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Skydive STRATHALLAN IS MY 2ND HOME ITS THAT GOOD

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 5 by: ceaser999999 on 2013-01-18

Pros: Best DZ in the UK
Cons: Scottish weather

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Skydive Strathallan is a club its not commercial, this DZ does S/L courses to teach and let people experience skydiving in the hope it encourages people to join our sport. This DZ does tandems to allow the public to experience skydiving without having to spend time in the classroom well not as much time and if its for them they can then book on the S/L course.

This means because this club is not commercial it is a club, SAFTY is paramount and its not about trying to make money like some of the other UK DZs !! ...this Dz is amazing with the best people who aren't staff they volunteer there weekends to give someone else the experiences they have received.

The three Cessnas are a hoot with fun pilots and a craking scenery.

Everyone is friendly and awesome its is impossible not to make friends there !!

There is not a day when you don't miss this place during the week .. There is simple no other place like it ...

see uses there blue skys in that ,..............

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Scottish Parachute Club (Strathallan)

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 4 by: Sangi on 2009-09-04

Pros: Very friendly and helpful people
Cons: The weather

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Since I came to study in Scotland, I needed somewhere to occasionally get a jump in, so I contacted my uni (of Dundee) skydiving club and thus made my way to Strathallan..

One of the biggest pros of this DZ is the friendliness of people, I don't know about others, but I had nothing but pleasure of spending time with these people, learning various things, they don't hesitate to answer any silly questions and it's good to have a laugh along the way.. The scenery is great here, it's fun to have a ride with the clubs buggy and many other small things that make it a great place to be in... I haven't made much jumps lately due to weather and money issues, but hopefully in the future I'll be a frequent visitor and full fledged member of the Scottish Parachute club :)

The cons... Well the biggest con is the weather (rainy, very windy and very cold winters) I guess, but that's not the clubs fault, it's just how Scotland is.. Also it would be nice if Strathallan had a full time turbo prop plane for higher altitudes, because 10k feet burn fast if you're trying to freefly.. I haven't spent much time in Strathallan as I wanted, but all in all I think it's a great place to be in the end, cause the people make it worth it :)

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A social club for regular members

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 2 by: Limone on 2009-07-08

Pros: Good location, very like a social club
Cons: Very like a social club for the people that work there

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I was given a voucher for a skydive and booked a trip one Sunday. Unfortunately due to weather, I had to rebook twice after spending 2 days at the airfield waiting around. Eventually I got up mid week for the experience of a lifetime.

Though I enjoyed it, I felt dealing with the admin people at the club was turgid. The person who organises the booking, that you contact during the week, acts like you're a complete pain in the ass to her. Whilst you wait to see if you are able to jump, there is very little information coming out from the staff there. Most of them seem to hang about together in a social club environment. I and others that were there with me both days felt we were a necessary inconvenience to raise money for the club. The actual jump was incredible, though there were 2 of us jumping and I had a visiting instructor who was much more helpful than the local person.

The site and views are stunning for a jump, but the service is awful. They lost my original registration papers/doctors certificate and I bought a video of the jump, which was 'lost' in the post. When I asked if they used 'recorded delivery' I was dismissed. They had no back up so sent me a cheque, and completely misspelt my name.

Overall I loved the into to the sport, but would never recommend anyone to use this place.

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Skydiving club near Perth, Scotland

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 5 by: mcenteeg on 2008-10-07

Pros: Friendly people. easy access and approachable staff
Cons: scottish weather

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I went to Strathallan to do a RAPS course last year, having been a bit of a Stop-Starter for the 8 years before. I found the instructors and staff very accommodating and friendly. teaching me to pack from early on, always available to instruct / coach me.

there are 3 cessna 206's and this means a pretty fast turnaround if you ever want to get on a lift.

I've jumped in many different places from loads of different aircraft but I'd recommend Strathallan over them all!

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More a social club for frequent flyers.

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 1 by: CrunchbiteJr on 2008-09-01

Pros: Gorgeous scenery
Cons: Tough to get to, VERY cliquey, not professional, newbies not made welcome.

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Now, my skydiving day. Turned up at 8:45 as asked and the promised "booking in" was not forthcoming, instead a bunch of people just waiting around. Eventually got in and things started to show signs of deteriorating. We were led upstairs and all our details taken and essentially told "There's ten of you, by law I can only teach a group of 5 so I'll get another instructor". 45 mins later and nobody had heeded his multiple calls over the tannoy, and this set the tone for the day. The people willing to teach were enthusiastic, patient and excellent. That was a whole 2 people. The rest made us feel unwelcome and were FAR more interested in their own jumps than anything else. It got to about 4-ish and Steff with family turned up and we only had one bit of training left to do. The cloud had risen and some newbies were going up to do it, it looked promising...for the first time we were getting pumped at going up and were RARING to go for the final bit of training. At that point NO trainers were around for an hour and a half...because they were up jumping or on cigarette breaks. Cloud came over, we didn't finish training until 7 by which point it was raining and I was tired and exhausted. Now I know the whole club shouldn't dance to the tune of people on a one day course but being made to feel very unwelcome isn't on. It was less a place to experience skydiving and more a place for them to hang out with friends and have a laugh. The president of the club lying out on the airfield having a laugh with everyone when groups of paying customers were stuck waiting for over an hour whilst those supposed to teach went up for a few jumps is just not professional. If you ever get the chance to go to the Skydiving Strathallan then just remember, no matter what anybody says it's NOT welcoming and it's NOT a place for anybody remotely new to the sport or outwith the existing members cliques.

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A 'CLUB' with an identity crisis

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 1 by: flybhoy on 2006-10-27

Pros: Scenery
Cons: Everything

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This dz cannot make up its mind on whether it is a commercial organisation called Skydive Strathallan or a club called the Scottish Parachute Club. It is a commercial organisation when they want to take your money, but it suddenly becomes a club again when it comes to professionalism and getting its act together. Maybe it should lease a decent plane (and buying fuel would also be helpful), get some decent rental rigs - took my own but would not have liked to have used the ancient gear at this dz anyway, and get a Chief Instructor who dosn't have their head up where the sun does not shine!

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Great DZ with good social element.

Skydive Strathallan (Scottish Parachute Club) Rated 5 by: Razzamattaz on 2006-07-20

Pros: Nice people, always bustling, multiple aircraft, climbing wall for bad weather.
Cons: All the people generally means a wait (short) for a lift.

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The most central DZ in Scotland, meaning you meet people from all over.

SPC has become our home from home since Errol's 182 went in for repair. The exit and equipment are slightly different. But together with the Errol instructors, they've made sure we're totaly happy about what we're doing.

Cheers Guys.

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