Blahr 0 #1 December 5, 2003 Went to Cross Keys for the first time today. ROOT BEER! Sorry I dont drink alcohol Got there right when they opened (9:00) hoping to make a few but sadly there were no jumpers there. They finally put a load together (a teeny load) around 12:30 after a student arrived to make a tandem. Since I had to leave early afternoon I only managed to get on the one load. Still, thats better than no loads A Caravan with only 4 jumpers gets to 13,500 ft damn fast :-) Lots of leg room too! I'm used to a Cessna 182 with 5 - 6 jumpers packed in that takes about 4 days to get to 10k. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb092 0 #2 December 5, 2003 Cross Keys is my home, I have been on the caravan with 3 people a tandem and me doing vid. I almost didnt want to take off my belt because we were climbing at such a steep angle!!!! What could possibly go wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #3 December 5, 2003 QuoteWent to Cross Keys for the first time today. ROOT BEER! Sorry I dont drink alcohol Got there right when they opened (9:00) hoping to make a few but sadly there were no jumpers there. They finally put a load together (a teeny load) around 12:30 after a student arrived to make a tandem. Since I had to leave early afternoon I only managed to get on the one load. Still, thats better than no loads A Caravan with only 4 jumpers gets to 13,500 ft damn fast :-) Lots of leg room too! I'm used to a Cessna 182 with 5 - 6 jumpers packed in that takes about 4 days to get to 10k. I know they used to pack 5 people on a 182 in the 70's but I didn't think it was technically legal anymore. Something about seatbelts or something. Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
