crotalus01

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Dropzone Reviews posted by crotalus01

  1. I read some bad reviews on here so I was wary, but as this was the only DZ within 50 miles of my campsight (and they had a Cessna 206 which I had never jumped before) I decided to give OSC a shot. Boy am I glad I did.
    This DZ is geared towards Tandems. However, The day I was there they had 9 AFF students, and a group of exchange students doing tandems, and I still managed to get a jump in in the 3 hours I was there (albeit a solo).
    The staff and locals are super friendly (even Manifest!). The landing area is HUGE, and mostly obstacle free (watch out for the rolls of hay though). And the airplane (Cessna 206)...I have 1 jump from a 186 (hate it) and multiple jumps from a 195 (love it). This is more like the 195, it has a large door, a large step over the wheel to help get to the strut, and holds 5 people pretty comfortably. The pilot is really good, he even spots for you (personally I spotted as well but he was right on the money). He cut the speed so much that when I left the plane for about 3 or 4 seconds it felt like a helicopter jump.
    Overall a very positive experience and I wish I had had time to do a couple more jumps.
    The biggest drawback was the damn wind - every time I have been in OK it has been windy, but DAMN - I really wanted to jump, because the winds were blowing a steady 8 and gusting to 32! Fortunately the landing area is so friggin huge if you just take time to plan your pattern (and are willing to walk a bit) you can get some pretty clean air to land in even with the gusty conditions.
    I do recommend this dropzone. A fun airplane, friendly locals, and nice scenery.
    I gave the lowest rating (1) to Services only because there is no N/A rating.

  2. Great staff, laid back and friendly. Willing to teach you anything you want to know just because they all love the sport. The Cessna is a nice jump from12500, 5 jumpers to altitude in 15 minutes. The Kingair ROCKS - 14 jumpers to altitude of 15000 in 7 minutes. Add super experienced JMs into the mix along with a great open drop zone and you have one of, if not the best DZ in the country.