what would you get?

[caspar 0]

so if you owned a big DZ and had unlimited cash, and could buy 5 jump planes(or helicopters?) (they can all be the same) and running costs didnt matter. what would you get?

post pics!

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[billvon 2,396]

>and could buy 5 jump planes . . . .

Would they have to be used only for jumping, or could you fly them around as well?

If you could fly them about, then the list would be:

-an otter on amphib floats
-a regular otter
-a C-130 for boogies and bigways (CASA if that's not available)
-a PC-12 (or King Air) for flying around
-a C182 for slow days

With that fleet (assuming the CASA and King Air) you could put up 60-ways and still have the ability to send one tandem up.

[caspar 0]

no just for jumping!

i havent jumped many planes but 3 x king air 2 skyvan would be pretty cool!

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[jakee 1,254]

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-an otter on amphib floats

Beach boogies?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[adventurechick 0]

Hot Air Balloon
Casa
Twin Otter
Casa
Pitts Special

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[rehmwa 2]

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[Zeppo 0]

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>and could buy 5 jump planes . . . .

Would they have to be used only for jumping, or could you fly them around as well?

If you could fly them about, then the list would be:

-an otter on amphib floats
-a regular otter
-a C-130 for boogies and bigways (CASA if that's not available)
-a PC-12 (or King Air) for flying around
-a C182 for slow days

With that fleet (assuming the CASA and King Air) you could put up 60-ways and still have the ability to send one tandem up.

I completely agree. That sounds like a great fleet. Too many big planes, and you're screwed for jumping on those slow days.

What goes up, must come DOWN!!!

[tomvailco 0]

My list with two none jumpers but would be alot of fun!

1 king air
1 twin otter
1 chinook
1 F-16
1 Harrier

[MotherGoose 0]

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I completely agree. That sounds like a great fleet. Too many big planes, and you're screwed for jumping on those slow days.

But the original post says UNLIMITED CASH and running costs DON'T MATTER. If that's the case . . . round up those 5 HERC's from the world record jumps in Thailand . . . those would be great for SUNSET HOP n POPS !!!

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[shropshire 0]

For the skydivers...
C-130
DC-3
Hotair Balloon


and a NOMAD (Slowmad) for the tandems.

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[DougH 270]

Oh oh this is fun....

A turbo C206, with floats. Small enough to do loads of three, fast for a Cessna, and beach jumps would be awesome.

One of those huge russian helicopters with a tailgate ramp.

A blimp. Ballon jumps, and landing on target.

Twin otter because I think they have a lot of soul.

The fifth would have to be some huge jet.

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[packing_jarrett 0]

1 casa
2otters
1porter
1 soloy conversion 207

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[champu 1]

I would have to include an S-64 (air-crane). That way you can make anything into a jump "aircraft".

[angrypeppers 1]

The list:
1. C-5/141/17
2. B-17
3. B-727
4. DC-3
5. CH-47

Alternates, in no particular order:
1. Blimp
2. Balloon
3. Huey
4. C-130
5. Twotter
6. Helio
7. Dornier 228
8. B-18
9. PAC 750
10. DC-9/MD-80
11. AN-2
12. Casa

Burn the land and boil the sea,
You can't take the sky from me.

[juanesky 0]

For a moment I thought someone would have forgotten the infamous AN-2 .

What about adding a DC-9 to the list?

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[angrypeppers 1]

#10 in my alternates...

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You can't take the sky from me.

[FlyingRedneck 0]

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I would have to include an S-64 (air-crane). That way you can make anything into a jump "aircraft".

i love it.. ive always wanted to make a skydive from a 57 chev

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[L.O. 0]

Otter
Otter
C-182
G-5
Helio-Stalion


Otters are the most versatile skydiving aircraft. So useful.

I have almost 2G Hrs flying jumpers in one of these. Nostalgia

A Gulfstream for the world tour. Fast and huge.

The Hellio S is so cool it just looks mean. I love that thing.

HPDBs, I hate those guys.
AFB, charter member.

[jas8472 0]

1 x MI8
1 x Hot Air ballon
1 x AN72
1 x C-130
1 x SkyVan

[billvon 2,396]

Slightly off topic -

But AOPA-Pilot just did a write up on the Diamond DA42 light twin. Two diesel engines with full FADEC and partial liquid cooling. No carb icing, no shock cooling, no cowl flaps, no mixtures. At 60% power you'll get a cruise of about 150kts and a fuel consumption equivalent of about 20mpg - more efficient than most SUV's. Single engine climb under STC to 6000 feet. Very nice airplane.

[Eule 0]

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unlimited cash [....] and running costs didnt matter.

B-52H Stratofortress.

You could do a 400-way out of one plane.

Alternatively, you could load up 400 jumpers in Louisiana and take off for just about any dropzone you wanted. It'd take about an hour and fifteen minutes to get from Louisiana to DeLand, and about three and a half hours to get from DeLand to Perris. Or, it would take about seven hours to get from DeLand to Paris.

One reference (from a .mil address, so you know it has to be right) says that the stall speeds vary from about 100-150 knots depending on loading, so it's maybe even conceivable that you _could_ jump from one.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[FFlyer 0]

2 x Twin Otters (my favorite jump plane )
1 x Skyvan
1 x King Air
1 x Porter

Owning a dropzone busy enough to warrant having that fleet? I would have died and gone to heaven

[wmw999 2,121]

Cost is no object, right?

1. B-17 with a working bomb bay
2. Twin Otter (I AM a practical sort)
3. C-182 wide body
4. 2nd Twin Otter
5. Porter

Wouldn't a formation load with a B-17 and 2 Otters be cool?

Wendy W.

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[cpoxon 0]

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unlimited cash [....] and running costs didnt matter.

B-52H Stratofortress.

You could do a 400-way out of one plane.

But how would you get out?

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