield. They've had the best weather in my experience.

Santa Rosa (now gone) and Byron are about 75 miles, involve one bridge. Coming home from Byron on a weekend, the San Mateo is probably a better call than the Bay Bridge.

The poorly named Skydive SF is a bit over 100. Monterey is 120, Lodi is somewhere in between, I think.

[Elisha 1]

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The poorly named Skydive SF is a bit over 100. Monterey is 120, Lodi is somewhere in between, I think.

Acording to mapquest, Cloverdale (skydive sf) is 87 miles and Monterey is 112. Lodi is also 87 - who da thunk? Davis is 74.

Cloverdale (skydive sf) is only a small cessna dz. If you're going up north to wine taste, then by all means, stop by.

[Mikeb 0]

We are very fortunate to have so many DZ's in the SF area. Each of our DZ's have different characters, management styles, aircraft and types of jumpers.
Skydance has a great group of head down flyers, (one team qualifying for world cup), a 4 way team just back from Nationals. They also have the new PAC 750 airplane, great facilities and rentals.
Lodi has a group of experienced relative workers, and otter and beech 99, a nice landing area and swoop pond.
Each of our drop zones have something different to offer and I suggest to try them all. I suggest you start with Skydance, Lodi and Byron. Skydance first because I will be happy to introduce your friend and see he/she has a good time.
Send me an email when you know the schedule, MikeB
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[kelpdiver 2]

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Acording to mapquest, Cloverdale (skydive sf) is 87 miles and Monterey is 112. Lodi is also 87 - who da thunk? Davis is 74.

I though Cloverdale was 30 miles past Healdsburg, but I've never driven it. I think my error was in recalled Santa Rose as 70some miles away - was actually 50some. Maybe it will come back some day under new owners?!

Monterey is read off the odometer. Mapquest may quota distance via Highway 1/Santa Cruz, but that wouldn't usually be the faster route.

[Elisha 1]

Cloverdale is more like 20 miles past.

[GravityGirl 0]

Technically Byron is the closest. But your friend will find a smorgasborg of friendly DZs in Nor Cal.

Loads of talent and coaches to jump with at most of the drop zones.

I would recommend trying them all on to see which one fits!

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[padraigbrowne 0]

Thanks Guys ,
I have passed on all the info to him .