Best place to jump near Tampa, FL

[LiborJanicek 0]

Last week in August I'll be out in Tampa, FL for work. Have Friday, Aug. 31 free to jump, flight leaves back home @ 6pm. Where would be the best/closest dropzone?

thx

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Someone actually had to ask this question?




Oh, and besides Tony Suit being about 500m from manifest, a quick trip into town (Zephyrhills) will get you to the facility where Wings containers are made, too!

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Weather in Florida is a crap shoot in August. I hope you can jump. Good Luck.

[normiss 893]

Incorrect.

We do get the typical 20 minute rain showers in the afternoon in August....show up early, enjoy the break when the rain rolls trough....return to jumping after.

[LiborJanicek 0]

Nice one, I'll be in Tampa a week long filming at the RNC. Friday is my only free day to jump. Hopefully I can get off early or have a late call time and squeeze more jumps in. I'll def be there early on Friday.

[LyraM45 0]

Z-Hizzle!!!!!

Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :)

[hillson 0]

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Nice one, I'll be in Tampa a week long filming at the RNC. Friday is my only free day to jump. Hopefully I can get off early or have a late call time and squeeze more jumps in. I'll def be there early on Friday.

Give yourself a good hour+ is better to get from ZPH to TPA. Assuming you'll get to the terminal around 5...the traffic at the I-4 / I-275 interchange can be totally balls around rush-hour. Might not be too bad as Labor Day is the next Monday but...

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Incorrect.

We do get the typical 20 minute rain showers in the afternoon in August....show up early, enjoy the break when the rain rolls trough....return to jumping after.

Incorrect?? I lived in Florida for 8 years and got my private pilot license there. As I said before, you can't predict the summer time weather in Florida.Unfortunately it's the worst tome of the year and a crap shoot.

[normiss 893]

OK, cool!

I love this perspective...all the parks empty when the afternoon showers roll through, most visiting jumpers leave....makes for a nice clearing of crowds!

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OK, cool!

I love this perspective...all the parks empty when the afternoon showers roll through, most visiting jumpers leave....makes for a nice clearing of crowds!

Definitely crowds are cleared now. Lol. I said it before and I'll say it again weather in Florida during summer is a crap shoot and miserable.

[LiborJanicek 0]

After 4 days of filming at the 2012 RNC I headed out to Z-Hills for a couple of jumps. Had a great time ever if it was hot as F@$%*. Here's a video of one of my jumps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9hOmLap3cg&feature=plcp

[normiss 893]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9hOmLap3cg&feature=plcp

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