hofstar 0 #1 December 20, 2010 Hi! My gf and I will be visiting the Houston area 14-17 January, and are trying to decide where to jump in our limited time there. We will most likely spend at least a night in Austin as well. Been hearing good things about Spaceland, SD Houston, and SD Temple...mixed reviews about SD San Marcos. Anyone know of any events going on anywhere that weekend that might be worth checking out? All suggestions and input are welcome! And anyone who'll be around we are always looking for people to jump with Thanks!! Cheers, -Garrett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msandt 0 #2 December 21, 2010 All those DZs are great places to jump. Skydive Houston just closed down for their move, so for the Houston area, Spaceland's your only choice, but def not a bad one. They tend to say pretty busy even this time of the year, plenty of loads flying on the weekends & quite a few during the week. San Marcos & Temple are both great places with great people too, both with turbine aircraft. I think they are only operating weeknds this time of the year, but not certain. Call & ask before heading there, they are both about an hour from Austin. I'm scheduled to work that weekend, but if anything changes I'll let you know and come out & jump. Either way, all those places have great people & there will be people there to jump with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
propacker 0 #3 December 21, 2010 actually Skydive Houston - Eagle Lake is reopening on jan1st - so by the 14th we should be back to the fun business as usual - just getting used to the new digs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hofstar 0 #4 December 22, 2010 Thanks! Sounds like we are on the right track. I did see that SD Houston is moving and plans to be up and running again before we get there. Doubt we'll make it to 4 dropzones while we're there, but who knows! Cheers, -Garrett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msandt 0 #5 December 22, 2010 That's right, thanks for the reminder. Can't wait to check out the new facilities. Wish I wasn't working last weekend and could have made it out for the last weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #6 December 30, 2010 Quote been hearing good things about Spaceland, SD Houston, and SD Temple...mixed reviews about SD San Marcos. Don't believe everything you read.....Spaceland is awesome, I'm not sure about the new SD Houston but I'm sure it's going to be epic. Maybe you have San Marcos and Temple mixed up? San Marcos is awesome with a Twin Otter and a Caravan and awesome jumpers and facilities. Temple is not bad but not a real turbine dropzone like the others. I think there's a reason the Anvil Brothers are moving their annual boogie from Temple to San Marcos.....just a hunch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #7 December 31, 2010 Anvil Brothers moving? hmmm I am thinking it is an ACL issue. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #8 December 31, 2010 Quote Anvil Brothers moving? hmmm I am thinking it is an ACL issue. Matt ACL? That's two weeks later and an hour away. What would that have to do with it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #9 December 31, 2010 Quote Quote Anvil Brothers moving? hmmm I am thinking it is an ACL issue. Matt ACL? That's two weeks later and an hour away. What would that have to do with it? ACL = Allowable Cargo Load MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodhisattva420 0 #10 December 31, 2010 LOL!, I thought the same thing when I read that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #11 January 2, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Anvil Brothers moving? hmmm I am thinking it is an ACL issue. Matt ACL? That's two weeks later and an hour away. What would that have to do with it? ACL = Allowable Cargo Load Matt Could be. Anyway, Happy New Year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
