foreverfree 0 #1 September 28, 2004 Any idea on where to look for the cheapest tickets for plain and simple HOP n POP jumps?BORN FREE LIVING FREE FOREVER FREE FALLING FREE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #2 September 28, 2004 I don't know if it is the cheapest, but it sure is nice and cheap. Skydive Ogden out in Ogden Utah charges their fun jumpers $9 for hop n' pops. Plus both DZs close to me in CO (one a 20 minute drive and the other a 90 minute drive) both charge me $15 for 4k hop n' pops. Who knows what altitude you'll actual get, but don't ask the pilot at one of these local DZs for a little more than the standard 4k because they will call up manifest and manifest will charge you for 8k even if the pilot only gives you 4.5k ... something that happened to me earlier this summer. And they wonder why I'm a little perplexed with their operation? Skydive Ogden rocks for their fun jumper cheap jump tickets. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyhighkiy 0 #3 September 28, 2004 although I don't remember where it is, but my dz's pilot told me of $5 hop'n'pops to 3 grand. I guess this was like a yr ago though, I dunno how they could afford to do it w/ today's gas prices? I'll check on the location BE THE BUDDHA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genoyamamoto 0 #4 September 28, 2004 $5 h&p's at the parachute center in lodi, ca. Gotta go... plaything needs to spank me Feel the hate... Photos here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #5 September 28, 2004 Quotealthough I don't remember where it is, but my dz's pilot told me of $5 hop'n'pops to 3 grand. I guess this was like a yr ago though, I dunno how they could afford to do it w/ today's gas prices? I'll check on the location Lodi does it on the climb up for everyone else. $15 to 12.5, so I guess it's not out of whack on cost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #6 September 28, 2004 you guys complain about gas prices.. your not paying 83p PER Litre for unleaded petrol !! it's about £12 for a 5k lift and £19 upto 14k (ish) that equates to $21 for a low lift and $29 fora high lift over here in the good old brittannia ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #7 September 28, 2004 Quoteyou guys complain about gas prices.. your not paying 83p PER Litre for unleaded petrol !! Who's complaining? We just don't have the same taxation level applied to fuel. (Save in California, where we get taxed in the form of dubious cleaner fuel standards) In San Francisco bridge tolls are paying for a lot of mass transit, and then sales tax covers another chunk. I wouldn't object to hidden costs of oil (say, wars in the middle east) being paid for in the form of a surcharge. That all aside, as jumpers we always want the best value we can get, measured in terms of cost or plane or availability. H&Ps have an incredible price range based I'd guess on the actual cost and the opportunity cost of that slot on the plane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropzonefool 0 #8 September 28, 2004 $5 for the seat and $1 per thousand ft. 3K would be $8 13K would be $18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyhighkiy 0 #9 September 28, 2004 where is this...Lodi? BE THE BUDDHA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #10 September 28, 2004 Quotewhere is this...Lodi? Lodi has $5, but I don't know the altitude. I just heard about it from another on Saturday. Just that the plane is climbing and the tail is low, so make sure you don't go high on exit. For canopy play I'd want a bit more than 3.5 myself, and probably to practice the h&p pull a bit more. I really fucked one up on Saturday, was my third h&p to date. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crutch 0 #11 September 28, 2004 $10 to 5500 at Skydive Palatka, $12 to 5500 at Skydive Deland, $20 to get into the plane at Skydive Jacksonville, altitude optional. Those are the only ones I frequent enough to tell you the price here in Florida.blue skies, art Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyhighkiy 0 #12 September 29, 2004 yes...but where is this lodi? 3500 is plenty time to have fun w/ my landings and get in some nice ff. Love that ground rush! Need to find lodi,tell! share! yeah, central michigan skydivers offers hop'n'pops to 5500 (most of the time to 6 grand+ if the dzo is flying)for 10 bucks BE THE BUDDHA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #13 September 29, 2004 Skydive the Farm was $8 to 5000 for Hop and Pops all Summer. I think thay may have raised it to $9 now but still a great Deal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #14 September 29, 2004 Quotebut where is this lodi? Northern CA Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
superstu 0 #15 September 29, 2004 $4 to board $1/ 1000ft so $6 3000ft at eugene skydivers in oregon out of the 182Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #16 September 29, 2004 $7 for H'n'Ps from our 182 at sky knights in wisconsin. Plane flies with 3. Very quick ride.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #17 September 29, 2004 Skydive Tecumseh C182 Jumps $7 to 3500 $9 to 5500 $11 to 7500 $14 to 10500 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverfree 0 #18 October 24, 2004 Thanks ! This seems like the best price indeed.BORN FREE LIVING FREE FOREVER FREE FALLING FREE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
