JerryBaumchen 1,076 #1 July 19, 2006 I just found an old receipt; 30 Sep 66 to 23,000 ft = $7.50. Not bad, even then. Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #2 July 19, 2006 QuoteI just found an old receipt; 30 Sep 66 to 23,000 ft = $7.50. My entire first jump course was five bucks. Jump included. Of course, it was a co worker who gave me a back yard course. Funny, I landed in a FRONT yard. ______Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallfast69 2 #3 July 20, 2006 QuoteMy entire first jump course was five bucks. Jump included. Of course, it was a co worker who gave me a back yard course. Funny, I landed in a FRONT yard.______ And you had the nerve to charge me and my friends $50 each...WTF Russ? Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #4 July 23, 2006 1977 Easter Boogie at Z-Hills charged $7 to 10,500, $8 to 12,500, and had a SPECIAL $10 rate to 15,000. But I think the whole load had to pay the $10 in order to go. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peckerhead 0 #5 July 24, 2006 I paid 50$ for my first jump course. I also got a free T-shirt, log book, and a bumper sticker! I think Ralph charged $20 for all student jumps after that and after you had 25 jumps you paid $1 per thousand. When I was 18 $50 still seemed like a lot of money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #6 July 24, 2006 $50 in 1980 is worth roughly $110 today. Still cheap. $10 to 10k then is about $21 today at current inflation prices.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 21 #7 August 2, 2006 I still have a five dollar jump ticket from POPE VALLEY PARACHUTE RANCH. Sure miss that DZ.2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammitt 0 #8 August 3, 2006 Also at Pope, you could get $100 worth of tickets if you paid $90 cash. That was a hell of a deal. My first jump course was at YOLO in 73. It was $45, but that also included a year membership in USPA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #9 August 15, 2006 Quote1977 Easter Boogie at Z-Hills charged $7 to 10,500, $8 to 12,500, and had a SPECIAL $10 rate to 15,000. But I think the whole load had to pay the $10 in order to go. Gotta love (or hate) inflation. $8 in 1977 = $26 in 2005. $10 = $32.45. From another post $7.50 in 1966 = $43.94 in 2005. Not a bad deal if "23,000 feet" means AGL. Otherwise.... Last weekend I was paying $20 to somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 feet in spite of Jet-A selling for $4 a gallon. Maybe these are the good old days? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #10 August 15, 2006 Yeah, I remember the long summer afternoons when I would head out to Spaceland after work. For twenty bucks I could make three jumps and have a BBQ and a beer. The attachment is for a jump at Doc's DZ in Hitchcock; don't even ask how it didn't get used, and I don't mind Doc owing me one last load... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,076 #11 August 15, 2006 Hi Drew, Yup, 23,000 ft AGL. Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wartload 0 #12 August 16, 2006 Spring of 1970: Freefall prep jump course package, including 5 SL jumps and gear, $50 (with only one SL jump it was $35. SL jumps were $5 each.). First complete FF rig (7TU), with main, reserve (cotton twill), aircraft altimeter and stopwatch, $50. Hop & pops at 1,800 - 2,000 feet, $2. 12,500' for $7.50. New pair of "waffle stomper" boots, $18.00. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,167 #13 August 16, 2006 FJC $40, including packing lessons, gear, and all the PLFs I could do. Student jumps were $10, $12 if I had an AOD on the reserve (required for first freefall). I don't remember if I packed those, but I probably did. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #14 August 16, 2006 QuoteFJC $40, including packing lessons, gear, and all the PLFs I could do. Student jumps were $10, $12 if I had an AOD on the reserve (required for first freefall). I don't remember if I packed those, but I probably did. Wendy W. Let me guess: a sentinal AOD If you didn't pack for your student jumps then you didn't get to jump or had to jump some unknown students pack job. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuka 0 #15 August 17, 2006 1974: 4 jumpers out same pass 3500': $1.75 ea $2.50 for 182 to 7200 ft $5.00 static line FJC-$ 25.00 All student jumps 28ft 7TU's-B4 Container Reserve: 24ft flat circular with Sentinels and Stevens Cutaway System Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #16 August 17, 2006 Regardless of the change over the years, the cost of a jump has always been a primary reason for a skydiver to have a job. Five hundred jumps my first year of jumping made me a regular at the worksite... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brokenwing 1 #17 August 17, 2006 hey wartload you started jumping same time as i did -- my sr year of hs you up in northern virginia? i am out west end of alexandria Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wartload 0 #18 August 18, 2006 Quotehey wartload you started jumping same time as i did -- my sr year of hs you up in northern virginia? i am out west end of alexandria I'm not in NOVA, but not too far away. I'm a bit down the river from you. I didn't start jumping in this area, but would come up to VA from time to time and jumped at Hartwood, Buckingham, West Point, and Shen Valley. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
