bqmassey

What a great dropzone! It's truly a dropzone for everybody: tandem jumpers, AFF students, fun jumpers, teams, family and friends who just want to watch, etc. They make sure everyone is welcome! There's plenty of room to come out and watch. Sit on the large deck, or bring out your own chairs.

The landing area is plenty big, and there is a separate area for HP landings (with a swoop pond). There are a lot of outs around the DZ if for some reason you have to land off. Feel free to land at the far end of the LZ, a truck and trailer drives through and picks everyone up.

If you're a fun-jumper and you're new to the dropzone, make sure to get a good briefing on the landing area and the traffic patterns. It can be hard to find from the air if you don't have someone point out the landmarks. The scenery is really nice, though!

They jump a Twin Otter. It's a great jump plane with lots of room, and a big door.

If you're looking to make a tandem jump, you definitely can't go wrong with STF. The tandem instructors are GREAT with students, the camera flyers put a good effort into making the video worthwhile, and the price is great.

It's overall just a fun place to be, regardless of your experience (or inexperience) in the sport. In my opinion, Skydive The Farm sets a benchmark that all other dropzones should strive for, AND THE VIBE IS GREAT!!

Atlanta Skydiving Center recently changed to Skydive Georgia, probably to try to shake off the terrible reputation they have. It's the same bad dropzone.

I hate to leave a bad DZ review. Typically if I don't have something good to say about a place I'll just keep my mouth shut, but this place deserves the negative review.

The only good thing about this place is that there are a few cool fun jumpers that hang out there.

If you stop here for a tandem, your experience will vary. A lot of the tandems get processed like customers at a McDonald's drive through. Their goal is to get you through as fast as possible. Some of the instructors and videographers put more effort into it than the others, but it's clear that the culture there is move you through to get to the next money-making opportunity.

The landing area is small, sloped, and surrounded by trees. This is a dangerous combination.

If all of that isn't enough, the business practices involved with this DZ are downright wrong. They're heavily involved with Skyride, which is a very immoral and nearly criminal organization. It's a scam targeted at people new to the sport (tandems).

Make sure that if you're shopping around for a place to do a tandem, you ask what altitude is included. Most places with a turbine aircraft only give quotes for full altitude (usually between 13,500 and 15,000). Skydive Georgia (Atlanta Skydiving Center) will typically quote you for a lower skydive (less freefall time, less fun). They do this so that their price SOUNDS competitive on the phone. If you don't ask, they won't tell you that they're not giving you a full-altitude jump. When you show up, they'll try to get you to pay extra money to go up to the same altitude that the other places go to.

There is absolutely no reason to jump at SG/ASC when Skydive the Farm (one of the highest rated DZs in the country) is only a few miles away. Do yourself a favor. If you're considering jumping checkout either "Skydive The Farm" if you're on the west side of Atlanta, or "Skydive Monroe" if you're on the east.