Jul 9, 2012, 11:45 PM
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Grand Opening, So Cal's newest DZ!
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Tsunami Skydivers-JULY 14th, 9am Oceanside Municipal Airport Oceanside, California PAC 750XL to 13,000ft! Incredible views! Fun skydives! Landings at the airport. The harbor and beach is a 5 minute drive away to great restaurants and hotels.
Note:You must have a C or D license or foreign equivalent. No wing suits.
These are stipulations in our lease agreement.
I am working with the city to host beach jumps in the near future. Start working on your PRO ratings now
Jul 10, 2012, 9:07 AM
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This was a pretty heated battle to access the airport. There was a serious concern about wingsuits due to the high volume of VFR traffic in the area. The largest Marine base in the US is 2 miles to the north, a heavily traveled VFR route along the beach is 2 miles to the west, a major airport is 6 miles to the south...we are skydiving in the center of a city. Also, I have to fill in an "incident report" any time a skydiver lands out of our 15 acre landing area. The city can terminate my permit if we have too many "incidents". After many meetings we conceeded to no wing suits and C and D experienced skydivers only. Once we ease into this and show the city we can operate safely we can start renegotiating the operating permit.
Jul 10, 2012, 1:28 PM
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This was a pretty heated battle to access the airport. There was a serious concern about wingsuits due to the high volume of VFR traffic in the area. The largest Marine base in the US is 2 miles to the north, a heavily traveled VFR route along the beach is 2 miles to the west, a major airport is 6 miles to the south...we are skydiving in the center of a city. Also, I have to fill in an "incident report" any time a skydiver lands out of our 15 acre landing area. The city can terminate my permit if we have too many "incidents". After many meetings we conceeded to no wing suits and C and D experienced skydivers only. Once we ease into this and show the city we can operate safely we can start renegotiating the operating permit.
C and D license requirement sounds like a good middle ground to start. Did the subject of wingloading restrictions come up?
Jul 10, 2012, 8:25 PM
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Some of us needs to do 270, 450, 630 or bigger turn in order to cut thru the ocean breeze and land safely, or our small x-brace canopy will get blown away with the wind.
Jul 11, 2012, 3:46 PM
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I can't wait till i have my C license for this then jumping is only a 25min drive thanks soooo much for bringing another DZ to the B-E-A-Utiful Cali Coast see ya soon!!!
