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  1. lourson
    Nice troll...
  2. lourson
    Wow. I plugged some numbers in as I am going to Belguim this summer (close to France): Under 101 jumps, max WL 0.8 Under 201 jumps, max WL 0.87 Under 301 jumps max WL 0.95 Under 401 jumps max WL 0.95 Under 501 jumps max WL 1.05 Under 601 jumps max WL 1.05 That is right, 600 jumps 1.05 WL MAX. 601 jumps, anything you want. Is that really enforced strictly? If I showed up with my 1.3 WL and 300 jumps, would I be getting student gear? Yes it's enforced in France, but as always I suppose that could be negotiated. As you're not a French citizen, I'm not sure if this could change your insurance rights in case of any problem. However this is only related to your canopy size, so you could still have an advanced canopy with a bigger size... That would be interesting to compare the fatal accident with / without this regulation however (FR/US). In France this helped to reduce them a lot, so I guess it's worth it. Regarding the DZ, I would strongly recommend Bouloc if you want to plan a multiple days. They have a pool, great lodging facilities and 2 Pilatus to go 12kft in 12 minutes.
  3. lourson
    La Veze is a very nice DZ in the east of France, near Besançon (Franche-Comté). The activity is managed only by volunteers who love skydiving and decided to create a DZ to share their passion. If you're looking for 7 days a week skydiving this isn't the place : La Veze is opened mainly on WE. On WE you can find there a very nice team with high professionalism. Even if most skydivers are doing the usual activities, La Veze is well known for its Canopy Formation team (with WW champion as well as many national medals). As a consequence it's a must if you want to learn this discipline. It's a small DZ where you won't find hundreds of skydivers at anytime but more likely only a few dozens, but highly motivated and always ready to have fun and welcome new fellas.
  4. lourson
    Bouloc is where I've done my AFF in July 2008 (thanks to Pitou and Christian!). This a very professional DZ were everything is done to jump in safety. It's open 7/7 and jumps are from 9am to 7pm with 2h break for lunch. The facility is very good, with nice meals at the cafeteria and a swimming pool for after-jumps. The atmosphere is great and very friendly and many people are always present to help beginners (like me !) There isn't much traffic over the DZ except on very rare occasion and in this part of France, the sun shines most of the year !