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Dropzone Reviews posted by arni999

  1. On arriving at Ocana, i was greeted by pretty much all of the staff straight away (which DZ in the UK can you say that about?)

    The friendliness is second to none and i don't believe that there is anywhere so close knit as Ocana. Everybody talks to everybody and there is certainly no snobbery.

    There are some real top rate instructors there who make you feel wanted and who don't look down on you for being a student.

    The aircraft, which is a porter, is very nice to jump. When the door opens its like the side of the plane has vanished its so big. Makes for some very nice exits!

    The swimming pool is glorious, perfect for when you want a break from the heat. Just rock on over to the pool and have a dip!

    There really is only one downside to the place, and that's the fact that the restaurant will serve you any sandwich you want - as long as it contains ham and cheese! haha

    Seriously though, if you are looking to do your AFF or are an experienced jumper, maybe wishing to progress your FS skills, FF skills, wingsuit skills or even get into base jumping, Ocana is the place to do it. Flights to Madrid are cheap as now so why train anywhere other than Ocana?

  2. If you are a serious jumper or want to learn, DO NOT go here. All they are interested in is getting as many tandems up as possible, making it pretty impossible to get a jump in.

    Also, i started m AFF there last year and by level 6 i was made to feel that i wasn't competant enough to be a skydiver, so i gave up. This year however i thought i'd give it one more try. I booked 40 mins in the wind tunnel and went to spain the week after to do AFF. I literally flew through it (no pun intended) and carried on to do another 20 jumps after including FS with one of the best instructors there are, Luci Boella. I now consider myself to be a pretty competant jumper, even thoufh i was told i wasn't good enough by one of the instructors there (I'll mention no names)!

    If you are looking to become a skydiver, then you would be best to go elsewhere as they really aren't interested.

    On a positive note though, probably a great place to go and do a tandem (but beware, they have a tendancy to overbook)

    Please don't think that i am saying all of this just because i have an axe to grind, every other skydiver that knows Chatteris (NLPC), that i have spoken with, agrees totally with everything i say.

    I now jump at Langar and the attitude there is a million miles apart from Chatteris - VERY VERY freindly and welcoming