Bigfalls 70 #1 Posted July 20 Skydive Finger Lakes has not been jumping this season at the Ovid Airport in Ovid, N.Y. and will not be jumping there in the future, their lease has expired. There may be skydiving at the Ovid Airport with a different operator some time in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 13 #3 July 22 (edited) The folks who had been "operators" of the DZ are no longer in the picture . However LONG Time airport OWNER and Original DZO John King, Still owns the place, Still calls the shots, Still has a dedicated following of certain staff members and Fun Jumpers. The airport has always Been and Still IS a DZ.. J.King simply stayed busy with Other things, and "subbed Out" the Running of the skydiving part to others... Word through the grapevine IS of the Likelihood that a C206 will soon offer the opportunity once again , for jumpers to Enjoy the Great views and Good Vibes of a Skydiving Venue with 40+ years of Parachuting History. So No worries, wmw999 jimmytavino in Rochester. :-) Edited July 22 by jimmytavino 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigfalls 70 #4 July 30 I found the following posted on Skydive Finger Lakes Facebook, link below. The legal dispute with the owner of the Ovid Airport is over. The judge ruled in favor of the Airport owner and against the owners of Skydive Finger Lakes. Their statement "Our legal team is still confident that we will prevail in the end;" is misleading since the ruling has already been made against them. Announcement! We are temporarily closed for the 2022 season. As you may know already, we're currently engaged in a legal dispute against the owner of the Ovid Airport. For long months we were under instructions to operate like normal and expect to open any day, but that any day has dragged on for what feels like forever. Our legal team is still confident that we will prevail in the end; however, it's late enough in the season that we can't realistically start jumping this year. Continuing the life and culture of this historic DZ is incredibly important to Jeff and I; we want nothing more than to keep skydiving alive at the Ovid Airport for all of our amazing tandem and AFF students. Unfortunately, we have simply been left with no good choices in this situation. I apologize for not posting this update to Facebook sooner- between ADHD and these very trying times, my best is not cutting it. All of our current appointments were notified and canceled two weeks ago, as well as their deposits refunded to their place of origin. Gift certificates are valid for an additional 3 years past the printed date, and we can't wait to go above and beyond for our incredibly patient gift certificate holders and tandem students in 2023! https://www.facebook.com/FingerLakesSkydivers/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UpstateBonehead 0 #5 July 30 Sounds like people with gift certificates should be looking to get their $$ back especially because the Skydive Finger Lakes operation (if it can be called an operation) has no right or ability to use the Ovid Airport either now or in the future. As evidence of that, there are actually jump loads flying today from the Ovid Airport that have nothing to do with the Skydive Finger Lakes operation. Saying that “it’s too late in the season to start jumping” must be code for “we no longer have a place to operate.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deisel 19 #6 July 31 Does anyone know what happened with their lease? I jumped here once on a road trip. Good peeps all around and stellar views from altitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfzombie13 238 #7 July 31 21 hours ago, Bigfalls said: The judge ruled in favor of the Airport owner and against the owners of Skydive Finger Lakes. Their statement "Our legal team is still confident that we will prevail in the end;" is misleading since the ruling has already been made against them. probably talking about the appeal process. the ruling is not the end of the case, unless it's a ruling by scotus. they can have from 2 to 4 appeals, depending on the court they started in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UpstateBonehead 0 #8 July 31 It’s a Commercial Claim in State Supreme Court. Any appeal would be in the NY State Courts (not the SCOTUS) as there is no federal question at issue. And the decision was pretty straightforward and clear cut. As of this date (and indeed since the date the judge declined to issue an initial TRO in early June) they don’t have access to or use of the Ovid Airport for their operations. But they continued to take deposits for jumps even though they knew they couldn’t honor the bookings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
