Skydiving

[jdaige33]

Hey guys im looking to go skydiving for my first time (tandem) but not sure excatly where to go. What are the best places to go in Louisiana? I live in lafayette so the closer the better but driving isnt much of a problem for a great experience.

 

[ericlosh]

gold coast skydivers in mississippi

aweseome free fall just over a minute from 14000ft.

 

[friar8]

+1 for Gold Coast. Awesome experience.

 

[RM Holsters]

Gold Coast and land on the beach!

 

[Jack]

Gold Coast and land on the beach!

But not in the water

 

[Jmann]

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane ?

 

[DBMJR1]

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane ?

Because nothing man made is perfect, especially not airplanes. It's safer outside of them than inside.

 

[JLouv]

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane ?

According to some here.....you may have discovered that I'm the pilot.

 

[PPBart]

I did that back in 1971 -- took flying lessons at Hammond airport, and decided it would be just as much fun to jump out of the plane as fly it!

 

[bigjakewelch]

Gold coast is a good choice. Don't rule out SpaceLand in Houston. They're both good places, and they're about the same distance from you. You can look into Skydive Nawlins in Slidell. The only drawback to them is they use a Cessna 210 and I think they only jump tandem at 10,500'agl. But they're closer by an hour or so.

I've been jumping since 2003 and it is an addiction that is hard to shake when it gets into your blood. Have fun and Blue Skies.

 

[Jmann]

At what speed will you hit the ground if your parachute doesn't open ?

 

[bigjakewelch]

At what speed will you hit the ground if your parachute doesn't open ?

Terminal velocity, if you have no drag by any canopy( if your tandem instructor doesn't pull anything) but with the rigs that the USPA requires that's impossible. They require a Cypress on all tandem rigs and drogue shutes to be used when the combined weight exceeds 250#. I have a "D" license( over 1000 jumps) and I have never been hurt worse than I could walk away from. As long as you do what your instructor tells you (on a tandem jump) then there's not much that can go wrong. If there's a malfunction in the main you have a reserve canopy that will go out after the main is cut. Also understand that Skydiving is an extreme sport so there are inherent risks involved. As I said before "have fun" and Blue Skies.

 

[rocko]

FAST

 

[AustinBR]

At what speed will you hit the ground if your parachute doesn't open ?

Depending on the positioning of your hands and the wind resistance, between 120 and 200 mph. Terminal velocity math was always fun in physics and we often used a skydiver with a broken shoot as starting points. The end never worked for the skydiver though.

 

[Hermit]

Hey, at least the ground is soft here.

 

[ericlosh]

the speed you hit ground is usually fast enough.

 

[I_FLY_LOW]

Be sure to double-check your chute.....

 

[gbundersea]

+1 for Gold Coast. I did a tandem with them in 2011, as shown here.

I'd done my first and only other tandem back in 1995 from a Cessna at 9500-10,000'. It was great, but jumping from 14,000' with Gold Coast beat it by far. Pretty much doubles the time in free fall.

 

[Ellis1958]

Not much to add. Gold Coast or Spaceland are the best choices.

2,000 jumps. USPA D13011.

 

[bigjakewelch]

Not much to add. Gold Coast or Spaceland are the best choices.

2,000 jumps. USPA D13011.

Good to see another jumper on the board. You being from Port Allen you might know a friend of mine. His first name is Sinclair.