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- From: vannevar@panix.com (Vannevar Yu)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: Skydive City distance from Tampa
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.230006.9520@panix.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 23:00:06 GMT
- Organization: Panix, NYC
- Lines: 46
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- In rec.skydiving you write:
-
- >How far is Sky Dive City from Tampa??
- >I'll be down that way for the rest of the year and would like
- >to do some jumping (if I can get away from the family). Are they
- >open during the week?? Thanks in advance for all info!!
- >-Mirk A14944
- >------------------------------
- >Andy Mirkis
- >Bell Communications Research
- >Piscataway, New Jersy
- >------------------------------
-
- I wish I was there! Skydive City (and Zephyrhills Parachute Center) are
- the two full-serve 7-days-a-week nice-jumpcraft drop zones located at the
- Zephyrhills Airport, a very *easy* drive east of Tampa. I called SD City up
- two weeks ago on a Thursday, at around 3:30 PM and they were at load 13! And
- that was a relatively slow day in the week!
- I'm very familiar with Skydive City since I did my AFF + and A stuff over
- there. The Freeflight School (located on drop zone) had great
- instructors and I definitely will be back to do RW training with them and go
- for my wet training and 'B' license. I leave from Newark Int'l on January 8...
-
- Skydive City 813-783-9399
- 40247 Tucker Rd., Zephyrhills, FL 33539-1599
- Talk to manifest or organizer-meister Jerry Bird
- $15 to 13,500', collect 15 stubs and get free jump from Freefall Express
- 2 full-time twin otters, porter on call, DC-3 if there's an 'event'
-
- Freeflight 813-783-9991
- Located at Skydive City drop zone
- Talk to owner *and* AFF JM/I *and* ST&A Frank Arenas
- Freeflight has rental gear, and TANDEM/AFF/RW instuctors (if you plan to do
- one-on-one instruction): Jeff "Barbone" Barbani, Dino Porcus, Mike Bergerson.
-
- If you call them, they can FAX you a very descriptive MAP of the area. By
- far, this is the best DZ I've ever been to. As far as proximity to Tampa is
- concerned, I always fly to Tampa to get to Skydive City (rather than Orlando).
-
- GO FOR IT !!!!
-
- Vannevar
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