Bartskydive

Turned up after preceding phone call while on holidays in Italy. Initial paperwork is a bit of a hassle as skydiving Italy is apparently tightly regulated by their CAA and not by the sports association. Once in the system the place is great; lots of people willing to jump with you. First jump went to 15000, later loads to 13000 or more. Scenery is gorgeous. They were supposed to be closed on Monday but because there were sufficient guest jumpers and some local jumpers to fill the plane they arranged a pilot and an instructor and got the place going in the morning until sunset. That is top service! Prices are decent too. The place has a certain cosiness that makes anyone feel comfortable. Arezzo is next door for excellent food and night life. I will come back for sure.

Wanted to skydive while on holidays in Italy. Had jumped in Italy before. So reported at manifest with equipment, licences (C), logbooks and gear log cards. My wife translated into Italian as no one spoke English at the time.
They insisted I had a medical certificate issued by an Italian institute or military medical facility and the last harness test. Both are not required in the Dutch licence structure for a C-licence. Mentioned previous jumping elsewhere in Italy; they were simply not interested. I recommend visit the lovely city of Lucca i.s.o. wasting your time trying to skydive there.

Admittedly, I made only two jumps from Jacarepagua Airport, which is where Barra Jumping is located. I was there as part of a group on a holiday trip. We made two beach jumps; one on Bara de Tijuca and one on Ipanema which is not a regular landing area and not generally used. We were there on a week day and is was very, very quiet with only a few people hanging round. There is only a small building housing manifest a toilet and lockers. Packing out in the open. The people are very friendly, one lending me a flotation belt free of charge. The Islander is old, noisy, slow and cramped but, hey, do you want to jump or don't you? It only brought us to 10000 ft for Br$ 100,= so that is pretty stiff. Spotting was insitedly done by a local jumper and was spot on in both cases. From the beach a 15 minute drive back to the airield. Don't count on racking up a lot of jumps there but just go there if you want to see the magnifient scenery and do a beach jump in sunny Brasil.