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Aussiejumper

Us dz`s that go above 14,000ft

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I think Skydive Space Center in Titusville, FL either goes up to 15,000 all the time or quite often.
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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Be careful going to high altitudes on a regular basis. I know of at least one king air crash due to pilot getting hypoxic. Hypoxia is a progressive condidtion. Meaning, if you go to 15K or 16K every load, each time it gets worse. Here are the requirements for these jumps:

SEC. 91.211 SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN
(a) General. No person may operate a civil aircraft of U.S.
registry—
(1) At cabin pressure altitudes above 12,500 feet (MSL)
up to and including 14,000 feet (MSL) unless the
required minimum flight crew is provided with
and uses supplemental oxygen for that part of the
flight at those altitudes that is of more than 30
minutes duration;
(2) At cabin pressure altitudes above 14,000 feet (MSL)
unless the required minimum flight crew is provided
with and uses supplemental oxygen during the entire
flight time at those altitudes
; and
(3) At cabin pressure altitudes above 15,000 feet (MSL)
unless each occupant of the aircraft is provided with
supplemental oxygen.

Stay safe.


Buzz

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Adventure Center Skydiving in Hollister, CA goes to 15K regularly and offers 18K too. B|



And reliably fills the King Air to do so.

Monterey will take the Otter to 15k as well, but if there aren't enough people or the wind takes out students and renters, it's 206 time. That plane can go to 18 if people pay for it, but I did my last 4 AFFs on it to 11ish.

Perris and Elsinore do go over 14k *above sea level*, not ground.

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